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Speir Insurance Agency, Inc. 4599 Jonesboro Rd. 366-5115 anil dlayintt bounty Sms anil Jartnn and Hile purest ^ark VOLUME 45 — number 24 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- W!SBV[ HARBIN’S DRIVE-IN „ iAR A CHOICE RESTAURANT DINNERS ARE I BREAKFAST! HARD TO BEAT! (Georgia And Old Dixie Hwy.) Jark Jreas 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). Castle Heights Military Aca demy, University of Tennessee (Chemical Engineering), Uni versity of Southern California Continued on Page 3 Serving All of Clayton County *■ "Stat*©*” 888 BWhB. \ 1 8® # ■Mis ISOS MB ■Mm ■ ■MB V 1 1808 1/ 1 / I gHBM^nHKIII Sr R 9HHHI K Happiness Is Being Healthy! 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 Continued on Page 3 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 Continued on Page 6 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. The Best Thing That Ever Happened To A Chicken m। a h ■ <v '■ ■ ■x < % '.■'ts • ' > v s ' * 3 . j if 1-Mk « * ■ w JM * I $ i / V « 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.” Your Full-Service Bank bank of FOREST PARK Member FDIC. nMnMMWAWLK-AnsMM SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS of the State Farmers’ Market 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.