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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1974)
;«E- 4g «K > Dan Boyd BW'i' iWi Yvonne Langford I > ■■• I I ■Jr ■ % M il F • JF ’ Virginia Allison is BL IB JHHHBBBBBI w Bill Westmoreland H M m"WIIW« Wwlllie j Buy your home at... HOLIDAY MOBILE HOMES 6729 South Expressway Jonesboro 478-1196 1974 CLOSEOUT SPECIALS —— Prices start at Senn’ SS9M * DUU Completely furnished, ° own delivered, set up. *l2 HIDES • DOUBLE HIDES • MODULARS (approved for Fayette Co. private land) A SITE TO BEHOLD Lots available at Landmark Mobile Home Village Milam Rd., Fairburn 964-5018 Beautifully developed DIRECTIONS- Go with dubhouse. 2 , Fairburn swimming pools. playground. Land- Exit. Go left on Hwy. 74. scaped underground , mjle t 0 Mjlam utilities. $55 mo. in cludes water, garbage. again to LAND- sewerage. TV cable. MARK. HOLCOMB CARPET DISTRIBUTORS DIVISION OF BILTMORE CARPET MILLS HWY. 36 — THE ROCK, GA. PHONE 647-8282 Visit Our Mill Store And Save On Quality Carpets Ur r.iv JO. iViuNbA r bMIUKUAr Over 200 rolls in stock plus several hundred samples to make our selection the largest in this area SAMPLES GLADLY PROFESSIONAL SHOWN IN HOME INSTALLATION NO OBLIGATION AVAILABLE Also Complete Lines Os Vinyl Floor Coverings POST-7. NAME OF CANDIDATE - Dan Boyd. ADDRESS — 642 Brook circle, Griffin, Ga. AGE - 55. EDUCATION - High School, Business College and a BBA from the University of Georgia. OCCUPATION — Merchant. 1. No particular training but I was employed at one of the tex- DISTRICT — Post 7. NAME OF CANDIDATE — Yvonne M. Langford. ADDRESS - 600 South Hill street, Griffin, Ga. AGE -37. EDUCATION - OCCUPATION - Office Manager and Assistant to the Vice-President Osmose Co. 1. I have worked for many years which gives me a business background that will be valuable in the business of working with the school system. I worked for Southern Airways for five years, was a major stockholder and worked in a local travel agency for ap proximately eight years and POST —lO NAME OF CANDIDATE — Virginia D. Allison. AGE - 41. ADDRESS — 103 Summit drive, Griffin. EDUCATION - I was educated in the public schools of Vero Beach, Fla. and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in elementary education from Florida State University. OCCUPATION — Homemaker. 1. I hold a degree in elementary education; have had eight years of classroom teaching experience; am the mother of three children enrolled in the Griffin-Spalding POST — 10. NAME OF CANDIDATE - William F. Westmoreland. AGE - 50. ADDRESS EDUCATION — Graduated from Spalding High School, attended Georgia Tech (did not graduate), attended radio school Depaul University and tile mills for 15 years, dealing daily with about 500 employees which was an invaluable ex perience. In 1968 I bought my own business, hardly knowing the difference between a 2 x 4 and a 2 x 6, and with a little ingenuity and common sense the business is run on a sound basis. 2. (1) Review and implemen tation of the needs of this school have been working with Osmose Wood Preserving Co. for ap proximately three years. I have been active in civic affairs and local church. I have been a Sunday School teacher, Coordinator of Pre-School activities, I presently am serving on the Board, Chairman of the week-day Kindergarten Committee and working on the Nominations and Personnel Committee of the First United Methodist Church. I have been a member of the Utility Club for nine years serving in many capacities including President. I was appointed to serve as a liason between the Utility Club and the School System; have been active in the Crescnt School Parent Teacher Organization for six years and am currently serving as co-president of the group; worked for a year with students and faculty at Griffin High School in selecting students for the Distinguished Youth of the Month Award; have handled leadership responsibilities as president of the Griffin Junior Woman’s Club, treasurer of the Sixth District of Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs, and board member of the Pine Valley Girl Scout Council; and have been a taxpayer and resident of Spalding County for twelve the University of Chicago. OCCUPATION — Com mercial manager of Radio Station WKEU. 1. I’m completing 12 years of service as a member of the Griffin-Spalding County Board of Education. 2. (a) Provide and improve academic and vocational Questions The questions the League asked the candidates to answer are as foUows: 1. What particular training and experience have you had that would qualify you for this office? 2. In serving as a school board member, what would be your priorities for the system? (limit to 5) 3. Would you support another school bond referendum in the near future and if so, what would you Include in it 9 !«»«. the public and the school system can be improved? 5. Have you studied the system (a) by visiting the schools, (b) discussion with the administration? (c) visiting the school board meetings (d) other? Byway of review, these were the questions and answers submitted to school board candidates by the League of Women voters in an election which wound up with two runover races. Dan Boyd and Yvonne Langford are nmover candidates for Post Seven. Virginia Allison and Bill Westmoreland are runover candidates for Post 10. The runover election will be next Tuesday. system as outlined in the comprehensive study conducted by the State Dept, and adopted by the local board. (2) Seek and support state funding of APEG. (3) Accountability to tax pay ers for tax money spent on ed. program. (4) Elimination of over crowded conditions which exist where possible. Library for Griffin and Spalding County. I worked actively on the educational committee for this campaign. I was a P T. A. Board member while my children were at the elementary level and also was a Cub Scout Den Mother. As a member of the Citizens Committee to study school facilities I became further enlightened on facts and figures of school operation. I was selected Young Woman of the Year in 1973. My most important qualification is three children in the school system that I care about and am concerned about, years. 2. (1) Reduce the existing overcrowded conditions in the schools and classrooms. (Not all schools and classrooms are overcrowded at the present time.) (2) Offer more vocational subjects on both the Junior High and High School levels. (3) Work toward better communication between the parents, teachers, and school administration. (4) Better equip those classrooms and schools where teaching aids and facilities are below par and insure that textbooks and other in structional materials are programs to develope the highest potential of the student, (b) provide facilities that will house programs that needed and those that are required by law. (c) continue to provide the best qualified faculty possible in each school. (d) State funding of APEG to provide a more adequate program of education SECOND HOUSE SEATTLE, Wash. (UPI) — The Seattle Repertory Theater will expand its activities this winter by opening a second house in a downtown building that once was the Town and Country Club. Emphasis at the new place will be on innovative, experimental drama by new playwrights. BRECHT ON AGENDA STRATFORD, Ont. (UPI) — The Stratford Festival Theater will open its season next summer with Bernard Shaw’s “Saint Joan” on June 9. Shakespeare’s works to be presented are “Twelfth Night” and “Measure for Measure.” Also, Bertolt Brecht’s “Trum pets and Drums” is on the agenda. (5) Seek more state support for schools. 3. Yes — If the community desires to upgrade and expand the educational facilities. Present costs dictate that we must be economical in what ever action we take; however, careful study of the schools present needs should be made before any building program is launched. It is concern for their education and the education of every child that fostered my interest in running for the School Board. 2. 1. Discipline, 2. Teacher Morale, 3. Student-Teacher ratio-including additional facilities to allow adequate reduction, 4. Curriculum and quality education for EVERY student, 5. Public relations between Administration, School Board Members and Parents. 3. Yes - I would include everything that was included in . the last referendum. I realize that additional property taxes are not popular at this time. However, until such time as additional sources for funding available at the beginning of the school year or quarter. (5) Better discipline: discipline is always a problem in school systems and hopefully some of our problems can be contained by reaching the above goals. However, I feel we need better discipline practices and guidelines in our schools. 3. I would have to support another school bond referen dum of some form in the near future as I see no other way to solve some of the overcrowded conditions in our system. At this time I do not know whether a new High School plant would be the most economical way of providing the equipment and from kindergarten through the twelfth grade, (e) State funding for kindergarten construction and secondary vocational construction. 3. After additional local study, then decide on future needs. 4. All board of education meetings are open to the public, and everyone should be urged to Il BUHUTY ~ Each Jantzen 100 shirt and slack leads many lives... works in combination with related sportswear fill i to give great flexibility to your wardrobe. -< Choose from winter green, Nordic blue or English copper. 100 percent polyester knit. Rich stitch shirt, >15.00 / * ™ Placket shirt, >16.00; cardigan, >27.50 if Solid doubleknit trousers, >21.00. ( iantzciz I J I \ L j I xlXxm T\ / r r / \ \ yr y I ' Jr v- 5 x !s<:'*• V 111 I Tik * \/ / / k H K / / / a A- y/ / = P»S IMH3 / s • - tv«il'tt am *Vi : &$ I - ■ vlI / y 151! . I /: .z knuslinuiio v» i»u yy « ■ ■ hiopiui ww l^>*-* , hum I J wf\ m’ ■• 1 11 ' i I wtßOr / xUtoowsm, > / '-X V^J - | I Men’s Dept Page 13 — Griffin Daily News Thursday, November 21,1974 4. The key to communication is two way. Communications can be improved by parents: 1. attending PTA, PTO and Open House; 2. visiting schools; 3. initiating conferences with teachers; 4. attending board meetings which are open to public. 5. Yes, I have visited all the . schools, talked with teachers and administrators and attend- are available we will have to work with resources at hand. Our schools are in need now and unless relief comes from other sources soon I would have to support another referendum. 4.1 think public input into the school system should be en couraged. There should be more cooperation between the news media and school officials. We must realize that schools are operated with taxpayers money and these taxpayers are entitled to more openess from School Board Members and the Ad ministration. PTA’s and PTO’s should be encouraged to take an active part in School Board meetings and should send necessary classrooms for the presently offered courses and needed vocational courses. In addition inadequacies of classroom design and lab equipment exist in our Junior High Units. We also have buildings in our system whose age and design have made them unsafe and inappropriate for classroom instruction. 4. The school system needs to give more information on decisions made and why they were made. This includes the school board, superintendent’s office and the principals and teachers of the respective schools. The public also needs to be willing to spend more time attend. Patrons of each school should become more involved with the problems and their solution of their individual schools. The news media should continue their fine coverage of the news of the Griffin-Spalding County School System. 5. Asa member of the Griffin- Spalding County Board of ed school board meetings. Also I have acquainted myself with recommendations as outlined in the comprehensive study and have studied carefully the educational objectives outlined in APEG. representatives to monthly meetings. Parents should be encouraged to talk with teachers and principals regarding specific and general problems with their children and the school system in general. 5. The last three years I have had an opportunity to visit in every school in the school system. While serving on the Citizens Committee to study the school facilities I heard from many of the teachers, ad ministration and school board members and discussed with them the facilities needs of the system. I have attended school board meetings. and effort in understanding the everyday workings of the school system and the problems in volved in running our schools. Spalding County citizens have the right and should demand efficient use of their tax dollars but they also have the responsibility to provide a sound educational system for all students. 5. I have studied our system by visiting in the schools and through discussions with school board members, school superintendent, school prin cipals, teachers, and parents. Education for the past 12 years, I’ve visited in the schools, worked closely with the ad ministration, attended school board meetings and listened to the patrons of the school system for advise and counsel.
