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Gas demand eases a bit
By The Associated Press
It stayed cold, but not frigid in
Georgia this morning, and the demand
for natural gas eased a bit.
“The gas supply situation still is very
tight,” Atlanta Gas Light Co., the
state’s largest gas utility, said today.
“But we’re beginning to see some re
duction in our gas use.”
The mean temperature Monday was
one degree lower than Sunday, the
utility said, but gas consumption still
dropped slightly.
The firm said its reserves still were
dangerously low, enough to last only
about four days if there is another
round of bitter cold such as last week’s,
Atlanta Gas
eases control
on laundries
Atlanta Gas Light Company
authorized laundries, dry cleaners and
coin operated washers here to do
minimum and limited work beginning
at noon today.
The gas company said there still was
a severe gas shortage and conservation
measures remain in effect.
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Score one for ‘The Fonz’
DALLAS (AP) — Thumbs up for
greasy ducktails, leather jackets and
Levi’s — and score one for “The Fonz.”
Mark Srere, who came to school one
day dressed like Arthur Fonzarelli —a
19505-style motorcycle jockey in the
toprated television series “Happy
Days" — on Monday survived an at
tempt to kick him out of his post as
student body president at Highland
Park High School.
Srere, 17, has headed students at the
school since last May. He said he won
the job on a “radical platform,” vowing
to present all students’ ideas to the
faculty. A “1950 s Day” was one such
idea put forward by Srere but voted
down by the educators.
Undaunted, Srere and a handful of
followers decided to have their own ’sos
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Keeping warm
Ruth Morgan (1) and Vivian Milling, students at Spalding Junior High H,
dressed warmly for school today. It was the first time classes in the Griffin-
Spalding School System had been in session since last week when snow forced
them to close. Thermostates in the schools were set at 65 degrees to conserve
energy.
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and about 13 days in present weather.
The state’s unofficial low this mor
ning was 22 at Clayton.
Atlanta Gas Light credited improved
conservation efforts by homeowners
and businesses for the lowered demand.
But until Monday, it said, appeals for
conservation seemed to be having little
effect.
“I simply cannot understand why the
public has not responded to calls for
energy conservation,” said Gov.
George Busbee, in renewing his plea for
conservation.
Busbee said only about 30 per cent of
natural gas users had turned down their
thermostats to 65 degrees, a step he
said would have cut gas consumption
by 13 per cent.
If temperatures drop, the governor
said, Atlanta Gas Light Co., which
supplies 45 per cent of the state, will
exhaust a four-day gas supply it uses to
supplement shipments from Southern
Natural Gas Co.
The governor said he had asked the
state Department of Transportation to
suspend weighing operations for ve
hicles carrying liquified petroleum gas,
and he also told state Revenue Com
missioner Nick Chilivis to consider
making liquor stores close at 9 p.m. in
stead of 11:45 p.m.
Day last Dec. 17. Srere strolled around
hallways in a leather jacket, white
socks, jeans and a T-shirt. He said he
even forsook his “dry look” to slick his
hair back with a fistful of the greasy kid
stuff.
The matter came to a head when the
student council’s executive committee
voted to conduct impeachment
proceedings, charging the president
with neglect of duty.
The vote Monday was 62-47 against
impeachment. When the tally was
announced, the packed auditorium
thundered its agreement. And like
Fonzie, Srere responded to the cries of
“Speech, speech,” sauntering to the
podium where he told his followers the
victory belonged to them.
The Fonz would be proud.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday Afternoon, January 25,1977
He said he also ordered thermostats
turned down to 65 in all state buildings,
including the governor’s mansion.
The governor said he sent executive
secretary Norman Underwood to
Washington Monday to testify before
the Federal Power Commission on
behalf of an Atlanta Gas Light request
for an emergency allocation of
Canadian gas.
That request has not been acted upon.
Schools in several Georgia counties
were closed today as harsh weather and
the natural gas shortage continued.
However, state School Super
intendent Jack Nix said all school
systems in the state should plan to
make up the days lost because of the
weather and gas shortage.
“Right now, I‘m not willing to exempt
any system” from a 180-school day
requirement, Nix said at a DeKalb
Community College meeting of school
superintendents Monday.
The state patrol warned against
travel in northeast Georgia after
midnight this morning because of ice
and snow on the roads. An icy glaze was
expected to cause hazardous driving
conditions in the metropolitan Atlanta
area and the northwest portion of the
state, a state patrol spokesman said.
By MAY WINGFIELD MELTON
Peggy Kelley can hold a full time job
and still be a wife and mother because
she plans ahead and says her family
“helps out a lot.”
Married to her high school
sweetheart Juan Kelley, Peggy gets to
work as a teller at the Commercial
Bank every morning by 8:30 and comes
home in the afternoons soon after her
children, Danny, 14, and Lynn, 11, get
home from school.
She goes to work the minute she
walks in the door in the afternoons and
usually puts a load of clothes in the
washing machine first. Juan works at
the Atlanta Parts Depot in East Point,
which is part of the Ford Motor
Company. He gets up, fixes his own
breakfast and leaves the house by 5
a.m. for his drive to work. Peggy starts
her day at quarter of seven and fixes a
People
••• and things
Swimming ducks keeping ice away in
otherwise frozen lake in Griffin.
Former Women’s Memorial
Clubhouse reduced to a pile of rubble
behind “Keep Out!” sign on Sixth and
Poplar.
Young man combing long hair as he
walks toward Spalding County Jail.
Mrs. Neel
saw photo
of Griffin
Mrs. Armon B. Neel of the Jackson
road has received a copy of a St.
Petersburg, Fla., newspaper with a
picture showing snow in Griffin.
It was a Griffin Daily News picture
which the Associated Press picked up
and distributed nationwide.
Mrs. M.M. Neel, an aunt of Mrs. Neel
in Griffin, sent the paper to her in
Griffin.
“Remember when we used to
urge our children to grow up to
be like our public officials?"
Teller
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Starlyne Lovett (I) stokes log fire as sister, Glenda, enjoys warmth of open fire at their
home, 1360 Zebulon road. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lovett who moved
here from Florida. The family agrees that the weather in this section of the state is quite
different from that in Florida.
This one counts her blessings
as well as the bank’s money
“good breakfast” of ham or bacon,
eggs, grits, coffee and toast or
sometimes pancakes while the children
are getting ready for school. Then they
eat breakfast together.
Danny and Lynn both make up their
own beds and straighten their rooms
before they leave. Peggy expects them
to help and says, “They are no better
than I am, and I had to do it.” After
breakfast Peggy washes the dishes and
cleans the kitchen before she showers
and dresses for work. She doesn’t want
to “come home to dirty dishes” in the
afternoon. She also takes the meat she
plans to have for supper out of the.
freezer and puts it in the refrigerator to
thaw.
She starts cooking supper while the
clothes are washing, building her meal'
of vegetables and salad around the
meat she is having. “If I get behind
Dave Miller winner of DSC award
Dave Miller, director of the
community sheltered workshop for
mentally retarded people and leader in
Boys’ Club work, was named winner of
the Jaycee Distinguished Service
Award Monday night.
Jim Webb, chairman of the award for
the past four years, presented it at the
Jaycee meeting at the Moose Club.
Miller’s leadership in developing the
Boys’ Club program here and his
innovative programs at the sheltered
workshop were among the things cited
in his nomination.
He was president of the Boys’ Club
for three terms. The Boys’ Club has two
club sites and serves 300 boys with a full
time paid executive director.
Miller took a leading part in the
CARE (Citizens Aroused for
Responsible Education) formed here
last year. This is a citizens group
looking into educational needs. The unit
is pushing for a school bond issue.
Miller is program chairman for CARE.
Miller originated and conducted the
first driver training program for clients
at the sheltered workshop. This was the
first such project in the state.
Miller has worked with developing
the workshop from scratch and it now
serves 87 mentally retarded persons.
Miller worked as a non-paid camp
director for summer camp which
serves the state’s mentally young
people.
He is a member and former Sunday
School teacher at First United
Methodist Church where he is
chairman of a work area in the Council
Vol. 105 No. 20
Juan helps out by fixing chili or
hamburgers,” says Peggy but they all
prefer Peggy’s cooking. Juan likes it so
well he’s trying to diet now. She tries to
have supper at six o’clock.
The Kelleys work together at home.
When the leaves need raking or the
gutters need cleaning they all pitch in
and help. Whatever needs doing they do
together.
A cheerleader at Griffin High School
Peggy started dating Juan when they
were in the 10th grade. He was a
halfback on the Griffin High football
team. Now their son and daughter are
following in their footsteps. Danny has
played football with several Recreation
Department teams and Lynn has done
some cheerleading.
Peggy’s mother, Mrs. Grady
Wilcher, lives with the Kelleys but
worked until a few years ago. Juan’s
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DSC Chairman Jim Webb (1) presents plaque to Dave Miller. His wife Judy is at
right.
on Ministries.
He is a Kiwanis Club member and
worked in the United Fund drive in
1976.
Miller is a member of the Chamber of
Commerce and a proposed member of
the Griffin Area Personnel Association.
Miller graduated from Maryville
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY near 40,
low tonight in mid 20s, high yesterday
41, low yesterday 32.
FORECAST: A little colder tonight.
Sunny and warmer Wednesday.
EXTENDED FORECAST: Turning
colder Thursday. Much colder Friday
and Saturday. A chance of light snow
north Thursday.
mother, Mrs. Hazel Dyer, lives on
Solomon Street.
The whole family is active in the
Second Baptist Church. Peggy teaches
the young married ladies’ Sunday
School class and Juan is an Outreach
leader of the church. They go to the
church on Wednesday nights for supper
and fellowship. Peggy says it is
“inexpensive and fun to be together.”
She and Lynn plan to start sewing
lessons at the church in February.
Peggy has been working at the bank
for almost 15 years, since her son was
six weeks old. She says she “counted
money even in her sleep” for months
because thousands of dollars were
passing through her hands.
She is still counting money but with a
husband and two children who love her
now she counts her blessings as well.
College at Maryville, Tenn., and is
working on a master’s degree at
Auburn.
He is married to the former Judy Ann
Hannah of Maryville, Tenn. They met
at college.
The Miller’s live at 369 East College
street.