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Local-County-State
By the Office Boy
Vince Dooley, the beloved
Coach at the University of Geor
gia, is loved by one and all.
He’s been rooting for you foot
ball players, their leaders, fri
ends, cheerleaders, bands every
where. But now we want you
all to know that Vince Dooley,
the Idol of Football Fans every
where, has seen the great work
the EASTER SEALS FOR CRIPP
LED CHILDREN AND ADULTS.,
is doing and he has accepted
the honor of becoming “CHIEF”
COACH of this great society.
He is backing this organization
100 percent, and he is expect
ing you, everywhere, (and espec
ially in Newton Co.) to back him
up in seeing that every maimed
child and adult has braces, crut
ches, a wheel chair, treatments
to correct defects etc., that they
may take their rightful place in
this world. ARE YOU GOING
TO BACK YOUR COACH UP IN
THIS? Then you who received
letters from him, giving you Eas
ter Seals, will please, this week
mail the size check you feel,
after prayer, that the Father in
Heaven would have you share
with them. Get them in the mail
today! Or this week, lest you for
get, lest you forget! OR, if you
happen to be in the Bank of Cov
ington friends, and it is more
convenient to you, you will see
Mr. C. G. Henderson sitting there
at his desk. That will be a
reminder that you have not sent
your check. Just ask the Bank,
or him for a check and make
that check out and hand it to
Mr. Henderson the Newton Coun
ty Treasurer of Easter Seals.
He will be delighted to serve
you, and, that you CARED, and
SHARED.
We have had some very cold,
disagreeable weather this month.
We therefore are afraid we might
come up short on our funds be
cause of the weather. Don’t
YOU let that stop you!...Give C.
G. Henderson your donation!
We have Easter Lily pins for
sale at Mr. Henderson’s desk
in the Bank of Covington, as he
is Treasurer, and at the Coving
ton News. We tell you this be
cause it would be a wonderful
gesture to wear one to Easter
Sunrise Services and to the
Church of your choice on Easter
Sunday. You pay SI.OO for these
pins and he sends the money
to headquarters to go to work
for these unfortunates. One
of them may be your child, or
your neighbors so do not fail
them. These pins have been on
sale everywhere but this cold
weather has hurt our sales this
year. Help US to HELP little
children and adults. lam quite
sure that every young person in
town will have one of these
pretty little lilies.. Why not you?
Our young matrons are giving
of their time and services. Mrs.
Johnnie Capes will be on the
square, with a bevy of her fri
ends, Friday 21st, (this week)
She will be selling B. A. C.
Buttons (Brace A. Child) and
that means, with one of these
buttons on your lapel or dress,
you may go into any Drug Store,
Restaurant or eating place in
Covington, Porterdale or Hen
derson’s on Good Friday, April
3rd, as many times during the
day as you wish, and they will
serve you Free Coffee.
On Saturday 22nd, you will
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Boy Scout Court Os Honor
Held Tuesday At Covington
David Aul, Troop 209, receiv
ed the Eagle Scout Award at the
Newton Rockdale District Court
of Honor held Tuesday evening at
the Ficquett school auditorium.
District Scout Executive Roger
Zuercher presided and was as
sisted by Mr. Howard Brooks
and others in making the presen
tation of awards.
Other Awards made were; Life,
Joe Thornton Jr., Jim Maddox
Jr., and David Bigham, all from
Troop 209; Star, Eddie Mills,
Troop 532, and Dennis Johnson,
Troop 276,
First Class, Mike Sellers, Co-
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THE FIRST QUARTERLY district Court of Honor of the Newton-Rockdale District, 8.5.A., was held
Tuesday night at E. L. Ficquett School Auditorium. Scouts who received awards are: (left to right)
Joe Thornton, Life; David Bigham, Life; Mrs. Clyde Aul, mother of Eagle Award recipient; David
Aul, Eagle Scout Badge; Roger Zuercher, District Scout Executive; James Maddox, Life; Tim Mock,
Life; (second row) Sam Hoyt, Star; Daniel Johnson, Star, Billy Bywaters, Star; Eddie Mills, Star;
Dennis Johnson, Star; (third row) Andy Davis, Star.
A Prize-Winnin'
Newspaper
I 1968 /
Better New
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OVERAGE OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
TheGeor £ Established 1865 —The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME i
Newton Progress Council Named
Newton Traverse Jury
The Newton County Traverse
Jury list for April has been an
nounced by Clerk S. M. Hay. The
Civil Court jury will convene on
April 7, and the Criminal Court
jury on April 28.
The traverse jury list Civil
Court (first week):
J. S. Prescott, Floyd Roberts,
H. G. Adams, Guy McGiboney,
Jr., Herbert L. Wiley, Howard
Potts, William H. Allgood, J. T.
Polk, J. M. Pope, Emory John
son, Allen Johnson, Floyd D.
Johnson, Alton Johnson, Pies E.
Hays, William L. Kitchens, C. E.
Arnold, M. H. Waggoner, W. E.
Moss, Herbert T. Cason.
V. L. Piper, W. J. Piper, T.
A. McCrary, Ralph N. Adams,
Horace McKinley, J. L. Price,
Raleigh Pitts, Donald D. Helms,
O. L. Parnell, Joe W. Allgood,
M. M. Allums, James H. Dobbs,
Milas H. Irwan, P. M. Hyatt,
W. D. Partee, H. S. Moss, Luke
George, Andrew J. Ayler, Jr.,
James Anglin, Franklin N. An
derson, W. Add O’Bryant, Max
T. Williams.
A. Murray McClure, C, H.
Autry, Isaiah Parker, E. R. Har
ris, Henry Parker, Emory H.
Smith, Willie Boyce Smith, L.
J. Owensby, Jr., W. Roger Ai
ken, Jr., Jack Spears, William
D. Hanson, Jr., J. A. Harper,
L. J. Owensby, Bankston Moss,
Sam P. Owens, J. T. Owens,
Jr., J. T. Owens, Neal Wheeler,
Linton J. Borders, E. F. Cowan.
O. L. Holmes, J. W. Bohanan,
Herman Adams, Cloud Aber
nathy, W. K. Lunsford, Jr., E. L.
Ficquett, Larry Pippin, Roger
Mclntosh, Jack Schell, J. L. Boyd,
Edward H. Hunt, Alton B. Mann,
Otis Spillers, William Earl Stall
worth, P. W. Pratt, Jr., Hollis
S. Vaughn, J. T. Garrett, Grady
Coleman, J. D. Morrison, Roy
E. Martin.
PFC Johnson,
Vietnam Victim,
Buried Wednesday
Funeral services were held in
Covington Wednesday (yesterday)
for PFC. Jerry Johnson of Route
1, Covington, who was killed in
combat in Vietnam on March 5.
Conducting the final rites for
the Covington soldier at the Good
Hope Baptist Church was Elder
W. F. Lucas. Burial was in the
National Cemetery in Marietta,
Ga. Lackey Funeral Home of
Covington was in charge of the
arrangements.
Survivors are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Curtis Johnson of Cov
ington; Mr. William C. Johnson,
Philadelphia; Mrs. Peggy Evans,
Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Doris
Lucas, Mrs. Barbara Jackson,
Miss Geraldine Johnson, Scott
dale, Mr. Grady Johnson,
Atlanta, Mr. Frederick L.
Johnson, Miss Rosalyn Johnson,
Mr. Kenneth Johnson, Mr. Ronnie
Johnson, all of Covington, Ga.;
Sgt. Reginald Johnson of Moody
AFB, Valdosta, Ga.
ley Cooper, Scott Schroeder, and
David Newsome, Troop 209, Lane
Higgins and Luke Gregory, Troop
211, Ted Higgingbottom and Keith
Harper Troop 207;
Second Class, Mark Weeser,
Phillip Hawkins and Tony Lord,
Troop 209, Ray Middlebrooks,
Tommy Halley, and Wayne Hai
ley, Troop 207, Clyde Webb and
Charles Phillips Troop 211.
Other Awards and Merit Bad
ges were given. This meeting
marked the resumption of the
Newton-Rockdale District Court
of Honor which will be held on a
quarterly basis.
^1)? Comtigton Nnus
O. S. Day, Franklin Dick, H.
Guy Crowell, U. T. Smith, Jr.,
Calvin Smith, W. W. Crowe,
Chester H. Johnson, Luke Sa
vage, James P. Williams, F. W.
Moss, H. Grady Jones, Ira G.
Williams. W. S. Oldham.
Traverse Jury List (Criminal
Court) last week.
J. W. Owenby, James R. Hal
stead, Billy Kitchens, Loyd A.
Alexander, N. G. Parr, D. G.
Hamby, Jr., Charles Parr, Jerry
M. Aldridge, W. C. Benton, Jack
Allen, Hollis McClure, Mrs. Ja
cqueline Brown, Don M. Hender
son, Jesse H. Ellington, Herman
W. Kerbow, Lubie C. Norman,
James Oliver Byrd, Donald G.
Durand, George W. Davis, Edgar
J. Phillips.
James R. Patrick, J. W. Ches
nut, Stewart Murray, James E.
Adams, U. T. Smith, Sr., Geor
ge E. Jefferson, J. E. Miller,
E. A. Loyd, James P. Callahan,
James E. Cason, E. A. King,
Leon Starr, Clyde B. Davis, Ross
Wilson, Fred T. Hopkins, J. P.
Walls, E. A. King, Emory S. Bo
wen, Jr., H. H. Nolan, Joe Moore,
J. W. Loyd, J. B. Haymore.
William F. Fincher, O. E.
White, S. Lanier Hardman, Ma
rion M. Goins, William O. Burch,
Cecil T. Allgood, W. Stewart Hull,
R. C. Schneider, Lee Graham,
Ewell Lunsford, Venon H. Ison,
Guy Morgan, Grier Holifield, J.E.
Loyd, Judson P. Bailey, Mark
L. Davis, W. J. Parker, Joe
Wall, H. Clifford Capps.
J. C. Vaughn, Jack Moss, Paul
E. Ketcham, Fred Townley, Will
Reed, A. E. Hays, Vermont Pratt,
Roy Davis, D. M. Clower, Char
lie Polk, Robert C. Cason, J. N.
Bohanan, Ralph Sherrod, Richard
E. Bellairs, J. T. Jaynes, T. J.
Oglesby, Marshall R. Elizer, Olin
Allen, E. E. Callaway, Jr., C. G.
Henderson, Jr., Jones T. Polk,
Jr.
Jerry N. McCullough, Fred J.
Jones, Gerald W. Kitchens, W.
Roy Oglesby, C. A. Jolley, E. W.
Allen, Richard E. Savage, J. D.
Harper, Joe T. Webb, J. Mel
vin Allen, Jr., J. R. Parnell,
W. H. Hollingsworth, Robert C.
Hodges, Okanus McCart, Perry
L. Hardy, C. D. Ramsey, Jr.,
C. R. Prosser, H. V. Johnson,
Jr., J. M. Malcom, Nathaniel
Thrasher, Rufus W. Chancey,
John E. Dickens, Jr., W. H.
Allgood, William C. Crowell.
Thomas M. Moss, Robert Hood,
Calvin Ozburn, R. S. Hitchcock,
S. R. Campbell, Jr., Randolph
Harris, J. Z. Capes, Barney
Anglin, J. Leonard Davis, Geor
ge Barron Davis, Dean Milton,
C. H. Berry, Sr., Emory Wil
lis, Homer Sharp, Melvin S. Mc-
Clure.
[ENGINEERING FIRMS TO MAKE]
I WATER, SEWAGE SURVEYS j
Newton County Commissioners
have employed two Atlanta En
gineering firms to make surveys
in the county for a county-wide
water system and sewage system.
J. B. McCrary Engineering Corp,
will make the survey on the water
system, and the firm of Wiede
man & Singleton Engineers will
make the sewage survey.
Chairman Jack Morgan said
the County Commissioners want
to make the water system sur
vey to determine if it is eco
nomically possible and feasible
in the county. He stressed that
the more consumers who enter
the plan will mean that the cheap
er the bond interest will be and
at the same time help sell bonds
quicker. The engineering firm
will work with the proper Govern
mental Agencies in the plan, Mr.
Morgan stressed. And, a County
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1969
Newton County Council For Progress Meeting
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GENE BRAMLETT, Associate Director of the Institute of Community and Area Development of the
University of Georgia, speaks to the Covington-Newton County Council For Progress at a meeting
Tuesday night at the Porterdale Hotel. Seated left to right are: Harold Nix, and Stonewall King,
ACAD staff members and Hugh Steele, president of the Chamber of Commerce.
Whatley Named Principal
Ficquett Elementary School
Superintendent J. W. Richard
son announced today that the New
ton County Board of Education has
elected the following adminis
trative personnel to serve in pos
itions indicated for the 1969-70
school term: E. D. Whatley,
principal of E. L. Ficquett Ele
mentary School; C. N. Hurst,
Principal of Heard-Mixon Ele
mentary School; L. E. Mullins,
Principal of Livingston Elemen
tary School; H. F. Sharp, Prin
cipal of Newton County High
School; Jerry Aldridge, Principal
of Porterdale Elementary School;
C. J. Tinsley, Principal of R. L.
Cousins Elementary School; R.
L. Clements, Principal of East
Newton Elementary School; N. H.
Mitchell, Principal at Washington
Street Elementary School.
J. N. Bohannon, Jr., Visiting
Teacher; Miss Louise Reeves,
Curriculum Director; M. D. Mc-
Rae, Coordinator of Federal Pro
grams; Dr. Lavinia R. Wood, Edu
cation Specialist; and Mrs. Cassie
M. Robinson, Jeanes Curriculum
Director.
The principals are preparing
their recommendations of class
room teachers and other per-
Water Authority will be estab
lished.
Both the water and sewage sys
tems in the county would not in
volve any tax, Mr. Morgan em
phasized. The total cost would
be based on revenue and anticipa
tion certificates.
The commissioners position in
the sewage system is a continua
tion of a plan started in March,
1968, with Wiedeman & Single
ton. A sewage system is needed
for the Oxford, Porterdale, Cou
sins School and the new school
to be built on Brown Bridge
Road. It is hoped the survey will
determine what revenue can be
derived from these areas.
The local commissioners re
ceived a letter Wednesday from
the State Water Control Board
complimenting the local officials
and the engineering firm for
their work on the project. The
letter stated, in part:
“We have reviewed and stron
gly endorse this report and the
recommendations contained
therein as an acceptable approach
to providing sewage facilities for
these areas of Newton County.
“We would like to commend
the appropriate officials for this
action in having this report pre
pared and trust that you will im
plement this greatly needed pro
gram without undue delay.”
DRAG RACING
Chairman Morgan stated that
“The suspension on all racing
in Newton County will be lifted
upon the submission of a non
cancellable Insurance policy in
the amount of $1,000,000. Furt
her provided that certain safety
standards are compiled with for
the protection of spectators.
“Metal guard rails on both
sides of the track sufficient to
withstand a careening car, or
have an earthen embankment with
vertical sides with a minimum
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E. D. Whatley
sonnel to be presented to the
Board of Education at an early
date.
Mr. Whatley has been principal
of Palmer Stone School in Oxford
since the mid-1950’5. He will
succeed the late George B. Hut
chinson at Ficquett School.
W. R. Coker Named Business
Manager of Covington NEWS
Mr. William R. “Bill” Coker
has joined the staff of the Cov
ington News as Business Man
ager. He assumed his duties on
Monday.
Mr. Coker graduated from La-
Grange High School in 1954; at
tended Emory-at-Oxford, 1954-
56; served in the USAF Strategic
Air Command; attended Georgia
State College and majored in En
glish with minor in Jour
nalism. Mr. Coker was formerly
an Account Executive with an At
lanta Insurance Firm.
He grew up under the influence
of newspaper production since
his father has served as Adver
tising Manager for the LaGrange
Daily News for over 30 years.
He is married to the former
Martha O’Bryant, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. H. G. O’Bryant of
Watkinsville, Georgia. The Co
ker’s have two children, Heather
5, and Richard, 1. Mrs. Coker
was also a student at Emory-at-
Grand Jury
List Named
The Grand Jury list for the
April Term of Newton Superior
Court has been announced by
Superior Court Clerk S. M. Hay.
The Grand Jury will convene on
Monday, April 7, at 9 a. m.
Grand Jurors are:
Dewey Steele, R. L. House,
John B. Weaver, O. D. Grant,
T. Blake Armstrong, Jr., Wal
ter H. Harris, W. D. Robinson,
B. B. Lewis, Harry Cowan, J. A.
Kitchens, J. S, Prescott, R, T.
Hull, Carl Smith, Jr., Anson
Prosser, T. A. Rape, Roy Ar
nold, John A. Addison, C. E.
Trainer, W. C. Benton, Calvin
Smith, James Anderson, R. S.
Hitchcock, I. Lamar Sowell, Tom
Jones, E. A. Holmes, Allen John
son, Jack A. Laseter, Charles
Robertson and Hugh 11. Kesler.
Ficquett School
To Register
First Graders
Parents of children who are
to enter Ficquett School in the
fall may now begin registering.
There will be no set date for
this registration, but you may
come by the school office any
time between the hours of 9:00
a. m. and 2:30 P, M. any day
EXCEPT MONDAYS.
You will need to bring the
child’s birth certificate or rea
sonable proof of birth. You need
not bring the child. At the same
time that you register your child,
you may also file your Freedom
of Choice form. If you have
already filed the Freedom of
Choice form, you still need to
come and register your child
since this is not a registration
form.
You will be given a form for
health record to be brought with
the child the first day of school.
Registrations cannot be made
by phone as the registration form
must be initialled by the registrar
showing that the birth date has
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Bill Coker
Oxford from 1955-57. The
Coker’s are presently residing
in Oxford.
School Board
To Continue
Choice Plan
The Newton County School
Board has voted to continue with
the Freedom of Choice School
Plan for the 1969-70 school term.
The choice plan began on March
6 and will close on April 4, 1969.
Choice forms were distributed
to all students in Newton County
Schools. Pupils who will be en
tering school for the first time
this fall may secure these forms
at their respective schools or at
the County Superintendent’s Of
fice. Or, they may fill out a
form on the date of registra
tion.
Home Improvement
Edition
April 3,1 969
। । Editorial 2
I Obituary 10
Society 5
I । Sports . . . *l3-14
I Legal .22-23
Classified 20-23
Some 60 men and women all named from the membership of
the Covington-Newton County Chamber of Commerce and other
civic organizations of the county, met Tuesday night at Porter
dale Hotel for a dinner meeting to form the "Covington-Newton
County Council For Progress.”
The Council, a spearhead gr
oup made up of committees, will
work with representatives of the
Institute of Community and Area
Development of the University
of Georgia in formulating and
coordinating a master plan for
growth and progress in Newton
County.
Main speaker at the dinner
was Mr. Gene Bramlett, Asso
ciate Director of the Institute of
Community and Area Develop
ment. Also accompanying him
were other staff members Erwin
Ford, Harold Nix, Stonewall King,
and Howard Shretter.
Mr. Bramlett emphasized that
his staff, the committees of the
local Council, and the study and
recommendations to be made
would in no way conflict with
plans made by the Area Planning
Commission or the recently com
pleted joint study, sponsored by
the City of Covington and the
Newton County Commission, on
land use.
“Our study and proposals are
to be coordination effort of all
planning that is presently being
done into an overall master plan
of growth and progress for the
future for Covington and Newton
County,” Mr. Bramlett said.
Work by the Institute with the
different committees of the Coun
cil will begin in early April and a
final report with recommendat
ions to be considered by the Coun
cil is expected to be completed
in September.
Hugh Steele, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, presided
over the meeting and named the
following committees to serve
the “Covington-Newton County
Council for Progress”:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: J.
Hugh Steele, Chairman, S. J.
Mor cock, Bond Fleming, Bob
Mauney, Jack Morgan.
Sub Committees
GENERAL PUBLIC SERVICES:
Walker Harris, Chairman, E. M.
McCart, Jimmy Cason, A. W.
Jackson, Mel Prather, Guy Jon
es, Malcolm Kessinger, Ray Ree
ce.
TRAFFIC AND PARKING: W.
D. Ballard, Chairman, Gerry
Wendel, P. M. Dearing, Mrs.
E. E. Callaway, Hinton Bailey,
Henry Odum;
HOUSING: Tom Bailey, Chair
man, Everett Pratt, Oliver Cap
es, Bill Riley, Charles Strick
land;
RECREATION AND PARKS:
Carlos Meyer, Chairman, Char
lie Burnett, R. O. Arnold, H. F.
Sharp, David Henderson, Ronald
Bradley, B. C. Crowell.
HEALTH SERVICE: Robert
Mitcham, Chairman, Dr. J. W.
Purcell, Miss Sara Gordon, Blake
Armstrong, Mrs. James E. Hard-
City Manager Resigns;
Takes Position In Decatur
Covington City Manager Ro
bert G. Mauney has given the
City Council notice of his re
signation effective March 29,
1969. Mr. Mauney has accept
ed the position of City Manager
in Decatur, Georgia.
Mr. Mauney said that the new
position was an advancement that
would help him realize his goal
of reaching the top in the city
management field. He has been
City Manager of Covington since
October 1, 1968.
“I deeply appreciate the co
operation and efforts on the part
of the city employees who work
ed with me to help move the city
of Covington forward during my
time of service here,” Mr. Mau-
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NEWTON COUNTY, Porterdale and State Revenue Agents combined
to capture the still shown above off South Ivy Street in Porterdale.
Saturday. Charges have been placed against Jack R. Patterson of
Porterdale In connection with the still. It was “fired up” and
ready to make illegal whiskey.
Price 15^
man, Johnny Prescott, Homer
Sharp, Jr.;
LANDSCAPE DEVELOP
MENT: Cecil Brown, Chairman,
Bob Hamilton, Harold Dobbs,
Grady Hubbard, Mrs. Claude Jor
dan.
DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT:
Don Wood, Chairman, R. R. Fow
ler, James Hutchins, Sam Ram
sey, Mrs. C. T. Bohanan, Philip
Cohen, Leo S. Mallard, C. E.
Trainer, Miss Ruth Parker;
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT:
E. E. Callaway, Chairman, Gree
ley Ellis, Herbert Vining, Mel
Cagen, Henry Caulkins, T6d St
roud;
AGRICULTURE AND AGRI -
BUSINESS: Ed Hunt, Chairman,
Ronald Cook, Alton Jolley, Bill
Zeigler, Arthur Hays, Jr.;
TRADE AND SERVICES: Bill
Hoffman, Chairman, E. G. Las
siter, Jr., Rev. E. A. Callaway,
C. N. Crawford, Robert Hodges,
James Callahn, Ted Davis;
COMMUNITY INFORMATION
AND STATISTICS: Mrs. Ma
rion Britt and Miss Mie Hard
man.
First Citizens
Bank Sold To
Sanford Butler
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Sanford Butler, Jr.
Hie First Citizens Bank in
Covington has been purchased by
Sanford H. Butler, Jr. of At
lanta.
Mr. Butler is also owner of
Butler Corporation, a diversified
company that serves as Income
Property Developers, owns Pro
fessional Mortgage Service, Inc.,
and also serve as Mortgage Bro
kers and Bankers. Butler Cor
poration offices are located in At
lanta.
The purchase became final on
Monday, March 17, 1969. Mr.
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ney said.
Mr. Mauney came to Coving
ton from Bainbridge, Georgia
where he served as the city’s
first city manager.
“I would like to express to the
people of Covington my grateful
appreciation for the reception
that was given me and my fa
mily in the community and the
support given me in carrying
out the duties of my office,”
Mauney said Wednesday morn
ing in his office.
Mr. Mauney met with the City
Council Wednesday morning in a
called meeting and outlined for
them his future plans and his
plans for completing certain act
ivities of his office before his
resignation is effective.