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By JACK TROY
Col. Austin J. McDermott, Jr., former commander of the At
lanta Army Depot, joined the Bank of Forest Park as Director
of Industry and Trade Jan. 6, 1969.
Col. McDormott retired from the military Sept. 31, 1968.
Prior to joining Bank of For
est Park, he commanded A TAD
having provided complete exe
cutive and command control
over the Atlanta Army Depot,
the largest and most complex
logistical base in the Army
system. During this period the
Depot achieved an effectiveness
rating above all (19) other De
partment of Army depots. Dir
ectly responsible for large
scale supply systems and spec
ialized Industrial maintenance
shops (rebuild of aircraft and
aircraft components, medical
and general construction equip
ment) which support military
activities world-wide. Super
vision consists of 4,200 civil
service employees and 500 mil
itary personnel. The scope and
magnitude of this executive re
sponsibility is Indicated by the
total fixed assets of $1 1/2
billion, an annual budget in ex
cess of $37 million, an inven
tory value of supplies in ex
cess of $325 million, and an
annual payroll of S2B million
dollars. Complexities, scope
of operations, and total res
ponsibilities have industrial
parallels. Prior to assuming
command of the Depot, serv
ed as Deputy Commander and
Director for Maintenance. (1964
to date).
Special Assignment: During
the Berlin Crisis directly re
sponsible for the formulation
of plans, policies and proced
ures pertaining to aviation sup
ply and maintenance effort of
the Seventh U.S. Army, Europe.
(1961-1964).
As Commander of The Army
Aircraft Test and Support Ac
tivity, directly responsible for
specialized aviation logistical
evaluations to determine the
reliability, supportability, and
maintainability of aircraft and
ground support equipment.
(1960-1961).
As Chief of Contract Main
tenance and Air Procurement
Division, Transportation Sup
ply and Maintenance Command,
St. Louis, Missouri, directly
responsible for the procure
ment of Army aircraft, world
wide replenishment of spare
parts, the awarding of contracts
In support of aircraft, surface
and marine rebuild programs.
Directed the negotiation, ex
ecution and administration of
contracts thru formal and in
formal procedures, SIOO mill
ion annually. Supervised 250
civil service and military per
sonnel. (1957-1960).
Activated and commanded the
only Aircraft Maintenance and
Supply Depot In Europe. Chief
of the Aviation Branch, U.S.
Army, Europe; responsible for
staff planning in support of
Army Aviation in the Europ
ean Command and near East.
Maintenance Engineering Offic
er In charge of activities in
volved in the renalr and over-
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haul of Army Aircraft in sup
port of the Army Aviation Pil
ot Training program. Person
nel supervised In this period
reached as high as 2500.(1952-
1957), Staff responsibility for
the Continental Army Command
In planning policies and pro
cedures for the utilization and
Integration of Army aircraft,
anti-aircraft, fire control,
guided missiles, and atomic
energy throughout the U.S. Ar
my. (1950-1952).
Deputy Ordnance Officer and
Chief, Material Services Div
ision, Second U.S. Army, dir
ectly responsible for the dev
elopment of plans, policies and
procedures relating to Army
Ordnance material. Assigned
to the U.S. Embassy, Ottawa,
Canada, for duty with the Can
adian Army Headquarters,par
ticipated in Canadian Arctic
Research and Development pro
grams. Commanding Officer
of an Ordnance Training Bat
talion, Aberdeen Proving
Groung, Maryland, having full
command and technical direct
ion of 1200 personnel involved
in Ordnance specialized train
ing (1945-1950 X
World War II Assignments:
Chief, Production Service
Branch, German Industrial
Control Division, European
Theatre, directly responsible
for evaluating and determining
the production capability of the
German Automotive Industry at
the close of World War n.
While in this capacity was dir
ectly Instrumental in rehabilit
ating one of Germany’s largest
automotive manufacturing
plants, “The Adam Opel A. G.
Plant.” Russelsheim, Ger
many. Chief Ordnance Officer
for the Aviation Engineers In
Europe, technically supervising
Ordnance service to include
maintenance and supply of wea
pon systems, vehicles, bomb
disposal and engineering con
struction equipment In support
of the Aviation Engineer Com
mand. Commanding Officer of
an Automotive Supply and Main
tenance Company, directly res
ponsible for providing support
to two Army Air Force Tacti
cal Groups. Activated and com
manded an Automotive Spare
Parts Depot In support of Air
Force units located in central
England. Inducted in the Army
and served as Quartermaster
Accountable Officer for items
in support of Hunter Army Air
Force Base, Georgia. (1941-
1945).
Worked as a routine Chemist
during summer months, with the
Buckeye Cotton Oil Company,
Memphis, Tennessee. (1935-
1940).
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demy, University of Tennessee
(Chemical Engineering), Uni
versity of Southern California
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Seventeen employees of the
Atlanta Army Depot were called
together recently by Col. Dean
Van Lydegraf,Com nander,who
presented them with certificat
es of recognition for having ac
cumulated 200 or more hours
of sick leave. There 17 are
among about 150 employees in
the 2,000 - or - more category.
Why are they so healthy?
Most of them say they’re for
tunate - “justplainluck,” some
explain it. Heredity plays abig
part, too. One woman, who has
not taken one minute sick leave
in more than 26 years, says
her father worked for the Post
Office 36 years and never had
an illness.
One of the men, acknowled
ging his inherent good health,
says he has always practiced
nipping symptoms in the bud.
A slight temperature is his
warning to get immediate med
ical attention, thus warding off a
serious lost-tlme-from-work
illness. He takes his dental
appointments on annual leave.
Then, there’s the womanem
ployee who says she thinks
“attitude” has a good bit to
do with physical health, although
she does credit hergood fortune
to heredity. Her father, now 88,
retired at 82, and his brother is
almost 90.
An employee, whose work
keeps him outside most of the
time, believes working in the
open under all kinds of con
ditions, contributes to his well
being. He’s been working 29
years and has never been to a
doctor. He, like the others
attributes his good health chief
ly to heredity - “I had healthy
parents,” he says.
One man gives most of the
credit for his good health to
his wife, “She looks after me,
Is a wonderful cook, prepares
well-balanced meals, sees that
I get proper rest, provides a
happy home life,” he says. Like
the others, though, he attributes
his basic good health to here-
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, 30050, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1969
dity -a father now 84 who is
still very strong and a healthy
mother Is 73.
An employee, with 2,326
hours of sick leave, has been
ill twice during 37 years Gov
ernment service: once with a
ruptured appendix,once with the
mumps. The appendicitis al
most cost him his life, in the
pre - sulpha drugs - penclllin
days. He developed the mumps
two weeks after his grandson
came down with them while vis
iting in his home. He has
never been late to work in 37
years, even though once he had
to complete his journey via
tractor, after driving his car
as far as it would do in the
snow in North Carolina. Like
most of the Depot’s record sick
leave holders, this employee
has strong parents, his father
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Class In Diet
Management
Os Diabetes
A special class in diet
management of diabetes will
be held at the Academy of Medi
cine, 875 West Peachtree, N.E.
Atlanta Sept 20 from 10 a.m.
until 2;30 p.m. with recess for
lunch.
This class is arranged for
students and business people
who will be free on Saturday.
It will also serve as a re
fresher course for dietitians
who deal with diabetics. School
dietitians are especially in
vited. A fee of $3 is charged
for the class, which is taught
by Mrs, Dolly Austin, dietary
consultant for the Diabetes As
sociation,
Registration for the class
may be made by calling Dia
betes Association of Atlanta,
Inc, 874-5874 between 9 a.m.
and 1 p.m.
The Background And A Tour
Os The New General Hospital
& Mental Health Center
For Clayton County
(Second of a three part series)
In our tour of the General
Hospital and Mental Health Cen
ter for Clayton county we have
arrived at the first junction of
corridors. Turning right we
enter the nursing offices area
and the laboratory. More than
50,000 tests and examinations
will be made in the lab during
the coming year. The area
includes a pathologist’s office,
examination room, the bac
teriology and serlology sec
tions, the urine and chemistry
work areas, the hematology
section and the tissue room.
The work in the tissue is
most fascinating. At times
they are working on long time
consuming tests. The next
minute the staff is called on
to do a “stat” work, requiring
utmost speed to give an ans
wer to a surgeon in the
operating room. “Is it or is
it not cancer”? Will radical
surgery follow or will the re
port be “non-malignant” let
ting the surgeon close with no
further risk to the patient.
Next to the laboratory is the
emergency service area with
two surgery rooms, a cast
room, two examination rooms,
reception and waiting areas.
Emergency services is the
number one problem of hospi
tals today. It is impossible
to have all the medical spe
cialists available in the emer
gency area to handle all the
types of cases that may arrive
at anytime of the day or night.
The public has come to view
the hospital as the source of
any medical emergency care at
any time. Selection of family
Gary Bremer Appointed
Comptroller-Administrator
Clayton County Commission
Chairman, S. S. Abercrombie,
recently announced that the po
sition of Comptroller-Adminis
trator for Clayton County has
been accepted by Mr. Gary
Bremer, to be effective Sept
ember 1.
We advertised for the po
sition and had applications from
all over the country. We are
fortunate to obtain a man of
his capability and potential.
Mr. Bremer is presently City
Manager of College Park. He
started Ms career in govern
ment as a city clerk for Syl
vester, Georgia. Other posi
tions have included the Director
of Finance for the City of Forest
Park, a job he held while Mr.
Abercrombie was mayor of that
city.
About two years ago he was
named Assistant City Manager
of College Park; and January 1
doctor and working out with him
the procedure to follow in emer
gency situations is best. The
hospital can only help In find
ing the right doctor and many
specialties will just not be
readily available. The number
of patients seen in emergency
situations today in most hos
pitals equals about twice the
number admitted to the hos
pital.
We go next to the X-Ray
department in the northeast
corner of the building. There
are two radiographic rooms
with equipment in each, costing
in excess of $30,000. There
is the film viewing area, tech
nician’s office, radiologists’ of
fice and the developing room.
Over 20,000 x-ray film will
be made during the next twelve
months. The new type developer
can give us dry film for reading
In less than four minutes.
On leaving x-ray we find our
selves back in the main cor
ridor. Going to the west from
the corridor, we arrive at the
entrance to the mental health
wing. This floor will be op
erated by the hospital for in
patients, night and weekend care
and emergency services for the
mentally ill. There are twenty
lied spaces, a nursing station,
dining and recreation, and con
ference space. The floor below
will be operated by the county'
health department for out
patient services, educational,
programs, day care, children
services and more.
Coming back from the mental
health wing we find ourselves
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of this year he was named
City Manager.
Under his supervision Col
lege Park became the sixth
Georgia City to be certified
for excellence by the Municipal
Finance Officers’ Association
of the United States and Ca
nada, and the 189th U. S. Gov
ernmental Agency to receive
this certification.
The Comptroller-Adminis
tration position Is a new one
which was permitted for Clay
ton County by legislation in this
year’s session of the General
Assembly.
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Welcoming representatives to the Forest Park arson seminar
were Joe Picard, Director of Public Safety, Fire Chief L. C.
Cole and Mayor Charles W. Summerday.
Forest Park Hosts
Arson Seminar
The Fire Dvislon of the For
est Park Department of Public
Safety was host to a one-day
area arson seminar Monday,
August 11.
Upon Invitation of Georgia’s
Comptroller General, James L.
Bentley, officials from 16 coun
ties and cities attended the
meeting in the conference room
American Party
Picnic August 23
The American Party of Clay
ton County will have a plnic at
Dancing Waters Lake and Rec
reation Center August 23 at 5
p.m. Party members will bring
food baskets and covered
dishes.
Arrangements have been
made with the management so
that all persons attending this
picnic will be admitted free.
The public is invited.
The next regular meeting of
the American Party will be
Sept. 23, 7;30 p.m. at the Ye
Old Kitchen Cupboard Restau
rant, 4749 Riverdale Rd., Col
lege Park, telephone 761-7701.
Some people need to know
that they are important, that
they are worthwhile. We have
the capacity to help these peo
ple to find themselves —to be
come aware of their impor
tance in God’s good world.
Your prayers, your faith in
them, the love you pour out on
them will help them to hear the
voice of God in them saying,
“You are my beloved child.”
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Administration Building.
Represented were the fire de
partments of \tlanta, East
Point, College Park, Marietta,
Riverdale, Powder Springs,
Smyrna, Douglasville, La-
Grange, and Newnan, as well as
Clayton, South Cobb and
DeKalb Counties.
Also attending were officials
from Forest Park’s police di
vision, Cobb County’s police de
partment, the sheriffs’ depart
ments of Coweta and Douglas
Counties, the state fire mar
shall’s office and the National
Auto Theft Bureau. Altogether
62 representatives were regis
tered.
According to Comptroller
General Bentley, who is also
the state’s Safety Fire Commis
sioner, there has been a “great
Increase in fire bombings and
>ther arson type fires along
with civil unrest and rioting.
It is felt that this type of train
ing media will be most bene
ficial to Georgia municipalities
and their fire departments.”
Welcoming the delegates
were Forest Park’s Mayor
Charles W. Summerday,Direc
tor of Public Safety Joe Picard
and Fire Chief L. C. Cole.
Topics and speakers In
cluded;
“The Fire Bomb-Molotov
Cocktail”; Bob Gore, Georgia
State Fire Marshall
“Crime Scene Search and The
Collection and Preservation of
Evidence”: Captain Arthur
Hutchins, State Police Academy
“The Law of Arson”; Robert
Baynard, office of .Judge Sam
Lowe
“Your Fire Scene Responsi
bility”; K. G.Davis, state arson
Investigator
This was the fifth in a series
of seminars that are being con
ducted by tiie state in selected
areas throughout Georgia.