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Clouds flee as
harvest moon shines
Griffin Daily News photographer William Berry caught
on film these pictures of the beautiful harvest moon over
Griffin Thursday night as it broke out of the clouds.
Bond issue creeps into campaigns
City
candidates
The upcoming school bond issue has
the support of all 5 city commission
candidates present at Thursday night’s
public meeting at City Hall.
And schools was just one of the topics
touched on during the 90-minute forum
which was sponsored by the League of
Women Voters.
Dr. Bob Andress, political science
professor at Gordon Junior College,
was moderator. The bond issue was the
first question on his list.
“Yes, I do favor a new high school.
It’s a must if we attract new industry to
our city,” said First Ward incumbent
Ernest (Tiggy) Jones.
He used up his 2-minute time limit
reading a prepared statement with
statistics on the overcrowded con
ditions in the system.
“Yes. It’s needed desperately. I’ll
continue to fight for it,” said Mrs.
Charlotte Manolis whose voice was
about gone from laryngitis. She also is
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People
••• and things
Girls at 6-year-old’s birthday party
all wearing ‘Little Red Riding Hood*
outfits.
Man in courthouse proudly showing
friends picture of new great grand
daughter.
Presbyterian Church building site
brightly lit at night with newly installed
light.
Q&A: here’s why the school bond issue was scaled down
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This Is another in
a series of questions and answers about
the school bond issue. Education ’77, a
citizens committee interested in the
proposal, prepared the series. Since the
deadline for next week’s questions
already has passed, the committee
invited people to attend a slide
presentation on the bond issue Thur*
sday night at 7:30 in the meeting room
of Flint River Regional Library. People
familiar with the bond issue will be
present to answer questions.
Q. The First Proposal For This Bond
Referendum Was Around $14,000,000.
Why Did This Change?
A. The Board of Education, after
receiving the recommendations of the
State Department of Education in its
comprehensive study of our system,
requested the administration and ar
chitectural firm of Bilbro, Spangler and
Manley to compile costs estimates for
the facilities specified in the com
prehensive study as well as additional
renovations which had been considered
GRIFFIN Weather
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B I I 5 j Cloudy Saturday with highs in the mid
> LOCAL WEATHER - Low this
morning at the Spalding County
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - Police are
telling Halloween trick-or-treaters to be
in by 6 p.m. Monday, fearing later
knocks on doors might bring gunfire
from nervous residents worried about
the recent strangulations of four
women.
Meanwhile, door-to-door salesmen
have begun hawking chemical
repellents and home security systems,
and a local man is pushing for creation
previously by the Board. In August of
1976, preliminary cost estimates were
prepared and submitted to the Board of
Education for this consideration.
After lengthy deliberation and study,
it was felt that the community would
not pass a bond issue for this amount of
money, therefore, it was decided that
the building and instructional com
mittees, in cooperation with the ad
ministration, would consider each of
the items very carefully and make
recommendations to the full Board
which in all probability would be more
acceptable to the citizens of Griffin and
Spalding County.
The Board also felt that input was
needed from parents, students,
teachers and other interested citizens
into what should be included in the bond
referendum, therefore, 5 public
meetings were held in order that the
Board might consider recom
mendations and suggestions from the
above mentioned groups. It was finally
agreed upon that in order to meet the
needs of our system, comply with the
M t.' ■ HEmI
Sid James Beeland answers question about campaign.
Killings cut trick-or-treat
of a civilian force to guard the homes of
elderly women.
Police show little enthusiasm for the
civilian-guard plan of E. L. Storey, who
said the police have been ineffective in
finding the killer — or killers — and
“we might as well confront the
enemy.”
“It makes us kind of jumpy to have
all these people running around with
loaded guns,” said patrol commander
recommendations of the com
prehensive study, and still have the
support of the citizens, the following
items would be eliminated from the
earlier proposal:
I. New High School
A. Make construction of a stadium a
separate question to be voted upon.
B. Omit lighting of tennis courts.
C. Omit ROTC firing range.
11. New Elementary School
A. Construct eighteen classrooms
rather than thirty as originally
suggested. This was done due to the
construction of four classrooms at
Atkinson, four classrooms at Orrs and
eight additional classrooms will be
constructed shortly at Anne Street
School with federal funds.
HI. Present Griffin High School
Campus
A. Omit construction of classrooms
Jim Wetherington. “We could have
somebody killed by accident.”
That’s why police have asked that
costumed youngsters get their
Halloween rounds finished early.
“All the children are going to be
disappointed, but with people as ner
vous as they are, we might have a real
problem,” Wetherington said.
from P.E. facility to be built.
B. Omit renovation of lighting and
installation of new ceiling in the
auditorium.
IV. Elementary Library Expansions.
A. Omit expansion of libraries at Orrs
and Crescent which can be done later
with M & O funds.
V. Spalding Junior High I & II
Campuses.
A. Omit construction of new library.
B. Omit construction of new
vocational facilities. (Industrial Art
Shop)
C. Omit renovation of auditorium and
band facilities.
VI. System Wide
A. Omit airconditioning of existing
buildings.
The Board of Education, after con
curring with the above changes,
County
candidates
About 65 people, including 10 can
didates, turned out for Thursday night’s
public “Meet the Candidates” forum at
city hall which was sponsored by the
League of Women Voters.
Five hopefuls for the county com
mission seat were present and an
swered questions on topics ranging
from a county water system to mobile
home restrictions.
Bob Gilreath, Thomas Bearden, Al
Norris, Jim Goolsby and David Elder
each gave 2-minute opening statements
outlining their platforms.
Frank Gunnels was not present, due
• to a death in his family.
“It galls me to know that people are
taxed for services they are not
receiving. Some of it’s double taxation.
The water bond issue voted in several
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The Country Parson
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“It’s annoying when folks
disagree with you — especially
when they’re right.”
recommended that a bond referendum
be called for November 8, at which time
the citizens of Griffin and Spalding
County would consider the following:
1. Bonds for a high school and other
school systems additions and improve
ments in the amount of $5,955,000.00.
2. Bonds for an athletic stadium and
facilities in the amount of $1,000,000.00.
3. Bonds for a central food storage
and cooler-freezer facility in the
amount of $160,000.00.
The total cost of the items listed
above to be voted on November 8 in
cluding state funds which we will
receive if the high school question is
passed, amounts to approximately
$11,000,000. This reflects a decrease of
more than $3,000,000 since the first
proposal and indicates that the Board of
Education made every effort to keep
the bond referendum at a minimum and
still provide needed facilities for our
school system.
Q. Have Teachers Been Consulted In
The Initial Planning Os The New High
School And Will They And Other
Gov. Busbee
appoints
Griffinite
Henry M. “Hank” Huckaby of Griffin
has been elected commissioner of the
State Department of Community
Affairs.
Announcement of Huckaby’s election
was made Thursday by Gov. George
Busbee.
The Griffinite, who lives at 523 Ivy
Rd., succeeds Howard “Red” Atherton,
who died last month.
Prior to his election as commissioner
of the State Department of Community
Affairs, Huckaby served on the
Senate’s research staff and worked in
the Governor’s Office of Planning and
Budget.
In announcing Huckaby’s appoint
ment, Gov. Busbee pointed out that as a
state planner, the Griffinite worked
closely with Atherton and other state
officials in designing the Bureau of
Community Affairs, the ancestor of the
recently created department.
Gov. Busbee also noted that Huckaby
had gained experience in the areas of
educational and economic planning as
well as in matters concerning local
government.
As commissioner of the State Depart
ment of Community Affairs, Huckaby
will work closely with the hundreds of
local governments in Georgia.
The 35-year-old Griffinite is married
and the father of 2 children.
He is the son of Mrs. Lena Huckaby
and the late Fred Huckaby.
Citizens Be Allowed Input In The Final
Planning, If The Referendum Passes?
A. Yes. Teachers as well as Board
members, and administrators were
consulted in the initial planning which
went into the high school. The school
architect met several times with
department heads and the principal at
Griffin High School to plan for
programs which will be offered once
construction begins at the new high
school.
Board members, administrators,
principals, and teachers made at least
two out-of-town visits to new high
school facilities in the state in order
that we might incorporate some of the
ideas found in these schools into our
own.
If the bond issue is successful, Board
members, school officials, and ar
chitects will consult with teachers,
parents and students before con
struction begins and new course of
ferings are implemented. The input of
the community will be actively sought
in this regard.