An 11-year

resident of the town of Brooks was sworn in as its newest councilman,

Lewis B. Harper.

He replaces

C. W. Howle, who resigned last fall. At the time of qualification last

Sept. 14, no one had applied for the position. After that date, anyone

applying to be on the ballot could do so by declaring to be a write-in

candidate, posting a notice in the county legal organ and bringing proper

certification papers to the Elections Office, which he did.

Harper is deputy

chief of police for the city of College Park.

He was reared

in the Fife community at the South Fulton-Fayette line and has been in

municipal government for 28 years.

Previously

serving on the town land use committee, he is currently on the town water

committee.

Harper and

wife, Jane, have two grown sons.