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July 21 , 1967 Mr . Dillon Winship , Jr . President Georgia Highway Express , Inc . 2090 Jonesboro Road , S . E . Atlanta , Georgia 30315 Dear Mr . Dillon: Thank you very much for your letter of July 11 , 1967 ddressed to Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr ., concerning your gracious offer to assist in our recre tion program and facilities . I think you have an excellent suggestion in the use of worn out tractors as a play object for children . e h ve been considering for several weeks of acquiring an ntiquated jet fighter plane and similar equipment nd build a playlot somewhat like the John F . Kennedy Memorial Playground in Washington , D. c . Our probl at the present time is that of all the thirty some odd playlots that we have leased , hold only a thirty day renewable leasehold and we pay no rent . ~-10 t of them are quite sm 11 and dequ t only to aecomod t swing , slide, in some instances a portabl swimming pool , and tc . It does not ere te too much of a hardhip when we los possession of a given pl ylot inc th uipment is reus ble t a perm nent park install tion or some other re . How v r, in the c se of more unorthodox play obj cts we would be hard press d to blend into our m ster p rk schemes such obj cts s P. T. Bo ts, jet fighters and tr otor. Bing as c ndid s I possible can , there is nother problem involved in u ing anything that is ne nd unusual in th e dis dv nted area . The probl i th t many of th citizens of the ares consider th t w us th s gui na pigs nd n v r consider ne equ1 nt nd f cilities for th but r ly use c toff it • h v xperieneed thi to so ext nt with our portabl swi ing pool. l beli ve e number (Cont ' d) �Mr . Winship Page Two July 21 ; 1967 of these people would consider a tractor just another piece of 11 junk 11 and would accuse us of trying to save funds in not buying swings , slides, jungle-gyms, etc o Please let me give some more thought to how we might make use of your excellent suggestion and if I can find an area in size and location that it is suitable , I will so advise . Again , both Mayor Allen and the undersigned deeply appreciate your personal interest and I am Cordially , Jack c . Delius General Manager of Pa.rks and Recreation JCD:lg CC: Hon . Ivan Allen , Jr . Mi ss Virginia Carmichael, Director of Recreation �