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Free jPress—News & Farmer, Tues., Jan. 29, 1963
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Well, What Do You Know?
Gillis Is Highway Chief!
Gov. Sanders has signed his first bill passed
by the general assembly . . . and guess what, it’s
the vaunted, much-publicized bill to REORGAN
IZE THE HIGHWAY DEPT.
As he signed the bill, Gov. Sanders announced
that JIM GILLIS would again head the REOR
GANIZED highway department.
BULL!
Jim Gillis has been chairman of the highway
board, strictly as a politician, under Herman Tal
madge, and for the last four years under Van
diver.
REORGANIZED HIGHWAY DEPT! GET
TING IT OUT OF POLITICS!
" BULL!
Recently 1.000 people in the highway depart
ment were going to be fired in a sweeping move
to cut out the dead wood, the Governor said. Who
hired the I.ooo—and what was the purpose? Gillis
ajlegedly hired the 1,000, and they were put on
allegedly for the purpose of politicing for Gov.
Sanders. So who needs them now? Their func
tion is over. Who paid the bill? The taxpayers,
of course!
Which is Right-Council
Or Code Section of Charter?
The question is: by what right does Mayor and Council
approve an expense allowance for any Recreation Board mem
ber when this code section in the city charter says other
wise :
“Sec. 2-37 -Compensation of Board Mem
bers. The members of the board established
under the terms of this article shall serve
WITHOUT any remuneration or financial
benefit of any kind."
The following, however, is quoted from the minutes of
regular council meeting of January 21, 1963 —
“Motion was made by V. H. Burks, seconded by H. E. Wal
: drop, and carried, with W. H. Bateman against, that J. E.
1 Seeby be paid SSO per week expense allowance and that it be
; retroactive to Oct. 14. 1962.“
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it off just because you're short of cash is
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ARE TRULY ECONOMICAL. APPLY FOR QUICK CASH!
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
Who is Gov. Sanders trying to kid?
Who, indeed, but the people of Georgia, the
long-suffering taxpayer.
When you REORGANIZE something, friends,
you DISCARD the old-line politicians, throw in j
a NEW BALL, and start from there. You don’t'
try to blatantly smooth-talk the people and then
come right back with the same OLD MALARKEY.
CLEVER Carl?
Gillis was charged with running a gravel road ’
to his own private retreat in McCayesville, and ,
he has NOT denied it. He has NOT denied that■
he is a politician either. Let’s believe that Gov. :
Sanders is right about ONE THING. And that is
the free flow Os press information to the people,
no matter what!
According to a TV editorialist the other night
in Atlanta, “If Griffin had got elected, the At
lanta newspapers w'ould have crucified, him for
such an act as this.”
Indeed they would have! Why are they so
quiet now? Clever Carl didn’t appoint their boy,
Peyton Hawes, as Welfare Director.
VARIETY AND
MINSTREL SHOW
Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 7:30 pm. ;
At i:
N. Clayton High School :
! Adults SI.OO — Students 50c “
; —Sponsored by the PT A— ; I
Before you file your federal
Income tax return claiming per
sonal exemptions, read the fed
eral income tax Information!
pamphlet carefully to be sure |
they qualify.
NOTICE
Clayton County Tax Books opened January Ist and
will close April Ist for making your 1963 tax re
turns on all real and personal property and claim
ing your homestead exemption.
New home owners should bring their deeds and
closing statements the first time filing.
Same deadline for purchasing motor vehicle license
plates. Please present your old tag receipt to the
Tag Department and pick up a pre-typed applica
tion and your tag.
Your continued cooperation in filing early and
avoiding the last minute rush enables us to give
you better service.
Robert E. Coleman
Tax Commissioner
I Clayton County —-
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EDITORIAL
Lake City Opposes
School Annexation
At the public hearing in Lake City last week on the subject
of the City of Forest Park annexing Forest Park High School into
the city limits of Forest Park, it appeared that no one in Lake City
wanted any part of it. Mayor Rudolph Johnson presided, and ques
tions, hot and heavy, were fired at Representative Bill Lee.
On January 21, at regular meeting of Mayor and Council, the
following is on the minutes—
" Mr. Ernest Stroud was present to discuss annexing of the
Forest Park Senior High School into the city limits of Forest Park,
and asked the Mayor and Council to pass a resolution concerning
this. Motion was made by W. H. Bateman, seconded by G. W.
Looney, and carried unanimously, that the City of Forest Park go
on record as being willing to accept the property of the Forest
Park Senior High School into the city limits of Forest Park and
will provide all city services to the best of our ability; but the City
goes on record as not having taken any active part in trying to
secure this property from Lake City to be annexed to the City of
Forest Park.”
The good citizens of Lake City have a right to oppose any
attempt to start any annexation proceedings in their city, and may
fear that one thing might lead to another, although the City of
Forest Park obviously is on record as not being a party to the idea \
of school annexation.
Probably there will be other hearings on this matter, for on up
the road toward Forest Park from,the Senior High School of Forest
Park is the Lake City Elementary School. It sits between Forest
Park and the Senior High School of Forest Park — in Lake City. ?
Majority opinion so far disclosed by Lake Citians favors rejection
of the annexation proposal.
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Name, By All Means, Good
Director of Recreation
Forest Park has long needed
a good, experienced and compe- '
tent Recreation Director, and i
Mayor and Council are now on
record for getting one.
At the January 21 meeting,
when a lot of pertinent matters
came up for action, this was
done regarding a Recreation Di
rector:
"Motion was made by E. M.
Gaultney Jr., seconded by W. W.
Foust, and carried unanimously,;
that Council request the Recrea- ('
tion Board to screen applicants"
and submit recommendations to
the governing body for Recrea
tion Director. Salary to be com
mensurate with ability and ex
perience.”
A good recreation director is
indicated. The Board certainly
will exhaust all avenues in
checking the qualifications of
the man they recommend, we
ZACK CRAVEY, head of Cravey and Associates, who work on the
side of the people in handling fire claims, explains to Clayton
County firemen the whys and wherefores of a Public Adjuster,
who represents the policyholder, not the insurance companies.
Mr. Cravey, Georgia's greatest Comptroller General of the past,
was host to a dinner for the firemen Friday night at the Wis
teria Restaurant. Present were R. E. Elliott and 1). L. Shirley Jr.,
Morrow Fire Department; Orris W. Cowan and W. E. Stephens,
East Clayton Fire Department; H. C. G«ber and David Gifford,
Riverdale Fire Department; William J. Guice and Marion S. Cash,
Forest Park Fire Department; George Tumlin, of Cravey and
Associates, and Jack Troy of the Free Press. The firemen were
hilariously entertained by some of Mr. Cravey’s experiences with
the State, starting when he was Game and Fish Commissioner
under the late Governor Gene Talmadge. (Photo by Hooper)
feel sure. And when this man is
named he can bring out of aim
। less operation a program geared
to the needs of a great, growing
city.
Buckleys Vacation
At Vero Beach, Fla.
' The Harry Buckleys are going
No spend the next couple of weeks
I With an old friend D. D. Eckman
at Vero Beach, Fla.
Mr. Buckley, who likes to fish,
will be in the right area, and the
sun bathing will be something
special too.
Mr. Buckley heads the GOP
( organization in Clayton County.
He is former head of the C of C
and a retired Sears executive.
G-MAN DALLAS MOBLEY, right, holds his in
structional charts with Chief Howard Smith of
the Clayton County police department as the
FBI school for county police opened last
Wednesday night at the Courthouse. Courses,
led by crack agents of the Atlanta Field Office
of the FBI, will be held twice monthly. All fields
Hugh Royer
Os Gardens
Smells Roses
Jekyll Island, Ga.—An old
Georgia Bulldog from Ida Cason
Callaway Gardens, Hugh Royer
Jr., formerly of Columbus, sunk
his teeth into the bogeyman and
won the 1963 Georgia State PGA
golf championship on the ex
cellent Golden Isle layout.
Royer, fighting uphill at one
stage, beat off the challenge of
the veteran Matt Warren of
Savannah by three strokes and
by four strokes over former
U. of Georgia teammates. Bob
Moser of Warm Springs. Royer
finished with a 54-hole total of
212, followed by Warren's 215
and Moser’s 216.
Royer and Moser were tied for
the lead at 140 as the final
round came up, with Warren a
stroke off the pace.
Playing the old sandune nine
hole course, the front nine of
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of law enforcement will be covered. Shown in
the picture are Floyd Sudderth, William Camp,
Charles Roberts, Lynn Wilhoit, Frank Hughes,
Carlton Ethridge, Wrace Scott, Frank Schock
ley, E. D. Hood, Billy Garner, Bob McLain, Bill
Murray and Sam Blalock, chief deputy from the
Sheriff’s office. (Photo by Derickson)
Dallas Mobley Instructs
County Police School
Veteran FBI agent, Dallas Mobley, who set up the year
long FBI school for Clayton County police in cooperation
with County Chief Howard Smith, kicked off the school last
Wednesday night at the Courthouse, taking the subject of
“Simple Rules On Searching and Seizing Evidence.”
It was a bitter cold night but,
the police representatives w’ere
there en masse from the county
police, Riverdale, Morrow and
the sheriff’s office. A full house,
no less.
FBI agents—who all know
their business—will instruct in
the police school twice a month
throughout 1963, giving invalu-
the present layout. Royer bogied
the oft-times simple par from
fourth hole, and moved then
down the fairway of the formi
dable fifth, a monster of 522
yards topped by a plateau green
(guarded by breastworks worthy
of the English of Oglethorpe’s
day. . 1
able tips and information in law
(enforcement to county law en
forcement personnel.
The following men were on
hand for the opening of the
'school—Lt. Frank S. Shockley,
Sgt. James Parker, William W.
Camp, Lt. Bill C. Murray, Edgar
Easterwood, Billy Easterwood,
Billy Garner, Lynn F. Wilhoit,
Blanton E. Patrick, Frank
Hughs, Det. Floyd P. Sudderth,
Gene Godwin, E. D. Hood, Alford
C. Job, Bob McLain, Clayton
County; Chief James Collins,
Morrow; Chief Wrace Scott,
Charles Roberts, Carton Eth
ridge, Riverdale; Dep. Sam E.
Blalock, Bill Phillips, sheriff’s
office: Chief Howard W. Smith