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Thursday, October 17, 1968
Resolution Act No. 202
House Resolution No. 399-912
A Resolution
Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution so as to provide that
the General Assembly may create
Development Authorities or au
thorize any county or municipal
corporation or combinations there
of to create Development Authori
ties and authorize such Authorities
to issue revenue obligations for
the purpose of developing indus
try, trade and employment oppor
tunities; to provide for the sub
mission of this amendment for
ratification or rejection; and for
other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1
Article VII of Section VII of
the Constitution is hereby amend
ed by inserting between Para
graphs V and VI, a new Para
graph to be numbered Paragraph
V-A and to read as follows:
“Paragraph V-A. Revenue Ob
ligations Authorized. The develop
ment of trade, commerce, industry
and employment opportunities is
hereby declared to be a public pur
pose vital to the welfare of the
people of this State. The General
Assembly may create Development
Authorities to promote and further
such purposes or may authorize
the creation of such Authority by
any county or municipal corpora
tion or combinations thereof under
such uniform terms and conditions
as it may deem necessary. The
General Assembly may exempt
from taxation Development Au
thority obligations, properties, ac
tivities or income and may author
ize the issuance of Revenue Obli
gations by such Authorities which
shall not constitute an indebted
ness of the State within the mean
ing of Section VII of this Article.
The General Assembly may pro
vide for the validation of any
Revenue Obligations authorized,
and that such validation shall
thereafter be incontestable and
conclusive.”
SECTION 2
When the above proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall have
been agreed to by two-thirds of the
members elected to each of the two
brsmches of the General Assem
bly, and the same has been entered
on their journals with the “Ayes”
and “Nays” taken thereon, such
proposed amendment shall be pub
.liahed and submitted as provided
in Article XIII, Section I, Para
graph I of the Constitution of
Georgia of 1945, as amended.
The ballot submitting the above
proposed amendment shall have
written or printed thereon the fol
lowing:
“Shall the Constitution be
amended so as to provide that the
General Assembly may create De
velopment Authorities or authorize
any county or municipal corpora
tion or combinations thereof to
create Development Authorities
and authorize such authorities to
issue revenue obligations for the
purpose of developing industry,
trade and employment opportuni
ties.”
YES ( ) NO ( )
All persons desiring to vote in
favor of ratifying the proposed
amendment shall vote "Yes”. All
persons desiring to vote against
ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote “No".
If such amendment shall be rati
fied as provided in said Paragraph
of the Constitution, it shall become
a part of the Constitution of this
State. The returns of the election
shall be made in like manner as
returns for elections for members i
of the General Assembly, and it
shall be the duty of the Secretary
of State to ascertain the result and i
certify the result to the Governor,
who shall issue his proclamation
thereon. 1
GEO. L. SMITH II ।
Speaker of the House
GLENN W. ELLARD 1
Clerk of the House 1
GEO. T. SMITH
President of the Senate 1
HAMILTON McWHOKTER, JR. i
Secretary of the Senate i
Resolution Act No. 34
Senate Resolution No. 36
1
A Resolution 1
(
Proposing an amendment to the 1
Constitution, so as to remove the I
provision freezing civil service ।
preference for honorably dis i
charged veterans of the State of ।
Georgia as of a certain date, and to
authorize the General Aaaembly to
accord such veterans preference, ।
point or otherwise, in any civil ser |
vice program established in the I
state government or any political I
subdivision thereof; to provide for i
the submission of this amendment I
for ratification or rejection; and
for other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
Section 1. Article 111, Section
VII, Paragraph XXIV of the Con
stitution is hereby amended by
striking said Paragraph In ita on
tirety and inaertlng In Heu thereof
a new Paragraph XXIV U» read as
follows:
“Paragraph XXIV. Veterans
Preference. Any veteran who has
served as a member of the armed
forces of the United Slatea during
the period of a war or armed con
flict in which any branch of Iha
armed forces of the United States
engaged, whether under United
States command or other wine, and
who was honorably dlacharged
therefrom ahall Ire given such vet
erans preference In any civil ear
vice program established In the
state government or any political
subdivision thereof as may Ira de
tarmined by appropriate action of
the General Assembly,
“Provided, however, notwith
standing any such action by the
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General Assembly, any veteran who
has served as a member of the
armed forces of the United States
during the period of any war or
the Korean Conflict and who was
honorably discharged therefrom
shall be entitled to and shall receive
the following preference in taking
a competitive examination for em
ployment with the state govern
ment or any political subdivision
thereof.
“(a) Such veteran who has at
least a ten per centum service con
nected disability as rated and cer
tified by the Veterans Administra
tion shall be entitled to and shall
have ten points added to his pass
ing score on such examination; and
“(b) Any other such veteran
shall be entitled to and shall have
five points added to his passing
score on such examination.”
Section 2. When the above pro
posed amendment to the Constitu
tion shall have been agreed to by
two-thirds of the members elected
to each of the two branches of the
General Assembly, and the same
has been entered on their journals
with the “Ayes” and "Nays” taken
thereon, such proposed amendment
shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article XIII, Section I,
Paragraph I of the Constitution of
Georgia of 1946, as amended.
The ballot submitting the above
proposed amendment shall have
written or printed thereon the fol
lowing :
“Shall the Constitution be amend
ed so as to remove the provision
freezing civil service preference for
honorably discharged veterans of
the State of Georgia as of a cer
tain date, and to authorize the Gen
eral Assembly to accord such veter
ans preference, point or otherwise,
in any civil service program estab
lished in the state government or
any political subdivision thereof?”
YES ( ) NO ( )
All persons desiring to vote in
favor of ratifying the proposed
amendment shall vote “Yes”. All
persons desiring to vote against
ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote “No”.
If such amendment shall be rati
fied as provided in said Paragraph
of the Constitution, it shall become
a part of the Constitution of this
state. The returns of the election
shall be made in like manner as
returns for elections for members
of the General Assembly, and it
shall be the duty of the Secretary
of State to ascertain the result and
certify the result to the Governor,
who shall issue his proclamation
thereon.
GEO. T. SMITH
President of the Senate
Hamilton McWhorter, jr.
Secretary of the Senate
GEO. L. SMITH II
Speaker of the House
GLENN W. ELLARD
Clerk of the House
Resolution Act No. 198
House Resolution No. 142-403
A Resolution
Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution so as to authorize the
General Assembly to provide by
law for the creation of a retire
ment system for all employees of
public schools who are not covered
by the Teachers’ Retirement Sys
tem including, but not limited to,
school bus drivers, school lunch
room personnel, school mainte
nance personnel and school custo
dial personnel, and for the expend
iture of State funds and the funds
of county and independent boards
of education for the support of
said retirement system; to provide
for the submission of this amend
ment for ratification or rejection;
and for other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1
The Constitution is hereby
amended by adding between Para
graph II and 111 of Section II of
Article VII a new paragraph to be
designated Paragraph 11-A, to read
as follows:
"Paragraph 11-A. The General
Assembly is hereby authorized to
provide by law for the creation of
an actuarially sound, participating
retirement system for all em
ployees of public schools who are
not covered by the Teachers’ Re
tirement System including, but not
limited to, school bus drivers,
school lunchroom personnel, school
maintenance personnel and school
custodial personnel. The General
Assembly is further authorized to
provide in said Act creating such
retirement system, or in any
amendatory Acts thereto, for the
expenditure of State funds and the
funds of county and independent
boards of education in support of
said retirement system, in such
manner as the General Assembly
shall determine.”
SECTION 2
When the above proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall have
been agreed to by two-thirds of
the members elected to each of the
two branches of the General As
sembly, and the same has been en
tered on their journals with the
“Ayes” and "Nays” taken thereon,
such proposed amendment shall be
published and submitted as pro
vided in Article XIII, Section I,
Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of
Georgia of 1946, as amended.
The ballot submitting the above
proposed amendment ahall have
written or printed thereon the fol
lowing:
"Shall the Constitution be
amended so as to authorize the
General Assembly to provide by
law for the creation of an actuari
ally sound, participating retire
ment system for all employees of
public schools who are not covered
by the Teachers’ Retirement Sys
tem, including, but not limited to,
school bus drivers, school lunch
room personnel, school mainte
nance personnel and school custo
dial personnel, and for the ex
penditure of State funds and the
funds of county and independent
boards of education for the sup
port of said retirement system?”
YES ( ) NO ( )
All persons desiring to vote in
favor of ratifying the proposed
amendment shall vote "Yes”. All
persons desiring to vote against
ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote “No”.
If such amendment shall be rati
fied as provided in said Paragraph
of the Constitution, it shall become
a part of the Constitution of this
State. The returns of the election
shall be made in like manner as re
turns for elections for members of
the General Assembly, and it shall
be the duty of the Secretary of
State to ascertain the result and
certify the result to the Governor,
who shall issue his proclamation
thereon.
GEO. L. SMITH II
Speaker of the House
GLENN W. ELLARD
Clerk of the House
GEO. T. SMITH
President of the Senate
Hamilton McWhorter, jr.
Secretary of the Senate
GEORGIA, NEWTON COUNTY
Notice Is hereby given that s.
M. Hay as administrator of A. P.
CURTIS has applied to the Or
dinary of said County for leave
to sell land belonging to the Es
tate of A. P. CURTIS for the
purpose of payment Os debts and
distribution.
Said application will be heard
at the regular term of the Court
of Ordinary for said County, to be
held on the first Monday in Nov
ember, 1968.
Donald G. Stephenson
Ordiiiary
4TC Oct. 10
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
O" THE COUNTY OF NEWTON
STATF OF GEORGIA
CIVIL ACTION
FILE NO. 2900
DIVORCE
EQUALLA B. JAMES
Plaintiff
-vs-
WASHINGTON CARVER JAMES
Defendant
NEWTON SUPERIOR COURT
DIVORCE
FILED: Aug. 22, 1968
DATE OF ORDER FOR
SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
Aug. 5, 1968
TO: WASHINGTON CARVER
JAMES
You are commanded to file
with the Clerk, Newton Superior
Court, and to serve upon plain
tiffs attorney, W. D. Ballard,
1122 Monticello Street, Coving
ton, Georgia, a copy of your ans
wer, if any you have, to the above
captioned suit, within sixty days
of the date of the order for this
service upon you by publication.
Or, you may appear in person be
fore this Court within the time
prescribed and make your ans
wer.
In the event no answer is filed
by you and no appearance made,
this Court will, after expiration
of 60 days from the date of or
der for service by publication,
proceed as to justice may apper
tain.
Witness the Honorable Frank
Guess, Judge Newton Superior
Court,
S. M. HAY, CLERK
4TC Sept. 5
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
that there will be heard before
the Judge of the Superior Court
of Newton County, on the 28th
day of October, 1968, at 10:00
o’clock, A. M., at the Court
house in the City of Covington,
Georgia, the case of the STATE
OF GEORGIA VS. NEWTON
COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT,
being Civil Action File Number
2978, in said Court,the same be
ing a proceeding to confirm and
validate a bond issue in the am
ount of $500,000 to be issued
by Newton County School Dis
trict for the purpose of provid
ing funds to pay or to be applied
toward the cost of acquiring,
constructing and equipping sc
hool buildings and facilities use
ful or desirable in connection
therewith, adding to, improving,
renovating, repairing and equip
ping existing educational build
ings, properties and facilities of
the Newton County School Dis
trict, Including the acquisition of
vocational training buildings and
facilities and transportation fac
ilities and educational aids and
apparatus, acquiring the neces
sary property therefor, both real
and personal, and paying ex
penses incident to accomplish
ing the foregoing, and any citizen
of the State of Georgia residing
In said County, or any other
person wherever residing, who
has a right to object, may inter
vene and become a party to these
proceedings.
TTiis the 9th day of October,
1968.
/s/ S. M. Hay
Clerk, Superior Court,
Newton County, Georgia
2TC Oct. 17
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U. Os Georgia Buys 4
New Buses For Campus
ATHENS, Ga.-The University
of Georgia’s transit system has
purchased four new coaches, bri
nging to 18 the number of ve
hicles in service, and starting
a new phase of improved cam
pus bus services.
The new vehicles, 35-
passenger GM deisels costing
$17,500 each, will go into ser
vice immediately, said James
Farmer, manager of vehicle tra
nsportation and maintenance for
the University. “Three will go
on regular routes and the fourth,
an air conditioned model, will
be used for campus tours and
charter work.”
Acquisition of the new equip
ment, Mr. Farmer said, is part
of an overall transit improve
ment program aimed at making
the campus bus system as eff
icient and customer conscious as
possible.
Improvements already imple
mented include publication of and
adherence to a schedule of bus
times, establishment of new
routes for regular service, and
special training of all drivers.
Buses now operate on three
regular routes, Mr. Farmer said,
a North-South route, a Married
Student Housing route, and a Rus
sell Hall route. There are four
buses assigned to the North-
South route, running a five min
ute intervals; four buses on the
Russell route, running at four
minute Intervals, and one bus on
Flordia Tuggle
Has Her Second
Poem Published
Flordia Tuggle
Miss Flordia Tuggle, a student
of Morris Brown College has been
informed by Miss Evelyn Petry,
Editor of Clover Publishing Com
pany that her poem, “We Hurt
Those We Love” will appear in
their next book, THE CLOVER
COLLECTION OF VERSE which
will soon be on the market.
Miss Tuggle had another poem
published in 1966 with another
publishing company.
Miss Tuggle is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Henry Tug
gle of Mansfield.
Miss Tuggle has many hoboies.
Among them are reading, writing
poems, articles and skits, listen
ing to music, sewing, associating
with others and having fun. At the
present, Miss Tuggle in her spare
time works on a book of poetry
which she plans to publish by
1971.
Presently, Miss Tuggle is a
Junior at Morris Brown College
majoring in English and Second
ary Education. At Brown she is
a member of the English Club,
Human Relations, Wolverine Ob
server and Junior Class Club.
After graduation, she plans
to teach English and work dur
ing summers on a Masters De
gree in Journalism.
Georgia Tech’s School of Nu
clear Engineering has received
a $52,101 grant from the De
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare to help provide in
struction in the evaluation and es
tablishment of proper working
conditions where radiation is
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the Married Student route that
runs at 20-minute Intervals.
Mr. Farmer said there is a
total of 37 stops on the routes,
and that buses are rotated, with
at least nine in service all the
time. The coaches operate be
tween the hours of 7 a.m. and
5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday,
except for a one-bus route that
operates between Russell-
Brumby halls and the library
at 16-minute intervals from 6
to 9 p.m. on week nights.
“About 8,000 students ride our
buses each day,” Mr. Farmer
said. “We’re working to make
their rides as comfortable and
trouble-free as possible.”
He added that planning for the
system included surveys of tran
sit systems in Atlanta, Savan
nah and Macon, and that all of
the University transit drivers
attended the Atlanta Transit Co
mpany’s school for courtesy and
safety last summer.
Mr. Farmer also said that the
fare fcr bus rides on campus
remains at five cents.
School Lunch Programs Create Big Food Market
ATLANTA—The nation’s con
cern with the nutrition and health
of it’s children Is evidenced in
the Increased growth of school
lunch programs.
The National School Lunch Act
was passed in 1946. NOw, 22
THE
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Burt Adams family In the loss
of their fine Father, Mr. Henry
Adams, and Mrs. Wilbur Jones
and family in the loss of her
dear Mother. Sorrow comes to
each of us in due time, and the
thoughtfulness of our friends
means more than words can ex
press. None of us ever forget
those sacred moments at such
times, when loving friends gather
to hold your hand, express heart
felt sympathy and do so many
nice things for you. True fri
ends are worth more than all
the gold in the universe.
Well! They made your Office
Boy Chairman of Conservation
in one of these “Woman’s” org
anizations. For months we have
been admonishing our Merchants
to plant urns of flowers in front
of their business houses like Don
Wood, his wife, or Helen Dick
inson was responsible for. We
do not know who started It but
theirs was FIRST. .Other mer
chants have followed. . .NOW!
at this late date we get a folder
of instructions as to the duties
of Conservation Chairman.. .. •
and the State organization Is
urging Cities to plant just such
urns as we have already started
planting. .So, aren’t you glad we
are a step ahead in this work?
Come on Merchants let’s make
a real job of it, so we will
attract people who usually take
the broad Hi-Way and pass str
aight through. One thing I want?
Is a big sign on the broad high
way leading on our outskirts
saying “Stop here at our Huge
WELCOME CENTER. . .and let
us direct you on a tour of our
“City Beautiful”. We must get
on that program for next year.
Whose willing to start the ball
rolling for a welcome station?
Now’s the time! They will be
sold on our town! Opps! We
gotten get goin’. . .but PLEASE
SOMEBODY. . Call us and say:
“We are going to work for a
Welcome Center NOW”. How
about that, fellers and ladles?
We’d better get to our job of.. .
’JEST “SWEEPIN’ UP.”
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WHEN DOUBLE LEG AMPUTEE Ewing W. Mays visits a military hospital to give inspiration-by
example to our wounded Vietnam vets he first talks to ward nurses to single out the most urgent
cases — he answers the GTs questions, and demonstrates that the human mind and initiative can
overcome any apparent handicap -- and he drives home his point in a fast dance with a good looking
nurse.
years later, school lunch feeding
has grown into a billion-dollar
food business.
In recognition of the contribu
tion that the school lunch pro
grams has made to the child, the
home, the farm and industry,
President Lyndon B. Johnson has
proclaimed the week beginning
Oct. 13 as National School Lunch
Week.
Most of the purchases needed
in the operation of a school lunch
room are made locally. School
officials buy such Items as food,
napkins, straws, cleansers, ute
nsels and other equipment from
institutional suppliers, wholesa
lers, processors and retailers in
their own communities.
In addition, the U. S. Depart-
Donald Wilson
FORT BENNING GEORGIA-
Donald G. Wilson, 20, Covington,
Ga., has been promoted to first
lieutenant at the U. S. Army
training Center, Infantry.
He is a basic rifle marks
manship Instructor with the Com
mittee Group which has the res
ponsibility of conducting one
third of the 352 hours of basic
combat training administered to
all trainees during their eight
weeks at the Training Center.
Lt. Wilson was graduated from
Tallulah Falls High School, Tal
lulah Falls, Ga., and attended
Georgia State College, Atlanta.
He Is the son of Mr. William
B. Wilson, Covington.
Before entering the Army, he
was employed by Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph, Atl
anta.
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has voiced. Perhaps you can't contain yourself
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on topics of current interest. Whatever you
choose, the "letters to the editor" column is your
opportunity to speak your opinions.
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In writing them, please follow the rules
printed at the top of the letters column. These
rules ask that you keep your letters reasonable
in length, reasonable in tone . . . free of de
famatory matter. Remember, the editor must
"boil down" your letter if too long, and will take
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THE
COVINGTON NEWS
ment of Agriculture’s Consumer
and Marketing Service contribu
tes other foods to the schools
to help meet the children’s nu
tritional and financial needs.
The National School Lunch Act
was set up to safeguard the health
and well-being of the nation’s
children and to encourage the
domestic consumption of nutri
tious agricultural commodities.
Designing Os Girl Scout
Uniform PFas A Challenge
Designer Stella Sloat was fac
ed with a real challenge!
She needed to design a uniform
for 625,000 women which would
probably be the largest slngle
deslgn-and-color garment manu
factured for women outside the
military.
It would be produced in sizes
ranging from a youthful 8 to a
mature 44 1/2. What would look
well on women of every possible
size, shape and taste?
It would have to be comfort
able for the wearers would be in
volved in a great range of activi
ties. It would have to be durable,
for much the same reasons. It
should even be easily adaptable
for a maternity style. The em
phasis should be on the “today”
look and stress uniformity of
appearance without a military
look.
Designer Stella Sloat met her
challenge and now thousands of
Girl Scout adult volunteers and
professional workers will be we
aring the latest in a long series of
There are almost 20 million
children attending schools this
year. As the number of child
ren going to school grows, the
business involved in the lunch
programs will also grow. Or,
put another way, good nutrition
for school children has been,
and continues to be, good bus
iness for food and related in
dustries.
uniforms which began In 1912
with a blue duck with light blue
tie.
The new look is a green dress
- in two fabrics and sleeve len
gths — which is a uniform only
when necessary insignia is pinn
ed on. Bone-colored scarves and
gloves further the “now” look
and a fashionable beret by Miss
Emme of New York completes
the outfit. The dress comes in
short-sleeved lightweight drip
dry or in a heavier Dacron Poly
ester-Wool Worsted with 3/4 sl
eeves. Belts for both are option
al.
It took a year — from deci
sion by the National Board of
Directors to racks at 1,800 equ
ipment agencies — but adults
in Girl Scouting feel It was worth
the wait. And many of them
are anxious to try the new look,
which can be purchased in the
Northwest Georgia Council area
at the following stores which pro
vide Girl Scout equipment: Belk-
Gallant, Decatur; Davison’s, Col
umbia Mall; Rich’s. Belvedere.
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