Abstract

Volume two, Number 8, August 1972

  • BG city manager accepts new post
    • Leslie Allen, current city manager
    • Harold Hilliard, former city manager; was replaced with Leslie Allen
  • Local Manpower program honored
    • Mr. Charles Furr, State of Kentucky Manpower Coordinator
    • Mr. Charles Ross of the Neighborhood Employment Service
    • Mr. James Cormney, Coordinator of Manpower Training in Bowling Green
    • Mr. John G. Napier of the Full Employment Commission
  • Firm studies pool proposal
    • Florence & Hutchinson
      • Mrs. Frank Neuber, spokeswoman for Florence & Hutchinson
    • Jim Tucker, a lifeguard at the new Parker-Bennett pool
  • New association formed in [the] state
    • Seven organizations across the state, including the Public Defender Association
  • Mental health executives, Byrd and Holmes, approved
    • Following an hour of charges and countercharges, the executive board of the Barren River Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board approved the appointments
      • Tom Byrd is the executive director
      • Carroll Holmes is the regional community coordinator
      • Dr. Robert Whitten is the associate director of the local venter
      • Carol Moore is a chairman of Monroe County
      • Hunter Widener is the associate director of the Glasglow center
  • BG Teen Center attracting many
    • Stan England is the center director
    • There are three Neighborhood Corps workers assisting in the program by organizing and supervising recreational activities
      • Carolyn Fox
      • Diane Butts
      • Demon Spears
  • Elderly BG woman receives GED from [the] learning center
    • Mrs. Eliza Hatfield set a new record at the local Adult Learning Center; at 72, she is the oldest person to receive their GED certificate
  • Official is hired by crime council
    • Charles D. Bunch is a planner-coordinator
    • Dr. Joy Kirchner is a WKU faculty member
  • The Neighbor speaks
    • F.O. Moxley
  • The Neighbor staff
    • Clark Hanes, Editor
    • Barry Williams, Staff Reporter
  • State to conduct employment survey
    • An occupational employment survey is to get underway in the ten-county Barren River Region of Kentucky in connection with a state-wide manpower training information system, according to Stokely B. Hall of the Bowling Green Vocational School
    • Gov. Wendell H. Ford
  • Official lauds local MC program
    • Gerald L. McManis, head of McManis Associates
    • Major General John Cushman
    • Commander of the 101st
    • Judge Basil Grifin
    • Mayor Spero Kereiakes
  • Local C.P. objectives are outlined
    • Training Goal
      • To develop and refine Model Neighborhood residents’ capabilities and skills for leadership
    • Objectives
      • To help Model Neighborhood residents know program components
      • To foster the acquisition of knowledge of component program objectives
      • To help Model Neighborhood residents analyze component projects and objectives, identify project elements, and select measures for monitoring and evaluating
      • To help Model Neighborhood residents understand the difference between monitoring and evaluation
      • To enable Model Neighborhood residents to relate to personal responsibilities
      • To ensure Model Neighborhood residents identify with the total community in the Model City effort
    • Citizen Participation Goal
      • To improve participation in the Model Cities program
    • Publication Goal
      • The last and most tangible objective is the publishing of a monthly newspaper which gives the Model Neighborhood residents an idea of what is going on in the Model Cities neighborhood area
  • ‘Summer 72’ applicants
    • Employed by Model Cities
      • Jennifer Wilson
      • Valerie Harris
      • Alfred Heard
      • Frank Ragland
      • Lonnie Tylor
    • Employed by Parker-Bennett
      • Water Bibbs
      • Robert Wilson
      • Debbie Daniels
      • David Gilbert
  • Employed by Urban Renewal
    • Sue Halcomb
    • Ruth Morrow
    • Pat Jewell
    • Employed by Comprehensive Family Services
      • Evelyn Nichols
      • Phillip Cook
      • Monty Honshell
      • Gaynell Johnson
      • Patsy Hampton
      • Elaine Smith
    • Employed by St. Joseph Center
      • Savaka Dunn
      • Beverly L. Marrow
      • Mark Haney
    • Employed by A.B. White
      • Willa Ruth Lewis
      • Ralph Boards
      • Thomas Duncan
  • Delafield group offers proposals
    • The Delafield Citizens Participation Council has voiced its opposition to the proposal to construct a new bridge across Barren River at the foot of Center Street
    • Mayor Spero Kereiakes
    • Robert McCormack is the Executive Director of Model Cities
    • Charles Bauer, spokesman of the Delafield Citizens Participation and Community Action groups
    • Frank Haney is the chairman of the Parker-Bennett Citizens Participation group
    • Charles Rogers is the city engineer

Disciplines

Genealogy | History | Urban, Community and Regional Planning

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