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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1977)
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 Fashion Savings W /v • . W I , \ I | I / if- B I b JL z B Handsomely tailored slacks B for men. Our ‘best buy’. | i r 8 -" n I s Perfectly tailored in solid color B | | HOTS double waistband and shirt gripper. t L !' V Jr Flare leg styling; waist sizes 30 to 42. 4 1 ’ I j Plaids and patterns. 9.99 Ik t - / \I f Save 30% on Klondike bßHLz— matched work sets. iJL Great looking vested suits Lightweight blend of comfortable at great lOW prices. 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The changes were requested in a petition signed by the majority of firemen. jj|TStork club 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 Page 3 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., Happy Birthday TAIA Claire •S Love Daddy
