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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 27
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- Text: CITY OF ATLANTA CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant : MRS, ANN M, MOSES, Executi t June 27 , 19 69 DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director ota ieihaaii Liaison MEMORANDUM TO: Johnny Robinson FROM: George J. Berry SUBJECT: City-owned lot at Richardson and Conley Streets. At your request, I reviewed our situation on this piece of property with the following findings: l. In 1944, Mayor Hartsfield granted an elderly lady permission to use this lot. The city had owned it for a very long time. In the late 1800's the lot had been used as a dump for "night soil.'' The lady had continued to use the property and had some sort of church constructed on it which the City Housing Code Division has recently required her to demolish. Consequently, she does not now occupy the property. This lady now feels that she has a legal right to the property, however, because she has had effective possession for this length of time. 2. In 1967 the City Parks Department was investigating all city-owned property to determine their feasibility for use as playlots. When Jack Delius was investigating this property the elderly lady (known locally as "the witch doctor") placed a "hex'' on him for proposing to use her property. 3. Because of its possible use by the Parks Department, the Law Department initiated an action to determine the validity of the city's title. Associate City Attorney, Ralph Jenkins, represented the city and while he was unable to remove the hex from Mr. Delius, did succeed in winning the case and clearing the city's title to the lot, June 27, 1969 Memo to Johnny Robinson Page Two 4, Pete Williams of the Land Department says that the boundaries of the lot need to be surveyed. He feels that an adjoining build- ing is encroaching on the property. Because of the time factor, the Parks Department arranged for another playlot in the vicinity with which they are satisfied. Mr. Delius advised me that they now have no plans to use this lot. Mr. Jenkins advised me by telephone that if the city is serious in wanting to assert its title to this property, it is important that this property be put to some definite use or it be declared surplus and sold. I did not inquire into his legal reasons for this position, but he felt that the failure of the city to act would strengthen the claimant's case and could possibly result in overturning the court's decision, A third alternative, therefore, would be to abandon the property to the claimant. Very truly yours, George J, Berry GJB:p
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 1
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- Text: May 2, 1969 Mr. Thomas F. Choyce Associate City ae City Law 2614 First Pationsl Bank Building Atlants, Georgia 30303 Dear Tom: I attach hereto five copies of a lease agreement between the Housing Authority of the City of Atlante and the City of Atlanta covering the leaging of 472 — 476 Ira Street, S&S. W. (Eden Rag Company). We already have physical access to the building, the keys to the locks, etc., and permission from the lessor to begin operating a temporary’ recreation facility at this location, Please approve the attached leases as to legal form and return to me at your earliest poesible con- venience, We are using a blanket resolution passed several years ago, which authorizes the Mayor to sign temporary leases of this nature, Your continued assistance is deeply appreciated, and I am Cordially, Jack Cc. Delius General Manager of Perks and Recreetion Enclosures JCD: jw cc: Mr. Jim Henley, Housing Avwthority of City of Atlanta 624 Hurt Building ng, Atlanta, Ga. 30303 Mr. Earl Landers, Mayor's Office Mr. Johnny Robinson, Community Development Coordinator Mr. Joe Gentry, Parks Engineering Division Me. Stanley T. Martin, Jr.
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 15
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- Text: 2-11-69 Dear Virginia: See nove Miss Bessie L. Whitehead was rated by Alberta, Marvin, and me on January 29. None of us gave her a passing score. She did not impress me as someone who had the temperament, personality, or background to make a successful Recreation Leader. She came to my office yesterday in a very angry mood, threw the letter on my desk, and said she was not going to take that king of "----", She talked on for quite some time, saying, among other things, that she was not going to told no if she had to get a gun and come up here and shoot somebody, I did not say a great deal to her - I was listening most of the time - but I was polite and tried to be helpful. She seemed to have calmed down some when she left, Wate f ow iyss lla Munckawme — Meee fe “7 : eillips - = aod 3 swear Leper. Mys, Be tr9 Bfennor Perse
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 24
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- Text: CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS OFFICE OF GENERAL MANAGER ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 JACK C. DELIUS GENERAL MANAGER “ FRED P. WHITLEY ASST. GEN. MANAGER May 19, 1969 ASST. GEN. MANAGES aR eae ene Shite manne MEMORANDUM TO: All Park and Recreation Supervisors and Foremen FROM: Stan Martin, Assistant General Manager of Parks SUBJECT: Opening of Swimming Pools for 1969 Season All swimming pools will open on Saturday, June 7, 1969, and will remain open through Labor Day, September 1, 1969. The hours of operation will be from 12 Noon until 8:30 P.M., Monday through Saturday and from 1:00 P.M. until 8:30 P.M. on Sundays, Swimming classes will be taught by our staff for a period of eight weeks beginning June 16 through August 8 from 10:00 A.M, until 12 Noon, Monday through Friday. Children 12 years oid and under will be allowed to swim free from 12 Noon until 2:00 P.M., Monday through Saturday. All port-a-pools will be open from June 7 through Labor Day, and will be used only for organized swimming classes supervised by our recreation staff. STMJr:bf
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 11
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- Text: January 29, 1969 MEMORANODOUN- TO: Aldermanic Parks Committee PROM: Jack C. Delius, General Manager of Parks and Recreation ‘SUBJECT: Status of Carnegie Triangle Me. Walter Hendrix, Assistant Lend Agent, telephoned me this dete to give a status report on the Carnegie Triangle acquisition. &s you may know, we heve so fer scquired one half undivided interest in one of the four puercels (Jesse Draper). The other one half undivided interest of this seme parcel, as i understend it, is owned by Mr. Roy Livingston. Mr. Hendrix states thet Mr, Livingston hea been i11 for the last few weeks but hes indicated « willingness to go shead and sign the purchase egreement. The second parcel is owned by American Motor Hotels (Dr. Mervin Geldstein). Mr. Hendrix reports that Dr. Goldstein is now pre« peared to sign the sales docunents on his parcel. ‘The two remeining parcels are the Clarke and Davis properties. Mr. Hendrix advises that Assistant City Attorney, Ferrin Methews, held a condemnation hearing iste last week end that the Special Master made en award slightly less then the eppreised value, which wes initislly offered to the owners. There is some slight indicetion that one or both of these owners may appeal the award. in euumary, it appears #11 that remains to be done to actusliy heve seession of the triangle is to complete the purchase of one half Teaeeeh ef one percel with Mr. Livingston and to proceed to sign the papers with dr. Goldstein for his parcel. Finally, Mr. Mendrix advises that HUO requires © ninety-day grace peried before we can move out the present tenants. Enclosures TCR: Jw CC: Honorable ivan Alien, ox.~ Mr, Stanley T. Mertin, Jr., Asat. Gen. Mgr. of Parks
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 18
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- Text: CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of PARKS Office of General Manager Atlanta, Georgia 30303 March 18, 1969 MEMORANDUM JACK C. DELIUS GENERAL MANAGER TO: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. FROM: Jack C, Delius, General Manager of Parks and Recreation A SUBJECT: Concession Bids for North Fulton Golf Course and Piedmont Park, The Parks Committee of the Board of Aldermen advertised four times the concession privileges at North Fulton Golf Course and Piedmont Park. Only one bid was received for each of these locations, Mr. Paul Lavin, Golf Professional at North Fulton Golf Course, entered the only bid of $1,500.00 a year for a three-year period. This amount is identical to what we were receiving from this concession stand up to 1967. Committee also received one bid on the Piedmont Park Concession in the amount of $1,750.00 per year for a two-year period. Mr. J. W. Oldknow, the current Concessionaire, was the only bidder, He had been paying $1,555.00 per year. Parks Committee opened these bids on March 11, 1969 and asked that I forward the information to you with their recommendation that we accept these bids, If you should find them acceptable, I shall proceed to have the proper resolutions drawn, contract agreements prepared, etc, Thank you very much, JCD:jw Ole —C#Roceeé Fu y/o
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 26
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- Text: October 6, 1969 MEMORANDUM To: '_ Mayer Allen From: Dan Sweat Subject: Proposed $100, 000 Park Project We have been unable to secure what we feel are good recommendations for projects through the usual sources and have, therefore, taken the liberty of making these recommendations ourselves. In suggesting possible projects we are somewhat at a disadvantage in not knowing the feelings of the donor. For example, is he motivated by charitable considerations which would lend itself to a project in some disadvantaged area? Is he motivated by artistic considerations? Historical considerations? Does he wish the project to be a memorial to himself or his family? In the event that the City were to receive an unanticipated $100, 000 grant, it would be our hope that these funds could be spent in the downtown area for the benefit and enjoyment of all Atlantans. Our central city is short of landmarks and beauty spots even though we have had a program of , beautifying small parcels around the city in recent years. For this reason, we have suggested several projects that would lend character and idenfi- fication to the downtown areas. In addition, we have suggested two small park projects to serve specific neighborhoods. Central City Projects 1. The redevelopment of the Pershing Point Park at the intersection of the Peachtrees. Even though this has been publicly announced, it is unfunded and, considering other priorities, it will probably not be built for i nie Memo to Mayor Allen Page Two October 6, 1969 4. 5. 6, some time, The plans that the Park Engineers have developed are imaginative. This park will be a Hurt Park" type focal point in what is already a substantial neighborhood of new office buildings, restaurants, etc. Beautification of Five Points. Not just a few trees, but a real effort to convert the area into a landmark area. New sidewalks... imaginative redesign of the traffic islands with plantings, etc., new gas light lamps such as those used in Underground Atlanta. . . some sort of statuary or art work that would create the attention (to a lesser degree) as does the Picasso in Chicago. One problem here might be space, but the closingof the short traffic lane between the traffic island and the William Oliver Bubiding and the Bank of Georgia Building so as to create a plaza might be feasible, Purchase and beautify the old filling station site (now, in effect, a traffic island) at Memorial and Central. This intersection is a major entrance into the downtown area, especially the governmental section, This project has been proposed in the five-year capital improvement program, but no provisions have been made for funding the project in the foreseeable future. Conversion of Currier Street. This street is just two blocks long running from Peachtree to Piedmont at the Auditorium and Exhibit Hall main entrance. This could be abandoned as a street and converted to a park-like mall for pedestrian traffic from Peachtree into the Civic Center Complex. The only problem is that thie street borders the rear of the property proposed as the new Greyhound Bus Terminal and also the existing parking and service facility for the Atlanta Transit System, Purchase of a historic house for renovation and preservation. Atlanta is short on such historic featuges, The ante-bellum Judge house on Fairburn Road is a possibility. The Col..L.P. Grant home on St. Paul Avenue, S,E. is probably too far gone. The historical society could recommend one. Beautification of Marietta Street between Five Points and Spring, This wide street has perhaps the best potential of any other street in the centra business district and already includes the distinctive Henry Grady monument, An imaginative median could be designed . ..:a gas light therne could be continued up from Five Points. . . trees and other plantinge could be provided such as was done along Peachtree at Peachtree Center. . . perhaps a fountain. Memo to Mayor Allen Page Three October 6, 1969 7. A focal point such as the St. Louis Arch, Atlanta's could be an artistic conception of the ''Phoanix Rising'' as is depicted on the Seal, It should be of iropressive size and placed in a location that would command attention, Inside or in connection with the Interchange might be a good place if it could be worked out. One other possible place would be the area of the Brookwood Interchange on either the vailroad property or on Atlantic Steel property if arrangements could be made, Neighborhood Projects l. Bevelopment of a small neighborhood park on the property located at White Street and Rose Circle in Southwest Atlanta, This property is just on the edge of the West End Urban Renewal Project, but not major redevelopment in this area is in the plans. Because it is in the redevelopment area, however, the property can be dedicated to the City and all of the funds can go into improvements. 2. Development of a play lot in the Lincoln Homes area of northwest Atlanta. This is on public housing property and can also be dedicated so that all of the donated funds can be used for development. DS:ja eee Ee SOULE 7 EP eee es ct tint
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 23
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- Text: ; SUM-MEC EXTENSION OFFICE ae 508 McDaniel St. Apt. 1853 Rae Atlanta, Georgia 30312 GROG HoTLE iV x Telephone 52);-21),0 a 5. Home, 779-GEA3 PROPOSED rROGRAM STRUCTURE . / for RECREATION FACILITY IN MECHANICSVILLE I, Focus To meet the needs of the community, the recreation facility should have a comprehensive program, The program should be broad end inclusive enough to provide.activities for all age groups, The activities should include; athletics, table games, a variety of outdoor games, interest groups, a gameroom for small kids, a quiet room for reading and lounge, coed groups and activities, and adult groups and activities. The governing body for the facility is an elected, 12-momber Advisory Board, The Board is made up of persons from the Mechanicsville community. They are as follows; Rev. F.W. Melville, Chairman Mrs. Rosa Hampton, Vice Chairman Mrs. Rosa Griffin, Secretary Mrs, Bertha Barton, Assistant Secretary Revs MM; Thomas, Treasurer Mrs. Annie R, Newton ([o79 > Scud) Miss Lois Wilson Mrs, Emma Thomas ( hk young people will be elected to the Board) II. PROGRAM A. Softball 1, 20 teams a. 5-10% under teams (3 boys and 2 girls) b. 5-12 & under teams (3 boys and 2 girls) c. 5-15 & under teams (3 boys and 2 girls) d. 2-17 & under teams (1 boy and 1 girl) e. 3 Adult teams (2 men and 7¥7 1 women) De E. Ge He { © | Baseball 1.5 teams a. 1-10 & under team b. l-l2 & under team ec. 1-15 & under team -~ a, 1-17 & under team e. 1 adult team Gym Activities (inside rag house) 1. 2 table tennis Sets 2. 2 Billiard Tables 3. 2 Caron Boards h. 1 Weightlifting set 5. 2 card tables (for checkers) Game Room (for small kids) 1, Table games 2. Selected activities A Quiet Room ; a 1. For Reading 2. lounge for staff 3. For counseling 4. For small meetings Other Outside Games 1. Volleyball . 2. Basketball (outside Goals) 3. Croquet 4. Horseshoes 5. Soccer Other Adult Activities 1. Barbecues 2. Other Suggested Activities Coed Activities 1. A Youth Council 2. Youth Social Activities a, Dances b,. Parties page 2 Ie Physical Equipment and Developments | Je ‘1. Softball and baseball fields developed (leveled and scraped) | 2. Spectator seats on softball and baseball fields ; 3. A 5S£t. fence to enclose the area | h. The Building needs painting and decorating on the inside | 5. A telephone needs to be installed i ond 7 ad a Y. CLVATS ~ FILECD Staff | 1. 3 Male Workers | a. 1 worker for gym activities(inside). b. 2 workers for softball and baseball fields - 2. 5 Female Workers &e 1 worker for gym activities (inside) b. 1 worker for game room (for small kids) c. 2 workers for softball and other outside games, dad. 1 worker to serve as receptionistesecretary. Submitted by: Grady Butler Extension Area Mer. SUM-MECG Extension Office 5/1/69
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 19
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- Text: February 10, 1969 MEMORANDUM TO: Virginia Carmichael, Director of Recreation FROM: Jack C, Delius, General Manager of Parks & Recreation Miss Hattie Thomas of the Mayor's Office has asked me to investigate the situation involving the prospective employment of Miss Bessie L. Whitehead, for the position (as I understand it) of Community Recreation Director. Miss Whitehead apparently successfully passed the written part of the examination but received a letter dated January 31, 1969 from the Personnel Department stating that she had failed the oral. Miss Whitehead further states that on February 10, 1969 she “talked to someone in Recreation" who said they simply could not understand how she could have failed the oral. I advised Miss Thomas that we were not privileged to exam the oral done by at least three different people, one of whom only normally represents this department. However, I would ask you to hook into this and see if there has been any mistakes made, etc. Would you please advise Miss Whitehead at 1220 Gardenia St.,N.W. of the circumstances and also post Miss Thomas in the Mayor's Office. Thank you very much. JCD: bf ee: AMiss Hattie Thomas, Secretary, Mayor's Office
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 29
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- Text: ee j \ YERs fe f Z Cs BAYA. As wert | — justi : Ae . ! DAw Seo des Lotes ry Se vA WE FAT LAA Rewer Wed TEQERARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION s CITY HALL ANNEX ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 June 28, 1°69 MEMORANDUM JACK C, DELIUS GENERAL MANAGER -Miss Jimmie Mims STANLEY T. MARTIN, JR. _ ASST. GEN. MANAGER TOs. F. PIERCE WHITLEY ASST. GEN. MANAGER . L, . BS = VD CARL W. RYALS, JR. FROM: Mike Cielinski HAC ‘ SR. ADMIN. ASSISTANT Dinsomneonerraee SUBJECT: Food Program Attached you will find a report for the week of June 23rd through June 27th Includéd in this report and problems which were once again are recommendations, encountered during this week's operation. oT sGni On KN a ors fay a! = a] a we ft tn -.
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Box 1, Folder 22, Complete Folder
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�May 2, 1969
Mr . J. Forrest Gee
Purchasing Agent
City of Atlant
City Hall
Atlant~ , Georgia 30303
Dear Forrest:
Thank you very much for your letter of April 30, 1969 regarding
the fire at er er on Park and y memorandum of A ril 24. As
previously stated, we are extremely an..~ious to get back into
operation at Per~ rson Park at the earliest p:,ssible date and
it has been determined that it would not be practic l for the
limited number of car nters in this department to undert ke
the rep ir, Becau e of the time element in bidding, prep ration
of oo.nt.rects, etc. , I ' m afraid th eummer • uld be ov r; before
subst ntial repairs had been mad.
were delight _ when informe by the insur nee c rrier
th t they would prefer to follow the policy curr ntly used by
the Atlanta School s yst
in permitting the inpur n
ca~rier to
bring in t ir own bonded cont,:aotor to do the
rk. Accordingly ,
I discussed this matter with llrJ Chairman, s ell
with. Mr . Charl s
vis and Mr. Earl Landers .
11 o,f thes gentlemen gJ;e d tbat the
most practical thing to do is to allow the insur nc comp ny to
engag
oontr ctor . It did not occur to me that thi-, propos
arr ng ent ·w ould have to be cleared by the Purchasing Commi.ttee
ince City funds w re really not inVQlv d. Accordingly , with
th
pprov l of my COroroitte , I authorized ccur te Con.atruction
·Company to stei-t WQrk on Perkerson Recreation building Tuesday,
My 6, 1969. A Mr.
1th; of Accur te Con t..r:uction Comp n.y,
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the City Cod, nd Ip rticul rly ppr ci
your c lll it
provision to my t t ntion.
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May 2, 1969
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Finally, we have entered a cla im for fire loss on the contents
of the building and there will be many do zens of items we will
have to requi sition f or repl acement purposes on an emer gency
basis.
Sincerely ,
J a ck c. Delius
Ge neral
nager of
Parks and Recreation
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Mr . R. Earl Landers , Mayor ' s ()ffice ~
Mr. Thomas F . Choyce, Associate City Attorrey
Honorable Char l ie Left wich
Mr. Pi erce
i t ley , Assistant General Man· ger o f . arks
Mr . St anley T. Martin , ssi st an Gen r al Mana er of Parks
Miss Virgi nia Carmio ael, Dire ctor of Recreation
Mrs. Mary s e Liady , Communi t y Ce nte r Director
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LANTA
DEPARTMENT of PARKS
Office of General Manager
Atlanta, Georgia
30303
May 8, 1969
JACK C. DELIUS
GENERAL MANAGER
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Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
City of Atlanta
City Hall
.A tlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Mayor Allen:
I plan to be out of the City from Friday, May 30,
through Sunday, June 1, at Roosevelt State Park in
Pine Mountain, Georgia. If you should have to contact
me, I will be in Cabin No. 8, and the Superintendent
of the Park is Mr. Bill Marx.
In my absence, Mr. Pierce Whitley, Assistant General
Manager of Parks, will be in charge of field operation
and Mr. Stanley T. Martin, Jr., Assistant General
Manager of Parks, will be in charge of administration.
neral Manager of
rks and Recreation
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Parks Committee
Mr. Pierce Whitley
Mr. Stanley T. Martin , Jr.
Miss Virginia Carmichael
Mr. John Roth
�Mr. Earl Land~rs :
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1. Agreed 1ouse the Atlanta
Area Transportation Study as a
"guide " to further studies .
.2. Agreed to cooperate with
Central Atlanta: Progress on a
study of the downtown business
3. Balked at a request of Ful- 1
' ion County to relocate Carroll
Road from Sanely Creek and i
' ! ankhead Hi ghway for expan- j I
·ion of the Fu lton County Air- I
ort. All en pointed out that the ,
ity had made Ca rroll Road :
>f our-l anes a short time ago and
11ore investiga tion as to r eason I
~r 'or the relocation are needed.
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�A RESOLUTION
BY PLAN NING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
APPROVING RELOCATION STUDIES AND THE SURVEYING
AND PREPARATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY PLANS FOR CARROLL
ROAD AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME AS A COMPLIMENTARY
PROJECT TO THE EXPANSION OF FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT.
WHEREAS,
the improvement of traffic movement on the major streets of
Atlanta is an obvious necessity, and
WHEREAS, the State Highway Department of Georgia is preparing to
make specific plans for the widening and relocation of Carroll Road to a four-lane
divided r~adway from Gordon Road to Bankhead Highway as a complimentary projecf
to the expansion of Fulton County Airport, and
WHEREAS, these proposed improvements have been reviewed by the
Planning and Public Works Departments, and
WHEREAS, the State Highway Department must have the City of ·
Atlanta's official endorsement of this project before financial participation for
preliminary engineering by the Federal Bureau of Public Roads can be obtained.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Boord of
Aldermen that the proposed relocation end improvements of Carrol I Road referred to
by project number F-126-1 (2) and describe.d in further detai I by the attached drawings
and text, be approved for relocation studies and preliminary engineering plans and
any such studies and plans shall be submitted to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
for further consideration and approval.
Attachment
�H . H. HUCKE B A
.JIM L . G IL LI S , S R .
51'ATE HIGHWAY ENC,INE(A
0 IRE.C T OR
W. M . WILLIAMS
EM O R Y C . PARR I S H
SCCAET4RY • TREASU A ER
C XE. C UT I VE ASSISTAN T
DtR C CTO R
April 24, 1969 _
D. l'!ingfield
Planni~g 0i rector
Atl ant a Reg i on lle tropolitan
Planni ng Co:::.nis sion
900 Gl0nn 3uilding
Atlant a, Georgia 30302
.M.r"'". J.
Dear Sir:
Pursuant to the provisions of Seciion 204 of Title II - ? l2~~ ad ~s t::::-oooli t an D2ve lor:::-.2nt o: Pujl i c Lc.·,v 39 -754 > T , e De:::'.):-!s ·t :::- 2°: i c:-. C:.. t::. :::s c:.r.c
Me tro ool i t 2n D~ve~o~~e~t Ac t o: l9S6 , we a::::-e her ety su t ~itt i~g vc.rious
materi al ::-el c..:{v-2 too-::- p:.:-o j ec-.:. ~::- -iL.6-1 (2), rul ton County.
This project c2.lls for a 4 l an e divi ded roadway c.nd ::::-elocc.tion of
portion of t he ro&t~ay necessitated _by the planned expansion of ?ulton
County Airpo::-t.
Please review this request prior to our request to the Bureau of Public
Roads for prelirainary engineering authorizat:o~.
Yours very truly,
STAT~ EIG:-:t:;..y DEPAR.T:.:El'-ll O? G~O?..GIA
DIVI SICN OF HIGE'!.AY PLANNH'.G
By
Leland S. Veal
State Highway Planning Engineer
WA.'Y/lcr
Attachment
cc: R.M. Breen
L.E. Parker
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DIR ECTOR
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STATE HIGHWAY (NGINEER
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EM OR Y C . P ARR I S H
EXECUT I V E ASS I STANT
DIR E C T OR
W . M . WILLIAMS
SECAETAAY · TREASU REA
May 22, 1969
Mr. Collier Gl adin
Planning Direct or
City of Atlanta Planning Department
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Sir :
The State Highway Department is actively pursuing participation from the
Bureau -of Public Roads in preliminary engineering for Carroll Road (F-126-1),
between Gordon Road and Bankhead Highway.
This proj ect will provide for p~eliminary engineering and relocation studies
to determine location and prepare plans for future 4-lane divided roadway. Relocation of a portion of F-126 is necessitated by planned expansion of Fulton
County Airport.
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We need the City of Atlanta's official endorsement of this project through
resolution so that we can secure the necessary approval.
Please communicate this request through the proper governmental procedures.
We have attached various material relative to this project for your information
and assistance in gaining an official statement of endorsement.
Thank you for your help in this matter.
Yours very truly,
SI'ATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA
DIVISIO~ OF HIGHNAY PLANNING
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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY HALL
Los
ANGELES , CALIFORNIA
90012
June 25, 1969
Hon0rab le Ivan Allen , Jr.
Mayor of Atlanta
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Mayor Allen:
One of the most satisfying develo pments in Los Angeles during
the past year has been the suc ce ss and the steadily increasing public
support and recognition of DIRECTION SPORTS, Inc. , a privately operated
non-profit program for disadvantaged youngsters .
DIRECTION SPORTS (see enclosed brochure) is the brainchild of
its president and project direct or , Tulle y Brown, who initiate d t he
program la st September in the Los Angeles area. As a result of the
wide coverage given it locally and nationally, the program's unique
method -- which uses a sports f ormat as a means of improving learning
motivation and educational ski lls -- has been brought to the attention
of an estimated more than one hundred million Americans.
In response to this publicity DIRECTION SPORTS has received over
a thousand letters, written by individual cit izens, by officials of
city, state, and federal government , and by faculty members of numerous
universities, asking how they might put the program to work in their
cities . Subsequently, a major foundation has expresse d interest in
paying half the cost of travel and lodging for representatives of
the Mayors of one hundred American cities to attend a special five-day
DIRECTION SPORTS workshop. The workshop sessions are to be held
August 4th through 8th in Los Angeles.
At Mr. Brown's request, I am writing you personally, in advance
of formal and final structuring of the planned summer workshop, to
invite your consideration of his program and to request a wri tten
response to my office in regard to your interest in having your c i t y
part i cipate. Your pos i tive reply will be additional indicat i on to the
foundat i on which is considering a financ i al commitment to the workshop
operation of the nat i onal interest in the DIRECTION SPORTS program .
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The City of Los Angeles intends to do everything poss ib le to
ensure that the workshop sessions are successful in enabling every
participant to return to his ci ty with the information and expe r i ence
necessary to conduct a pilot DIRECTION SPORTS program for the benefi t
of its constituency.
It is our hope that thi s conference will move us further ahead,
as individual c i ties, toward a coalition of common interest in the
educat ional development of all disadvantaged American youngsters.
I will look forward to hearing from you .
Cordially,
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4415 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles) Calif. 90019
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937-3540
DIRECTION SPORTS Seminar
August 4-8, 1909
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·0ne of the most gratifying experiences in developing this
program has been to discover the great variety of people who find
common purpose in contributing to the disadvantaged youth of a city.
This kind of cooperation has made it possible for DIRECTION
SPORTS to achieve, in a short period of timeJ a "substa ntial
improvement 11 (see psychometric studies results included in brochure)
in the · learning skill development of youngsters living in those
areas of Los Angeles with the highest percentage of school "drop-8uts".
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In response to the na tional interest in DIRECTION SP0R'rS, we are
planning a five-day Seminar so that other cities can become familiar
with our format and materials, and so tha t the excitement of a nationwide program benefitting disadvant aged underachievers can become a
reality.
We will bring together the talents and r esources of the many
individuals and groups who have contributed ·to the ongoing DIREC'I'I0N
SPORTS program in order to make our Seminar workshops as instructive
and comprehensive as possible. Our purpose is to offer participants
materials and support for initial pilot prog rams based on the
DIRECTION SPORTS format and adaptable to thei r respective c it ies.
Seminar workshops will include the following:
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Special ~re-tested "chalk tal ks" ( see sample in
brochure ) designed to c arry fifth and s ixt h grade
students in a DIRECTION SPORTS program throughout
the 1969- 1970 school year. The s e materials are .
developed by Fred Niedemeyer, Ph.D. of the Ing l ewood ,
Califor-Dia Southi'Jes t Regiona l Laboratory (funded in
part by the Bureau of Researc h of the U. S. Office of
Education ) and by Robert Filep, Ph.D. from the
national Tnstit ut e for Educat ional Development.
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Evalua tive and te sting proced ures deve loped by
Stephen Klein, Ph.D. and members of his staff fro m
t he UCLA Research and Develop~IBnt Cent er, us ing a
n ational grading prog ram from Educationa l Testing
Service, Inc.
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Promotion and publicity resources, including:
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Bruce Johnson, Vice President and West Co2.st
Manager of 1,Ietro Radio S2.les, has pledged ongoing
media support of all DIRECTION SPOnTS progr2. ms
through the auspices of 2.11 1•etro Me dia stations
and affiliat es throughout the United States.
Howard Mi ller, Western Director of the USO, will
provide a format for developing local advisory
board and fund-raising task force~.
Community service film strips designed both for
radio and for television and produced by local
studios in conju..nc tion with the Motion Picture
Producers Association will be availab le. These
films include presentations by nationally known
personalities, includ ing such stars a~ Greg Morris
of Mission Imnossible.
4)
Organizationa l structure and job descriptions for a
six-team DIRECTION SPORTS pilot program, presented
by Booz, Allen, and Hamilton, Inc., management
consultants.
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Per~onnel testing and screening forms developed by
Robert A. Jones, Director, Testing Bureau, University
of Southern California.
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_Walt Thurmond ( Cal State L.A.), John McKay (USC),
John Wooden (UCL.A), and others.
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Group discussion tech.niques, presented by a staff of
psycholog ists, including Victor Coppin, M.A. of the
DIRECTION SPORTS staff.
Legal aspects of organizational structure, presented
by Gerald Kleinman, partner in the lav1 firm of_
Loeb and Loeb. ( Any and all new DIRECTION SPORTS
programs can re ce ive non-profit status, based on the
fact that DIRECTION SPORTS , Inc. is a federally ·
chartered non-profit corporati on.)
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Use of park and recreation facil i ties, discuss ed by
Jos eph Lewis of the City of Los Angeles Department of
Parks and Recr2at i on.
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Association with c i ty school s ys tems, discu s s ed by
Sam Hammer~an, Dir ect or of the Offi ce of Urban Affairs,
Los Angeles City Scho ols .
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that. the DIREC·TION SPORTS jacket can be sent.
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Also, the nat i ona l television shows being boo ked will be outlined.
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A Piece of Glass ... a Stolen Car
Direction Sports was never formally
planned- it happened. "How it happened"
is covered below in an excerpt from A
Sports Story for Christmas, written by
John Hall for the Los Angeles Times on
December 15, 1967.
"A foot slashed by broken glass and a
stolen car have combined to produce what
may be the Christmas sports story of the
season.
"If this sounds unlikely, you just don't
know Tulley Brown.
"Brown is a 34-year-old law school grad,
a Santa Monica resident who has an overwhelming ompassion for sports and
youngsters. While living in J-2 different
countries during recent years, Brown
found the two mixed wonderfully.
"But his story really began one morning
when he was doing his daily four miles of
running on the beach at Santa Monica.
Tulley Brown plans a football jamboree
with YMCA Director Geor{?e Pohlman.
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He stepped on a piece of glass and cut his
foot.
"Looking for emergency treatment, he
came across a doctor connected with [ a
center for] retarded and disturbed children.
'·One thing led to another and Brown
soon quit his old job [as a sales executive] to take over as athletic director ...
"Bringing in several Lakers to help him
at times, he began to get the kids to take
out their frustrations and erase their
doubts on the basketball floor. Psychiatrists used the word 'amazing; to describe
the progress he was able to make. Parents
were overjoyed.
"About this time, Brown's car was stolen
... Typically. Tulley's reaction after an 18year-old boy was arrested for the theft
was regret. He urged police not to press
charges.
"He and his wife asked to adopt the boy,
an orphan who had been shuffled around
various foster homes'.'
Instead. the boy was sent to a juvenile
camp, serving a sentence of fifteen months.
Tulley learned from the probation officer
on the case that often in such situations a
minority or poor youngster would be sentenced while, for the same offense, a white
middle-class youngster would be released
to his parents on probation.
Married and the father of three children, Brown returned to business and
spent the next six months putting together
a program that could help provide clisadvantaged youths with reasons to stay
straight.
If the magnetism of sports could break
through to the retarded and emotionally
disturbed, then why not use this magnet(continued, inside back cover)
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�Direction Sports: the fundamental concept
"Among the educational approaches which we believe should
be considered and evaluated are the current efjorts to develop
new patterns of education which do not fit into the traditional
patterns'.'
Recommendation of the
PRESIDENT'S COMM ISSION ON CIVIL
DISORDERS ( 1968 )
DIRECTION SPORTS is a Los A ngeles-based project des igned
to answer that recommendation with an innovative programinvolving educationally disadvan taged youngsters, through
the magnetism of sports, with local yo uth leadership, professionals in the fields of education and psychology, and other
concerned adults from all parts of Los A ngeles Co unty.
Direction Sports objectives:
For the first time, to expand the content and go als of the
average sports program for youth. Specifically, to use the universal appeal of "Little League" type sports activities for the
development of basic learning skills ( through ca refu lly prepared "chalk talks") and to build positive self concepts and
social attitudes ( through post-practice group discussions) .
To provide an opportunjty for meaningful exchanges of
communication and va lues among both youngsters and adults
from a variety of ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds
( through regul arly scheduled fi eld trips and group activities).
To help resolve the tremendous disparity between the number of privately funded sports program s for youngsters in
middle class or suburban areas and the programs available to
youngsters from disadvantaged communities .
The kinds of social problems which prompted the idea of
DIR ECTION SPORTS are common knowledge, but have never
been considered as responsive to simple, direct solutions. A
brief review fo llows of those problems, their consequences,
and the solutions the DIR ECTION SPORTS program offe rs .
O ur primary co ncern is to show th at there is an alternative
to the current expenditure of billions of doll ars to treat social
symptoms. T here is a way to affect their causes.
The problems we face
Welfare. More than 7 mill ion Ameri cans are now receiving
welfare assistance, and another 14 million citizens are identified as eligible fo r aid ; a total of 2 1 milli on persons in thls
country whose family income is below what the government
�"Recidivism" - an ugly word we have to face up to
defines as basic subsistence. For example, six out of every ten
Black children subsist on welfare payments at least a part of
their lives. Did you know th at if you are born in a poverty
area, odds are about ten to one you'll remain there for life?
A Culture of Hopelessness. The old myth that citizens "on
welfare" are so by choice is no longer tenable. Rather, the
children of the poor grow up conditioned to failure, to the
uselessness of ambition and the futility of dreams.
To quote anthropologist Elliot Liebow, " In the end, a
man's wife and children become a symbol of h.i s own failure
as a man and the easy camaraderie of 'the corner' becomes
an irresistible lure. At the moment he submits, he comes
into his full inheritance bequeathed him by his p arent s,
teachers, employers, and society at large. This is the step into
failure from which few if any return and it is at this point
that the rest of society can wring its hands or rejoice in the
certain knowledge that he has ended up preci sely as they had
predicted he would'.'
Educational Dilemna. Educational surveys of the learning
skills of youngsters from the depressed areas of Los Angeles
County indicate the relatively poor learning skill improvement of minority youth. From the Los Angeles Times, January 10, 1969: "Many Anglo students in the Los Angeles City
School System showed marked improvement in reading last
year, but Negro and Mex.ican-American youngsters made
only slight advances, test scores indicated .. . The reading
scores climbed as high as 16 percentage points . .. In predominantly Negro and Mexican-American schools, however,
the scores rose only an average of two points and rem ained
at generally low levels. The lowest percentage increases, one
percent, were recorded by first graders in the north and
mostly Negro south-central areas and the predominately
Mexican-American east side'.'
The consequences
Failure-Punishment Syndrome. Here's what th e GOVERNOR'S COMM ISSION ON THE LOS ANGELES RIOTS (August,
1967) had to say : "The actions taken thus far in Los Anoeles
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and , for that matter, elsewhere throughout the United States,
fail to meet the urgent ex isting need; and unless and until we
in our City and State, a nd throughout the United States ,
solve the fundamental problem of raising the level of scholastic achi evement of disadvantaged children, we can not hope to
solve all other problems of our disadvantaged minorities . . '.'
It is clear that a grossly disproportionate number of underp1ivileged children experience fai lure in their first contact
with the greater society-when they enter schoo l.
Civil Disorders and Delinquency . T he NATIONAL A DVISORY COMM ISSION ON C IVIL DISORDERS has reported,
"The expression of in adeq uate educational practices lies in
the high incidence of riot participation by ghetto youth who
had not completed high school. Our survey of r iot cities
found that the typical riot participant was a lzigh school drop
out . . '.'
Recidivism. Almost half the juveniles released on parole
in Los Angeles County are back in detention camps within
six months. With a total minority population of about 20
percent in the county as a whole, nearly 50 percent of its
detention camp members are ei ther Negro or MexicanAmerican . Neither a city nor a nation can begin to realize
its potential whil e continuing to fai l to reac h so high a percentage of its youth.
Without a significant impact on the source of these concerns, the nation can only continue to expend increasing billions in the treatment of crime, poverty and unemployment.
�There can be no real solution in attempting to treat these
consequences as though they were solvable on a symptom
level. The great majority of programs for the disadvantaged
reach people after they are already in trouble. DIRECTION
SPORTS is preventive treatment- working logically at the
source-and is using the most successful formula which has
proven successful in regularly motivating and involving more
than one million youths throughout the United States: privately funded sports programs.
Special programs for underachievers can be successful. It
was demonstrated recently in an experiment conducted by
the San Francisco City School System, combining smaller
classes with experienced teachers. One of these experimental
classes achieved the highest reading scores for its age group
of any public school class in the city- "and every one of
these children was black'. '
Most school districts in the country are making conscientious efforts to improve the learning achievements of children
from underprivileged areas. Whether the full burden of such
an accomplishment should be placed on the schools alone is
debatable. On the other hand, conditions never have been
more ready for the development of "new patterns of education" to support and reinforce the schools' efforts.
A crucial need
Currently, privately funded sports programs for youngsters
provide the most popular youth format in the nation. Yet
little has been done to overcome the scarcity of these kinds
of programs for underprivileged boys and girls. For example,
in 1968 the tremendously popular Little League Baseball
program involved approximately 55,620youngsters from the
greater Los Angeles area. Yet of this total number not one
team was in operation within the immense minority population corridor extending through Los Angeles from North
Broadway south of the central city to adjoining Compton
and including some 200,000 school age children.
Economic breakdown of family income in th e Los Angeles area shows
clearly the areas of the city which
cannot support conventional privately
financed sports programs of the
Little League type.
Family income, J960/ 1965 estimated
U nder $5 .000
$5,000 - 6,999
$7,000 - 9,999
$ 10,000 and over
Sources: Un ited States Census, and
A nn ual R ep o rts, Fran chise T ax
Board. State of California.
�The magnetism and personal satisfaction of sports
The Direction Sports program
The premise of DIRECTION SPORTS is that the magnetism
and personal satisfactions of athletic competition can provide a motivational breakthrough for normal but disadvantaged youngsters - that it can provide a basic format through
which learning skills and positive attitudes toward education
itself can be developed, using sports-related group discussions and curricula, and com~unity adult leadership.
California State College at Los Angeles volunteered a room
for an initial training seminar for DIRECTION SPORTS' staff,
and two Cal State coaches, Walt Thurmond and Robert Miller, prepared special guidelines for instruction in football and
basketball. Young college men who had grown up in disadvantaged communities were hired as DIRECTION SPORTS
youth leader trainees.
Their first formal training meeting was set at the University
of Southern California and kicked off with speeches by football coaches John McKay, Dave Levy, and Willie Brown.
During that first week trainees attended lectures on methods
of instruction, coaching, and group discussion techniques, concluding their training with a two-hour session at the office of
UCLA's John Wooden. On the final day the new DIRECTION
SPORTS coaches put on a demonstration for their instructors
at Cal State, working with youngsters from city poverty neighborhoods.
DIRECTION SPORTS is answering a dual need- the need
for privately funded sports programs in underprivileged
areas, and the need to deal early with the threat of educational underachievement. Therefore, the program itself duplicates other youth sports programs but adds two unique new
features - "chalk talks" designed to promote learning skills,
and professionally supervised gro ui:; discussions.
An afternoon schedule
3 : 30-3 : 35 p.m.-Orientation.
3: 35-4: 00 p.m.-"chalk taJk" learning sk ills. ( For an example of a typical DIRECTION SPORTS chalk
talk, see the materials included at the back
of this brochure.)
4: 00-5: 00 p.m.- Team practice. These practice sessions follow a daily plan carefully developed and
formalized by professional college coaches.
5 : 00-5 : 30 p.m.- Group discussion. Group discussions are
led by the comm unity coaches; a professional psychologist participates regularly
to reinforce their talks.
T he basic group discussion outline is as follows:
1. What makes a boy like himself? (Goal: Positive self con-
cepts and social attitudes.)
2. Why are there schools? (Goal: Value of education. )
3. What do I want to become? (Goal: Steps necessary for
achievements.)
4. What jobs are available? (Goal: Opportunities for work
experience.)
5. If I were . .. "role playing"
a) a fireman? (Goal: Value of property.)
b) a policeman? (Goal : Value of the law.)
c ) an athletic hero? (Goal : Responsibility to others.)
d ) blind? ( after visiting school for blind children) (Goal:
Self-discipline.)
6. If I fail (sports, school, etc.)? (Goal: Work harder. )
Special Saturday activities
Saturdays are game days. DIRECTION SPORTS' unique feature on Saturdays is that before each game teams meet in a
"spelling bee" kind of competition involving math, spelling,
and reading problems. Winning teams are rated " touchdowns;'
"baskets;' etc. corresponding to the seasonal sport they are
engaged in that day on the athletic field. These scores are
added to each team's actual game score at the end of the playing day, and the winning team thus has the highest combined
total.
Every other Saturday all the youngsters go on a special trip
after the game. Since DIRECTION SPORTS started in 1968,
its young athletes have shared in experiences such as :
1) Yachting, as the guests of 24 boat owners at the Marina
Del R ey.
2) Guests of the University of Southern California at the
USC-Cal football game.
3) Guests of the National General Corporation, which provided a private showing of the film, "The Paper Lion;' for
150 youngsters.
4) Guests at a UCLA basketball practice. After practice, the
youths met the players, and Lou Alcindor gave an inspirational talk which no one present will ever forget.
5) Guests of the Griffith Park Observatory for a showing of
"The Sun, and Its Family of Planets'.'
6) Guests of the Los Angeles Music Center at a childrens'
concert.
DIRECTION SPORTS is operating now in park and recreation facilities within four poverty communities of metropolitan Los Angeles. These communities were chosen because of
their high percentage of school drop-outs and rate of delinquency.
The program currently employs the following adult personnel : one project director (full time) , one secretary ( full time) ,
�Top: The GauchO\· in pre-game "pep talk" w ith
Cooch Pichardo.
Center: A portrait of the Lions at Fred Rob erts
Porli. ll'ith Coachn Brud1·!wH· and Mvles in ch ari;e.
50"/, of the ho1·1 h111·c, 110 _lather and 80 r/c of their
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Top left; top right: Youngsters are guests of universities at a1hletic events (SC-C al game, in this case) .
Top. cPnter-left and cen ter-right: R egular competition-the No rmandie Park Rams. halftime
with the South Park Trojans . and th e East L.A. Packers. C harge!
Center and top-center: Excitin g "chalk talks" by l'isiting athletes and regu lar coaches-here
Trojans respond to Oly111p ic Gold Medalist Bob Seagren. while at another site Coach V ic Pichardo
teaches Gauchos.
Barrom left: One day Brown h eard a group of litt le girls practicing yells. When he learned they
had decided to be the Trojan cheerleaders. h e had sll'eaters 111ade and ask ed USC songleader
Penny Ward to do some coach i11g.
Bottom: Direction Sports A wards Banquet made possihle hv co111rilmtio11s from seven food
111arkets a11d the cateri11g of the K i11g Swede Re.1·ta1irant. M;1gicia11 Barry Lee of the Mag ic Cast le
captil'(ffes the clti/dren. 01·er 200 persons atte11ded rite a/loir. i11d11di11:,1 97r;,. of rite parents i11vited.
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one educational psychologist ( part time), two psychometrists
(part time ), one curricula specialist (part time), and ten
field coaches ( part time) .
Direction Sports results are measurable
Fred Neidemeyer from Southwest Regional Laboratory (Curriculum Center) , an agency of the Federal Government, has
contrac.ted to design special curricula using sports activities
and concepts to teach sper;ific learning skills. Victor Coppin,
M.A., USC psychologist, contracted to coordinate group discussions aimed at developing self pride and positive social
attitudes among the youngsters participating in the project.
Two psychometrists, Dr. Stephen Klein of UCLA and Dr.
Ralph Hoepfner of USC, were enlisted to develop cross-validation methods for testing the actual effectiveness of
DIRECTION SPORTS. The testing program compares the progress in specific learning areas of DIRECTION SPORTS experimental and control teams. See first post test results inside
back cover.
The basic design of the program is indicated in this table :
Victor Coppin
Pre-tests
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Spelling
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Attitudes
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Spelling
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The DIRECTION SPORTS groups being compared are essentially equal in all other variables (socio-economic level, age,
presence of father, etc.), so that the unique aspects of the
program can be validly measured and evaluated.
Los Angeles responds
In its first four months of operation, the DIRECTION SPORTS
concept attracted so much attention that it was featured on
eight television programs-KTLA, KCOP, and CBS and NBC
affiliates.With additional coverage through KGFJ and KFWB
radio shows, it is estimated that the story of DIRECTION
SPORTS has been told to more than three million people in
the Los Angeles area. The first national attention given the
project was a feature article in the Christian Science Monitor ( copy enclosed) , and The Johnny Carson Show.
The national magazine, Sports Illustrated, is providing a
weekly subscription for every boy in the program. The 7-Up
Bottling Company has donated uniforms. In November of
1968 CBS-Los Angeles, with the approval of its national office, voted DIRECTION SPORTS one of the top six programs
in Los Angeles and contributed a thousand dollars worth of
jackets, track shoes, and pants for the future use of program
youngsters.
Numerous additional supporters a nd contributors are
listed on the back cover of this brochure.
Endorsements
Fred N iedemeyer, Stephen K lein
Here is what some well known public officials have said
about the DIRECTION SPORTS program:
. .. "I believe the program has merit. T he activities appear to
be planned with great care, and the instructions are clear and
explicit. DIRECTION SPORTS 'concern for the welfare of youngsters in our minority communities is commendable'. '
-Thomas Reddin, Chief of Police, City of Los Angeles
"The concept of using sports as a touchstone to educational achievement for youngsters who have heretofore with-
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, (from left to right) Acuna,
,...,~,,.- Galindo, C astruita, Myles, Cano ,
Bethel, Spaulding, Bradshaw and
Carroll. with Director Tulley
Brown appear at USC's Bovard
Field with coaches John McKay
and Dave Levy and players
0. ] . Simpson and Steve Sogge .
Center left: Ray Norton, 1960
world record holder, now
with CBS. speaks at A wards
Banquet.
Center riRht: Los Angeles Chief
of Police Thomas Reddin discusses the project with Brown .
Bottom left: Mayor Sam Yorty
proclaims "Direction Sports
Week" for 1he Ci1v of Los Angeles,
March 31 -April 6. 1969.
Bot10111: Heisman Trophy winner
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drawn from full participation in the educational process because of a belief that other incentives are nonexistent and
that society is oblivious to their needs, is, in my opinon, extremely innovative ·and worth pursuing.
I feel the program will make a significant contribution in
developing a faith in the American system for these youngsters, and in the extreme, may salvage some youngsters who
otherwise would be lost to society'. '
- T homas Lynch, Attorney G eneral, State of California
"The program not only offers deprived youngsters an opportunity to participate in a nation ally recognized sports program but it also provides for educational enrichment for the
participants as an integral part of the fo rmat'.'
- Peter Pitchess, Sheriff, County of Los A ngeles
"I can think of no alternative to fo rmal study better suited
to inculcate the rudiments of reading, writing and arithmetic
into the untutored mind than an organi zed sports program.
I heartily encourage all personnel associated with the DIRECTrON SPORTS project to implement it with expediency
and total effort'.'
- Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles
"Since three of the DIR ECTION SPO RTS teams operate in
the 29th Senato rial District I can personally attest to the fact
that the children and families involved are most enthusiastic
about the use of a sports form at to teach learning sk ills and
develop positive self concepts and social attitudes.
DIR ECTION SPORTS is a uniquely beautiful program capable of making a significant di fference to thousands of minority people'.'
-Mervyn M . Dymally, State Senator, 29th District
Most of all, it's working! T he best way to confirm this is to
see the program in action for yourself. Write DIRECTION
SPORTS fo r a schedule of daily practice and teaching sessions
or weekend team and intramural games. You are invited and welcome!
Plans for the future
Plans are underway to begin a similar program this year
for girls, ages 9 through 11 , from the same communities. By
September of ] 969 it is anticipated that DIRECTION SPORTS
will have spread to every disadvantaged area of greater Los
Angeles, and will include pilot programs for 12 to 14 year
old boys. By September of 1970 it is intended that all youngsters ages 12 through 14 will be able to participate in the program. Subsequently, with private and public support, DIRECTION SPORTS is designed to expand to every disadvantaged
community in America.
P lans are underway for a seminar which will be held in
Los Angeles fo r representatives from all interested cities in
America. Half the cost of travel and accommodations will be
defrayed and DIRECTION SPORTS' materials and methods
of operation will be presented to the delegates.
A nd, with this support and leadership, this unique program will be capable of regularly involving over one million
under-privileged boys and girl s between the ages of 9 and 14
in an enriching and meaningful learning-through-playing experience which offers a new pattern for educational motivation and success.
DIRECTION SPORTS is at this time, totally supported by volunteer fu nds and is a non-profit corporation . A U contributions, large or small, are tax deductible. If you're concerned
about your tax doll ar-and who isn't? -the greatest saving
you can make is your contribution to a program li ke this one
- a contribution toward redirecting a youngster today to prevent hi m from becoming a public expense tomorrow.
DIRECTION SPORTS would like to continue happening won't you please help?
�UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGE LES
DERKELEY • DAVIS • IR VI NE • I.OS ANGEL ES • RIVERSIDE • SAN DI EGO • SAN F RAN CISCO
SANTA B ARBARA• SANTA CRUZ
C E N TER FOR THE ST UDY O F EVALU ATIO N
U CLA GR A DU ATE SCH OO L OF EDUCATION
LOS ANG E LES, CALIFOR N IA
TO:
MR. TULLY BROWN
FROM:
DR. STEPHEN KLEI~
DATE,:
APRIL 21, 1969
SUBJECT:
PRELIMINARY EVALUATION RESULTS
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Background
In the fall of 1968, the five teams took a 44 item mathematics
test dealing with adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing
whole numbers; and a 20 item spelling test involving sports
related words, such as "offense." Two teams received spelling
instruction while the other three received mathematics instruction.
The five teams were retested in February of 1969 with tests that
were very similar to ones they took in the fall (i.e., the formats
and instructions were the same but the questions were different
so as to eliminate possible biases, such as memory).
Results
The results of the two testings appear in the table below.
An inspection of this table indicates the following : (1) The
teams had comparable (and relatively poor) performance before
training in both mathematics and spelling.
(2) The teams receiv i ng
training in an area have shown substantial i mprovement in that a r e a,
e.g . , the three teams receiving mathematics instruction impro ve d
28% in mathematics compared to only 9% for the teams recei v ing
spelling instruction .
Average Pe r c~nt Co r rect
Te ams r e c ei v ing :
Typ e of Te s t Fa ll Test i ng Win ter Te sting Difference
Mathema t ics
Instructi on
Ma th e_ma t ic s
Sp ellin g
54%
66 %
82%
51%
+28%
-15%
Spel l in g
Instruction
Mathematics
Spel l ing
54%
55%
63%
78%
+ 9%
+23%
�-UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
UNIVERSITY PARK
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
90007
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
APTITUDES RESEARCH PROJECT
J . P. GUILFORD, DIRECTOR
R. HOEFFNER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
May 7, 1969
Mr. Tully Brown
Direction Sports
4415 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, California
Dear Tully:
Upon receiving Dr. Klein's preliminary evaluation of the DIRECTION SPORTS
program, I am pleased to concur with him in the conclusion that your program has had a beneficial effect. While Dr. Klein's evaluation was primarily of a descriptive nature; describing the results after the fact, I
thought it might be interesting to see what we might be able to generalize
to future seasons or other cities from what we now know.
Accordingly, I performed two t-tests, one for math achievement and one for
spelling achievement.
The two general hypotheses I evaluated were:
1 . .J;mprovement in math achievement in the mathematics-instruction groups
(experimental) is greater than improvement in math achievement in the
spelling-instruction groups (control).
2. Improvement in spelling achievement in the spelling-instruction
g roups (expe rime ntal) is greater than the improve me nt in the mathi nstruction groups (control ).
To compute the two statistics, I e mployed only the 24 math boys and the
16 spelling boys who had all pretest and posttest scores, My reason for
excluding s o many o f the boys in your pro gram who did not have complete
sets of scores for these t-tests wa s that we cannot be sure what the instructional effect was for them.
The t values for the math-score comparison was 2.949, significant at the
. 01 level , while the t value for the spelling-score comparison was 1.445,
n ot significant.
The conclusions we can draw are these: with gre at confiden c e we can e xpect y our program (or ones like it) to effect significant
improvement in the mathematical facility of disadvantaged , minority boys ;
we cannot be v ery confident of a similar eff e ct in spellin g ability , altho ught the data indicates a similar spelling improvement~
Of course, the mathematics tests and e x e rc ises were further d eveloped and
refined than those for spelling at the init iation of this program.
It is
quite possible that with refin eme nt of the spelling program we will find
significant impro v ement there too.
The preliminary findings, therefore,
may b e expected not to be sensiti v e to real improvements and we will h a v e
to await the final data to find out if spelling can be re all y improved.
SW
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�Chalk Talk 17
I. Objectives : ¢:6-Basic Division
±7 - Advanced Addition
8 -Advanced Subtraction
III. Materials:
blackboard and cha lk for instructor.
paper a nd pencil for each boy.
IV. Activity:
I . Motivation: [t's very important for you to be aware of the
score and the yardage at all times during the game . Then
you will be a ble to choose the best type of play to m ake. Let's
tak e a look a t a w ho le game here and how it is scored quarter
by quarter. ( Pass out game-sheets to boys. ) Coach draws
game sheet on boa rd to fi ll in .
2. D escription of Activity:
a. What is the total time of a game? (After they answer,
write it in the square marked " total time'.')
b. How is a game divided up? (quarters). How m a ny minutes in each qua rter? (Say it and then write it under time
for each quarter.) How m a ny minutes in a half? ( oral answer ).
c . Okay-now le t's figure out the score for each qua rter.
( Coach writes o n blackboard.)
1) l n the first quarter, the Rams made a touchdown and then
made the conversion; the 49ers just made the touchdown.
Now fill in the score at the end of the first quarter. (7-6).
2) l n the second quarter, the Rams made a field goal ( 3) and
the 49ers made a touchdown and the conversion ( 7) . Write
down the score for the end of the second ( I 0-13).
3) In the third quarter, the Rams score two touchdowns, but
make onl y one of the conversions. How many points is that?
( 13 ). The 49ers make a touchdown and the conversion (7).
What is the score of the game now? (23-20.)
4) In the fin al quarter, the Rams do not score; the 49ers 111ake
a field goal (3) .What's the final score of the game? (tie ga111e :
23-23) .
d. Now you'll notice on the right-hand side of each square.
the re is a section that says total yards gained. Fill in the following information:
I) In the fi rst quarter, the Ra111s 111 adc a total yard gain of -13 :
the 49ers 111ade 51 ( this is total, not net).
2) In the second quarter, the Rams 111ade 40: the 49ers 45.
(Boys fill in this infor111ation as you read it-you write it on
the board ga111e-chart.)
3) In the third quarter, Ra111s gain 50 yds. 49ers gain 47.
4) In the first quarter, the Ra111s 111ake 42 yds : 49ers 55 .
e. What is the total yardage gain for the R ams? ( 17 5) ( Boys
will add the numbers up in the m a rgin of their paper ; have
them just raise the ir ha nd when they have the a nswer, but
do not shout it out). What is the tota l yardage game now
for the 49ers? (51 + 45 + 47 + 55 = 198)
f. This is total yards gained ; to determine the ne t ya rds gained
we must subtract the penalties.
I ) The Rams were penalized three times for off-sides ( 15 yds.)
and once for clipping ( 15 yds.) How 111any yards did they
lose altogether? ( 30)
2) The 49ers were penalized twice for off-sides ( 10) and once
for unsportsmanlike conduct ( 15) . H ow many yards were
they penalized altogether? (25)
(The process here will be first computing the off-sides penalty 5 x 2
I 0, and then adding IO plus 15.)
g. Finally, how will we determine the net ya rds ga ined for
each team? (Have one boy explain the process: to subtract
the total pena lty yards from the total yards gained . )
l) What was the Rams net yard gain ? ( 145)
2) What was the 49ers net yard gain? ( 173 )
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Game Chart
Quarter 1
Time: L
Quarter 2
Time : L
Rams:
Total yards gained_
R ams:
Total yards gainer!
49ers:
Total yards gainerl
49ers:
Total yards gained
Score: Rams
D
49ers
D
Quarter 3
Score: R ams
Time : L
D
49ers
D
Quarter 4
Time :
R ams:
Total yards gained
Rams :
Total yards gainerl
49ers :
Total yards gainer!
49ers:
Total yards gainer!
Score : Rams
D
49e rs
Total yards gained in game by Rams:
Rams penalties
Net yards gained in game by Rams:
Total yards gained in game by 49ers:
49ers penalties
Net yards gained in game by 49ers:
D
Final Score : Rams
§
§
D
49ers
L_
D
Total T ime :
© Copyright 1969, Direct ion Sports I nc .
�TRIBUTE TO DIRECTION SPORTS
HON. ALPHONZO BELL
OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, April 21, 1969
Mr. BELL of California. Mr. Speaker,
it is a pleasure to call the attention of
this House to a unique and successful
program that has been operating in the
Watts area of Los Angeles. Direction
Sports begins where Little League leaves
off-it serves those who have no fathers
to participate, those who have no money
for uniforms, insurance, and the other
requisites of Little League participation.
But Direction Sports gives the boys it
serves more than an opportunity to participate in the kind of athletic competition enjoyed by their middle-class counterparts. Through techniques developed
by the Southwest Regional Lab in Inglewood, Calif.-a project which has received more than $4 million from the Office of Education's Bureau of Research
in the past 2 years-Direction Sports
youngsters improve their learning skills
and social attitudes by means of educative chalk talks. In my view, Direction
Sports is precisely the kind of innovative
program that those of us who have been
struggling to find solutions to urban ills
have encouraged in legislation passed in
recent years. As important as the heartwarming results described in the following article by the Christian Science Monitor, however, is the fact that program
evaluation have shown a statistically
significant increase in participants'
mathematics achievement scores.
Mr. Speaker, I wish to commend the
Monitor's article to the attention of my
colleagues, especially those whose con=
stituencies include disadvantaged metro=
poli tan areas.
�THE CHR.TSTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
WEEKEND ISSUE
Monday, January 20, 1969
Watts: 'Direction Sports'
By Cliff Gewe cke
Sports correspon dent .of
The Christi an Science Monitor
Los Angeles
Ever since the Watts, and other, r iots of
1965, sports programs for the underpr ivileged Negro youngster have come to the
fore.
The idea seems to,.be : get more of these
youngsters off t he streets , inspire a nd ·s kill
them with sports (and sports her oes ), and
potent ia l r uffians and "lost causes" may be
motivated info becomin g useful , proctuctive
citizens.
One of the most r e cent, and per haps most
fa r sighted, of these program s - which emanated in the Watts se ction of Los Angeles
during 1968 - is " Dir ection Sports," an
affiliate of the Urban Affairs Foundation ,
Inc.
E ssentially, it is a " Little League for the
unde rprivileged. " But it h as distinct over tones, and undt!rtones, of improving positive
learning skills through orientation, "chalk
ta lks, " and gr oup discussions.
'Tremendous disparity?
" P rivately funded sports progr a ms involve
more than one million youngsters. a nd are
th e most popular youth form a t in the na tion," says for m er sales r epresentative Tulley Brown, who is program dir ector for
Direction Sports.
" Yet, the re is a trem endous dispa rity between the n um ber of pr ivately funded sports
p rogram s fo r the youth in middle-class
are as a s opposed to those in the underprivileged a reas."
To drive home his point, Brown cite s this
statistic: that , in a Jette r dated Aug. 2, 1968,
A. E . Houghton, secretary of Little L ea gue
Ba seba ll, headquartered in Willia msport ,
Pa ., stated the re were 55,620 youngste rs
involved in the Greater L os Angeles area.
"Of this number," e mphasizes Brown,
"not one tea m opera tes in the immense
minority corridor extending from North
Broa dway south to Compton a nd including
som e 200,000 school-age children.
"The reasons for this are basic," he a dds.
" Little L eagu e progra m s function with the
assista nce of fathers, often with the youngsters paying for their own insu rance a nd
m edical che ckup. A general requirem ent is
tha t tlic: youngsters have ha d not m ore than
one 'D ' in the precP.d ing sem ester's schoolwork- and no _police record.
Little League for
underprivileged
Started offic ially Sept. 23 with the advent
of the pa st fo otball sea son, Dire ction Sports
encompa ssed some 75 youngster s in the preteenage category.
Pla ns are to go through the m ajor spor ts
in-season- basketball, tra ck, baseball. And
to expand to other (older and younger ) age
categories, and even to reach into the participation of girls in the p rogram.
Letters of commenda tion have been received fro m su ch m en as California a ttorney
general Tom Lynch, Los Angeles County
sheriff P eter P itchess, Los Angeles police
chief Tom Reddin, and Los Angeles mayor
Sam Yorty.
Unique chalk talk
The program has been fea tured on some
eight southern Ca lifornia television programs. Sports I!lustrated is p roviding a
weekly m agazine subscription for every boy
in the p roject, and the 7-Up Bottling Compa ny ha s donated uniforms. CBS-Los Angeles, after voting Direction Sports one of the
top six pi;ograms in Los Angeles, contdbuted $1,000 worth of jackets, track shoes, and
pants for future use by the youngsters.
Don't qualify for Little League
" Direction Sports" head man Tulley Brown disc usses team tactics with youngsters in the
Watts section of Los Angeles. The program's
educative chalk talks serve as a teach ing aid.
" Too often, " Brown continued , " the youngsters in the ghet tos do not have fathers to
participa te , money to pay for insurance and
doctors, a dequa te grade s, and they do have
police r ecords. Thus, cla ss ical Little L eague
is untena ble in deprived a reas."
The idea is to m otivate pote ntial ruffians and
"lost causes" into becoming useful , productive citizens through the ins pira tion of
sports.
Yet, if the program is to continue to th rive
( and, even, go national perhaps someday)
more funds, a nd help, will be needed.
(A free brochure m ay be obtained by
writing: P roject Director Tulley N. Brown,
Direction Sports , Inc., Ur ban Affa irs Founda tion, 955 S. Western Ave., Suite 204, Los
An geles, Ca lif. 90006).
R ecently, the writer sat in (with Brown, a
Negro group leader re cruited from a nearby
college, and a dozen youngster s ) on one of
the educative chalk talks tha t utilize sports
as " transference" for learning.
" Ricky," said the leader, pointing to a la d
in the front row, " how m any points do you
get for a touchdown?"
"Six," answered Ricky.
" How many points for a fielg goal?"
" Two."
"You sure?"
" Three?" replied R icky, hesitantly.
" Add six and three and what do you get,"
asked the le ader.
Nine!
"Good! Now," continued the leade r, " in
basketball you get how m a ny points for a
field goal ? . . . and two minus nine is . . . "
And so the questions, and the transferenceof-learning skills answers, spread throughout the room- pe rhaps someday soon to
spread throughout the United States with
Tulley Brown' s dream of " Direction Sports
becoming the Little Lea gue of minority
a reas."
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eve r y major c it y th a r wo uld like t o sta rt a pilot program of Its own thi s comin g
Sep t embe r; and
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me nr's So urh wes t Re gi ona l Labo r a tory and seco ndly p rot estation by cross discussions
r einforced by a psycholo g ist , desi gned ro de ve l op posit i ve se lf , co nc epts and socia l
a ttitud es; and
a majo r foundation has a lr ea dy of fer ed, pendin g fin a l ap pro va l o f th e ir
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it is th e hope of a l I co nce rned that th e OIRF:C:t!ON
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ism to serve underprivileged but otherwise
normal children? The basic needs of underprivileged youths seemed to be positive
self concepts and social attitudes, and
learning skills.
It is on these concepts that Direction
Sports is designed.
Ga th Hintz, Director of Community
Relations for CBS affili te K XT, writes,
"In our day-to-day involvement with all
aspects of the community and with the
people who are concerned with improving community problems, Tulley Brown
stands out as one of those rare, dedicated
individuals who knows what must be done
and how to go about doing it.
We at KNXT know that if Tulley is connected with a project, it is going to be
99 9/ 10% right for us, and worthy of our
involvement'.'
Direction Sports began its regular operation on September 23rd, I 968, with
Brown devoting full time to its operation.
On January I 6th, I 969 Direction Sports,
Inc. became a non-profit corporation. In
CBS executives Garth Hintz and Joe Dyer
present new team jackets to Tulley Brown.
this brief time the program has become
one of the most widely covered projects
in the Los Angeles area.
In large part the future of Direction
Sports, Inc. depends on the readers of this
brochure. As John Hall wrote in concluding the column quoted above, "It's a dream.
But it's a dream to build a world on:'
�SPONSORS AND CONTRIBUTORS
ABC Markets
Alpha Beta Acme Markets, Inc.
Arden-Mayfair, Inc.
The Boys Market, Inc.
CBS-Los Angeles, KNXT
Reeta Brooks
Lilian Rosenthal
James Yester
Continental Graphics
Market Basket Stores
Ralphs Grocery Co.
Royal Crown Beverage Co.
Safeway Stores, Inc.
Sears Roebuck & Co.
7-Up Bottling Co.
Sports Illustrated
Uniroyal Inc.
Vons Grocery Co.
W J. Voit Rubber Corp.
LEGAL SERVICES
Fulwider-Patten ( copyright, service mark)
Henry Grivi
Loeb & Loeb (incorporation)
Western Law Study Center, use
MAN AG EM ENT CONSULT ANTS
Boaz, All en & Hamilton (growth and planning)
TRAN £PORTA TION
South Los Angeles Transportation Co.
Watts Labor Community Action Comm.
STAFF
Project Director: Tulley R. Brown
Psychometrists: Dr. Ralph Hoepfner, use
Dr. Stephen Klein, UCLA
Psychologist: Victor Coppin, M.A., use
Curriculum Designers:
Winston Doby, M.A., UCLA
Dr. Neal Dorian, JET
Fred Niedemeyer, M .A., Southwest Regional
Laboratory ( Curriculum Center)
Consultant Services: Carolee Gardner
Clerical: Carol Brown, Jacqueline Brown,
Billy Spencer
Photography: Doug Lew, Win Muldrow, Doris Nieh,
Kent Oppenheimer, Don Rypinski
Coaches:
Bill Caldwell
Michael Cano
Frank Cano
Bill Carroll
Eldred Eubanks
Earl Myles
Bruce Nelson
Victor Pichardo
Lance Rentzal
Jess Saenz
Michael Spaulding
Special thanks to Frank Stanley, Los Angeles
Urban League, Senator Mervyn Dymally, and the
Urban Affairs Foundation for giving Direction Sports a
home to grow up in.
Birection Sports
4415 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, Caljfornia 90019 / (213) 937-3540
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DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
OFFICE OF GENER A L MANAGER
ATLANTA, GEO RG IA 30303
February 20, 1969
MEMORANDUM
JAC K C . DELIUS
GENER A L MANAG E R
TO:
Parks Committee of the Board of Aldermen
Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Alderman Milton G. Farris
Mr. R. Earl Landers
Thomp so n & Hancock Architects
Finch, Alexander, Barnes, Rothschild &
Pascal Architects
Mr. Stanley T. Martin, Jr.
Mr. Charle s L. Dav is
Mr. Beverly DuBose, Jr.
FROM:
Jack
SUBJECT:
Cyclo rama Survey
PIERCE YI . WHI TL EY
ASST. GEN . MANAGER
FRED W. BOSWELL
ASST . GEN . MANAGER
VI RGIN IA CARMICHAEL
DIR . OF RECRE::AT!ON
STANL EY T , MARTIN
AOMIN .
ASSISTANT
c.
De lius, General Manager of Parks and
Recreation
In acco rdance with in structions from the Parks Committee
of the Board of Aldermen, ·we ha ve fini shed the survey
pertaining to th e Cyclorama and its possible relocation.
The results are attached for your information.
Thank you for your continuing interest.
Enclosure
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CYCLORAMA SURVEY
A SUMMARY OF QUESTIONNAIRES
February 17, 1969
As of January .24, 1969, 2,013 of the 5,000 postcards were returned to
this office. This represents an impressive response of 40.3¾. We
understand from public opinion firms, etc., that as much as a 10¾
resp~nse is considered adequate and favorable.
Seven basi j questions were asked on the survey card and not every
question was answered by everyone who returned a card. As to the
question, 11 Your home town or point of origin?, 11 l, 97 3 responded.
Of this number, 966 (or 49¾) were from the southeastern United States.
They represented a total of forty-five states and the District of
Columbia.
Interestingly enough, 1.89¾ of all visitors during the period
tested were from foreign countries. Those listing Atlanta under question
one represent 7.6¾ of the survey, and those from outside Atlanta but
living in Georgia represented 10.9¾ of the survey.
As to question two, 11 Are you on vacation or a business trip?, 11 61.6¾
were on vacation, 21.8¾ were on business, and 16.5¾ were on business
and vacation.
As to question three, 11 How did you hear of cyclorama?, 11 a total of 1,689
of the 2,013 cards responded to this question. The largest single group
were told of the Cyclorama by friends, with the next group having heard
of it through relatives, and the third group bein g natives of the City
of Atlanta. Georgia Welcome stations, encyclopedi as, Georgia Motor Club,
tax i drivers, newspapers, magazine s and history books, Welcome Wagon,
etc. were listed as sources where the tOurists learned of the Cyclorama.
As to question four, 11 Did you have trouble locating the park?, 11 of the
1.960 who responded to this question, only 12 . 1¾ said they had trouble
locating Grant Park.
Questio n five.
This i ·s a very important question consisting of the
11 Did you
following:
come to Grant Park specifically to see the Cyclorama;
· or, to see the Zoo and Cyclorama; or, to see the Zoo and decided to
visit the Cyclorama? 11 A total of 1,.939 of the 2,013 answered this
question.
79.9¾ stated they came td Grant Park e x clusively to see the
Cyclorama ; 17¾ said they came to Grant Park to see the Zoo and the
Cyclor ama, a n d only 3 . 1¾ stated they came to Gran t Park prima r i ly t o
see t he Zoo a n d , while ther e, decided to take in the Cyclorama .
Qu e" st ion six a sk s , 11 Do you feel the Cy clorama should be move d to anoth e r
loc a t io n? 11 Of the 2, 013 answering this questio n, ( please no t e e very
card answe r e d q u est i o n six ) 76¾ said , 11 No , do not move i t t o a nother
locatio n. 11 9¾ said , 11 Yes , do move it , " and 15¾ ha d n ot r eached a c o nclusion. Of the 2,013 c a rds which a n s were d q uest io n s i x, 217 we re fro m
the Atl a nta Metro a re a . Of the se 217 , 7 5% s aid ; 11 Do no t move the Cyclorama,11 19¾ s a id, "Do move i t, 11 a n d 7¾ h ad n o o pinion.
Question seven asks, "Would you rather see the Cyclorama located near
downtown motels , civic centers, etc.? 11 Again, 2,013 of the 2 , 013 r ·e turned
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cards answered question seven. 74% stated they would not prefer to see
the Cyclorama downtown, 11% said they would, and 1'5% had no opinion.
Of the 2,013 cards answering question seven, 217 were from the Metro
area. Of this 217, 74% said, 11 No, do not move it downtown, 11 15% said
"D:> move it downtown, 11 and 11¾ had no opinion.
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�CYCLORAMA SURVEY
AS OF January 24, 1969
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Your home town or point of origin?
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1, /, ?c 149
66
1
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85
17
21
4
1-51
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3
1
97
37
16
·3
34
37
2
18
40
90
25
25
27
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Atlanta - ..
Alabama -Alaska
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
FloridaGeorgiaHawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky - Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minne sota
Mississippi - Missouri
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3
3
5
12
68
96
6
84
15
6
48
3
82
1
75
82
8
4-7
18
25
15
29
5
4
Montana
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Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
N. CarolinaN. Dakota
Ohio
Ok·lahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
S. Carolin~
S. -Dakota
Tennessee.._
Texas
Utah
VirginiaWashington
Washington, D.C.---,
W. Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
No State
S
Foreign Countries
14 Canada
7 Switzerland
1 Venezuala
1 Ireland
4 Germany
3 Japan
6 England
3 Australia
4 Holland
2 Puerto Rico
1 Grand Bahamas
1 Brazil
1 South America
1 Iran
1 France
1 South Africa
1 Norway
1 Mexico
2 Wales
2 Scotland
2 Isreal
2 India
2 Ecuador
2 Denmark
1 Kenya
1 Sweden
Are you on vacation or a business trip?
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Vacation - 1,080
3.
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1£,'Sd)o
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Business - 381
Both - 290
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How did you hear of Cyclorama?
759
293
109
144
29
42
5
30
2
28
46
8
30
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Friend s
Relatives
Native
.Return Vi s it
Tour
Folde rs, Brochure s ,
Pamphlet s , e tc.
Welcome St a tio n
Motel s & Hot e l s
Airport
Adve rti sement
School
Chamber of Commerce
Li t erature & Books
Worl d Book Ency.
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Governme nt Office
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History
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Civ i l War Centinne l
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We lcome Wagon
Trave l Bur eau
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1
3
1 Hospitality Hou se
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1 Study of monume nt s
7 Conve n tion
2 Information De sk
2 New York Time Post
3 Motor Club
1 Movie Guide
1 American He ritage
1 Hert z
2 Curt is , 1 000
1 Superior Bumper
Products of Atlanta
�CYCLORA.MA--suRVEY
January 24, 1 969
Page 2
4.
Did yo/ have trouble locating the Park?
No - lr' 721
Yes - 239
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Did you come to Grant Park specific a lly to see the Cyclorama?;
or, to ' see the Zoo & Cyclorama; or, to see Zoo and decided to
visit Cyclorama? ~
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Zoo and decided - 61
Cyclorama - 1,549
Zoo & Cyclorama - 329
6.
Do you feel Cyclorama should b e moved to another location?
No - 1,539 (76%)
Yes - 17_9 (9%)
No Opinion - 295 ( 15%)
Yes - 41 (19%)
No Opinion - 15 (7%)
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Metro Atlanta
No - l~l (74%)
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217 l ufh-.
Would you r a the r see Cyc lorama l ocat e d n ear d o wntown hot e l s ,
motels, in a civic center?
No - 1,496 (74%)
Yes - 21 0 (li%)
No Op inion - 307 ( 15%)
d u I 3 l C//71·L
Ye s - 33 (15%)
No Opinion - 24 (11%)
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Metro Atlanta
No - 160 (74%)
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Thi s includes all the c a rd s tha t h ave b een given ou t at
the Cyclorama . Thi s will b e fina l exc e pt for a ve ry f e w
tha t a r e b e ing r e turne d by ma il.
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DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
OFFICE OF GENERAL MANAGER
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
February 18, 1969
MEMORANDUM
JA C K C . DE L IUS
GE N ER AL MANAGE R
F RED P. WHI TL E Y
ASST .
G E N . MAN A GER
FRED. W. BOSWELL
ASST . GE N. MANAG ER
VIRGI NI A CARMICHAEL.
C I R . OF RECR E ATION
TO :
Mr s . Hattie Thomas
O ffic e of the M a yor
FRO M :
Vir ginia C armichael
RE :
Miss B e ssie L. Whitehead
STA NLE Y T . MARTIN
AOMIN . . ASSI S TANT
Attached you will find informati o n which I have d iscuss e d
with you on t h e phone , a l so some information from t h e
P e r s onnel D e p artment . I have done int ens i ve inve stiga tion
t o s ee who M i ss W hit ehead m i g h t h av e talke d with i n the
D ivision o f Recr e atio n who said they simpl y could n ot
und e rsta nd how she c o uld have fail e d the oral. She could
h a v e t a lke d t o some s t a ff m e mbe r working in the fi e l d.
Howe v e r, s h e did not t a lk to a nyone in the a dministra tive
offic e .
I trus t this m eets with your sati s fa ctio n .
VC / p ah
A ttach m e n ts
�2-11-69
Dear Virginia :
Miss Bessie L. Whitehead was rated by Alberta, Marvin,
and me on January 29. Noee of us gave her a passing score. She did
not impress me as someone who had the temp,.erament, personality, or
back~round to make a successful Recreat io n Leader.
She came to my office yesterday in a very angry mood,
threw the letter on my desk, and said she was not going to take that
king of 11 - - - - 11 • She talked on for quite some time, saying, among
other things, that s he was not going to told no if she had to get a
gun and come up here and shoot somebody.
I did not say a great deal to her - I was listening
most of the time - but I was polite and tried to be helpful. She see med
to have calmed down some when she left.
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January 31, 1969
Miss Bessie L. Whit_ehead
1220 Gardenia Street N. w.
Atlanta, Georgia 30314
Dear Miss Whitehead:
I regret to inform you that in the recent interview for Community
Recreation Leader you did not attain a passing score. Therefore,
your name will not appear on the eligible list.
I appreciate the interest manifested .by you in undergoing this
examination, and 1 hope that you v ill participate in such future
tests as may interest you and for which you may be suited.
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CARL T. SUTHERLAND
Director of Personnel
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�ITY OF ATLAN A
DEPARTMENT of PARKS
Office of General Manager
Atlanta, Georgia
30303
March 18, 1969
MEMORANDUM
JACK C. DELIUS
GENERAL MANAGER
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TO:
Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
FROM:
Jack C. Delius, General Manager of Parks and Recreation
SUBJECT:
Concession Bids for North Fulton Golf Course and Piedmont
Park.
The Parks Committee of the Board of Aldermen advertised four times the
concession privil e ges at North Fulton Golf Course and Piedmont Park.
Only one bid was rec eived for e ach of the s e locations.
Mr. Paul Lavin, Golf Profe ssional a t North Fulton Golf Cours e, entered the
only bid of $1,500. 00 a year for a three - y e ar p e riod. This amount is identic a l
to what we were receiving from this concession stand up to 196 7.
C o mmitt ee also received o ne bid on the Pie dmont P a rk Concession in the
amount of $1,750.00 per year for a two -yea r p er iod. M r. J. W. Oldkn ow,
the current C oncessionaire, was the only bidder. He had been paying
$1,555.0 0 per year.
Parks Committee op ened these bids on March 11 , 1969 and asked that I forward
the information to you with their recommendation that we accept these bids.
If you should find them acceptable, I shall proceed to have the proper
r e solutions drawn, contract agreements prepared, etc.
Thank you v e ry much.
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�Februsry 10, 1969
ME MO R A N D U M
TO:
Virgini a Ca rmichael, Director of Recreation
FROM:
J a ck C. Delius, General Manager of Parks & Recreation
Miss Hattie Thomas of the Mayor ' s Office has asked me
t o i nvestigate the situation i nvolvi ng the prospective
employment of Miss Bessie L. Whitehead, f or the position
(as I understand it) o f Communi ty Recreat ion Director.
Miss Whitehead apparently succe sful ly passed the written
part of the examina tion but received a letter dated
January 31, 1969 from the Pers onnel Department stating
that she had failed the oral. Miss Whitehead further
s tates that on February 10, 1969 she "talked to someone
in Recreation" who said they s imply c ould not understand
how she could have failed the oral.
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I advised Miss Thomas that we were not privileged t o
eiam the oral done by a t l east three different people,
one of whom only normally repre sents this department .
However, . I would ask you to look into this and see if
there has been any mistakes made,, etc . Would you
please advise Miss Whitehead at 1220 Gardenia St.,N, W.
of the circumstances and also post Miss Thomas in the
Mayor's Office . Thank you very much .
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cc: J~iss Hattie Thomas,, Secretary, Mayo r 's Office
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MEMOR.ANDU
TO:
Mr. Eddie MeLemore. Recreatlon Supervf.acn•
PBOH I
Jack
SUBJBCT1
Mr. Joe Gentry, Pcka Bngf.neei-iog Divialon
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Q48er of P-oks and Recreation
De11ua• Genei-al
Dev lopaent of temporary C"ecr tf.on f .ci1£ty 1
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Company ha, b en acquk d by the Routing . ut~ity nd th4t th forMI"
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wt,11 be in po1itlo ·t o 1 • for •·-~ C' cw- ation ct:lv1t4 , etc .
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�Memorandum Toe
Aprl.l 8, 1969
· ssra. Eddie McLemare/Joe Gentty
check with me fi-equently aa to prograaa being mad •
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cc: Deacon Peters, c/o BOA Sum-Mee · ighborhood Center
6S Geor 1a Avenue
Me ara. Earl Lander • Mayor's Office
.Johnny Robtnson, May.31:• s Of fie
ROQald Wolf , Poat Offic Box 1328, Atl nt ., G • 30301
Wtllt .. T. Huntley, 111. i>,:itcbar4 & Jard a, %Ge.
2250 N. ~id HU1o ad wa N.E.
Atl ta, GeO.i'
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�March 19, 1969
Mr . Jack C. Delius
General Manager
Parks D partment
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Jack~'
W have reviewed your memorandum of March 18, 1969 relating
to conce sion bide for North Fulton Golf Cour e and Piedmont
Park.
Tb bid
ubmitted by Mr. Paul Lavin for the North Fulton
Oolf Cour
nd by Mr . J ~ W. Oldknow for Pi dmont Park ar
acceptable by the Mayor . It ie, ther fore , r quested that you
proce d to have then c ss ry resolution dr wn nd the contract
agreements prep red.
Sincerely yours,
R. E rl Lander
Admlni•tr tive A . sis
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PARKS
Office of General Manager
Atlanta, Georgia
30303
May 2, 1969
MEMORANDUM
JACK- C. DELIUS
GENERAL MANAGER
TO:
Mr. Joe Gentry, Parks Engineering
Miss Jimmie Mims, Assistant Director of Recreation
FROM:
Jack
c. Delius, General Manager of Parks and
Recreation
SUBJECT:
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· Eden Rag Company (Ira Street)
I am attachin·g ··for each of you a Xerox of a proposed Recreation
Program to take place -at the former Eden Rag Company building on
Ira Street. I am asking Joe Gentry to coordinate all the improve· ments to the building and the surrounding land, and have already
discus sed some of this with Mr. Roland Ebright, Foreman of Adams
Park. It will be necessary to ask Fred Shepherd to give us his
opinion as soon as possible as to the practicality of moving certain
pieces of superstructure in the warehouse section of the building.
Also, · Mr. Earl Landers advises that Pete Peterson, of the City
Hall, has a number of spare plumbing fixtures we might use in
replacing those vandali zed . You should talk to Mr. Grady Butler,
the Extension Area Manager of Sum-Mee, and discuss the particulars
on the renovation of this building. Overtime is authorized through
Range 46 for painters,· carpenters, electricians, to get on this
project immediately. Severa l trees will have to be removed, lights
added to the field and general illumination (not professional
athletic lights), utilities turned on, a telephone installed, etc.
Please r e vie w the attached list.
Miss Mims, it is the City ·s wish to staff this facility as soon as
practical and to supply the equipment on the attached list where
possible. Please have your Recreation Coordinator or the Recreation
Supervisor work closely with Mr. Butler. An excellent job has been
done in organi zing the Neighborhood Advisory Committee, and we
should c e rtainly l e nd an ear to their advice.
Finally, the first order of business will be to regrade and make
playable the ball field to the north of the build ing and the
construction of a ball field to the south of the . building.
Mr. Butier can fill you in o n this. A nQmber of City official s
have expressed personal interest in the success of this program and I
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Miss Jimmie Mims
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Park may vote to render certain assistance to us with this
project and Mr. Johnny Robinson is currently contacting this
group to determine what aid may be forthcoming.
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Mr. Johnny Robinson, Community Development Coordinator
Mr. Grady Butler, Extension Area Manager,
Sum-Mee Extension Office
Mr. J. ,D. Chamblee, Parks Maintenance ·Superintendent
Mr. Pierce Whitley, Asst. Gen. Mgr. of Parks
Mr. Staniey T. Martin, Asst. Gen. Mgr. of Parks
Mr. Bob Johnson, Chief Electrician
Mr. Fred Shepherd, City Architect
Mr. Eddie McLemore, Recreation Supervisor
Mr. Ron Ransom, Recreation Coordinator
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,50tl McDaniel Sta Apt. 18_53
Atlanta , Georgia 30312
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fRO~OSED ~ROGRAM STRUCTURE
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RECREA'l1I ON FACILITY IN 1'-LECHANICSVILLE
Io FOCUS
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To meet the needs of the community, the recreation faci lfty should
have a comprehensive program. The program should be broad a.nd inclusive
enough to provide activities for all age groupso The activities should
include: athletics, table games, a variety of outdoor games, interest
groups~ a gameroom for small kids, a quiet room for reading and lounge,
coed groups and activities, and adult groups and a ctivitieso
The governing body for the facility is an elected, 12-member Advis ory
Board. The Board is made up of persons from the Jvie chani csville community .
They are as follows:
Rev. F.W. Melville, Chairman
Mrs. Rosa Hampton, Vice Chairman
Mrs. Rosa Griffin, Secretary
Mrs. Bertha Barton, Assistant Secretary
Rev. M.M. Thomas, Treasurer
Mrs .. Annie R
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Miss Lois Wilson
~rs. Emma Thomas
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young people will be elected to the Board)
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A. Softball
l o 20 teams
ac 5-10& under te ams ( 3 boys and 2 girls )
b., 5-12 & under teams ( 3 boys and 2 girl s )
c. 5-15 & under te ams {j boys and 2 gi rls )
d. 2-17 & under teams {l boy and 1 giri )
e. J Adult teruns ( 2 men and jj 1 women)
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a. l.;.10 & under team
b. 1-12 & under tes.m
Cc, 1-15 & under · team
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Gym Activities (inside rag house)
1. 2 table tennis Sets
2. 2 Billiard Tables
3o 2 Caron Boards
4. l Weightlifting set
5. 2 card tables (for checkers)
D.
Game Room (for small kids)
1. Table games
2. Selected activities
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2. lounge for staff
3. For counse ling
4. For small meetings
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Other Outside Games
1. Volleyball
2. Basketball
3. Cro que t
4., Horse shoe s
5. Soccer
{outside Goals)
G. Other Adult ,Activities
1. Barbe cues
2. Othe r Suggeste d Activities
He Coed Activities
le A Youth Council
2., Youth Social Activities
a . Dances
b .. Parties
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1. Softball and baseball fields developed (leveled and scraped)
2o Spectator seats on softball and baseball fields
J. A 5ft. fence to enclose the area.
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A telephone needs to be installed
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b. 2 workers for softball and baseball fields
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1 worker for gym activities (inside)
1 worker for game room (for small kids)
2 workers for softball and other outside games.
1 worker to serve as receptionist-secretary.
Submitted by: Grady Butler
Extension Area Mgr.
SUJvI-1'-'I.EC Extension Office
5/1/69
�CITY OF ATLANTA
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
OFFICE OF GENERAL MANAGER
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
JACK C. DELI US
G EN ER A L MANA GER
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F R ED P . WHIT LE Y
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May 19, 1969
GE N. M A NAGE R
FRED. W. BO SWEL L
A SST . GE N.MAN A G ER
VIRGINIA CARMI C HAEL.
CIR . O F RE CREATION
MEM O RAND U M
S T AN LE Y T . MARTIN
AD M I N .
ASS IST A NT
TO:
All Park and Recreation Supervisors and Foremen
FROM:
Stan Martin• Assistant General Manager of Parks
SUBJECT:
Opening of Swimming Pools for 1969 Season
All swimming pools will open on Saturday, June 7, 1969,
and will remain open through Labor Day, September 1,
1969. The hours of operation will be from 12 Noon until
8:30 P.M., Monday through Saturday and from 1:00 P.M.
until 8 : 30 P.M. on Sundays , Swimming classes will be
taught by our staff for a period of eight weeks beginning
June 16 through August 8 from 10:00 A.M. until 12 Noon,
Monday through Friday. Children 12 years old and under
will be allowed to swim free from 12 Noon until 2:00 P.M.,
Monday through Saturday.
All port-a-pools will be open from June 7 through Labor
Day, and will be used only for organized swimming classea
supervised by our recreation staff.
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�October 6, 1969
MEMORANDUM
To:
Mayor Allen
From:
Dan Sweat
Subject:
Proposed $100, 000 Park Project
W have be n un bl · to secur wh t w feel re good recommend tions for
project through th usual ources and h v , th r Sol"e, taken the lib rty
of
ng th
reeomm nd tion ourselv s .
In su g sting poeslbl proj ct w
re som what at di advantage in
not knowing th I: lings of the donor . Fo7 xatnple, ls h motivat d by
charit bl con ider tion
hkh would lend itself to pl'oject in ome·
die dv tag d rea? Is he motiv ted by rtletic cons i d r tions? Hietol'ic:
con ldel'ation ? Do
h wt h
. proj ct to b
memori l to him lf
or hi•! mily?
In th · v nt that the City w 1' to ~ c lv an unantlclpat d $100, 000 gr t,
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GE NERAL MANAGER
M E M O R A N D U M
STANLEY T. MART I N , J R.
ASS T. GEN . MANAGER
F. PI ERCE WHI TL EY
ASST.G E N . MANAGER
C ARL VI. RYALS, JR .
SR. ADM I N. ASS ISTANT
V IRG I N I A CARMICHAE L
DIR. O F RE,CREATION
TO:
-Jimmie Mims , As sis t ant Director of Recreation
FROM :
Jack C. Delius, Gene ral Manager
SUBJECT :
Rec r eati on Assistance to Faye tt e , Mississippi
Mayo r Charles Ev ers
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Ber t a Frizzel l ha s checke d th e ai rli nes and finds that
De lta fli es into Natc hez , Mississippi which is the
n earest airport apparently to Fayette, Mis si ssippi . The
tra nsportation round trip touri st class is $115 . 5 .0 .
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will r e ques t for you this amount of mone y plus $25 . 00
p er diem expense for the one night you probably will .
stay and $25 . 00 . t ravel expense for a total request of
$ 1 65 . 50 .
I make r eference on the request for travel
expenses to the fact that Mr. Dan Sweat ha s asked 0s to
give assistanc e t o Faye tt e, Mississippi .
As t o the cost of construction of the r ec r eation buildinggymnasium and other items, I he l d a meeting this morning
with the Park Engineers and we came up with some rough
ballfield prices .
First of a ll, a recreation building
that would includ e a regulation college typ e basketba ll
court with two small courts crosswise, rollaway bleache rs,
a r ecreation or multi -purpose room, a library, dance
studio, locke r room, showers, e tc . ,·as we ll as a special
club and trophy room would c e rtainly add up to at l east
12,900 square feet .
I have analyzed the square footage
in several of the b e tt e r gymnasiu m-recreati on building
compl exes in Ge orgia s uch as Da lton and East Point and
find they run sl i g htly over 12,000 s quare fee t.
Th e
Park Engineers have es timated cost of construction of
this typ e of building at a bout $20.00 p er square foot
and so you could say that this building, less land,
would cost b e tween $200,000-$240,000.
Now, that figure
would not include the cos t of i nstalling l ockers, etc .
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As to an outdoor recrea tion area , the information we
have from Fayette, Miss issippi is rather nebulous . The
cost of a multiple purpose game court is running about
$3,500 each here in At lanta . It can be done out of
concrete and you could skate on it and have other act i vit i es
r e quiring a hard . surface such as basketball, e tc. Basketball
courts are also running about $3,500 each ; badminton
courts about $3 ,000 each, voll eyball courts about $3,000 ,
and doubl e court t ennis faciliti es about $7,000 . The
engineers es timat e that out door handball courts properly
construct ed and f e n ced would run about $2,000 each . The
co s t of constructing a baseba ll .d i amond, socc er fi e ld,
quar t er mil e cinder track , arch ery range and hors eshoe
pit s , if in fact the land is fai r ly level and requir es
little grading, would run about $25 ,000 including the
lighting .
It is worth noting that we have spent up
to $15,000 for just the light for a l arge baseball
diamond . As to the campsites , they run about $500 each .
Outdoor toil e t ·facilities are shockingly expensive . We
have spent up to $20,000 for ladi es and mens r es trooms .
However, the engineers think that from $8,000 -10,000
would cover this it em . Mis s issippi might want to build
their own or conside r buying one alre~dy pre-fabricated
from Sup er Secure in California. You will recall that
we have us ed Super Secure at Anderson and.Bedford - Pine .
The water fountains ccst $160 . 00 ea~h p lus installation
and water pipe . We are not sure about item 7 11 The
outdoor area which should b e light e d 11 and thus we are
refraining from g iving any s ort of pric e . We r eally
don 1 t know what siz e area the y are _talking a bout.
The
las t item, number 8, calls for construction of a strong
fence around the entire playarea . A six foot fence of
reasonably sturdy gauge runs about $4 . oo a foot installe d .
In othe r word s , a 100 f ee t would cost $400.00; a 1,000
fe e t, .a $1,000.00.
I am sending Dan Sweat a copy of thi s memorandum and hav e
a call into him at this time to ask him whether I should
proceed to make a r e ques t for your travel expenses.
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Dan: Jimmie Mims is on a very badly needed vacation
and wil l be back on duty Monday, October 27, and
could leave mos t anytime a ft e~ that for the trip
to Fayette.
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SchooJ. -Tota l
Se rved by ~Iur.~D:1 ries Schoo l
Brown Avenue and J ones joro Road
· Park A'renu.e cJncl Lc1 nsin ~ ·
Hice Her.1ori;1l
670
Ad.?.i r PciTk
500
Pittman Park
1~50
Bethlehem Center
Schoo·J. Tota 1
Served by- A .
I\. . J ones E_lementc1ry Sc:1001
Howell Pa rk
500
500
Norcross Play lot
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500
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500
Oa kla nd City Playlot
670
Cr.?.ddock School
School Tota l
200
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Serve-1 b;,, Pey ton _Forres t Ele1r.ent-:1ry School
Adamsville Park
500
Phylot - 2185 1.Terben.?. Str2- et
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1600
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Wilson Avenue
700
Tremont Dr ive
900
Collier Pa rks
1100
English Park
500
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Wilson Eills Pa rk
Schoo]. Tot2l
5600
Served by Pr::or Stree t School
Cn.pi tol .Avenue Pl ay lot
1500
~d Cook Recreation Center
1500
T:.fes l ey '.:-louse
800
·. Ira Re cre ation
1500
Pry or Street School
3000
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fashington-Rycle r
1000
Dodd PJ.a;y-lot
1000
Playlot - 71 Little Stree t
10()0
Playlot -
941 McDanie l Stre et
600
Pla'-rlot - Ge or co-1. n a nd YcD::ini e l St r se t
650
Play l ot - A tla n-La Sta dilun Pa rkin g Lot
750
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Playlot - Nary and _Colei-na n Street
School Tota l
600
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Se rv e d by D. H. Stan t on Schoo l
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900
Danie l St~nton Pa r k
900
1000
Ri cha r ds on St r ee t Ce nt e r
650
Conna lly Street Cente r
E . P . Jo'(l.n son
Sch oo l Tot a l
�PR09L~MS E~COUNTlR~D
1.
Inadequate propara tj_on of food.
2.
The t rucks
stil l have not been p1·ovided with a c aae
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orde r t o hold food in place.
3.
Schools were not provi ded wiU1 enou~h i ce .
4. ·. The
s anduiches were t oo -:3.ry bec ause t here was p l ain peanut
' bu tt~r . In ac!.diticn , h : t r o.ve J. i ng to var:i.ou.s schoo l s , I
f ound th':lt bro,-mies ,,1ere bein g made with pe a nut butter
and wsre not co.::1pJ.etely cooked.
5.
I be l ieve fo e !1eals offere d could be more substs.nti.al if
c ertciin ot:1 er commodit i es were prep :->r-:id. For exarnpJ.e , tr1e
rne~ls would b e much b e tte r i.f merlts were added to the sup -plements .
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- Record Created: April 18, 2017
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 5
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- Title: Box 1, Folder 22, Document 5
- Text: A RESOLUTION BY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE APPROVING RELOCATION STUDIES AND THE SURVEYING AND PREPARATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY PLANS FOR CARROLL ROAD AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME AS A COMPLIMENTARY PROJECT TO THE EXPANSION OF FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT. WHEREAS, the improvement of traffic movement on the major streets of Atlanta is an obvious necessity, and WHEREAS, the State Highway Department of Georgia is preparing to make specific plans for the widening and relocation of Carroll Road to a four-lane divided roadway from Gordon Road to Bankhead Highway as a complimentary project to the expansion of Fulton County Airport, and WHEREAS, these proposed improvements have been reviewed by the Planning and Public Works Departments, and _ WHEREAS, the State Highway Department must have the City of | Atlanta's official endorsement of this project before financial participation for preliminary engineering by the Federal Bureau of Public Roads can be obtained. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Baird of Aldermen that the proposed relocation nnd improvements of Carroll Road referred to by project number F-126-I(2) and described in further detail by the attached drawings and text, be approved for relocation studies and preliminary engineering plans and any such studies and plans shall be submitted to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for further consideration and approval. Attachment
- Tags: Box 1, Box 1 Folder 22, Folder topic: Parks department | 1969
- Record Created: April 18, 2017
- Record Updated: April 29, 2021
Box 1, Folder 22, Document 4
- Result Type: Item
- Item Type: Text
- Title: Box 1, Folder 22, Document 4
- Text: Mr. Earl Landers Sn ks. (This relates to Sandy Creek Park & possible swap for Adamsville Health Center) 6-14-69 A.€, i rouble — _dded Later, the P&D Committee: 1. Agreed to use the Atlanta Area Transportation Study as a “suide” to further studies. 2. Agreed to cooperate with Central Atlanta Progress on a study of the downtown business 3. Balked at a request of Ful- ton County to relocate Carroll Road from Sandy Creek and: { ankhead Highway for expan- |. ion of the Fulton County Air- | ort. Allen pointed out that the | ily had made Carroll Road: four-lanes a short time ago and nore investigation as to reasong | or the relocation are needed. 1e il- “| Firestone Calg | Tires Back * nial ictal
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- Record Created: April 18, 2017
- Record Updated: April 29, 2021
Box 1, Folder 22, Document 10
- Result Type: Item
- Item Type: Text
- Title: Box 1, Folder 22, Document 10
- Text: Direction Sports An educational/motivational program designed for underprivileged children A Piece of Glass...a Stolen Car Direction Sports was never formally planned—it happened. “How it happened” is covered below in an excerpt from A Sports Story for Christmas, written by John Hall for the Los Angeles Times on December 15, 1967. “A foot slashed by broken glass and a stolen car have combined to produce what may be the Christmas sports story of the season. “If this sounds unlikely, you just don’t know Tulley Brown. “Brown is a 34-year-old law school grad, a Santa Monica resident who has an over- whelming compassion for sports and youngsters. While living in 52 different countries during recent years, Brown found the two mixed wonderfully. “But his story really began one morning when he was doing his daily four miles of running on the beach at Santa Monica. with YMCA Director George Pohlman. © Copyright 1969, Direction Sports Inc. He stepped on a piece of glass and cut his foot. “Looking for emergency treatment, he came across a doctor connected with [a center for ] retarded and disturbed children. “One thing led to another and Brown soon quit his old job [as a sales execu- tive] to take over as athletic director... “Bringing in several Lakers to help him at times, he began to get the kids to take out their frustrations and erase their doubts on the basketball floor. Psychia- trists used the word ‘amazing? to describe the progress he was able to make. Parents were overjoyed. “About this time, Brown’s car was stolen ... fypically, Tulley’s reaction after an 18- year-old boy was arrested for the theft was regret. He urged police not to press charges. “He and his wife asked to adopt the boy, an orphan who had been shuffled around various foster homes?’ Instead, the boy was sent to a juvenile camp, serving a sentence of fifteen months. Tulley learned from the probation officer on the case that often in such situations a minority or poor youngster would be sen- tenced while, for the same offense, a white middle-class youngster would be released to his parents on probation. Married and the father of three chil- dren, Brown returned to business and spent the next six months putting together a program that could help provide dis- advantaged youths with reasons to stay straight. If the magnetism of sports could break through to the retarded and emotionally disturbed, then why not use this magnet- (continued, inside back cover) Direction Sports: the fundamental concept “Among the educational approaches which we believe should be considered and evaluated are the current efforts to develop new patterns of education which do not fit into the traditional patterns.’ Recommendation of the PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION ON CIVIL DISORDERS (1968) DIRECTION SPORTS is a Los Angeles-based project designed to answer that recommendation with an innovative program— involving educationally disadvantaged youngsters, through the magnetism of sports, with local youth leadership, profes- sionals in the fields of education and psychology, and other concerned adults from all parts of Los Angeles County. Direction Sports objectives: For the first time, to expand the content and goals of the average sports program for youth. Specifically, to use the uni- versal appeal of “Little League” type sports activities for the development of basic learning skills (through carefully pre- pared “chalk talks”) and to build positive self concepts and social attitudes (through post-practice group discussions). To provide an opportunity for meaningful exchanges of communication and values among both youngsters and adults from a variety of ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds (through regularly scheduled field trips and group activities ). To help resolve the tremendous disparity between the num- ber of privately funded sports programs for youngsters in middle class or suburban areas and the programs available to youngsters from disadvantaged communities. The kinds of social problems which prompted the idea of DIRECTION SPORTS are common knowledge, but have never been considered as responsive to simple, direct solutions. A brief review follows of those problems, their consequences, and the solutions the DIRECTION SPORTS program offers. Our primary concern is to show that there is an alternative to the current expenditure of billions of dollars to treat social symptoms. There is a way to affect their causes. The problems we face Welfare. More than 7 million Americans are now receiving welfare assistance, and another 14 million citizens are identi- fied as eligible for aid; a total of 21 million persons in this country whose family income is below what the government “Recidivism”—an ugly word we have to face up to i. be defines as basic subsistence. For example, six out of every ten Black children subsist on welfare payments at least a part of their lives. Did you know that if you are born in a poverty area, odds are about ten to one you'll remain there for life? A Culture of Hopelessness. The old myth that citizens “on welfare” are so by choice is no longer tenable. Rather, the children of the poor grow up conditioned to failure, to the uselessness of ambition and the futility of dreams. To quote anthropologist Elliot Liebow, “In the end, a man’s wife and children become a symbol of his own failure as a man and the easy camaraderie of ‘the corner’ becomes an irresistible lure. At the moment he submits, he comes into his full inheritance bequeathed him by his parents, teachers, employers, and society at large. This is the step into failure from which few if any return and it is at this point that the rest of society can wring its hands or rejoice in the certain knowledge that he has ended up precisely as they had predicted he would.’ Educational Dilemna, Educational surveys of the learning skills of youngsters from the depressed areas of Los Angeles County indicate the relatively poor learning skill improve- ment of minority youth, From the Los Angeles Times, Janu- ary 10, 1969: “Many Anglo students in the Los Angeles City School System showed marked improvement in reading last year, but Negro and Mexican-American youngsters made only slight advances, test scores indicated...The reading scores climbed as high as 16 percentage points...In pre- dominantly Negro and Mexican-American schools, however, the scores rose only an average of two points and remained at generally low levels. The lowest percentage increases, one percent, were recorded by first graders in the north and mostly Negro south-central areas and the predominately Mexican-American east side?’ The consequences Failure-Punishment Syndrome. Here's what the GOVER- NOR’S COMMISSION ON THE LOS ANGELES RIOTS (August, 1967) had to say: “The actions taken thus far in Los Angeles, and, for that matter, elsewhere throughout the United States, fail to meet the urgent existing need; and unless and until we in our City and State, and throughout the United States, solve the fundamental problem of raising the level of scholas- tic achievement of disadvantaged children, we cannot hope to solve all other problems of our disadvantaged minorities . .” It is clear that a grossly disproportionate number of under- privileged children experience failure in their first contact with the greater society — when they enter school. Civil Disorders and Delinquency, The NATIONAL ADVI- SORY COMMISSION ON CIVIL DISORDERS has reported, “The expression of inadequate educational practices lies in the high incidence of riot participation by ghetto youth who had not completed high school. Our survey of riot cities found that the typical riot participant was a high school drop out... Recidivism. Almost half the juveniles released on parole in Los Angeles County are back in detention camps within six months. With a total minority population of about 20 percent in the county as a whole, nearly 50 percent of its detention camp members are cither Negro or Mexican- American, Neither a city nor a nation can begin to realize its potential while continuing to fail to reach so high a per- centage of its youth. Without a significant impact on the source of these con- cerns, the nation can only continue to expend increasing bil- lions in the treatment of crime, poverty and unemployment. There can be no real solution in attempting to treat these consequences as though they were solvable on a symptom level. The great majority of programs for the disadvantaged reach people after they are already in trouble. DIRECTION SPORTS is preventive treatment — working logically at the source—and is using the most successful formula which has proven successful in regularly motivating and involving more than one million youths throughout the United States: pri- vately funded sports programs. Special programs for underachievers can be successful. It was demonstrated recently in an experiment conducted by the San Francisco City Schoo] System, combining smaller classes with experienced teachers. One of these experimental classes achieved the highest reading scores for its age group of any public school class in the city—“and every one of these children was black?’ Most school districts in the country are making conscien- tious efforts to improve the learning achievements of children from underprivileged areas. Whether the full burden of such an accomplishment should be placed on the schools alone is debatable. On the other hand, conditions never have been more ready for the development of “new patterns of educa- tion” to support and reinforce the schools’ efforts. A crucial need Currently, privately funded sports programs for youngsters provide the most popular youth format in the nation. Yet little has been done to overcome the scarcity of these kinds of programs for underprivileged boys and girls. For example, in 1968 the tremendously popular Little League Baseball program involved approximately 55,620 youngsters from the greater Los Angeles area. Yet of this total number not one team was in operation within the immense minority popula- tion corridor extending through Los Angeles from North Broadway south of the central city to adjoining Compton and including some 200,000 school age children. Economic breakdown of family in- come in the Los Angeles area shows clearly the areas of the city which cannot support conventional privately financed sports programs of the Little League type. Family income, 1960/1965 estimated [_——]_ Under $5,000 #5,000—6,999 MEE $7,000—9,999 ME $10,000 and over Sources: United States Census, and Annual Reporis, Franchise Tax Board, State of California, CEARI The magnetism and personal satisfaction of sports The Direction Sports program The premise of DIRECTION SPORTS is that the magnetism and personal satisfactions of athletic competition can pro- vide a motivational breakthrough for normal but disadvan- taged youngsters — that it can provide a basic format through which learning skills and positive attitudes toward education itself can be developed, using sports-related group discus- sions and curricula, and community adult leadership. California State College at Los Angeles volunteered aroom for an initial training seminar for DIRECTION SPORTS’ staff, and two Cal State coaches, Walt Thurmond and Robert Mil- ler, prepared special guidelines for instruction in football and basketball. Young college men who had grown up in disad- vantaged communities were hired as DIRECTION SPORTS youth leader trainees. Their first formal training meeting was set at the University of Southern California and kicked off with speeches by foot- ball coaches John McKay, Dave Levy, and Willie Brown. During that first week trainees attended lectures on methods of instruction, coaching, and group discussion techniques, con- cluding their training with a two-hour session at the office of UCLA’s John Wooden. On the final day the new DIRECTION SPORTS coaches put on a demonstration for their instructors at Cal State, working with youngsters from city poverty neigh- borhoods. DIRECTION SPORTS is answering a dual need—the need for privately funded sports programs in underprivileged areas, and the need to deal early with the threat of educa- tional underachievement. Therefore, the program itself dupli- cates other youth sports programs but adds two unique new features —“chalk talks” designed to promote learning skills, and professionally supervised group discussions. An afternoon schedule 3:30-3:35 p.m.—Orientation. 3:35-4:00 p.m.—“chalk talk” learning skills. (For an exam- ple of a typical DIRECTION SPORTS chalk talk, see the materials included at the back of this brochure.) 4:00-5:00 p.m.— Team practice. These practice sessions fol- low a daily plan carefully developed and formalized by professional college coaches. 5:00-5:30 p.m.—Group discussion, Group discussions are led by the community coaches; a profes- sional psychologist participates regularly to reinforce their talks. The basic group discussion outline is as follows: 1. What makes a boy like himself? (Goal: Positive self con- cepts and social attitudes. ) 2. Why are there schools? (Goal: Value of education.) 3. What do I want to become? (Goal: Steps necessary for achievements. ) 4, What jobs are available? (Goal: Opportunities for work experience. ) 5. If | were...“role playing” a) a fireman? (Goal: Value of property.) b) a policeman? (Goal: Value of the law.) c) an athletic hero? (Goal: Responsibility to others.) d) blind? (after visiting school for blind children) (Goal: Self-discipline. ) 6. If I fail (sports, school, etc.)? (Goal: Work harder.) Special Saturday activities Saturdays are game days. DIRECTION SPORTS’ unique fea- ture on Saturdays is that before each game teams meet in a “spelling bee” kind of competition involving math, spelling, and reading problems. Winning teams are rated ‘touchdowns,’ “baskets?” etc. corresponding to the seasonal sport they are engaged in that day on the athletic field. These scores are added to each team’s actual game score at the end of the play- ing day, and the winning team thus has the highest combined total. Every other Saturday all the youngsters go on a special trip after the game. Since DIRECTION SPORTS started in 1968, its young athletes have shared in experiences such as: 1) Yachting, as the guests of 24 boat owners at the Marina Del Rey. 2) Guests of the University of Southern California at the USC-Cal football game. 3) Guests of the National General Corporation, which pro- vided a private showing of the film, “The Paper Lion?’ for 150 youngsters. 4) Guests at a UCLA basketball practice. After practice, the youths met the players, and Lou Alcindor gave an inspi- rational talk which no one present will ever forget. 5) Guests of the Griffith Park Observatory for a showing of “The Sun, and Its Family of Planets?’ 6) Guests of the Los Angeles Music Center at a childrens’ concert. DIRECTION SPORTS is operating now in park and recrea- tion facilities within four poverty communities of metropoli- tan Los Angeles. These communities were chosen because of their high percentage of school drop-outs and rate of delin- quency, The program currently employs the following adult person- nel: one project director (full time ), one secretary (full time). Top: The Gauchos in pre-game “pep talk” with Coach Pichardo. ions at Fred Roberts Center: A portrait of the I lshaw and Myles in charge. Park, with Coaches Brad her and 80% of their kk F &, KK /\ @\ ¥ ik ¢ = i oN | 6 a Oe - ae * : a aoe ee ol ‘ : - =o el > es ea, See ee eA oe ee “og ~ ._. = I tn Ne eer . - C Bo ‘ & tee goer ae oS y rep ee: er Pep a Peay i ' _— "2 - ' : a," - S eS 2 & The Direction Sports Variety Show: Top left; top right: Youngsters are guests of universities at athletic events (SC-Cal game, in this case). Top. center-left and center-right: Regular competition—the Normandie Park Rams, halftime with the South Park Trojans, and the East L.A. Packers. Charge! Center and top-center: Exciting “chalk talks” by visiting athletes and regular coaches—here Trojans respond to Olympic Gold Medalist Bob Seagren, while at another site Coach Vie Pichardo teaches Gauchos. Bottom left: One day Brown heard a group Of little girls practicing yells. When he learned they had decided to be the Trojan cheerleaders. he had sweaters made and asked USC songleader Penny Ward to do some coaching. Bottom: Direction Sports Awards Banquet made possible by contributions from seven food markets and the catering of the King Swede Restaurant. Magician Barry Lee of the Magic Castle captivates the children. Over 200 persons attended the affair. including 97% of the parents invited. SS a A broad-based community response... one educational psychologist (part time), two psychometrists (part time), one curricula specialist (part time), and ten field coaches (part time). Direction Sports results are measurable Fred Neidemeyer from Southwest Regional Laboratory (Cur- riculum Center), an agency of the Federal Government, has contracted to design special curricula using sports activities and concepts to teach specific learning skills. Victor Coppin, M.A., USC psychologist, contracted to coordinate group dis- cussions aimed at developing self pride and positive social attitudes among the youngsters participating in the project. Two psychometrists, Dr. Stephen Klein of UCLA and Dr. Ralph Hoepfner of USC, were enlisted to develop cross-vali- dation methods for testing the actual effectiveness of DIRECTION SPORTS. The testing program compares the pro- gress in specific learning areas of DIRECTION SPORTS experi- mental and control teams. See first post test results inside back cover. The basic design of the program is indicated in this table: - Victor Coppin (N i cr Pre-tests Treatment(s) Post-tests Teams 1-3 Math Math and Math (Direction Spelling attitudes Spelling Sports) Attitudes “instruction” Attitudes Teams 4-5 Math Spelling Math (Direction Spelling instruction Spelling Sports) Attitudes Attitudes YMCA teams Math ‘None Math (Comparison Spelling Spelling groups) Attitudes Attitudes The DIRECTION SPORTS groups being compared are essen- tially equal in all other variables (socio-economic level, age, presence of father, etc.), so that the unique aspects of the program can be validly measured and evaluated. Los Angeles responds In its first four months of operation, the DIRECTION SPORTS concept attracted so much attention that it was featured on eight television programs—KTLA, KCOP, and CBS and NBC affiliates. With additional coverage through KGFJ and KFWB radio shows, it is estimated that the story of DIRECTION SPORTS has been told to more than three million people in the Los Angeles area. The first national attention given the project was a feature article in the Christian Science Mon- itor (copy enclosed), and The Johnny Carson Show. The national magazine, Sports Illustrated, is providing a weekly subscription for every boy in the program. The 7-Up Bottling Company has donated uniforms. In November of 1968 CBS-Los Angeles, with the approval of its national of- fice, voted DIRECTION SPORTS one of the top six programs in Los Angeles and contributed a thousand dollars worth of jackets, track shoes, and pants for the future use of program youngsters. Numerous additional supporters and contributors are listed on the back cover of this brochure. Endorsements Here is what some well known public officials have said about the DIRECTION SPORTS program: ---"I believe the program has merit. The activities appear to be planned with great care, and the instructions are clear and explicit. DIRECTION SPORTS’concern for the welfare of young- sters in our minority communities is commendable” — Thomas Reddin, Chief of Police, City of Los Angeles “The concept of using sports as a touchstone to educa- tional achievement for youngsters who have heretofore with- Top: Direction Sports coaches (from left to right) Acuna, : Galindo, Castruita, Myles, Cano, Bethel, Spaulding, Bradshaw and Carroll, with Director Tulley Brown appear at USC's Bovard Field with coaches John McKay and Dave Levy and players O. J. Simpson and Steve Sogge. Center left: Ray Norton, 1960 world record holder, now with CBS, speaks at Awards Banquet. Center right: Los Angeles Chief of Police Thomas Reddin dis- cusses the project with Brown. Bottom left: Mayor Sam Yorty proclaims “Direction Sports Week” for the City of Los Angeles, March 31-April 6, 1969. Bottom: Heisman Trophy winner Mike Garrett ata “chalk talk? You are needed...will you help? drawn from full participation in the educational process be- cause of a belief that other incentives are nonexistent and that society is oblivious to their needs, is, in my opinon, ex- tremely innovative and worth pursuing. I feel the program will make a significant contribution in developing a faith in the American system for these young- sters, and in the extreme, may salvage some youngsters who otherwise would be lost to society?’ —Thomas Lynch, Attorney General, State of California “The program not only offers deprived youngsters an op- portunity to participate in a nationally recognized sports pro- gram but it also provides for educational enrichment for the participants as an integral part of the format? — Peter Pitchess, Sheriff, County of Los Angeles “T can think of no alternative to formal study better suited to inculcate the rudiments of reading, writing and arithmetic into the untutored mind than an organized sports program. I heartily encourage all personnel associated with the pI- RECTION SPORTS project to implement it with expediency and total effort? —Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles “Since three of the DIRECTION SPORTS teams operate in the 29th Senatorial District I can personally attest to the fact that the children and families involved are most enthusiastic about the use of a sports format to teach learning skills and develop positive self concepts and social attitudes. DIRECTION SPORTS is a uniquely beautiful program cap- able of making a significant diflerence to thousands of minor- ity people” — Mervyn M, Dymally, State Senator, 29th District Most of all, it’s working! The best way to confirm this is to see the program in action for yourself. Write DIRECTION SPORTS for a schedule of daily practice and teaching sessions or weekend team and intramural games. You are invited — and welcome! Plans for the future Plans are underway to begin a similar program this year for girls, ages 9 through 11, from the same communities. By September of 1969 it is anticipated that DIRECTION SPORTS will have spread to every disadvantaged area of greater Los Angeles, and will include pilot programs for 12 to 14 year old boys. By September of 1970 it is intended that all young- sters ages 12 through 14 will be able to participate in the pro- gram. Subsequently, with private and public support, DIREC- TION SPORTS is designed to expand to every disadvantaged community in America. Plans are underway for a seminar which will be held in Los Angeles for representatives from all interested cities in America. Half the cost of travel and accommodations will be defrayed and DIRECTION SPORTS’ materials and methods of operation will be presented to the delegates. And, with this support and leadership, this unique pro- gram will be capable of regularly involving over one million under-privileged boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 14 in an enriching and meaningful learning-through-playing ex- perience which offers a new pattern for educational motiva- tion and success. DIRECTION SPORTS is at this time, totally supported by vol- unteer funds and is a non-profit corporation. All contribu- tions, large or small, are tax deductible. If youre concerned about your tax dollar—and who isn’t?—the greatest saving you can make is your contribution to a program like this one —a contribution toward redirecting a youngster today to pre- vent him from becoming a public expense tomorrow. DIRECTION SPORTS would like to continue happening — won't you please help? UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES BERKELEY * DAVIS * INVINE * LOS ANGELES * RIVERSIDE * SAN DIEGO * SAN FRANCISCO SANTA BARBARA * SANTA CRUZ CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF EVALUATION UCLA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90024 TO: MR. TULLY BROWN rj FROM: DR. STEPHEN KLEIN Jf DATE: APRIL 21, 1969 SUBJECT: PRELIMINARY EVALUATION RESULTS Background In the fall of 1968, the five teams took a 44 item mathematics test dealing with adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing whole numbers; and a 20 item spelling test involving sports related words, such as “offense."" Two teams received spelling instruction while the other three received mathematics instruction. The five teams were retested in February of 1969 with tests that were very similar to ones they took in the fall (i.e., the formats and instructions were the same but the questions were different so as to eliminate possible biases, such as memory). Results The results of the two testings appear in the table below. An inspection of this table indicates the following: (1) The teams had comparable (and relatively poor) performance before training in both mathematics and spelling. (2) The teams receiving training in an area have shown substantial improvement in that area, e.g., the three teams receiving mathematics instruction improved 28% in mathematics compared to only 9% for the teams receiving spelling instruction. Average Percent Correct Teams receiving: Type of Test Fall Testing Winter Testing Difference Mathematics Mathematics 54% 82% +28% Instruction Spelling 66% 51% -15% Spelling . ° 0. Tastruction Mathematics 54% 63% + 9% Spelling 55% 78% +23% UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY PARK LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90007 DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY APTITUDES RESEARCH PROJECT J. P. GUILFORD, DIRECTOR R. HOEFFNER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR May 7 ? 1369 Mr. Tully Brown Direction Sports 4415 W. Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, California Dear Tully: Upon receiving Dr. Klein's preliminary evaluation of the DIRECTION SPORTS program, I am pleased to concur with him in the conclusion that your pro- gram has had a beneficial effect. While Dr, Klein's evaluation was pri- marily of a descriptive nature; describing the results after the fact, I thought it might be interesting to see what we might be able to generalize to future seasons or other cities from what we now know. Accordingly, I performed two t-tests, one for math achievement and one for spelling achievement. The two general hypotheses I evaluated were: 1. Improvement in math achievement in the mathematics-instruction groups (experimental) is greater than improvement in math achievement in the spelling-instruction groups (control). 2. Improvement in spelling achievement in the spelling-instruction groups (experimental) is greater than the improvement in the math- instruction groups (control). To compute the two statistics, I employed only the 24 math boys and the 16 spelling boys who had all pretest and posttest scores. My reason for excluding so many of the boys in your program who did not have complete sets of scores for these t-tests was that we cannot be sure what the instruc- tional effect was for them, The t values for the math-score comparison was 2.949, significant at the .01 level, while the t value for the spelling-score comparison was 1.445, not significant. The conclusions we can draw are these: with great con- fidence we can expect your program (or ones like it) to effect significant improvement in the mathematical facility of disadvantaged, minority boys; we cannot be very confident of a similar effect in spelling ability, al- thought the data indicates a similar spelling improvement. Of course, the mathematics tests and exercises were further developed and refined than those for spelling at the initiation of this program. It is quite possible that with refinement of the spelling program we will find significant improvement there too. The preliminary findings, therefore, may be expected not to be sensitive to real improvements and we will have +o await the final data to find out if spelling can be really improved. Sin ly alph Hoepfner RH: ak Chalk Talk 17 I. Objectives: =6—Basic Division =7 — Advanced Addition =8 — Advanced Subtraction I. Materials: blackboard and chalk for instructor. paper and pencil for each boy. IV. Activity: |. Motivation: It's very important for you to be aware of the score and the yardage at all times during the game. Then you will be able to choose the best type of play to make. Let’s take a look at a whole game here and how it is scored quarter by quarter. (Pass out game-sheets to boys.) Coach draws game sheet on board to fill in. 2. Description of Activity: a. What is the total time of a game? (After they answer, write it in the square marked “total time?’ ) b. How is a game divided up? (quarters). How many min- utes in each quarter? (Say it and then write it under time for each quarter.) How many minutes in a half? (oral an- swer ). c. Okay —now let’s figure out the score for each quarter. (Coach writes on blackboard. ) 1) In the first quarter, the Rams made a touchdown and then made the conversion; the 49ers just made the touchdown. Now fill in the score at the end of the first quarter, (7-6). 2) In the second quarter, the Rams made a field goal (3) and the 49ers made a touchdown and the conversion (7). Write down the score for the end of the second (10-13), 3) In the third quarter, the Rams score two touchdowns, but muke only one of the conversions. How many points is that? (13). The 49ers make a touchdown and the conversion (7). Whiat is the score of the game now? (23-20.) 4) In the final quarter, the Rams do not score; the 49ers make a field goal (3).What's the final score of the game? (tie game: 23-23). d. Now you'll notice on the right-hand side of cach square, there is a section that says total yards gained. Fill in the fol- lowing information: : |) In the first quarter, the Rams made a total yard guin of 43: the 49ers made 5/ (this is total, not net), 2) In the second quarter, the Rams made 40: the 49ers 45, (Boys fill in this information as you read it—you write it on the board game-chart.) 3) In the third quarter,Rams gain 50 yds, 49ers gain 47. 4) In the first quarter, the Rams make 42 yds: 49ers 55. e. What is the total yardage gain for the Rams? (175) (Boys will add the numbers up in the margin of their paper: have them just raise their hand when they have the answer, but do not shout it out), What is the total yardage game now for the 49ers? (51+45+47-+ 55=198) f. This is total yards gained; to determine the net yards gained we must subtract the penalties. 1) The Rams were penalized three times for off-sides (15 yds.) and once for clipping (15 yds.) How many yards did they lose altogether? (30) 2) The 49ers were penalized twice for off-sides (10) and once for unsportsmanlike conduct (15). How many yards were they penalized altogether? (25) (The process here will be first computing the off-sides pen- alty 5x 2 = 10, and then adding 10 plus 15.) g. Finally, how will we determine the net yards gained for each team? (Have one boy explain the process: to subtract the total penalty yards from the total yards gained. ) 1) What was the Rams net yard gain? (145) 2) What was the 49ers net yard gain? (173) Game Chart Quarter 1 Time: | Quarter 2 Time: Rams: Total yards gained Rams: Total yards gained — 49ers: Total yards gained 49ers: Total yards gained Score: Rams [| 49ers [ ] Score: Rams [| 49ers [| Quarter 3 Time: | Quarter 4 Time: Rams: Total yards gained Rams: Total yards gained — SEE 49ers: Total yards gained 49ers: Total yards gained —— Score: Rams [| 49ers | i Final Score: Rams [ | 49ers [| Total yards gained in game by Rams: Rams penalties Net yards gained in game by Rams: Yotal yards gained in game by 49ers: 49ers penalties Net yards gained in game by 49ers: Total Time: (© Copyright. 1969, Direction Sports inc TRIBUTE TO DIRECTION SPORTS HON. ALPHONZO BELL OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday, April 21, 1969 Mr. BELL of California. Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to call the attention of this House to a unique and successful program that has been operating in the Watts area of Los Angeles. Direction Sports begins where Little League leaves off—it serves those who have no fathers to participate, those who have no money for uniforms, insurance, and the other requisites of Little League participation. But Direction Sports gives the boys it serves more than an opportunity to par- ticipate in the kind of athletic competi- tion enjoyed by their middie-class coun- terparts. Through techniques developed by the Southwest Regional Lab in Ingle- wood, Calif—a project which has re- ceived more than $4 million from the Of- fice of Education’s Bureau of Research in the past 2 years—Direction Sports youngsters improve their learning skills and social attitudes by means of educa- tive chalk talks. In my view, Direction Sports is precisely the kind of innovative program that those of us who have been struggling to find solutions to urban ills have encouraged in legislation passed in recent years. As important as the heart- warming results described in the follow- ing article by the Christian Science Mon- itor, however, is the fact that program evaluation have shown a statistically Significant increase in participants’ mathematics achievement scores, Mr. Speaker, I wish to commend the Monitor’s article to the attention of my colleagues, especially those whose con- stituencies include disadvantaged metro- politan areas. THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR WEEKEND ISSUE Monday, January 20, 1969 Watts: ‘Direction Sports’ By Cliff Gewecke Sports correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Los Angeles Ever since the Watts, and other, riots of 1965, sports programs for the underprivi- leged Negro youngster have come to the fore. The idea seems to be: get more of these youngsters off the streets, inspire and skill them with sports (and sports heroes), and potential ruffians and ‘‘lost causes’? may be motivated into becoming useful, productive citizens. Ore of the most recent, and perhaps most farsighted, of these programs — which ema- nated in the Watts section of Los Angeles during 1968—is ‘Direction Sports,’ an affiliate of the Urban Affairs Foundation, Inc. Essentially, it is a ‘Little League for the underprivileged.”” But it has distinct over- tones, and undertones, of improving positive learning skills through orientation, ‘“‘chalk talks,’’ and group discussions. ‘Tremendous disparity? “Privately funded sports programs involve more than one million youngsters. and are the most popular youth format in the na- tion,’’ says former sales representative Tul- ley Brown, who is program director for Direction Sports. “Yet, there is a tremendous disparity be- iween the number of privately funded sports programs for the youth in. middle-class areas as opposed to those in the underpriv- ileged areas.” To drive home his point, Brown cites this statistic: that, in a letter dated Aug. 2, 1968, A. E. Houghton, secretary of Little League Baseball, headquartered in Williamsport, Pa., stated there were 55,620 youngsters involved in the Greater Los Angeles area. “Of this number,’’ emphasizes Brown, “not one team operates in the immense minority corridor extending from North Broadway south to Compton and including some 200,000 school-age children. “The reasons for this are basic,’’ he adds. “Little League programs function with the assistance of fathers, often with the young- sters paying for their own insurance and medical checkup. A general requirement is that the youngsters have had not more than one ‘D’ in the preceding semester's school- work—and no police record. “Direction Sports’’ head man Tulley Brown dis- cusses team tactics with youngsters in the Watts section of Los Angeles. The program’s educative chalk talks serve as a teaching aid. Little League for underprivileged Started officially Sept. 23 with the advent of the past football season, Direction Sports encompassed some 75 youngsters in the pre- teenage category. Plans are to go through the major sports in-season—basketball, track, baseball. And to expand to other (older and younger) age categories, and even to reach into the par- ticipation of girls in the program. Letters of commendation have been re- ceived from such men as California attorney general Tom Lynch, Los Angeles County sheriff Peter Pitchess, Los Angeles police chief Tom Reddin, and Los Angeles mayor Sam Yorty. Unique chalk talk The program has been featured on some eight southern California television pro- grams, Sports Illustrated is providing a weekly magazine subscription for every boy in the project, and the 7-Up Bottling Com- pany has donated uniforms, CBS-Los Ange- les, after voting Direction Sports one of the top six programs in Los Angeles, contribut- ed $1,000 worth of jackets, track shoes, and pants for future use by the youngsters. Don’t qualify for Little League “Too often,’’ Brown continued, ‘‘the young- sters in the ghettos do not have fathers to participate, money to pay for insurance and doctors, adequate grades, and they do have police records. Thus, classical Little League is untenable in deprived areas.” The idea is to. motivate potential ruffians and “lost causes’ into becoming useful, pro- ductive citizens through the inspiration of sports. Yet, if the program is to continue to thrive (and, even, go national perhaps someday) more funds, and help, will be needed. _ (A free brochure may be obtained by writing: Project Director Tulley N. Brown, Direction Sports, Inc., Urban Affairs Foun- dation, 955 S. Western Ave., Suite 204, Los Angeles, Calif. 90006). Recently, the writer sat in (with Brown Negro group leader recruited from a near be college, and a dozen youngsters) on one of the educative chalk talks that utilize sports as ‘“‘transference”’ for learning. “Ricky,” said the leader, pointing to a lad in the front row, “chow many points do you get for a touchdown?” “*Six,’? answered Ricky. ' “How many points for a field goal?” ET? / “You sure?” “Three?” replied Ricky, hesitantly. ‘‘Add six and three and what do you get,”” asked the leader. “Nine!” “Good! Now,” continued the leader, “in, basketball you get how many points PR a field goal? ... and two minus nine is . And so the questions, and the transference: of-learning skills answers, spread Wipaeh out the room—perhaps someday soon | o- spread throughout the United States wi Tulley Brown’s dream of ‘Direction Sports becoming the Little League of minority. areas.’ ' ‘ mA. 6 A wd pl oa * el
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- Text: ES State Highway Deparhnent of Georgia No. 2 Expitel Square JIM L. GILLIS, SR. H.H. HUCKEBA DIRECTOR STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER Behe satis Atlanta, Georgia 333% gar ATT tie DIRECTOR May 22, 1969 Mr. Collier Gladin Planning Director City of Atlanta Planning Department City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Sir: The State Highway Department is actively pursuing participation from the Bureau of Public Roads in preliminary engineering for Carroll Road (F-126-1), between Gordon Road and Bankhead Highway. This project will provide for preliminary engineering and relocation studies to determine location and prepare plans for future 4-lane divided roadway. Re- location of a portion of F-126 is necessitated by planned expansion of Fulton County Airport. We need the City of Atlanta's official endorsement of this project through ~ a resolution so that we can secure the necessary approval. Please communicate this request through the proper governmental procedures. We have attached various material relative to this project for your information and assistance in gaining an official statement of endorsement. Thank you for your help in this matter. Yours very truly, STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA DIVISION OF HIGHWAY PLANNING pe Let tide LL Leland S. Veal State Highway Planning Engineer WAH/1cr Attachments F-126 -1(2) CARROLL ROAD STUDY fastest’ ==e= RELOCATED PORTION Wir x 7a tianea\ ( fo) j,PISSSStcesslse. oo oa ype Wee Be ae | nt 3 iv 3 4 a heats Oe e wr Wey f rlig FolRHIE™ i ate SaNOr C8 fre Para a : Yi 7 ae, UNTY CO be ae oe & I 8 ' 1 : ae | dfiracore i ’ é tape . All m i Sg ee ge ne
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 25
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- Text: ny “aay July 7, 1969 MEMORANDUH TO: Miss Jimmie Mims, Assistant Director of Recreation FROM: Jack ©, Delius, General Manager of Parks and Recreation SUBJECT: Shuttle Bus + Atlanta Stadium toe City Hell In that Miss Carmichael is on vacation thie week I am addressing this matter to you. Mr, Howard Monroe, Superintendent of City Hall, advises that the bus wa are operating to transport employees to and from City Hall and the Atlanta Stadium Parking Lot has received something less than a hearty reception from employees. Presently fewer than five are utilizing the bus. Mr. Monroe advises that he will recommend to Mr. Landers that the transportation be discontinued by the end of this week. This will give him time te notify the few Who are riding, Also Mr. Monroe advises that on several moruings the bus has been quite late, ‘This morning Mr. Monroe understood that it did not even run, but I saw it myself and it was probably very ; by the 50,000 odd delegates to the religious convention at the Atlanta Stadiun. In any event, speak to the driver about being on time and perhaps if it is advisable you might warn him that it appears by the end of the week we will discontinue this service. Thank you very much. JCD: jw ec: Mr. J. Howard Monroe, Superintendent, City Hall Mr. Earl Landers, Mayor's Office ——
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 6
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- Text: JIM L. GILLIS, SR. DIRECTOR EMORY C.PARRISH EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Mx. J. D. Wingfield ewes Director Atlanta Region Metropol Planning Comnission 900 Glenn Suilding Atlanta, Georgia Dear Sir: te ‘i igtesg iD Q ‘4 iment af Georgia + - 9 + jt H.H. HUCKEBA STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER W.M. WILLIAMS SECRETARY-TREASURER aha feds 30335% April 24, ra 1969. itan 30302 veal coed to che provi sions of Section 204 of Title IT - Dlenned Metro- politen Develoomens of Pudlic Law 89-754, The Demonstration Citizs ene eee Divelooment 29355, we are heresy submitting various Material relative to our project F-125-1(2), Fulton County. This project calls for a 4 lane divided roadway end relocation of portion of the roacaway necessitated by the planned expansion of Fulton County Airport. Please review this request prior to our request to the Bureau of Public Roads for preliminary engineering authorization. WAH/ler Attachment cc: R.M. L.E. Breen Parker Yours very truly, SGT STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Or GEORGI DIVISICN OF HIGHWAY PLANNING A By i ae Leland S. Veal State Highway Planning Engineer fas
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 16
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- Text: January 31, 1969 Miss Bessie L. Whitehead 1220 Gardenia Street N. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30314 Dear Miss Whitehead: I regret to inform you that in the recent interview for Community Recreation Leader you did not attain a passing score. Therefore, your name will not appear on the eligible list. I appreciate the interest manifested by you in undergoing this examination, and IT hope that you will participate in such future tests as may interest you and for which you may be suited. ‘Very truly, CARL T. SUTHERLAND Director of Personnel CTS:BG:erw
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 9
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- Text: DIRECTION SPORTS, Inc. Hu15 West Pico Blvd. ‘Ios Angeles, Calif. 90019 (213) 937-3540 DIRECTION SPORTS Seminar August 4-3, 1909 One of the most gratifying exveriences in developing this program has been to discover the great variety of people who find common purpose in contributing to the disadvantaged youth of a city. This kind of cooperation has made it possible for DIRECTION SPORTS to achieve, in a short period of time, a “substantial improvement" (see psychometric studies results included in brochure) in the learning skill development of youngsters living in those areas of Los Angeles with the highest percentage of school "drop-outs". In response to the national interest in DIRECTION SPORTS, we are planning a five-day Seminar so that other cities can become familiar with our format and materials, and so that the excitement of a nation- wide program benefitting disadvantaged underachievers can become a reality. We will bring together the talents and resources of the many individuals and groups who have contributed to the ongoing DIRECTION SPORTS program in order to make our Seminar workshons as instructive and comorehensive as possible. Our purpose is to offer participants materials and support for initial pilot programs based on the DIRECTION SPORTS format and adaptable to their respective cities. Seminar workshops will include the following: 1) Special pre-tested "chalk talks" (see sample in brochure) designed to carry fifth and sixth grade students in a DIRECTION SPORTS program throughout the 1969-1970 school year. These materials are . developed by Fred Niedemeyer, Pn.D. of the Inglewood, California Southwest Regional Laboratory (funded in part by the Bureau of Research of the U.S. Office of Education) and by Robert Filep, Ph.D. from the national Institute for Educational Development. 2) Evaluative and testing procedures developed by - Stephen Klein, Ph.D. and members of his staff from the UCLA Research and Development Center, using a national grading program from Educational Testing Service, Inc. 3 3) Promotion and publicity resources, including: 4) 6)" 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) De. e a) Bruce Johnson, Vice President and West Coast Manager of iletro Radio Sales, has pledged ongoing media support of all DIRECTION SPORTS programs through the auspices of all Metro Media stations and affiliates throughout the United States. b) Howard Miller, Western Director of the USO, will provide a format for developing local advisory board and fund-raising task forces. c) Community service film strips designed both for radio and for television and produced by local studios in conjunction with the Motion Picture Producers Association will be available. These films include presentations by nationally known personalities, including such stars as Greg Morris of Mission Impossible. Organizational structure and joo descriptions for a Six-team DIRECTION SPORTS pilot program, presented by Booz, Allen, and Hamilton, Inc., management consultants. Personnel testing and screening forms developed by Robert A. Jones, Director, Testing PRrRSs University of Southern California. Daily sports activity lesson plans, prepared by coaches Walt Thurmond (Cal State L.A. , John McKay (USC), John Wooden (UCLA), and others. us Group discussion techniques, presented by a staff of psychologists, including Victor Coppin, M.A. of the DIRECTION SPORTS staff. Legal aspects of organizational structure, presented by Gerald Kleinman, partner in the law firm of Loeb and Loeb. (Any and all new DIRECTION SPORTS programs can receive non-prorit status, based on the fact that DIRECTION SPORTS, Inc. is a federally chartered non-profit corporation.) f Use of park and recreation facilities, discussed by Joseph Lewis of the City of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation. Association with city school systems, discussed by Sam Hammerman, Director of the Office of Urban Affairs, Los Angeles City Schools. The submission of the names of all new members so that the DIRECTION SPORTS jacket can be sent. ce tein een ete aS A formal agenda will be included in the final invitation. Also, the national television shows being booked will be outlined. Please call or write should you have any questions. Looking forward to meeting your representative and coming to your city in the future, I remain, ae ao LL ? Coes aN rane N. Brown Président
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Box 1, Folder 22, Document 2
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- Text: May 2, 1969 Mr. J. Forrest Gee Purchasing Agent City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Forrest: Thank you very much for your letter of April 30, 1969 regarding the fire at Perkerson Park and my memorandum of April 24. As previously stated, we are extremely anxious to get back into operation at Perkerson Park at the earliest possible date and it has been determined that it would not be practical for the limited number of carpenters in this department to undertake the repair. Because of the time element in bidding, preparation of contrects, etc., I'm afraid the summer would be over before substantial repairs had been made. Thus, we were delighted when informed by the insurance carrier that they would prefer to follow the policy currently used by the Atlanta School System in permitting the insurance carrier to bring in their own bonded contractor to do the work. Accordingly, I discussed this matter with my Chairmen, as well as with Mr. Charles Davis and Mr. Earl Landers. All of these gentlemen agreed that the most practical thing to do is to allow the insurance company to engage a contractor. It did not occur to me that this proposed arrangement would have to be cleared by the Purchasing Committee em City funds were really not involved. Accordingly, with the approval of my Committee, I authorized Accurate Construction Company to start work on Perkerson Recreation building Tuesday, May 6, 1969. A Mr. Smith, of Accurate Construction ny, telephone 523-1986, will supply me Monday with a certificate of pepe ag protecting the City of Atlante during the repair period self. We heve prepared for the May 5th Board of Aldermen Meeting a resolution suthorizing the City to allow its insurance carrier to engage a private construction firm. I hope and trust that our action is within the spirit and intent of Section 31-37 of the City Code, and I particularly appreciate your calling its provision to my attention. Mr. J. Forrest Gee - 2=— May 2, 1969 Finally, we have entered a claim for fire loss on the contents of the building and there will be many dozens of items we will have to requisition for replacement purposes on an emergency basis. Sincerely, Jack C. Delius General Manager of Parks and Recreation JCD3 jw ] ccs Mr. R. Earl Landers, Mayor's Cfiflice — Mr. Thomas F. Choyce, Associate City Attorney Honorable Charlie Leftwich Mr. Pierce Whitley, Assistant General Manager of Parks Mr, Stanley T. Martin, Assistant General Manager of Parks Miss Virginia Carmichael, Director of Recreation Mrs. Mary Sue Liady, Community Center Director
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