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Muscogee County Charter Commission File, 1970, April

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18

Scope and Contents

Item 1 – Congratulatory note from the officers of the First National Bank to Dr. Whitely with an attached newspaper photo of Ordinary Suggs and Dr. Whitley leafing through proposed Charter, April 1, 1970

Item 2 – Letter from Whitley to W.J. Wright requesting payment for the attached invoice from James Burgess, April 1, 1970

Item 3 – List of questions concerning the proposed Charter, April 1, 1970

Item 4 – A bill from Mrs. Pauline C. Banks to the charter Commission for secretarial services rendered from February 1 through April 1, 1970. Attached is similar bill covering the period from November 1, 1969 through January 30, 1970, April 1, 1970

Item 5 – April 1, 1970 – Letter from James Burgess to Whitley concerning an attached letter dated March 30th from Arthur Bolton, Attorney General to Jack B. Ray, State Treasurer, with Bolton's opinion on the distribution of state grants to municipalities and counties as related to a single county-wide government, April 1, 1970

Item 6 – Congratulatory letter from John Wynn to Whitley, April 1, 1970

Item 7 – Congratulatory letter from Ted Short to Dr. Whitley, April 2, 1970 Item 8 – Letter from Hughes Spalding to Whitley concerning the debt provisions of the proposed Charter, April 2, 1970

Item 9 – Letter from Whitley to James Burgess, April 3, 1970

Item 10 – Letter from Whitley to Charles L. Skipworth, April 3, 1970

Item 11 – Letter from Whitley to George Ford, April 3, 1970

Item 12 – Minutes from the Charter Steering Committee Meeting – Minutes, April 3, 1970

Item 13 – Memorandum from James Burgess to Charter Commission concerning the synopsis of the proposed Charter, with a synopsis of the proposed Charter, April 6, 1970

Item 14 – Memorandum from Jim Burgess to the Muscogee County Charter Commission with a attached Synopsis of the Proposed Charter, April 6, 1970

Item 15 – Memorandum from Whitley to Charter Commission concerning the final copy of the proposed Charter, April 6, 1970

Item 16 – Statement from Robert Gerber to Whitley for the printing of 100 copies of Charter, April 7, 1970

Item 17 – April 9, 1970 – Reply from Whitley to Wm. S. Thorne's letter of the 6th, which itself included an April 2nd letter from Mr. Carroll Ward of WTVM seeking information on the number of elected officials, their salaries, etc., April 9, 1970

Item 18 – April 10, 1970 – Reply from Whitley to Mrs. Louise Compo in response to an April 2nd letter (attached) she wrote concerning the hours and pay of firemen under the consolidated government. Mrs. Compo's original letter is attached to Whitley's response

Item 19 – Letter from Whitley to Constance Johnson from The Ledger, forwarding her a copy of the revised synopsis of the proposed Charter

Item 20 – Letter from Frank W. Thompson to the Charter Steering Committee announcing a meeting scheduled for April 14th, April10, 1970

Item 21 – Generic letter from Frank Thompson and Thomas Whitley offering to be available for presenting the Charter to meetings of interest organizations, April 10 (?), 1970

Item 22 – Letter from James Burgess to John H. Wynn, April 10, 1970

Item 23 – Reply from Whitley to Rev. Sidney L. Waterhouse to his letter of the 15th, concerning a meeting of the Columbus Ministerial Alliance about the governmental consolidation. Also included is a list of members of the Alliance, and the minutes of their meeting on March 18th, April 17, 1970

Item 24 – Letter from Whitley to James Burgess, attaching a letter from Sidney Waterhouse to Frank Thompson in support of the Charter, April 17, 1970

Item 25 – Letter from Martelle Layfield to Frank Thompson, April 22, 1970

Item 26 – Letter from Whitley to Frank Thompson, attaching a revised draft of "The Consolidated Gov't, What's It All About", April 22, 1970

Item 27 – Letter from Frank Thompson to Charter Steering Committee notifying members of next scheduled meeting on April 23rd, 1970, with a letter attached from Frank Thompson to Mr. R.H. Patterson in which Thompson has asked Patterson to speak to a club (no specified), April 22, 1970

Item 28 – Letter from Mayor J. R. Allen to Dr. Thomas Whitley, thanking him for his contribution "to the future of our City and County", April 23, 1970

Item 29 – Minutes of the Charter Steering Committee Meeting – Minutes, April 23, 1970

Item 30 – Letter from W. J. Wright, Jr. to John Cornett of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer requesting that $ 50.00 worth of Sunday issue containing the Charter Commission supplement be sent to the County Clerk's Office, April 24, 1970

Item 31 – Letter from W.J. Wright to Whitley with Xerox copy of a resolution attached to it thanking the Charter Commissioners for their work, April 29, 1970

Dates

  • Other: 1970, April

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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Columbus Georgia 31907 United States