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r Billy Engle of The Rock shows power of his tractor.
Tractor pull pulls crowd
Billy Engle of The Rock, Ga., drove
off with 2 of the 7 trophies awarded
Tuesday night in the annual Tractor
and Truck Pull at the Spalding County
Kiwanis Fair.
Engle won the 7,000 and 9,000 pound
classes driving a Deutz.
He won the 7,000 class with a pull of
276 feet and came back to win the 9,000
class with a pull of 293 feet.
Chandler Chasteen kicked off the
tractor pull by winning the 5,000 pound
They’d rather
fight than switch
WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) - Nine-
• year-old Sean Robert Shipman doesn’t
know it yet, but a Cherokee County
school board policy may force him to
„ leave his fourth grade class.
Sean, who has been living with his
grandparents for four years, has not
been told that Cherokee County school
• officials say he will have to be with
drawn from class if his grandparents
can’t establish him as a county
• resident.
“How will we tell him? I don’t know,”
said Mrs. Robert Malaussena, who has
. been caring for Sean since his parents
divorced and decided the boy would be
better off living permanently with his
grandparents.
• The Malaussenas, who have kept the
actual custody arrangements informal,
were told last week by Cherokee County
• school officials that an informal
custody arrangement, no matter how
permanent, did not establish Sean as a
county resident.
Milford Mason, an officer in pupil
attendance placement cases, said
Sean’s attendance at a Cherokee
• County school runs counter to a school
board policy which insures that county
residents get first priority in county
• schools.
The policy was designed to prevent
parents from sending their children
across county lines should they decide a
certain school was better than one in
Stuart Eizenstat has the facts
WASHINGTON (AP) - As a child,
Stuart Eizenstat crammed his brain
with facts and figures from the backs of
baseball cards. Now he’s switched to
’ position papers and memos which
shape the nation's domestic policy.
As the President’s top domestic as
, fairs adviser, Eizenstat drafts and
polishes memos which outline policy
alternatives and affect the President’s
decisions about billions of tax dollars
and about federal policies which have
impact on the lives of most Americans.
DAI LY 4r N EWS
Daily Since 1872
class with a distance of 147 feet. He was
driving a Massey-Ferguson.
Keith Kimpson of Hollonville won the
truck class with a pull of 276 feet. He
was driving a four-wheel drive Ford.
John Deere tractors ran away with
the 12,000, 16,000 and super stock
Tuesday set
record at fair
their own county, Mason said.
To keep Sean in a Cherokee County
school, the grandparents must pay $415
in out-of-county tuition or go to court to
secure legal custody, school authorities
said.
their own county, Mason said.
To keep Sean in a Cherokee County
school, the grandparents must pay $415
in out-of-county tuition or go to court to
secure legal custody, school authorities
said.
“We aren’t rich and I don’t think we
should be forced to pay tuition (above
the local taxes they pay) or pay to go to
court in order for a child to go to
school,” the grandmother said.
The custody proceeding would be
“very unfair to our daughter,” Sean’s
mother, because it would make it ap
pear as if she had given away her child,
Mrs. Malaussena said.
“You really can’t help your own
family without going to court, that’s
what this means,” she said. “It’s like
the school is saying to our boy, ‘You
don’t belong with your grandparents.
Get your bags packed and go to Florida
(where the mother lives).*”
School officials said the Malaussenas
would receive a letter soon saying that
if they did not secure legal custody or
agree to pay tuition, steps would be
taken to withdraw Sean from school.
Mrs. Malaussena said she would not
go to court to get custody, but she was
unsure of exactly what she and her hus
band would do.
“This is the first time in my life my
country has come into my home and
told me who I can help in my family and
how I have to do it,” she said.
“You can ask Stu about any domestic
issue and he can immediately tell you
the background and the correct status
of legislation or pending legislation and
policy changes,” marveled a colleague.
“It’s amazing what he has a grasp of.
He has an unbelievable capacity to
store knowledge.”
Eizenstat, 34, called “my brains” by
the President, begins his workday each
morning at 5:30, reading what is left
from the stack of papers he brought
home the night before. His early work
Griffin, Ga. 30223, Wednesday Afternoon, October 12, 1977
GRIFFIN
classes.
Charles Rucks won the 12,000
category with a pull of 278 feet.
Billy Christopher took the 16,000
division with 281 feet and Hugh Don
Thames won the super stock with 297
feet.
A fair spokesman called the tractor
pull the biggest and best ever.
“It attracted a record crowd,” the
spokesman said.
There were 25 entries in the show.
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Alberta Malausenna with grandson
Sean.
Goolsby plans
to seek post
in county
Jimmy Goolsby, photographic and
movie man, said he would qualify for
the county commission race Thursday.
He would become the fifth candidate.
Others who already have signed for
the race are David Elder, Frank
Gunnels, Bob Gilreath and Tom
Bearden.
The special election will be held Nov.
8 to fill the unexpired term of Reid
Childers who resigned because of his
health.
schedule frequently gets him away
from the office in time for a family
dinner hour and allows him to spend
more time with his wife and two sons at
night, he explains.
The long hours are worth it, he says,
when he sees policies turned into “real,
tangible laws and benefits to people.”
Eizenstat said he’s had an interest in
public affairs since his college days. He
first began to read about public policy
while maintaining a near straight-A
(Continued on page 3.)
Griffin is going
to quota hiring
The city commissioners have adopted
a racial quota system which will put
blacks in 40 percent of the city’s job
vacancies, until the racial make up of
city employees is proportionate to that
of the community.
Two out of 5 policemen and firemen
hired will be black until the ratio is
reached. After than, 1 black to 3 whites
will be hired.
According to the last census, some 27
percent of the city’s population is black.
Commissioner Dick Mullins proposed
that one-third instead of 40 percent of
the new employes be biAck.
“We don’t know what the results of
the current law suit over reverse
discrimination will be and we don’t
know if a quota system will be legal.
What’s past is past and all job ap
plicants, both black and white, should
hfAre equal opportunities. This new
generation had nothing to do with the
past.. .The real thing is that everybody
out there looking for a job ought to have
the same opportunities,” he said.
Mayor Raymond Head disagreed.
“We are leaving ourselves open when
we fail to atone or adjust for the past,
then try to pick up. It’s obvious we’ve
been lagging in this area,” Head said.
He asked each commissioner and the
vote was 3 to 2 with Commissioner R. L.
“Skeeter” Norsworthy agreeing with
Mullins on the one-third ratio.
Head, Ernest “Tiggy” Jones and
Louis Goldstein said they thought the 40
percent figure would be fairer until the
ratio is reached.
Mullins also called the plan to bring
in out-of-towners to evaluate job ap
plicants “a bunch of marlarky.”
“I think we should use the testing
procedure we have now with our new
quota system before we create a
monster,” Mullins said.
Instead of relying on written tests, on
which some applicants do poorly, the
city is looking into a plan which would
evaluate their on-the-job skills. A
workshop on such assessments is being
offered to city officials at the Univer
sity of Georgia.
City Manager Roy Inman said he will
present a plan on job evaluations at
next week’s meeting.
Also:
I.— Street lights for Pinetree ap
proved if citizens will pay for them.
2. — Rezone request tabled.
3. — Rent Assistance program en
dorsed 3-1.
4. — Parking meter restoration
request delayed until January.
The commissioners approved the
installation of street lights in the
Pinetree Hills Subdivision, provided
residents there pay costs of installation.
The city will pay the operating and
maintenance costs.
A group from the subdivision had
petitioned for the lights 2 weeks ago.
Some 14 street lights are needed to
accommodate about 41 homes in the
area. Installation costs would total SB4O,
with more than S3OO required in yearly
upkeep.
It was agreed that requests from any
other subdivision in the county would be
considered on an individual basis and
that installation will be done after the
residents come up with the money.
City Commissioner Louis Goldstein
who developed Pinetree Hills Sub
division, abstained from the voting.
(Continued on page 3.)
People
...and things
Senior citizen tugging to hold dog
nearly as big as she to keep it from
running into street to chase car.
Little girl at fair holding teddy bear
nearly as big as she, waiting for her
parents to come get her at the
fairgrounds.
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Here’s how
MILWAUKEE — Dana Putnam, 2, (r), looked to an older boy for pointers while
participating in a young people’s arts program in Milwaukee. Pre-school
through high school students took part. (AP)
Surprise:
Emily
Emily Harris has played the piano at
programs many times when people of
note were being honored.
It was her time Tuesday night.
Griffin Rotary Club members and
their wives honored their “sweetheart”
at the country club with a surprise
party.
Though printed invitations were
mailed and lots of people were in on the
planning, somehow they all managed to
keep the party a secret.
Billy Shapard made the
arrangements.
He checked with Emily to be sure she
would be there for a party.
Mrs. Harris had cooked up a little
sing-along program with Cary Jones,
the banker. The two planned to lead the
group in some singing.
Mrs. Harris a few days ago remarked
to her son, Frank, the outdoor ad
vertising man, “What time does the
program start? They didn’t send me an
invitation.”
She even asked her sister, Mrs.
Florence Barker who lives with her on
North Second Street, if she’d like to go
to the party. Mrs. Barker made an
excuse and declined. She was in on the
surprise, too. She showed up with Mrs.
Eclipse of sun
catches the eye
NEW YORK (AP) — People who
wanted to observe today’s eclipse of the
sun were warned to avoid viewing the
solar disc directly because of a risk of
blindness.
Although ear light of the sun dims as
the moon moves between it and the
earth, some rays get through and can
bum the retina, the delicate back layer
of the eye that transmits images to the
brain, according to the National Society
for the Prevention of Blindness.
“Sunglasses, goggles, smoked-glass
filters, or homemade viewing devices
cannot give the eyes 100 percent pro-
Weather
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA -
Clear and cool tonight with lows around
40. Sunny and continued cool Thursday
with highs in the low 60s.
LOCAL WEATHER — Low this
morning at the Spalding County
Forestry Unit 50, high Tuesday 70.
Harris’ daughter, Emily of Atlanta,
who brought along her daughter to
make the night complete for Mrs.
Harris.
Mrs. Harris vowed she knew nothing
of the surprise until she arrived at the
country club. She was met at the door
and given one of the printed invitations
announcing the surprise party in her
honor.
Mrs. Harris was flabbergasted.
This is one of the few times in her life
she was caught off guard completely,
she said.
Jim Owen, long time Rotary mem
ber, reviewed some of the highlights of
Mrs. Harris’ life during the party.
Mrs. Harris graduated from Griffin
High and went to work for the Griffin
Daily News in the mid 19205.
Soon thereafter, the late Quimby
Melton, Sr., bought the newspaper and
Emily stayed on. She did business of
fice work.
Mrs. Harris used to substitute for the
late Mrs. Frank Pittman playing the
piano for Rotary meetings.
After her marriage in 1936, Emily
became the regular at the piano and
has been the “sweetheart” of the club
since.
tection," according to Virginia Boyce,
executive director of the society.
Today’s partial eclipse could be seen,
depending on how clear the skies were,
from different cities in the United Sates
at slightly different times.
In New York, for example, it was to
begin at 4:44 p.m., EDT and end at 5:52
p.m. In Los Angeles, it was to begin at
11:58 a.m., PDT, ending at 2:30.
The eclipse would be more extensive
in Western states, according to New
York’s Hayden Planetarium. It would
be seen as a total eclipse in the Pacific
ocean, more than 1,000 miles south of
Los Angeles.