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Labor Dept. Reports
2,094 Persons Still
Unemployed In Houston
The Georgia Depart
ment of Labor, assisted
employers in this area in
filling 5,076 nonfarms
jobs during 1977, ac
cording to Sidney Young,
manager of the Macon
labor office.
Young said that the
average weekly earnings
of insured workers in
Houston County at the
close of Fiscal Year 1977
was $253.08, an increase
of $26.08 over the 1976
figure.
In Fiscal Year 1977,
40,518 weekly benefit
payments totaling
$3,031,678 were made to
unemployed workers in
this area in cases of job
loss resulting from no
fault of their own, Young
explained.
He estimated there
were 2,094 unemployed
persons in Houston
County at the end of
Fiscal Year 1977.
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The statistics on
Houston County are
contained in the 1977
edition of the Labor
Department's Annual
Report, which Com
missioner Sam Caldwell
has submitted to
Governor George Busbee
and members of the
Georg ia Genera I
Assembly.
"During Fiscal Year
1977, the Georgia
economy continued a
slow but steady recovery
from the recession ex
perienced earlier. A
declining unemployment
rate accompanied by a
steadily growing labor
torce is evidence of the
state's improving
economic health,"
Caldwell said.
"The labor force grew
by 2.6 percent during
Fiscal 1977, representing
an additional 56,400
Georgians who were
employed or seeking
work, and the staff of the
Georgia Department of
Labor is gratified to have
been instrumental in the
growth of the economy by
assisting more than
100,000 persons to find
jobs during the year,"
Caldwell added.
Young said that on a
statewide basis, "We
have been called upon to
serve more persons than
Perry an Returns
From Trip Abroad
Mrs. Lewis B. Smyth
returned last week after a
two months' stay in
Europe, where she
visited her son and
daughter, Captain Blake
Smyth and Miss Clare
Smyth, in Swabisch-
Gmunde, Germany. Lt.
Colonel Smyth (USAR-
Ret) also visited with his
family in Germany after
attending an Air Force
Conference in Munich in
February, after which
they spent a week in
France where they were
the guests of Dr. and Mrs.
Jean Jacques Well in
Strasbourg.
In Heidelberg, where
they were formerly
stationed, they visited
with old friends, Frau
Perryan Begins
Student Teaching
Susan Kirkland Arnall,
a Georgia Southern
senior from Perry,
recently began Spring
Quarter Student
Teaching activities
assigned by the Depart
ment of Professional
Laboratory Experiences
of the School of
Education.
The student teaching
experience will enable
them to culminate their
college preparation by
in any of the previous
years of the depart
ment's existence. In
order to meet the un
precedented need for our
services, we have
reorganized, streng
thened and increased
staff and in many in
stances have expanded
facilities. We have
streamlined and
upgraded our data
processing operations
which have replaced
outmoded methods and
afforded faster and more
accurate processing of
claims.
“Additionally, our staff
has worked closely with
employers in this area to
help them retain
qualified employees.
“In spite of this extra
work," Young continued,
“we were still able to
serve the needs of our
communities. We are
always looking for ways
to better use our
Alfrieda von Bormann
and her sister, Frau Nori
von zur AAuhlen.
Miss Clare Smyth, who
has had a position with
the Officers' Club at
Bismarck Kaserne since
last September, ac
companied her mother on
several trips to the
Bavarian Alps where
they spent some time at
Berchtesgaden and
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
at the ski resorts. In
Austria they visited
Vienna and Innsbruck
and several of the ski
resorts there and also in
the Dolomites of Italy.
Miss Smyth is expected to
return in June to Georgia
where she will return to
college.
encountering actual
problems in a "learning
laboratory." Also
provided is the op
portunity to gain skill in
using a variety of in
structional resources and
techniques and con
solidate theories into
practice.
An English major at
GSC, Susan is the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
J.R. Arnall.
The HHJ
Fishing
Forecast
BARTLETTS FERRY:
Normal, Clear, Good for
crappie; fair for catfish;
poor for others.
GOAT ROCK; Normal,
Clear, Good for crappie
and catfish; fair for bass
CLARK HILL: Normal,
Clearing, Excellent for
all species
HIGH FALLS: Low,
Clear, Real good for bass,
crappie and bream; slow
for catfish.
JACKSON; Down, Clear,
Good for all species
OLIVER: Normal, Clear,
Good for crappie &
catfish; very good for
white bass
SINCLAIR; Down,
Slightly Stained, Good for
bass & crappie; white
bass beginning to run;
fair for catfish.
TOBESOFKEE: Normal,
Clear, Excellent for bass
and crappie; good for
catfish.
resources for the public
good. For example,
during fiscal year 1977,
statewide, we used more
than SBO million from the
Comprehensive Em
ployment and Training
Act (CETA) to help
almost 50,000 persons."
Young said the
Department of Labor will
continue its increased
emphasis on job training
and special assistance to
the under-educated,
unskilled and han
dicapped and to place
them in gainful em
ployment as soon as
possible.
Young said the Labor
Department will also help
those whose skills are no
longer in demand due to
shifts in national
priorities. These include
skilled persons in several
fields.
The state unem
ployment insurance trust
fund balance hit a low of
$188.7 million on April 20,
1977, drained by the
payment of benefits to the
unemployed during the
recession.
The fund, however, has
since been slowly
recovering due to
legislative action In
creasing the taxable
wage base and increasing
benefit disqualification
penalties for claimants
who quit their jobs
without good cause or
refuse a suitable job
offer.
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