Box 3, Folder 17, Document 8

Box 3, Folder 17, Document 8

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Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc.
101 Marietta St. N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 525-4262
William W. Allison, Executive Administrator
Boisfeuillet Jones, Chairman, Board of Directors

Decenber 8, 1969. SOUTH FULTON CNAC TO
eam SPONSOR COUNTRY MUSIC
site Rea ee BENEFIT DECEMBER 14

October, but we've been









rather busy! Jim Single
Just in case we don't see Country music fans, get ready. The South Fulton CNAC
you again for a while, is sponsoring a big Country Music Festival Benefit in

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY the East Point City Auditorium, 3 to 6 p. m. on Sunday,

NEW YEAR. For good measure December 14,
maybe we'd better add HAPPY







GROUND HOG'S DAY, too. RECORDING ARTISTS TO APPEAR
-Public Information Stars giving their time to help raise money for a
525-4262 community fund in a densely populated poverty area are:
Jim Single, Jimmy Lewallen, Clayton Head, Phil Peace and

the Peacemakers, Jimmy



Meyers and the Cherokees .
with Carolyn Carl and Dude Pap Test Project

King, and Tommy Farrell. Set For Perry Homes
A number of local and
state officials will be An all-out campaign to

present at the benefit, in- detect uterine cancer will
cluding East Point Mayor be waged in Perry Homes on
Robert E. Brown. EQOA chief December 10, 11, and 13.

Bill Allison will be on EOA is cooperating with
hand to present a certifi- the Westside Branch of the
cate of appreciation to American Cancer Society and
Tommy Farrell for his work a host of other agencies



in staging the festival. | and volunteers to reach
some 1200 low-income women
Former aide, Mrs. Elizabeth TICKETS AVAILABLE with the Pap-smear test,
Holland (right), is shown breast self-examination and
with classmates Mrs. Rosa All tickets are $1.50 general cancer preventive
Huff and Mrs. Betty Ray and and may be bought at the’ education.
Herbert Goree, acting cen- door. (For information on Volunteers to assist in
ter director, Northwest advance ticket sales, call the project are still need-
(Perry Homes). 767-7541.) ed, Call 522-6475.

MRS. HOLLAND
LANDS JOB AFTER:

AIDE TRAINING

Today's world is a rapid-
ly moving place.

And the skills needed to
run it change just as fast.

For this reason, a great
number of companies and
government agencies are
moving to re-evaluate out-
dated hiring policies.

Mrs, Elizabeth Holland,
now an employee of Atlanta
Mortgage and Brokerage Com-



pany, has her job because i ,
of such a re-evaluation. ae : 7

Until a few weeks ago, WILLIAM CALLOWAY, vice chairman, EQOA Board of Directors,
Mrs. Holland was employed congratulates community leaders MRS. ETHEL COX and MRS,

(Continued on page 2.) LENA HUNT as he names Central City as Center of the Month,


MRS. HOLLAND,

Continued from page lL

as a neighborhood service
aide at the Northwest EQOA
center. While with EQOA,

she trained ina new pro-
gram offered to all aides
with at least one year of
service. The eventual goal
of the program is to place
aides in better paying jobs.
Like other aides, Mrs. Hol-

land received full salary
but was allowed to take
half her clerical training
during regular working
hours.

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKED

After two months of
training at Atlanta Area
Tech, opportunity knocked
for Mrs. Holland.

Atlanta Mortgage and
Brokerage Company was look-
ing for a cashier. They
didn't particularly need a
person with a high school
diploma and three years of
business school, even
though Mrs. Holland has he
diploma. They simply want-
ed an intelligent person
who could work with num-
bers.

Through an interview
arranged by Mrs. Ann Jack-
son and Mrs. Cynthia Monta-
gue, co-ordinators of the
Aide Training Program, Mrs.
Holland got the job.

Summing up the training
program Mrs. Jackson stated,
"Marketable skills is the
real goal. If we can teach
that, then we will have
made a dent."

I COULD BE YOUR
little gorl.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:

FULTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT
OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES

165 Central Avenue, S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Phone 572-2406







EOA STORIES IN PICTURES







LAST OF ORIGINAL CENTER
DIRECTORS LEAVES EOA -
Northwest resident Mrs.

Ruby Hawk was one of many
who paid tribute to George
Dodd at a testimonial din-
ner last month. Other
spokesmen included communi-

ty leaders Mrs. Mary San-

ford, Mrs. Carey S. Howard
and Mrs. Odessa Hill;
Johnny Robinson represen-

ting the Mayor's office and
George Toomer from the YMCA,

PERSELLS HONORED - Lester H.
Persells (right), executive
director of the Atlanta
Housing Authority, was hon-
ored recently with a lunch-
eon arranged by Mrs. Susie
LaBord at the Grady Homes
Child Development

With Mr. Persells are J.T.
Crittenden (left), associ-
ate director of housing,

and EOA's Bill Allison.

Center.

STAR PUPILS - Aides Mrs. Elizabeth Barker, NASH-Washing-
ton, and Mrs. Annie Sue Bogan, Central City, demonstrate
a machine used in four Learning Centers as part of EOA's
Aide Training Program.



NO MUSCLE SPASMS HERE,
IT'S BALLET - West Central
youngsters enjoy their
dance and drama classes

taught by volunteers Cheryl
Harris and Maye McGhee,
Spelman students.



SESAME
youngsters are enthusiastic
over the new T. V. learning
program featuring cartoons,
Songs, puppets and dancing.

STREET - Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh staff members
who assist at Gideon Elem-
entary School and Parker
Junior High are Mrs. Mary
Lee Lockett, Mrs. Elizabeth
Holliday and Mrs. Patsy
Leslie.
NOVEMBER 7 excerpts



Report to the Board

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William W. Allison

The Senate, October 14, has approved the bill for the continuation of OEO for two
more years. Considerable discussion has developed around the Murphy Amendment which
gives a veto over Legal Services Projects. Mayor Elect Sam Massell, speaking in be-
half of the U. S. Conference of Mayors and National League of Cities,urged the rejec
tion of the Murphy Amendment. The OEO bill is expected to be brought to the House
floor in early December,

On August 22, 1969, the Executive Administrator directed that a Task Force be set up
to explore new and different resources and combinations of services that would both
reduce cost and make EOA programs more effective in the communities they serve.



The Atlanta GATE House for Job Corps has completed one year of operation. During
this period, it has served 1,281 returning enrollees, males and females. Of this
number, 719 have been placed on jobs or in training programs. The average hourly
wage for these has been $1.75 per hour. Six thousand three hundred six separate ser
vices were provided to the total persons served. These services were either direct
or referral and covered the following broad areas: health, legal referral,housing
assistance, educational assistance, emergency welfare, transportation for job inter-
views, Job Corps related problems, pre and post emloyment counseling.

ACEP current figures of program participants for the period ending October 28, 1969
are: Institutional (MDTA): 81; New Careers: 79; Project Ready: 118; Total: 2/8-. Em-
ployability Plan Completed; 29; and NAB Placements: 23; Total placed in employment:
52"



As a public service, General Motors is making available 3,000 brochures depicting
Start Now Atlanta Volunteers at work.



The Planned Parenthood Association family planning program was featured on Chan-
nel Five November 1/7, Services in the project continue’ to increase. Approximately
4,500 persons have been served during the current year.





The Rodent Control Project has been in operation for approximately ten(10) months.
The major foci of this project are: Resident participation, Inter-Agency Coordina-
tion, and Rat Killing.

Approximately thirty-five (35) clubs have been organized in the target area to assist
the project in implementing the rat activities. More than 300 meetings have been
held with residents focusing on the problem.

Clean up and poison have been undertaken in: Pittsburgh, Huff Road Community John-’
son Road Community and Northwest Perry area (except Perry Homes).

More than 212 junk cars have been moved from the streets. The rat population has
been substantially reduced. The environmental sanitation has generally been im-
proved. The project is now in the process of doing maintenance and final surveys

for a final report to HEW. In addition, more than 100 garbage racks are being built
for residents who need them most.

The monthly report for the Atlanta Southside Comprehensive Health Center for Octo-
ber 31 indicated that services have been extended greatly since June when the new
building opened. To date, of the 16,240 patients who are eligible for service, 7328
have been registered, approximately 2,231 patients were seen at the center in Octobe
and there have been 25,000 home visits to patients since July.

The Center staff consists of nine (9) full time physicians, 6-4 time physicians aml
six (6) consultanting physicians, four (4) full time dentists, 1-% time dentists,
seventeen (17) full time registered nurses and 161 individuals who reside in the
target area, and are eligible for care at the center, 84 of whom above completed the
PATE curriculum and are working in Fhe warioane maramediral enhkenrnfoceinnal elore.


AT THE LIBRARY

CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS

Special Christmas programs will be held in 11
branches of the Atlanta Public Library.

Miss Bertha Parker, Children's Coordinator for
the Library, will tell traditional Christmas stories
including "The Little Match Girl” and "Twas the Night
Before Christmas."





Films, including "Kustard the Dragon," will also
be shown in some of the branches. Also scheduled is
the Christmas fantasy, "Christmas Cracker."

Free to the public, programs will be held at the
following branches:

see below
Storyhours and Film Programs

3:30 p. m., Thursday, December 11, Lighting of the Tree
at Smith Memorial Branch, 972 Alpharetta Street, Ros-
well, Ga.

3:30 p. m., Tuesday, December 16, Adams Park Branch,
1480 DeLowe Drive, S. W.

3:00 p. m., Wednesday, December 17, Ida Williams Branch,
269 Buckhead Avenue, N. E.

1:00 p. m., Thursday, December 18, Inman Park Branch,
447 Moreland Avenue, N. E.

3:30 p. m., Friday, December 19, Anne Wallace Branch,
528 Lovejoy Street, N. W.

Storyhours Only

3:30 p. m., Tuesday, December 9, Uncle Remus Branch,
945 Gordon Street, S. W.

3:30 p. m. Wednesday, December 17, Hapeville Station,
Hapeville Recreation Center, Hapeville, Georgia

11:00 a. m., Saturday, December 20, Kirkwood Branch,
106 Kirkwood Road, N. E.

2:30 p. m., Tuesday, December 23, Sandy Springs Branch,
395 Mount Vernon Highway, N. W.





IN SYMPATHY

EOA expresses’ sympathy to the following persons +

Mrs. Yvonne Bankston, planning analyst,
her mother-in-law.

Mrs.
her father.

The family of W. A. Edge,who passed away recently.
Edge was one of the

burgh and was a member of the

Recreation Subcommittee, and attended most of the CCH
meetings.
Mrs. Susie Arnold, Edgewood intake aide, on the loss of

her daughter.

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ye Sorry, but we left off two:

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Many new
on the loss of

Bunny Jackson, director of planning, on the loss of

Mr.

most active CNAC members in Pitts-
Planning Subcommittee,

Se

CHANNEL 5 TO
AIR EOA FILM
DECEMBER 23

START NOW ATLANTA, the
exciting film of poverty
tours and volunteers, will
be shown on Channel 5 at
10 p. m. on December 23.

In announcing the prime
time slot for the film,
Miss Dale Jacobs, Public
Service Director for WAGA-
TV, called the film "an
excellent one" for the
people of Atlanta to see.

The full color movie
was produced by intern Ben
Dyer and given to EOA as a
public service by AT&T.
Plans are being made to
publicize the film over the
country for showing by
clubs, businesses, and
other groups.

In metropolitan Atlanta
the film may be reserved by
calling 525-2068.

ON - THE - GO
STAFF MEMBERS

-- MRS. SUJETTE CRANK,chief
of neighborhood service op-
erations, attended the White
House Conference on Hunger
and Nutrition during the
first week in December.

- MRS. MADELINE LOCUS, as-
sistant coordinator for com
munity development ,and Mrs.
ANNIE LOIS TURNER, chair-
man of the Full-Year Head
Start Council, attended the
Head Start and Child Deve-
lopment Conference in New
Orleans, November 16-20.

The two delegates report
ideas on parent
involvement which was the
theme of the meeting.

- JOHN CALHOUN, coordina-
tor for community develop-
ment, has made two trips
to Tampa, Florida,as a con-
sultant for Regional OEO.

Mr. Calhoun was also a
special guest and advisor
to the fall meeting of the
Licensed Practical Nurses
Association of Georgia held
at Calloway Gardens.

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