Half pounds of cocaine was confiscated last night and five people were arrested that raid took place at a motel off the perimeter in Smyrna, the names of those arrested are being held until a court appearance this afternoon, the street value of the coke estimated at 1 million more arrests are expected.
Theterry Hill apartment complex at 3510buauford highway was hit by a big fire this morning, Dick Myers of the Atlanta Red Cross was there and tells news are apartments destroyed, there's about six others that have minor damage.
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A man's life was saved, the guy lived on the third floor he had a hip cast on.
 because the fire, he could not get out of his apartment the stairs were completely engulfed in flames so just about the time he stuck his head out the window the ladder truck arrived and they got that ladder up and were able to get him out of the third floor apartment Fire probes are looking for a cause of that blaze there were no serious injuries for Cobb County school officials of five former South Cobb high school teacher Wayne Viscarando for allegedly in mall conduct with students the dismissal takes effect March 5 Mondo had announced he'd be quitting March 6 anyway to win private business in a letter of Vicerono acting Co Superintendent Jimmy Howard charges that the teacher had allowed.
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A playboy photographer is at the campus of the University of Georgia and Athens and he's there this week photographing the coed he's working on a layout for next September which will feature you the goals of the Southeast football conference and he says so far response to the session has been very good though it always seems to be and I can never figure out it you were minute you you the cicus last night little bit I'm wearing my whistle theress of ceremonies I got to get out there and say hello to everybody and get say ladies and gentlemen.
No, I really didn't and I practiced that all day I was really disappointed, but I'd like to say thanks to all the people down at the Omin circuit. I had a great time. I got my little whistle and a little certificate and we really had a ball it was great focus to get out and In fact at 11 we are going to interview the man who calls himself to the Phom of the circuit this year Elvin Bell he's the dareevil quite a character if he's the fanom just as well as his radio because you can't see him1041 WGST midday we go to the travel department now it Steve Burnnbaum he's taking a look at Well it's Thursday the 19th to February and I thought I'd just give you a little bit of the news and if you.
'Like to go back on that except for the ABC but about the there was nothing but crime, everything was related to crime, I guess that's the way it is, there was nothing about the children I must have missed that but the missing children that is they've found sending you the series but they have found all but one body now and there's 18 altogether and that covers 18 months so there's been about one a month.
Just shattering they also found yesterday the federal government aren't going to give them any help what was that but John says you know they all wanted independence on the federal government and the first person they crawl to when they want money as the federal government so that was probably expected but Sammy Davis is coming here in next month I think and going to do a show for $25 bucks and $100 a seat to raise money to help finance the whole thing and he spoke to Maynard Jackson that he might ask Frank Sattra to come and he said he'd no sooner called Frank and Frank said stop stop yes I'll come so Frank sinats coming to so they should do pretty well while we're on the film stars in the whole of Hollywood.
Because the whole of Hollywood is this whole country now with Reagan and.
Box office Bt Reynolds you know is so famous here and this is a cute little story I thought but he's going do another film here shortly and they're also having a fundraiser for him of course he raises quite a lot of money around here since he comes from here but Kent that John works with the office he's quite a young guys just got engaged he's getting married to a school teacher shortly and in June I think her mother works at an office downtown somewhere and this new movie that Bt Reynolds is going to make they need the office building on Saturdays and Sundays to make this movie anyway she was apparently the mediator is to organizingising when they had it and getting it all sew up legally and everything.
And when they'd finished the contract or whatever these Hollywood guys or whoever they were said to her, what would she like, you know they'd like to give her a present for all the work that she had done and she said she didn't want anything she would just like to meet Bt Reynolds well apparently you know she sort of forgot about it and then just one day a couple of weeks ago around the corner in her office, Bert Reynolds pokes' head around the corner and says oh hi Shirley, hi you darling and Rues on and puts his arm around her and gives her a kiss and all the girls in the office apparently just went swoon and nearly passed out and he made out that he'd known it few years and you know I thought it was a really cute story he'd been told what she'd wanted and that was on earth right well it seems to be a lot of catching enough to do I've just played your tape back.
And got offered, you know, I really hadn't replied to that properly from Christmas, that short  seventhth of December tape or whatever.
So I just went over it to see if I'd missed anything because I really made the other tape you last week or whatever without kind of going right through it but anyway, what do we go back to oh just an emergency call at the moment just to remind you that we are less than a quarter of veggyitete left can you believe that we have consumed an entire can of vegite in less than three months because we opened up before Christmas I guess we got that about them but it is nearly gone I said to the kids this very morning they didn have to last stuff the Canadian stuff is Aileen will tell you it' kind of hard and it doesn't taste as good and it's stronger but it's very expensive too well I know it's expensive sending it from New Zealand to us but it's like 250 a little one ounce jar or something it last it's no time at all?
The kids just don't eat it like they do the can it's wonderful while we're on bed, you might.
If you would care to, John was over at Beverly's the other night with these New Zealandt Beverly's got cans and cans of honey he can Beverly gets all the honey sent from New Zealand she gets large cans twice the size of the veggie might want scent but maybe you could consider sending us not too much because we don't really use that much honey but it would be nice to have a can if you're sending it by sea and it doesn't cost too much then then the other day my mouth watered and Marsha had some people for dinner we're funny here in a sunlight so and stuff but she had some people for dinner Sunday night and said whatd you have and she said that she had bought back with her unfortunately she said she wished they came in cans or something but she had bought that passion fruit pop that's something we don't have here and my mouth just water she said actually you know you said these things to people but at the same time you don't want to she said she could have eaten the whole thing herself you know it's so good and she just feels she hopes that they appreciate it the way that.
 sure knowing how far it's come and how much it's treasured by the kiwis but I had a funny experience of kiwi for it recently, you know they're 69 cents each if they're large and theyre usually between 49 and 69 cents each well.
I was having sunnys bridge girls to dinner here a week or so ago and I decided to have them for dinner. We don't normally make a big thing of it, but I had been to their places so many times and not you know had them back So I decided to have them for dinner and I made a you know what food Chinese thing beefstros for the main course. and then at festival we had cheese straws, which they all just demolished and next to no time. then we had the main course Chinese sort of thing and then I made, of course the usual paavlova and cream has got so expensive here I sit to marsha I did a real nasty thing. she said I don't know what you did she said I tell them that we are using cool for cholesterol purposes but cream, if you make a big pavlova, you can use a quarter of cream because the cream doesn't whip up as much here and it's $3 a call we pay for.
SoI use cool and the cream also goes back to water real easy So it doesn't keep you know so the cool whip stays real thick and good. So I used that. course I want to put kiwi fruit on top of it. you know the price they are you can cut slice one real but one of the stores here was advertising kiwi fruit at 49 cents a pound and I knew it was printing era but at the same time thought see what happened So I went down to it was colonial and they have a lot of them imported things I get my might that there and I went and I said to the guy the fruit department these 49 cents a pound and he said well he said 49 cents each I said well your advertisement which was delivered to my letterbox it wasn't in the newspaper it was just a thing that they put in your letterbox I says 49 cents a pound and he said well you I guess what'll have to be but he said I didn't like to make the decision He said, would you mind asking the office the store manager So I got I got1 off them and I went up to the counter and the woman said well it really meant to be.
49 cents a pound but if you insist I'll sell them to you 49 cents I mean if 49 cents each I'll sell them to you 49 cents a pound but you know that it's an mistake and I just stood there I made no comment at all I didn't say whether I would insist or not and she rang them up and of course they only cost me a dollar or 10 of them so that was an absolute bargain but I felt like saying to her they were getting soft and I nearly said to her well rock lady you could better getting 49 cents a pound than throwing them out because you'll be throwing them out any day now they were so so.
So I b on but just put them laden over the top of the pa labor and the girls were very impressed.
Well, that's enough on the food scene, but just you know to mention that vegieite and maybe honey or patient fruit poll if you can find it right now I'll go back and cover your all later and then we'll go on to.
Other funds.
Well, your tape started with telling me about the little duckies on the pond and how they come looking for you, I'm sure they do they're so well and I can just see them all pla of pussing up up your drive knocking at the door, reminded me of the column that I'm sending you with Louis Grzaard and the Playboy interview with that minister and he goes in as duck.
Well what was his name I don't know Charlie Duck or something There's an interview that guy's caused quite a stir here with his interview and playbo penthouse or whatever it was because I mean he must have known that if he didn't know what they were using at Poorish Charlie well should or anyway then you talked about Melanie coming to stay did she come because I guess they're all back at school now.
And then I've mentioned at that same time Rachel Kay, who Rachel's friend here, she's the kid was the artificial arm and Rachel was telling me I may have told you this but she could have what they used the word fake here everything's fake fake nail or fake this when they talk about Rachel Kenot having a fake hand it really just sends me stics but Rachel has just recently got a new arm and I guess they have to you change the size of it with a body growing and everything she's a small child but they've just got her a new arm and Rachel said it was very expensive I imagine under a Sunday of a0 dollars or something but she could have a fake hand made this place where they go to get the arm Rachel keyup was telling Rachel waters that there's fake hands there and she could have one but I guess that she would really I don't know whether it would be much more used to hook probably is a better deal it's too sided hook I mean she can grasp with it or she can hook with her and.
Anyway, whether or not she'd be any better off of her hand, it would just look better and maybe she'll get one when she's you a little older and stops growing a bit.
David hiring and firing must be quite fun. I can't imagine David firing anybody, but good on him if he has to do, he has to do it, but I know what pains it must put him through, and I would say that if he's having to do the accounting, he should either say, okay, I'll go you know back to school at night and get an accounting degree which might well be very handy to him as he gets older and can't fly and stuff or just pay him for, you know, extra money.
What of the other.
The strikes in New Zealand. De Marcisha came back and said she was just a bull because was rather thanmus that she should come back to the bus strike, which, of course Walter is not directly related to, but this is with that company and then you mentioned that guy that had the accident that sounded just terrible hell be really awful especially so young and I'm glad you enjoyed your Christmas gifts and the details and that they are cute they really do have fantastic stuff here actually I bought I went to Belllls that after Christmas. that's a real cute store here next to the travel agency and bought a whole lot of Christmas stuff. I didn't realize I got back to work and it came to $40 worth the stuff and I thought hell I can't have bought that much. I buy my Christmas cards. See they're all half price and I buy really nice ones then for half price and there's no worry with using them next year.
But I got back to the office and it was so expensive, I mean, having spent $40 and I couldn't believe I had I went through and I checked it and sure enough it was 80 odd you know that I would have spent if they'd been full price, but I got a whole lot of you know Christmas decorations and things and rub and and pieces.
Yeah you mentioned that you felt reminiscent with trip to New York and I didn't see that guy in Chinatown but I'm sure he's probably still there, but if you want to run went to the movies last night to see Paul Newman and Fort Apache the Bronx and I think if you go and see that you'll realize that did you go to the Bronx when you were up there but I came home and I thought hells bells you just when you've been to the Bronx or anywhere in the country and then you see these movies about it which we often do now you know where something's been filmed or whatever many, many movies made here in Georgia.
And the Le broronx movie last night just really brought it back to life. it's a fairly violent movie, but it it's pretty good. It's quite a bit of everything. Ps and prostitutes and murder and goodness knows rot and drugs and stuff. But it's very real. And it's that guy. the guy that plays the side of the chief in the 41st precinct or whatever. is oh shoot, what's his name. He He used to be on with Mary Tyler Moore, And he has his own show here. Ill Lou Grant.
And he's pretty good.
Television here is at the moment, all the best programs are on this particular month apparently they use as the rating time that from the ratings now they used for their advertising budgets and stuff like that. So we're getting the best stuff that television can provide movies and stuff east of Eden's just been on the little write up on the TV weekly about there it was very long eight hours, the first three were action packed full of sex and violence and but I felt like there were three hours the first night, two hours the next and three hours last night, the last night it really started to kind of the first night had been so action packed that the rest had seemed a little slow when the lady herself was out of it, she was the girl that's involved Its not really in the.
The last part very much just a couple of times.
And so that was pretty good though and there's some terrific movies on I mean really new movies that've just had Bt Reynolds Hooper, which the kids only saw last year and you know the home box office here of because we don't have cable television but cable television fantastic they get the latest movies on and like for people like you you know I think it costs Marsha and Walter or something nice six or7 a month to have cable television in their house and well their movie goes so Marshall Wal usually go to their local theater which has seats for 99 cents which is a hell of a good deal at the movies but at the same time if you're a movie goes it costs me $3 last night, you only have to go to three movies a month plus the fact that you just don't get out and go and if they're on television it's just terrific the variety of stuff that there is plus cable television has much better news and coverage world coverage of stuff much much better I think.
It was too bright read or something.
Everything she wear has to be brighter and better than anybody elses I thought she even out Sean Liz Taylor that day Did you see Liz's Taylor on television I'm sure if you got me coverage they you know went on to her, she was there of course they were always talking about how fat she is I mean Johnny Carton's always they're swinging off you know they went to a restaurant and but Lo's got there first and sort of thing there was no food left this sort of thing like she eats like a pig and she does apparently like a food but heaven's I looked like that at her age she doesn't look too bad I don't know she's still very beautiful although that movie.
The one about Auntteby, she was pretty plump in that, but she certainly didn't look that fat on TV the other day. what else have we here, Oh yeah, those Christmas things, I could send you a few little Christmas decorations if you want them, You know, have you've got a little tree that you put up or anything.
Well, that seemed to cover most of the any things I needed to answer in your tape oh apart from of course.
After Alan Thomas, oh, I liked the, I think the thing that killed me was that.
Muloon may have well given them a pardon, but he's only about to take a certain amount if any ch arrived and on his desk it would go back into the treasury. I thought that really was very clever and typical of Maloon's domineering ways. But heaven's above what do they want. I mean, lo above, it's unprecedented. And I mean that I think even that case would sort of hit here. And that sort of thing goes on here.
Well, I guess next thing we' go on to the hostages.
Which was a very long and drawn out saga. I was pleased that, you know, Carterta had a hell of a time in the last few weeks, etc cea. And there's been articles about how humiliating the whole election was. I do not see it like that. I just feel like if you're in politics that you win one year and you'll lose the next. It's very typical of the mood of people right now that these sudden landslides are coming because the people are unsettled the economy is not good. I mean, there's all kinds of world problems. And they just they're desperately looking for an answer. And they're not going find politicians mind you, but they sort of feel like they might be able to because these politicians make such wonderful dream plans. which of course, they' never come to fruition, but that's beside the point as far as they're concerned. But finally the hostage just came home.
And I just felt like their problems going to begin when they got here.
One of them broke his league skiing recently, which I don't know whether you read there just last week I think but you know, there have been many people that have suffered during wars and stuff and the Vietnam Ves really getting their nose put out a joint now over this thing I believe and I think Lord Gzaard covered that pretty well how I feel he always seems to be able to put what I think into words in his column the other day that I've sent you that's very much the feeling but you know this country just loves hearts and flowers and the yellow ribbon thing was just amazing, I mean how many yellow ribbons there were etca, etc ce, it was just.
You know, they get carried away and all this sort of reuniting of the country and all this sort of junk, you know?
They just get very, very carry away that's all been very good for Reagan, I believe but I felt like the last minute that Carter Stll was seen and he deserved to I mean he didn't do it deliberately but they kept him hanging on there till the last minute which they should never have done but you weren't dealing with rational people and you know it was nice that Carter went out on such a high note you know he is a very sort of emotional person and you know he was on television with tears in his eyes just saying that this was the happiest day of his life and I think he's genuine. there's one thing about Carter he may not have done a lot of good. he may not have done a lot of anything but I just feel like he was genuine. the country was in a state of shock after Nixon they wanted someone clean and to whitewash the whole thing and they got somebody like that he may not have been strong and had a lot of things that weren't good about him but it's a hell of a job.
To take on and you know, he's been very well received back here, of course people have made a fu of and I think that's nice poor old what's his wife's name.
Yeah.
Jimmy and dear my mind's gone blank, but anyway, Mrus. Carter has just been into hospital here in Atlanta and had her eyes done again, which of course has been hitline news. pooror woman can't have a plastic surgery without a being thrown across the country and you know just to tighten her eyes over, but she'd had it done once before when he was governor of Georgia I gather. anyway, but he'll find himself a little job. I believe he'd been offered a job at Georgia Tech. I thought I heard on the news yesterday, anyway, so they had their big shinig down in planes the night he came back a big barbecue and everything and he managed to get to that. it was raining the entire time and they had fried chicken in the works and thousands of people went. everybody in the state of Georgia was invited the entire population was invited to go and it was just in the streets of Plas which may well be the last big thing that Plas ever se because planes is just one little heckile really heck town and you know they interviewed the shopkeepers down.
There and people near brother Billy's gas station and all the rest of it. And they're so southern and theys. Can we to Jimmy get back gonna feel nice with Jimmy back with us, you know, and all the stuff. anyway, Well, on other things Reagan made big tax cuts yesterday, apparentlypparently earning under 40000 a year. You were accumulate over the next four years,$1500 that you wouldn't have had. And he hasn't given any concession to those earning over that at the stage. I guess they'll get at he's trying to make, you know, a means or whatever or make himself look good. I do. Sony and I've been playing Scrabble as usual, And I was having a long stretch of winning there for like three months I was ahead. And we started to keep a tally of how we were going. We would.
We kept a running scent for point you know and I was 5 up just about a month ago and I had been that way for quite a while, she hadn't won a game in a while and every time she did she just would get down a little and then I'd go back up again and anyway then all of a sudden the tides turned and I haven't been winning at cards either when I played with the girls I've been losing week after week but anyway.
All of a sudden, Sony starts winning and she's now up to $450, which means I've lost about $10 over the last few weeks. Well, the other night, she came up to play Scbble. and I think I had the best word that I've ever, ever had equinox on a triple letter score. I mean, get that woman and Sony just was absolutely mind bole. but unfortunately, I got that word very early in the game. and she beat me by 20 cents. I was furious the next morning I called her and I said, I have one question to ask how does a woman beat somebody were they word like equinox on a triple letter score, and she said they were hard. So anyway, but we have now taken to Rumeo as well. And I thought I might send you a game of rumo if you'd be interested. I thought this is a game with you mean over I'll explain in case you don't it's got big tiles. They're about the size of a matchbox, a little smaller And I thought maybe dad could handle.
Even if you use something to hold them, but they're big sort of like dominoes and they're numbered one through 13 instead of queen and Jack andster And it's a super game for the children to play. you might like to have it at your house for the grandkids to play. And you know it's fun for adults too Sony and Maine got hooked on and they can't wait for the kids to go to bed so they can play without the kids because it's painstaking with the children And we've started playing this it's really good.
Well, here we are on side, too. Anyway, the rumo all started. Miss tht was playing it with the children in the classroom. and then Sony got one. Now. we've got one w on bananas on the game.
Anyway, what else are we I've told you that gas is a dollar of0 a gallon. and I mentioned the east of Eden early, but I was going to say east of Eden was on and the first night was really very well, I had to have a notice you thing to that it was parent parental guidance which might be necessary because of the language and stuff on the movie. Well, I took P the next day. and the kids are just lightingning up outside their clients to go out into the playground.
And then I heard them talking once at all she see to Benden last night, Well, I've just about died. I mean, it number one. It didn't start till 8. It went on 11. And one of these fourth graders had seen.
Anyway, what else has been happening. Oh, P's been fun. Last week. this is at school. blacks a hypochond X I mean, they've always got a headache or an ache and foot or to or stomach or something's always wrong with them. They're never really entirely right. And anyway on Monday, I took P. I've changed from Fridays to Mondays again. So Monday I took P. And we had the soccer game And two kids hurt themselves. Well three one survived and the other two were just on the point of you know hospitalization. You feel like saying I'll get up and get going. but there's always that chance that they've broken their arm because you know, Matthew was just sitting in class when Sun went to get in the day, broke his arm It's sort of hard deny. And so I sent them up to Miss Wooton.
And to be repaired and doctored as they call it here. So anyway, finally, this class was just so rambunctious the day that I just decided that we were going in early and I learned the all up and whistled the on. And as I got up to the school, I went through the door and must first comes along fluttering our eyelashes. Well, you know, we've got this play going called Tom Sawyer. And Rachel has a partner she hasn't got a large part and she's in the last act thing. And she, of course, was going through all the things that she's going to need for props. And she said that she needed a picket fence. Well, Rachel immediately volunteered a picket fence. so I know where this one like and our front yard. And I'll ask my daddy, if I can bring some. well, she comes home last Thursday I.
Andnne says, can she have a piece of picket fence And John goes out and has a look and it pretty beat up Anyway, it's been there for 100 years It was he Be and Jack where can I take a piece of the picket fence to school, Well, okay, so John chops off in the middle They're out there in the dark chopping up this fence. They chop off about 7 foot of fence at a point where they could, you know.
Well, she said, I need it tomorrow. And I said, Rachel, Miss first has only just finished auditions for this play. And as much as we all like Miss first, she does not need the picket fence tomorrow, The play is not till going to be on until the end of the year. And there is, you know, even Miss first will understand the logistics of getting that fence to school. It simply does not fit in the car. Oh, okay, but she really needs it to. I said, well, you'll just have to explain to Miss first that we'd love to provide the picket fence, but she can't have it today. Okay, says Rachel's on Sunday, John gets the Toyota and Rachel and home go to the school with the picket fence. And they put it way up by a door up round the back. you know, near the school. Well, on Monday morning, Rachel runs into school. And she brushes him Miss first, we've got the picket fence Miss first and here to. Well Rachel, there is yes, exactly. well, we need it wonderful. Rachel's very excited thrilled that she has pleased Miss first. Well, then Miss first goes back to class and takes her students.
And Rachel goes to class at 11 o'clock, Rachel had to go to Miss first class for her own, you know, Les, and she runs out to see if the fence is there and it's gone and Miss first was going to send some boys out to bring it in.
Well, Rachel goes into class and she said to Miss first, have you brought the fence and Miss first, Mr St says, why no, Rachel, why, And Rachel said, well, it's not there. Well, Miss Fi flutterters the eyelashes, flies into out the door and sure enough, it's gone. W, she just turned that school into pandemonium that it had gone. So she goes down to see Mr. Little, who's the black guy that cleans the cafeteria. And, you know, generally does things round the place Change light bulbs and God knows what. And Mr. Little had taken the fence. And he had pulled it apart. and he had thrown it the dumpsterster. Who.
Beauty first or a woman.
A mad woman.
And she just did a stack and she ordered him to get it out of that dumpster and get it back together, and he wouldn't do it.
I think he knows there's conflict. anyway. So she went and told Wheoughton, who then had to come and tell Miss Do to do it. And of course, if Thomas Wheton, he had to do it. And Rachel, when I got to school, Oh, guess what, guess what, she couldn't wait to tell me, Well, when I came in the door, Betty first, I run into her and she said, you'll never guess what the beautiful pick why, I j the perfect, beautiful.
What to say and she said what you believe that, she stands with her hands on hers, you know what I mean, she says you know what I mean?
What she meant was she believed that in nar, which was a possibility, of course. And she said, you watch. It'll turn up tomorrow. It'll be there or one be, you a'.
Well, she was just hostile and I told her.
 you know Id had all these kids hurt themselves in the class and I said these black kids are hypochondriacs and she said, well, you know, I'm duck as white, I'm a widow as she's told me I don't have what does, she said my husband used to say.
You know, these happy lucky black people. Well, it ain't true. They're all sack of all got something wrong with them. And she's betting the eyelashes. And oh she's just a hoot of a woman. Well, anyway, I went down and saw Felps' the teacher said hell it going do she could hear it staring above and she said, well the fence there went out and saw it was in pieces in the dumpster out and he's it back God knows's going get back together, must have taken by pull damn thing. it's an off. but it was still two rows the picket sort of nail to those. anyway, the funny thing is course he left mean we it on this porch. which was of out of the well not in an area where things are been chucked out said'd only left a name wouldn't have thrown it away. but he didn't know what it was. And he just thought it was rubbish and that people there for him to throw out and felt said to me and threw it later were still telling him to get rid of it. oh dear I don't know what's gonna happen And shes just so distraught about the whole thing I guess I gather there're trying to get the first act of the play for the parent teacher meeting about a week or two I guess I'll need it for that. dear dear what a fu anyway, So that school.
I might have told you this anyway so we go to the library and we asked the black lib librarian to give us the names of some interesting black people so she gave us the name of two or three we went away and really took the first books we could find and Rachel did George Washington Carver who was I guess an agricultural scientist and he discovered peanut butter, which was very helpful to the south just after the war and cotton on everything on things was so devastated here he died young and tragically and she did him and she came home and she said to me I thought she told me everyone would be doing Muhammad Ali she said.
Everybody's doing and I said George Washington Car yes, she said everybody's doing because I didn't know with anyway, and Matland Dr Charles Drew who was very involved with pla during the war but he lost his job because with Red Cross because he didn't believe that black and white blood should be segregated and I was telling BJ at work but you know how fascinating that was to us and I mean that was Second World War and you know like I guess that was about 1945 she said my dear I'll have you know black and white blood.
 segregated here till 1959.
Wwhichch one so long ago and she said in fact I'm sure there's for still people I want to make sure it's come from so anyway which is funny anyhow they did their projects and both got excellent so they put a lot of time into them Rachels had an enormous assignment she had to do a title and had objectives and a hypothesis on a state each child got selected a state whose was Oklahoma which turned out to be quite interesting and I was very pleased with what she turned and they had fought within that they had four very large assignments to be completed by suit.
It was an overall project, but they had to do a map of the area and on a big poster and.
They had to write about it and the reasons why, oh that's right, she Oklahoma is kind of you know as far as people are concerned sort of uninteresting and her title was which is the question is Oklahoma as interesting as the other 49 states and her hypothesis was that she was going to prove that it was and then you she came to the conclusion that definitely it was just as interesting and had some things you know much more interesting than other states, I think one of the things we found having not been to Oklahoma it's one of the only states we haven't been to.
Was that they have a canal system there right through the city, lots of canals and barges, just like they do in Europe. And, of course, they used a great deal. And lots of railways. And even Maitland said, oh, you know, I know why they have railways to get all the elephant. The corner as high as and elephants. I right to the marketplace. So, you know, it was quite interesting for all of us. And also, Oklahoma was a state where many of the Indians were pushed out to during the.
Time when they push them off the land.
So other than that, oh, she's on Saturday at the arts Fine arts school, you know, we're enjoying that, the Barin's coming along well and the teacher we have Pa theory is just fantastic Lyn Thompson but he's getting a little tired of the you know attendance rate of some of the black children, etc and they have a problem because they've got Crim Crim being the head of education for Atlanta has provided the money for this class and Northside High School is the area that we come into there's three or four on Saturday and different parts of the town.
But this one is our area and that's the largest North side High School have an enormous arts, fine arts section, which is part of Georgia State University, and shortly they're planning to have for it to be that the Georgia State kids will actually go there for their music and stuff.
And this guy that we have is fantastic and the art and drama they have people from the All Theat I mean they've got the cream of people to teach these kids of course you know the Gs like Mary's, they just simply take it with a grain of salt I think if they charged them just something it would help but because it's totally free they can take 500 kids on a Saturday and the attendance rate has dropped 250 and it's sad that it can't be maintained it that it's just ridiculous because the teachers get disheartened you know but anyway he's just fantastic with them now they're going to have a great big performance at the end of the year where they'll do all their little things and he said since the theory class can't really show anybody what they're to do.
He is going to ask them to write a melody and he will do the bass and sort of fill it out of button and he will then get played for them so that the parents can see well Rachel's just she can't get to pianos often enough she big house Beverly she played for an hour the other night she's made up the song and she's got a little friend at school April Jackson and they've been the music teacher there that's them use her piano anytime they have a few minutes and they're going down there and they're going to compose something together and oh she's really enjoying it because she can write music now and you know she understands it so they should come up with something pretty good I think she'll just die when she sees what he'll do with it when he you know sps it up and fixes up in states.
It'll make it into quite a nice tune, she won't believe what it's going to sound like in the end, I think.
So she's really enjoying that.
And Maitland's doing what does he do. He has swimming on Monday and Wednesday. He's repeating a four weekek course at us, and he's repeating a course he's in the shark group. They call them sharks. And he's just got to do papos last thing. But they have made the courses much harder since when Rachel did them They've changed them a little. And he was fine with shark. He ss better than most of the children except because he's only7. And most of the kids in that class of 10. And so he's smaller than they are. but he had to repeat it because he had not mastered the butterfly stroke, which he'd only started that course. And he's just not strong enough at it. But this time, this four weeks, he's really doing a whole lot better. And I could never do that butterfly stroke. It's real hard to get yourself out of the water. I never ever did do it. But you know, really enjoying that. And he has he has to wear goggles because his eyes are very.
 and the chlorine affects them badly I mean it affects Rachels too, but has for some reason they're affected a lot worse then oh, he's just nuts about his karate class and he's very interested in that and enjoying it.
Rachel has gymnastics on Wednesday afternoons She only goes one day a week becausell just between you and me there's one thing Rachel, it's a gymnast she's too tall. she's just simply too big to be you know sort of supple enough. she's just not got that you know the kind of physique that they tend to have but the kid loves it So what can you do with a kid that loves it you got to let her do it and she's now getting her own what do they call it you know routine altogether on the bars So she's real happy about it and it's good exercise for her and even if that's all it is she's enjoying it so I feel like you know it's worth keeping it up.
What else have theyve been doing, They've been to the movies. They went to see every which way with Cltice they're into Cly doing movies now they're into rock music, something unbelievable. The maiden singing na until five it's the only way to do it with Dolly Pardon and she's become an absolute superstar since that movie she is incredible. They haven't her interviewed on television quite often she's just worked and worked and worked she's got she came from very poor family, of course, and she's just got a stamina and away with her. she really is overdone as sheocks and everything on the boob. got which are a source of you know fun all the time. she's just done extremely well. And now that she's into movies and she's about to make a movie with Bert Reynolds she's going to be a mighty superstar, I would say.
They say the movies we, I haven't seen it yet.
What other movie was there, oh yeah, talking of her being a country singer or she was, she's sort of pop now, but have you if you go get a chance to see the coal miner's daughter, I think you'd enjoy that it does a good movie.
Well, what other movies are there that are apparently pretty good?
Well of course there was Dad's alltime favourite Mary Tler Moore has gotten to the awards this year I see with her movie ordinaryinary People in which she plays the part of a mother with a son that wants to commit suicide and of course you'll know that her own son did at the same time of the movie which is rather tragic, she's really had a hard life that woman.
Well of course it's just been Valentine's day and we made Belgian biskeits by the mile I think we made in the end well because you're joining two together which always there' a pain we made 160 twice and gave them away to people and all their teachers and stuff and the kids enjoyed that and Mrs. Curly and Be and Jack had the New Zealanders staying at the time so I gave Beverly a whole lot, she said they were demolished in no time I gave Mara four, she said not too many, gave Mara for the first night she got them mountain Walter from the kids you know they give Valentine's Maitland had given water of Valentine's from little chief to big chiefs which was cute and anyway you know Rachel Gison to Meritus the cho teacher and all that stuff.
Anyway that apparently Walter from Marsha, she was dividing her four cookies out over for two nights to each a night Well the first night she gave Walter one with a cup of tea and he said, did you eat my other one and she said no I didn't said where is it where is it and she said, well you're gonna have to wait till tomorrow night you know you're not to eat both at once. she can spare them out they have one a night he said heaven's apparently couldn't wait for the next night to get his other cookie I must make a somewhere but they tend not to I don't like to send Marsha too much cake and stuff because they eat out a lot and you know they go to the theatre all the time in fact I must speak to her today, they went to see Jekyll and Hyde last night at the Alli Theat but they're always going to the somethingphon or the theatre or some damn thing and of course they eat out Well so she tends never to have desserts at home because they visit people a lot that too So I don't like to give the Tim cookies but Bvan Jack Beverly just loves cakes. She's always baking cakes hates to cook a meal but loves to bake cakes Well these New Zealand does turned up.
Lris and Merv Wiishhart from Blenham, he's the lawyer, he's got four daughters, too of which I think Living Wellington one's just got a law degree and she's married, I think, and the youngest ones married and the two in the middle under where they are but there.
Two or three of them live in Wellington.
And they arrived or, I guess a week as I go anyway, Beevvancheck honestly took them to five basketball games that John was in you know then went to two in one day and Maa and I were just on a stiric I mean hell who wants to come all the way if they'd taken them to the omni to see a game of some kind that would have been you a treat although the circus is on at the moment except for the one night the circus had to give up the soccer but so there's no sport on there right now, but taking them to the omni would have been sort of a treat but to sit on those hard the old school soccer school basketball games is hardly you know international adventure anyway, but that's Beevvan Jackck's life, you know and they took them to Westminster how many nights at different things, but that's all they do Well finally on what did they do on the Sunday they sent them on a bus tour of you Stone Mountain and all that and I think that was probably the best thing it gave Beverly a moment free and it also let them sort of do their thing And then John they got back to the hotel where they picked that up at three and John went pick them up walk them back here and we had afternoon tea and then they went for what run the garden here you know the big house and there.
And of course he's laughing and Karen it was just shambles and then of course we're set to a time factor with that we've got to be at the game at the school at 830 or something, but anyway it was great fun we went to this game.
Mitland or John was working at the concession stand so Maitland felt that that was in itself was enough that he was entitled to have some money to spend because we usually don't let them have popcorn and stuff at these games well I gave him a dollar well he apparently how I heard about this I mean I knew he was having good time but the next day Sunny was outside and Matthew and Maitland were up the tree and Maitland said to Matthew oh Matthew I went to a basketball game on Saturday night oh man it was fun and I had two Cokes had two Cokes and my mother gave me a dollar.
Came home with like 80 cents or something because when we were leaving the game, Jack had said to him, made a look on the ground, you'll find some money and sure enough, he looked straight down there's 10 cents and then I looked over and I said hey that on there's a quarter he had all this money on ground that had been the highlight of his night together whether or not hed watched the game they watched the cheerleaders who just awful jumping around and doing this splits and things but it was a good game Westmin to one of course so that always makes Beverly and Jack happy.
And we had very extremely nice people.
And they were sort of girls, really, they're heading off to South America. They'd packed all their baggage off home from here and they were, or they're going to pick it up now A as they were heading off to South America with, you know, nothing more than an knapsack. And you know, theyre really having a great trip.
So that was that Oh, do you remember when you were here?
You we took you to that horrible fast food restaurant, you know, we told you how well they had done it wasn't like McDonald's or anything it wass this privately owned one called the Vasty well I can't remember if we took you to the vastty downtown or the no we didn't we took you to the vastty because remember I had thatd pothole that's right it was the vaststy junior which its the father and son the father owned the one downtown and the son owned that one we went to well the son whose name is Gory their name is Gry juniorr he is Well recently he was at a steakn shape another fast food joint not a having breakfast one morning and the police were called because.
 riot or some d thing you know, someone was creating a disturbance and it was the guy and he was drunk and he went out into the parking lot and the cops turned up and he pulls out a gun and they shot him dead, they just don't ask questions you just don't pull a gun around here they just shot this guy down He's dead It's just been you know quite a shock to them it hadn' right just along the street here you know out in this area which dear I do you just don't you know do anything suspicious in front of the cop so you really do risk your line.
Well, Suie called the other day and she said, oh hi Sharon, she's got a real sort of hand voice and she's always perrkky and happy hi Sharon, Kelly you know she and they have just been to Rio de Janeiro for 1 days for a holiday although Eddie was telling John the other day's just exhausted they've had a lot of people staying, you know, been sort of busy and.
You know, even going to Rio was tiring. but she said, oh, we brought the children back a present from Rio, you know, do you think that they'd be able to pop over for a minute. And I said, I'm sure they'd be delighted. She' make sure they put on warm jackets you know, and she really they're just so cute with the kids And you know, they've got no kids at home now and they rattle around in that house like two bloody peas. It's just the fair the maid has to stay over now Fdie's out of town and it just makes me laugh because the maid lives above there you know the cars there And Suie's rooms at the very other end of the house and the maid is you know got to be 65 what the hell pair of them would do if anything happened anyway, but I guess it feels certainly wouldn't feel better than being there by yourself because even John said it's a little frightening And when you you know, the thing is if something does happen well you just don't know. So anyway.
The kids went over and they bought Maitland back a beautiful kite red and black which is thelan of Felcon's color and Rachel a jade heart which and it was right on Valentine's it was just a couple of days before and it's jade piece of jade in the shape of a heart and then the gold just sits around the edge of that and has a little thing and so she had nice gold chain and we put on it it's just parcious and as it happens you know special stones for us you know ametust and just few stones from the area and they gave them all their leftover Brazilian money too so the kids were just thrilled and they took over to them a whole lot of Valentine hearts and apparently Eddie took them as aside and he said oh Maitland he said I'm going eat all these for my supper he said I'm going to eat the whole heart the kids will laugh that felt was funny because he sort of tend to you know forget that he's a father too and he's really quite a nice guy it's just a little like Howardard H you know he's real sort of fairly quiet.
 they're not big jet set types.
Anyway, I must start telling you a few other things because this tape's going run out The Patsy, I mean, Patsy is just unreal. I'm home today. I have decided that I am not working five days a week. Well number one, I don't really think Patsy can afford it but I was getting to the stage that on a Friday I was doing the accounts and if the computer went out or anything I was there too late. you not't have to get John home and then I' have to go back that sort of thing. And so I told her I'd go on on Tuesdays and Fridays. I'll do the ATC report on Tuesdays and I'll do the billing on Friday for her and that'll help her out anyway she's just amiss I mean that office I she's amiss. I mean every day there's a crisis and she just seems that she can take a mind off one crisis by finding another one that's either the more important or more pressing or whatever. but you know one day they're about to take a car off because a payments she's three months behind the car payments or it's always something or she's 10000 short for ATC or just God knows somewhere another the money comes in but that money shouldn't be going to where she puts it most times. and there's other people she should be giving it to she's just hope that she'd never organize her as much as dad might say I can I'm afraid you cannot organize someone that somebody has got so far behind with capital. she needs capital pumped in.
And to clothes that I had never seen before, so anyway.
One else is great and importance here I sit with my veggie might taste on a cup of coffee and it tastes so good, you've just got no when you taste it, it's just a h.
Anyway.
The other thing I made last night was some jello. we get frozen raspberries here. I would say fresh ones when you do add a price. and it's a ridiculous price like $5 a little half. but the frozen ones aren't there there five I mean a something for 10 ounces So I made frozen raspberries and put them into jello. and it's jelly. and just beautiful. Anyway, I must fly because this is running out. I've sent this computerized too Now that's just for me dont you know there's no financial fily bit going on with that. I just it was so inexpensive. And I just wanted you to have one at home. It's fun. Maitland loves it but David, I reckon David's sort of you know sort of.
Paul's radios apart and stuff I think he'd like that sort of thing and maybe you'd like to give it time for a present because he could have it with the kids too but Maitland's real got at it he can score 10 in a basketball game.
 next to no time you know it's all worked out and there's three games with it and there's a halftime show which always sends Mat London to a stir so it should be quite fun I think you'll enjoy it so I hope you do just love dad's printed paper but where is WAI O H I K I wow Hkey never heard of it where's that but it's great just love it really do you know it's looking terrific and you know if that's only a rough one well I think it's gonna to be just great and I wish you every success whether it I know it's going to go well by y'all.
I'm going to run it.