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City Commission meeting
Firemen get okay on mustaches, ties
The Board of Griffin City
Commissioners has approved a
change in the rules and
Also in this story
Also in this story:
I.— Commissioners study hiring policies.
2. — City may purchase electric downtown patrol cars.
3. — Citizens petition for meters in off-street parking
lots.
4- — Pine Tree Hills people ask about their petition for
street lights.
5. — Money saved on door repair.
6. — City pushes use of gadget to cut electric use on air
condition units.
City Personnel Officer Calvin
Perry met with the com
missioners Tuesday morning to
discuss guidelines for hiring
police officers and firemen.
There are seven positions
vacant in the police department
for which 73 person have ap
plied. Os that number, 11 have
passed the application test.
Fifty-six applicants, in
cluding a woman, are seeking
the one vacant spot in the
Griffin Fire Department.
Perry said that Griffin’s tests
have not been validated with
federal guidelines and an
assessment technique used by
many corporations and other
cities is being studied.
The city needs to do
something to restrict ap
plications to a time period and
which would keep the lists
current, he said.
The board agreed with
Commissioner Louis Gold
stein’s request that immediate
action be taken to reduce night
burglaries in the downtown
area.
He asked that bids be sought
for electric vehicles and that
police officers use them in full
time duty during the nights.
There are two or three break
ins a week and a police officer
on one of the silent trail bikes
would offer protection, Gold
stein said.
The commissioners agreed to
look into purchasing two or
three bikes and that 2 men be
used for the patrols.
A group of citizens has signed
a petition asking that parking
meters be used again in all off
street parking lots.
Mrs. Olene Duke came to the
Tuesday night city commission
meeting to ask that meters be
restored in all off street lots and
that free parking be maintained
on downtown streets.
This would give citizens a
choice of free two hour parking
on the streets or of using the
meters and parking longer in
the lots. Many working people,
along with some shoppers,
cannot move their car every
two hours, she explained.
Sixty names were on the
petition which stated that
shoppers and downtown em
ployes are concerned about
their personal safety in the lots
between the Childers building
and East Broad street and
between South Eighth street
and the Southern Railroad.
Numerous thefts have occurred
in these lots, it was noted.
She also suggested a parking
area be provided for “a
reasonable rental fee.”
Commissioner Louis Gold
stein noted the city is obligated
to use no meters during the trial
period, but at the end of the
year, he favors having a straw
vote to see what the people
want.
Crafts
show
Something for everyone will be
featured at the Craft Show being
sponsored by the Griffin-Spalding Art
Association and Commercial Bank at
Spalding Square on Saturday 10 a.m.
till 6 p.m.
There will be handmade dolls,
ceramics, macrame, all varieties of
woodwork including dollhouses, bird
houses, windmills; also leathercrafts,
jewelry, plaster crafts, puppets,
handsewn items, stained glass, shadow
boxes and much more. Approximately
40 exhibitors will be showing their
wares.
Pat Cunfer, a talented craftsperson,
will be at her potter’s wheel demon
strating the art of making pottery.
regulations of the Griffin Fire
Department which would allow
firemen to wear mustaches,
“Give several choices and we
will abide by the will of the
people,” he suggested.
Several residents from the
Pine Tree Hills subdivision
were present Tuesday night.
Felton Harris wanted to know
what happened to a petition the
residents presented several
months ago asking that the city
install street lights in the area.
Utilities are serviced by the city
and the lights are needed, he
said.
Tommy McGee also asked
about the street lights and
complained that “everytime it
thunders, we can expect our
electricity to go out.”
Sometimes the current stays
off from 2 to 3 hours, he said. He
asked for an investigation as to
why the outages happen so often
and for such long periods in the
area and not elsewhere.
The commissioners said they
had received the petition but
had taken no formal action. If
the lights are installed in one
county area, other areas will
also request them, they said.
A cost study has been made
concerning the matter and it
will be voted on at the next night
commission meeting in two
weeks.
Commissioner Louis Gold
stein saved city taxpayers
about $2,500 Tuesday morning.
He noted that bids on repair
work at Fire Station No. 2
ranged from $2,782 to $4,135.
The work involved replacing
an overhead door and rotten
wood trim around it.
Goldstein said he had gone out
to look and that a new door was
not needed. He listed the size
boards he thought could fix it
and said the repair work would
cost about “S2OO and the man
who does it will make money.”
Letters are being sent out
again to residents and
businesses with central air
conditioning in an effort to
recruit more people to sign up in
the electric load management
program.
According to City Manager
Roy Inman, last week about
1,075 have already signed.
The final payment of $5,309
was approved to Structural
Systems, Inc. for work on the
Fairmont Community Youth
Center. The building is com
pleted and has passed in
spections, Inman said.
Approval was given an ap
plication for transfer of a
license for a beer and wine store
submitted by Johnnie A.
McDaniel and Robert K.
Rogers, doing business as the J
& B Beverage Shop at Third and
Memorial drive. The license
was formerly held by Bill
Crowder, operator of Bill’s
Package Store.
provided they are kept “con
servatively short and neatly
trimmed.”
Beards, goatees, long
sidebums or facial hair which
would jeopardize the seal of an
air face mask will not be ac
ceptable.
Also the rule concerning neck
ties was relaxed. Previously
firemen were required to wear
ties with their winter uniforms
at all times from 8 o’clock in the
morning until 10 at night and the
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The new rule sets no
requirement for wearing ties
inside, except on special oc
casions, such as when groups
are touring the fire stations or
on election days.
Ties will continue to be
required out of doors, except
while equipment is being
cleaned or during fire fighting
training.
The changes were requested
in a petition signed by the
majority of firemen.
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LITTLE MISS BENTLEY
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
Bentley of Senoia announce the
birth of a daughter on Sept. 27 at
the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
LITTLE MISS BATES
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bates of
Route 5, Jackson, announce the
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birth of a daughter on Sept. 27 at
the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
MASTER GUTH
Dr. and Mrs. Marvin J. Guth,
Jr., of 118 Millwood drive,
Griffin, announce the birth of a
son on Sept. 27 at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital.
Griffin Daily News Wednesday, September 28, 1977
Murder suspect pleads not guilty
PEARSON, Ga. (AP) - A 26-
year-old Willacoochee, Ga.,
man has pleaded innocent to
murder charges stemming
from the May slayings of two
young Berrien County men.
Tommy Anglin, charged with
the murders of Benjamin Ty
gart, 18, and Johnny Luke, 21,
entered the plea Tuesday in Su
perior Court.
Tygart’s body was found in
the charred ruins of a bam
which police said Anglin had
converted into a home. Luke’s
body was found in a wooded
area in Atkinson County.
The victims, who were from
Nashville, Ga., had been shot,
police said.
Pretrial motions are to be
heard Oct. 6. The trial date has
tentatively been set for Oct. 31.
Anglin was arrested Labor
Day weekend in Katie, Tex.,
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Birthday
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