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DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1964 OKDiNaNCE To trash and 1,0 rc<4«*.xo vJiiisiners pie sc-.0-v, .or m*- disposal of gar bage, li~.su u»ivi Luk/loi-iinj io define the tor ganoage collection, placement of garbage containers, maintenance of sanit ary conditions; to autnonze a sanitary and health dharge, and provide a schedule of rates; to specify a collection schedule of ga.jage, trash and refuse; to pro vide tor billing of the sanitary and health charges, and the collection of such charges; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Mayor and Council of the City of Donalson ville, Georgia: Section 1. Definitions. a. Garbage shall mean all vege table and animal matter, food and other refuse from a kitchen, mark et, store or elsewhere, including all matters that decays, attracts flies, or creates disagreeable odors. b. Trash shall mean ashes, dirt, paper, yard sweepings and all oth er accumulations of similar nature and small in size that are not in cluded in the above difinition of garbage. c. Rubbish shall mean bushes, trees, limbs, boxes, planks, boards old furniture, scrap iron, tin and all other articles of similar nature and large in size, that are not in cluded in subsections (a) and (b) above. Section 2. Garbage container. All garbage shall be free from liquid and shall be placed and kept in a covered garbage container or can which garbage container or can shall always be kept covered and shall be of a type approved by the city accessible to the garbage wagon. Such container or can shall be either of an underground type or securely bound and tied so that it cannot be turned over by dogs or other animals. Section 3. Trash containers. Trash shall not be placed or kept in the garbage container but shall be placed and kept in a separate container or box, approved by the city engineer and located in the rear of the premises using the same, easily accessible to the city trash truck. Whenever such trash container or box needs to be emp tied the person using the same shall notify the office of the city engineer. Section 4. Rubbish disposal. Rubbish shall not be placed or kept in either garbage or trash container, but shall be removed or disposed of by the person on whose premises such rubbish ac cumulates. Section 5. Garbage collection re sponsibility of city. The city by and through its pro per departments shall be respon sible for the collection and dispos al of all garbage, trash, and re fuse within the city, and no person, firm, or corporation shall collect and dispose of or transport over the streets of the city any gar bage, trash, or refuse without first obtaining a written permit from the city to do so. Section 6. Collection schedule. Garbage, trash, and refuse shall be collected from the various pre mises in the city by the proper de partment of the city as follows: a. Collections from residential premises shall be made not less than twice weekly. b. Collections from businesses or commercial premises herein de signated as Commercial Class A shall be made not less than twice weekly. c. Collections from business and commercial premises other than those designated as Commercial Class A shall be made not less than five times weekly. Section 7. Classification. Each business and commercial premise within the city shall be assigned a commercial classifica tion by the city based on the av erage number of cubic yards of garbage, trash and refuse collected from sudh premises within the three preceding months. Section 8. Owner, occupant re sponsible for sanitary conditions on property. No person, firm or corporation who shall own or occupy a pre mise or premises within the city shall permit trash, garbage, or re fuse to collect or remain on such premise or premises, except dur ing periods between city sanitary 1 department pickups, and no person, j firm, or corporation who shall own ‘or occupy a premise or premises lin the city shall permit garbage, trash, or refuse to be scattered from such premise or premises into the public streets or alleys of the city. I Section 9. Sanitary charge. A monthly sanitary and health i charge is hereby fixed and assess ed against the owner or occupant of every improved premise within the city for which the occupant shall be liable for payment, but if for any reason any occupant of an improved premise shall fail to pay said monthly charge to the city, I then the owner of said improved premise shall be liable for the payment thereof. The charge here in provided for shall begin on the first day of April, 1964. Section 10. Same - Schedule. The monthly sanitary and health charges provided for in the pre ceding section within the corpor ate limits of the city are fixed as (follows: a. For each residential premise (two collections each week not to exceed one cubic yard per collec tion) SI.OO b. For each commercial Class A premise (two or more collections each week not to exceed one cubic yard per week) SI.OO c. For each commercial Class B premise (five or more collection's each week up to one-half yard per collection) $3.00 d. For office and office space (five or more collections each week up to one-half cubic yard per coll ection) SI.OO. For the purpose of this section, a residential premise is defined to be a single family unit. Each addi tional family unit housed on a pre mise is to be billed separately for the fee shown above. Section 11. Billing. (a) The monthly sanitary and health charge for each premise to which the city supplies water serv ice shall be billed and collected in the same manner and at the same time as water or sewer service is billed and collected. The monthly sanitary and health charge for each premise to which the city does not supply water or sewer service shall be billed and collect ed monthly in advance by the ten th day of each month and shall be payable by the occupant or owner at the clerk’s office at the city hall. (b) In all instances when a resi dential premise is occupied by more than one single family unit and is served by a single water meter, the sanitary charges appli cable to the residential premises at such location shall all be billed to the person in whose name the water meter is registered at the office of the clerk of the mayor and city council, the sanitary charge to be included thereon for each family unit on the premise. Section 12. Execution, levy and sale, authorized. Should any person, firm or corporation liable for payment of the fees and charges hereby fixed and imposed fail to pay the same within ten day® after having been billed therefor, the city clerk is OBITUARIES William Andrew Barber Funeral services for Will iam Andrew Barber, 86, of Colquitt, were held Saturday morning in the chapel of Ev ans Funeral Home. Rev. Jack Horne officiated and inter ment was in Corinth Ceme tery. Pallbearers were Milford ! Ingram, A. J. Ingram, Pete Brunson, Gordon Ivey, Bill Barber and Newton King. Mr. Barber was a native of Seminole County and a re tired farmer. He died Friday i afternoon in a local hospital 'after a short illness. Surviving are a daughter, ! Mrs. James 0. Carter, Col quitt; two sisters, Mrs. Jack : Ivey. Donalsonville, Mrs. Pearl Battles, Bainbridge, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Evans Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. William James Steadham William James Steadham, 83, of Bainbridge died Sun day afternoon in a Bainbridge hospital after a lengthy ill ness. A native of Baker Coun ty, he was a retired farmer. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the cha pel of Evans Funeral Home. Rev. Barksdale and Rev. Roy Lewis officiated, and inter ment was in Friendship Cem etery. . Survivors include his wid ow, Mrs. W. J. Steadham, a daughter, Mrs. Fred L. Gib bons; one grandson. Chris Gibbons, three granddaught ers, Miss Marsha Gibbons, Miss Donna Gibbons and Mrs. R. L. Swan, all of Donalson ville. Several nieces and neph ews also survive. Pallbearers were Stanley Steadham, J. E. Steadham, Frank Steadham, Jack John son, James Walls and W. Griffin. An honorary escort was formed by R. B. Hum phrey, Lamar Humphrey, Robert Humphrey, Roscoe Walls, Ray Whiddon, J. E. Turner and Jack Martin. Homer Austin Brooks Homer Austin Brooks, 80, of Donalsonville and formerly of Iron City died suddenly Monday morning following a heart attack. He was a native authorized to issue an execution therefor against such person, firm, or corporation and shall deliver said execution to the city marshal for a levy and sale as provided by law. Section 13. Discontinuance of city services to premises when charge unpaid. Any person, firm, or corporation failing for any reason or refusing to pay the monthly sanitary and health charge provided for in this chapter after having been duly billed for same by the city shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this chapter and all sanitary and health services and water services pro vided by the city to the premises for which the monthly charges are past due shall be terminated by the city. Section 14. Ordinances in Con flict. All ordinances in conflict here with are hereby expressly re pealed. Enacted by the Mayor and Council of the City of Donalson ville at regular meeting thereof held on the day of April, 1964. Louise J. Hay, City Clerk. Approved this day of April, 1964. Arden Parker, Mayor (adv) Short Items About People You Know As compiled by the staff of the Donalsonville News Mrs. Julian Webb, Society Editor Phone JA 4-230, Mr. Thurman Ford of Jones boro, spent the week end here with his sister, Mrs. George Odom, and was accompanied home by Mrs. Ford who had been here all of the week. Friends hope to see Mr. Ar thur Batchelor, Iron City s marshall, out again and feel ing fine. As we go to press, he is a patient at Seminole Memorial Hospital. of Iron City and a retired farmer. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Corinth Freewill Baptist Church, and interment was in the church cemetery. Rev. Marshall Nor ris officiated, and active pall bearers were A. J. Ingram, Milford Ingram, Leroy John son, Arthur Storey, Leroy Wood and Wilburn Thurman. An honorary escort was formed by Virgil Stegall, Winston Broxton, Jessie Lee Holley, Wayne Carr, William Gilbert, Hugh Carr, Henry Adams and A. W. Smith. Evans Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Surviving are his widow, three sons, Pryor Brooks, Donalsonville, Earnest Brooks of Odessa, Texas, and Ellie Brooks, Dade City, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. L. C. Frasier, Donalsonville, Mrs. Harvey Fowler, Eatonton, Ga.; one sister, Mrs. Florence Davis, Iron City, ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. recognize this? Ow Sure you do. It looks like the same Lilliston you saw a few years ago. But it isn’t The profile is the same, of course, and so is the way it oper ates. But, inside, there are changes—refinements that make this, the finest peanut harvester in the field last year, and the year before, and the year before that...(Make it fifty) again the biggest money-maker of them all. That isn t just talk. Pre-production runs on late-growing fields confirm the fact that the Lilliston is by far the best when it comes to picking fields clean. The time-proven, field tested, tried and true Lilliston guarantees you greater capacity, higher speed, gentler action, less damage, smoother separation and heftier profits. And its long productive life assures higher trade-in value. If there’s anything else you want, just let us know. The Lilliston Peanut Combine famous for peanut profits wherever in the world peanuts are grown. SEE THE COMBINE YOU CAN DEPEND ON YOUR LILLISTON DEALER NOW ( J&K B.MIM.STON 4 oneer ’ n g P r to serve mankind ROGERS TRACTOR CO. PHONE JA 4-5321 T'WYMiAiT.QZVKTVTT.T Ji! I Mrs. Julie Shingler is on an ' extended visit to Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Boyes and Billy Boyes in Perth’ Amboy, N.J. She’s being missed and we hope she’ll hurry back before she picks up a brogue. Mrs. Boyes is doing all night though, aft er fifteen years up there. A gentleman in a super market recently asked her if she was from Georgia or Alabama. His wife was from Alabama. * * * Mrs. George Mates who has been here for some time with her sister, Mrs. George Wald en, who is ill, has returned to her home in St. Petersburg, for a few weeks, while Mr. Mates, a merchant marine, is in port. Dicky and Jimmy Wren and their little 2 1-2 year-old sister, Maria, accom panied Mrs. Mates home. Before leaving, a friend asked Mrs. Mates how’ in the world she was going to man age to look after Maria. To this, Maria looked up from her stroller and asked, “What makes folks ask such ’culiar questions ?” —cl ■ ♦ • Mr. E. J. Greene of Iron City, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Andress and their two young daughters, of Tall ahassee, on a trip last week to San Antonio, Texas, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Sawyer. The Andress girls remained for a month’s stay wjth their aunt Barbara and untie Bob.