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WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018
BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
PAGE 3A
50 Years Ago
j^ris T© ©pen Modern
m 0 uth Center Announced
u professional Adult Management
* U nci‘(? announced this week by Dr, C. !3. Skelton,
y J -, Tr l aft; ’ ilizcns interested in die youth of this area,
of f of a youth Comer for the young people
i/i fli*"' *
'^''^conditioned and fire protection will be avail-
1,1 ■ * 1 able at all times as well as
telephone facilities for immed
iate communication with homes.
The group hope to have the
following facilities available: 2
bowling lanes, pool tables,
facilities for reading and play
ing cards, shuffle board, ar
cade type amusement machines,
complete facilities for dancing
with juke box, D. J., or at times
a live orchestra and an ade
quate snack bar with full foun
tain service.
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*._! null supervision
sltiis l» licic
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^provide U,enec«-
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S,san' “ a «> ml ' e
'I Lj new, modem, air-
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| * |up( io have on
ihc public iin
kier school is out for
, people and their
^ toll thc« ho imi,Kl “
^ ml inspect the facil-
u nil be available for
JSI ,i least six da.vs a
lush, hairs daii.' and
|(air hours on .Sunday's.
t the- Vouth Center is
J, parents will be wel-
mg brief visits at any-
l t0 inspect the facilities
lament so they will
[gat the center is being
d properly.
f* cooperation of the
,ofrlussell t Winder and
County adequate police
1 .
uccupiod bv
linear the Ji®
* Jem leaded and
^liitg about Juno 6tb
' s ol "’
acted-
said
are now
that the
juntos
that the youth
•unity have a place
Name The Center Contest
Elsewhere in this issue of
The News is the announcement
of a contest to be held to help
name the Youth Center'. Teen
agers are requested to submit
a suggested name for the cen
ter on a blank provided. A
group of judges will make the
selection and the winner will
be awarded a prize of a two
weeks free admission pass for
die winner and a guest. Sug
gested names are to be mail
ed to “The Youth Center, 102
Midland Avenue, Winder, Ga. -
30680,” not later than Wed
nesday, May 15th.
Singing
The regular singing will be
held at Faith Baptist Church on
Saturday evening. May 11 , at
7:30 o'clock. Special guest sing
ers will be The Messengers
from Atlanta.
The public is invited.
EVENTS CALENDAR
Compiled By
nder-Barrow Chamber Of Commerce
JS1AV - May 9
Lions - 7:15
Rotary' - 12:15
Kiwants - 6:30
Pentecost Home Economics Club ■
BAY - May 10
Legion and Auxiliary - 7:43
Fairfield Home Economics Club - 2;C
- May 13
Jaycettes - 8:00
Bethlehem Home Economics Club •
- May i4
Latham Home Economics Club -
Auburn P.T.A. - 7:30
Bethlehem P.T.A. - 7:30
Rolsenbeck P.T.A. - 7:30
8:00
2:00
i
City Council - 7:3
EN'-MivlS
Argonne Home Economics Club -
- May ig
Rotary - 12:15
Kiwanis - 6:30
Jaycees - 7:30
Lions Auxiliary
Carl Home Economics Club - 1:30
2:00
are invited to notify the Chamber of Com-
^ ^ eVetlli> the public should know are taking
r<j ar 11 ^ CSsC happenings can be included in this weekly
Conservationists
Entertain Ministers
V rout Four Counties
Ministers from four counties
located in the Oconee River
■Soil and Water Conservation
District were entertained at a
Soil Stewardship meeting at
Fort Yargo State Park, Winder,
Georgia, on Tuesday evening.
Forty-five ministers and mem
bers of Federal conservation
and agricultural agencies en
joyed a delicious chicken bar
becue supper prepared by agri
cultural workers in Barrow
County.
Sam Dunaway, Barrow County
Soil Conservationist, welcomed
the guests as they arrived and
Henry Braselton, chairman of
the Board of .Supervisors, Oco
nee River Conservation Dis
trict. served as master of cere
monies. The invocation was
given by Rev. J. C, Glenn,
pastor of Bethabara Baptist
Church in Oconee County.
The Rev. Hubert Flanagan,
pastor of die First Methodist
Church of Winder and chaplain
for the Barrow County Con
servation Supervisors , intro
duced the speaker. Dr. Ross
Freeman, assistant to the Pres
ident of Emory Cniversity and
chaplain for the Georgia Asso
ciation of Conservation District
Supervisors.
Dr, Ross made a most in
spiring address regarding Soil
Stewardship Week, dial is set
this year beginning with the
fifty Sunday after Easter, May
19th and ending on Sunday, May
26 th.,
■•Soil Stewardship Week is set
aside nationally each year to
call attention to everyone's
moral responsibility as a ste
ward of the soil and natural
resources provided by God. The
goal this year, in Georgia, is
to have one million people re
ceiving information about our
dependence upon natural re
sources and our responsibility
for conserving them," Dr. Ross
said.
“The 1968 theme is, ‘A Time
For Initiative’. The theme is
developed with the idea that
never before have there been
so many reasons for so many
people with their organizations
and institutions, to become in
volved in resource affairs.
Clearly, this is a time for ini
tiative, for action, innovation,
trial runs, and exploration. It
is a time for ideas, a time
to assess problems and pro
spects, and a time to identify
alternatives. It is a time to
recognize and restate with fresh
vigor the obligations we have to
our Creator for the care and
wise use for the earth. He has
entrusted to us," Dr. Ross
told the assembled crowd.
Churches and civic organiza
tions in Barrow, Jackson,
Clarke and Oconee Counties are
planning to join with others
throughout the nation in having
(Continued On Page 3Ai
PHILIP GRESHAM
Gresham Qualities
As Republican For
State Legislator
Philip H. Gresham qualified
Tuesday morning, April 30th,
at Republican Stale Headquart
ers in Atlanta as a candidate
for Representative to the State
Legislature on the Republican
Ticket from Barrow and Oconee
Counties (House Seat No. 3-0.
The Barrow County Republican
Executive Committee lias auth
orized primaries to be held in
Barrow County in accordance
with State elec lion law son Sept
ember 11, 1968. They have been
working with the Oconee County
Republican Executive Com
mittee to arrange for primaries
to be held in.Oconee County.
He is a native of Barrow-
County having attended Hoi sen-
beck and Cooks Schools and
was graduated from Winder
High School. He is a four year
veteran of the C. S, Navy having
served during the Korean War
as an AB2. After the military
service, he graduated from
Georgia Tech with a Bachelor
of Engineering in 1958. Since
his graduation from Georgia
Tech h c has completed the
LaSalle Extension University
course in Law.
He is a member of the Meth
odist Church, The America So
ciety of Civil Engineers, Na-
i tional Rifle Association of A-
merica, Georgia Sheriff's Asso
ciation, and the Georgia Tech
National Alumni Association
He married the former Miss
Dorothy Stedham of Atlanta and
is the father of three boys.
Mr. Gresham has held re
sponsible positions in Aero
space Engineering for the past
ten years,
According to Mrs. Edna Jenn
ings, vice-chairman of the Bar-
row County Chapter of the Re
publican party, “Mr. Giesham
is a strong conservative and
believes that faith in individual
people is the only true founda
tion of our national strength,
and further that the proper
function of government is to do
(Continued On Page 3A)
SpecialPrograms
Authorized For
Glenwood School
Disadvantaged school chil-
ron in Winder City Schools will
benefit from ten special pro
grams under Title I, ESEA,
during the fiscal year 1968,
according to State School Sup
erintendent Jack P. Nix. D. F.
Osborne is Winder City School
Superintendent,
Funds of 829,675 will finance
projects in English-speech,
mathematics, music, health-
physical education, natural
science and social science,
clothing, food, dental, medical
and transportation services.
Title I funds under the Ele
mentary and Secondary Educa
tion Act are distributed locally
on the basis of the number of
school-age children in the
school system from families
with Less than $2,000 annual
income. School leaders plan
their own projects to fill lo
cally determined needs then
submit them lo the State De
partment of Education Title I
Coordinator, R. C. Beemon.for
approval.
Abit Massey
Speaker At
Kiwanis Club
Abit Massey, executive
secretary of the Georgia Poul
try Federation since 1960, will
be the speaker at the Winder
Kiwanis Club at its regular
meeting Thursday evening at
6:30 o’clock. Jack Ellcrbee,
vice-president of the club, will
be in .charge of the program.
The Georgia Poultry Federa
tion is a trade association re
presenting the Georgia Poultry
industry with headquarters in
Gainesville.
Mr. Massey is a native of
Commerce , Georgia, die son
of Mrs. D. E. Massey and the
late Mr. Massey. He is mar
ried to Kayanhe Shcpley, of
Calhoun. They have two children
Lewis 5 and Camille 3 years
of age.
He has held many prominent
positions and received a num
ber of outstanding awards. In
1967 he received one of four key-
men awards presented by the
American Society' of Associa
tion Executives. He was named
the outstanding man of the year
of Decatur in 1965 and one of
five outstanding young men in
Georgia in 1957. In 1956 and
1957 he was president of the
Georgia Jaycees, the year that
Georgia led the parade of states
by being selected as the best
of any' Jaycee state organiza
tion that year. Due to his ex
cellent leadership, he was
awarded the Clayton Frost A-
ward as one of five outstand
ing state presidents.
For a number ofyearshewas
active in Georgia Chamber of
Commerce activities and now
serves as a member of the
Regional Export Expansion
Council, U. S. Department of
Commerce.
■la
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f.LUO THOMASON, owner of Shell Service Station, Winder, is pointing to the wreck ot a 1968
"I'omi S. Country" station wagon thalhis wrecker has just pulled in. Five Negroes, three o[ them
members oi a musical backup group "The Impressions", were killed Tuesday when (heir station
wagon plunged into ail embankment on Highway 1-8,i near Braselton.
Photo By Ray Kilgore
Wreck Kills Five
Musicians On 1-85
ies. The wrecked station wagon
is at the Shell Service Station
at the intersection of Broad
and May Streets in Winder.
Statham PTA May Festival
To Highlight Weekend
A ® 0CIAT,0S ot thc ' Vinde M Ba r„ “uno h TC plan toMuT'KMp Barrow
Grider,
1 0t Ulc association. From 1 to r seated are .• * hMrH and Paul stalling.
Altars er -THLiis, Mrs. Helen Light, Secty-i 8 " ' La rJ -y Jones, Grady Good and
r ire J,)h " Bottoms,Claude Tuck, Jr., Maurice Sims. Larry
' • Photo By Ray Kilgore
The SUttiiim Parent-Teacher
Association is sponsoringaMay
Festival in thc school gymna
sium, Friday night, May 10 at
7:30 o’clock. Admission will be
50C with proceeds going to the
school. There will be basket
ball games between Statham and
County Line men and women
members of the PTA. There
will be three legged races, sack,
egg and ball races.
Teams frombusinesses part
icipating include - 3 Legged
race: Bank of Barrow, James
flarrison and Gwen Jackson;
Peoples Bank, Charles Mad
dox and Pat Banks; Barrow
Manufacturing Company, Bobby
Glass and Martha Reynolds;
Carwood Manufacturing Com
pany, Ambrose Jackson and
Joan Walt; Winder-Barrow
Hospital, Preston Hnrdigree
and Carol Standridge, Statham
Garment Manufacturing Com
pany. William Smith and Nancy
Dunagan; Rohr Aircraft, Cal
Edwards and Cleo Edwards;
Cherokee Manufacturing Com
pany, Bill Esco and Cheryl
Owens. Principals and a part
ner they select from each coun
ty school for this race arc Loop-
er, iilx, Harrison, Logglns and
Thomason.
The Ball Race Women versus
Statham School Teachers are:
Ginger Innecken vs. Mrs.Stcr-
idan; Bessie Stall vs. Mrs.
Music; Grace Mobley vs. Mrs.
Adams; and Myrt Thurmond
vs. Miss Birdsong.
The BaU Race Men from
Statham versus Pet Dairy Is
scheduled as follows: Mack Co
ker vs. Sam Standard; Qullla
Grizzle vs. John Cook; Carl
Halo vs, Donald Hardigree; and
Jack Smith vs. Terrell Sailors.
The Egg Race - Team No. 1
Is Inez Casper vs. Rev. Bodi-
ford; Larry Casper vs. Rev.
Anthony; Polly House vs. Rev.
Cassidy; and A. J, Willoughby
vs, Mrs. Poss. Egg Race -
Team No. 2 is James House vs.
Hester Lowe; Carolyn Perkins
vs. Mrs. Blackwell; Roy Krus-
(Continued On Page 3A)
The lives of five musicians were smuffed out in a wreck on
Highway 1-85 in the early morning hours Tuesday, Their 1968
“Town and Country'’ station wagon, traveling at a high rate of
speed, ran off the highway into the median, left the road on the
Jackson County side and leaped 175 feet into the air, across
the Mulberry River, and into the bank of the Barrow County
side, about two miles south of Braselton
The car was found Tuesday
morning by a man working on a
sand bar at the river with the
bodies of die five men. It has
not been determined how long
the car had been there.
The Winder Rescue -Squad
was called to the scene of thc
accident and assisted in re
moving tlic bodies from the
wreck.
The accident claimed die
Lives of three members of a
back-up band used by “TheIm
pressions”, rock and roll-pop
singing group, and two members
of the Johnny Jones and King
Casuals band. All were
Negroes.
State patrolman C. D. Mason
identified the back-up musi
cians as Joseph David Thomas,
25, William B. Griffin, 22, and
Leonard N. Growne, 26, all of
Philadelphia, Pa. The car had
a temporary Pennsylvania li
cense plate and a trailer they
were pulling contained a num
ber of band instruments. The
King Casuals contingent victims
were Arlon Carlos Mitchell and
Clifford F. Mayberry, both of
Nashville, Tenn.
The groups managers said the
musicians made a Monday night
appearance in Columbia, S, C.
and were to have appeared in
Greenville, S. C, Memorial
Auditorium Tuesday night. They
had driven the extra 100 miles
to Atlanta to assemble and join
others for the Greenville show.
Trooper Charles Whitley said
thc Impressions left the South
Carolina capitol city a short
time ahead of the band. Re
ports indicate the surviving
musicians were in a “state of
complete shock.”
Three members of “The
Impressions” singinggroupar-
rived in Winder Tuesday after
noon and went to a local fun
eral home to identify the bod-
LARRY THOMAS
Barrow Count} - Agent
Larry Thomas
Is New Barrow
County Agent
Larry Thomas, Barrow
County's new County Agent re
ported for his new assignment
on May 1, 1968. He is a native
of Lavonia, Franklin County,
Georgia, where he attended pub
lic school. Upon graduation
from Lavonia Public Schools he
went to Georgia Southwestern
College in Amcricus. then to
Abraham-Baldwin College at
Tifion and graduated from thc
University of Georgia with a
B. S. degree in Agriculture in
1962,
He served six months on
active duty as a member or the
Georgia National Guard and in
March 1963 he went to Gordon
County, Calhoun, Ga,, where he
(Continued On Page 3A)
Dale Schwartz
Passes Georgia
BarExamination
Dale M. Schwartz, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sandy Schwartz of
Winder, was among a total of
108 applicants who passed the
January -February Georgia bar
examination.
He will graduate from the Un
iversity of Georgia in June with
his law degree and immediately
upon graduation will move to
Atlanta, Ga., where he will be
associated with the law firm of
Sanders, Hester and Holley in
the Commerce Building, of
which former Governor Carl
E. Sanders is a member.
“1 think Carl Sanders is one
of Georgia's greatest citizens
and I feel that it is a distinct
honor and privilege to work in
the office of this outstanding
Georgian,” Dale said.
Mr. Schwartz attended Win
der-Barrow High School, Van
derbilt University, Young Har
ris College and the University
of Georgia where he was select
ed as a member of the law
revue. He is married to the
former Miss Susan Ellis, of
Orlando, Florida, and is a nep
hew of Mr, and Mrs. Henry
Peskin of Winder.
Barrow Republicans Sel
Qualifying Fees For Offices
The executive committee of
the Barrow County Chapter of
the National Republican Party
met April 25 and approved the
nomination of Philip T. Gres
ham as a candidate for State
Representative from the Dth
Representative District o
Georgia, which consists of the
counties of Barrow and Oconee,
according to Jim Harwell,
chairman.
Mr. Gresham Is the first
Republican to Qualify fora state
office from Barrow County,
Mrs, Johnny Sasser, a member
of thc committoe said.
Paul L. Lewis was elected
by the committee, in execu
tive session as the Barrow
County delegate to the Re
publican State Convention In
Atlanta which was held May 3rd.
j, M. Kinney was alternate
delegate.
The committee set the fol
lowing qualifying fees for any
one wishing to #.!^j Q p
office in the Republican Pn
m ,ry to be held on September
11, 1968: Chairman of Roati and
Revenue Commission, Srerifr,
Cl.Tof Court, Tax Collector
and superintendent o f County
Schools 850,00 each; Orttaw
S35.00; .County Surveyors!!#,
Member ot Board of Roads and
Quiiia 'Criiale, Calvin Well,
(Continued On Page 3A)
Rev. Rivers
Attending
Conference
The Rev. Randy Rivers, pas
tor of the Bethlehem Baptist
Church, is attending a Pastor's
Conference in Florida this
week, therefore the Bethlehem
page which appears each week
in The Winder News will be
omitted.
Rev. Rivers, with the help
of many Bethlehem citizens,
supplies the news items for this
page which will be carried as
usual next week.
Walter Jones
Of Statham
Passes Away
Walter Jones, 58, of Statham,
passed aivay on May 5 in an At
lanta hospital following a brief
illness. He was born lit Bar-
row County on August 10,1906,
a son of the late Robert Jones
and Ethol Patrick and was
a member of the Pleasant Hill
Presbyterian Church.
Graveside service for «r.
Jones was held cnMonday e«er*
Member ot Boaro o. j01BS ras hc idonMoneayaim. -
Revenue Commission and the Mly 6 a t S o clock at
Tax Receiver 810.00 each, and „„ Memo rial Cemetery
Coroner S5.00. Anyone wisWng ^ Rev . Bobby AnAony
to quality *s a RepubHcancand ^ ^ w _ A Bodifordof-
Idate for any ofthoabove«u^ ™ 3rinf . Pallbearers --
offices are requested cilia t
Jim Harwell, chairmen, or Mrs.
Johnny Sasser.
LOCAL HISTORY
Continuing with this issue, past newspaper front pages will highlight local news and history from Winder and Barrow County. This front page is from
the May 8,1968 issue of The Winder News.
BOC continued from 1A
•Punkin Junction Road from
Highway 11 to Highway 81
(1.91 miles)
•Dooley Town Road from
the Statham city limits to High
way 211 (0.81 miles)
•Lake Elder Circle from
Highway 8 to the dead end
(0.18 miles)
•Maple Park Drive along
Highway 82 (0.5 miles)
•Red Oak Way from High
way 11 to White Oak Drive
(0.27 miles)
•White Oak Drive between
two cul-de-sacs (0.51 miles)
•Spanish Oak Bend from
White Oak Drive to the cul-de-
sac (0.09 miles)
•Cronic Town Road from
Union Grove Church Road
to the western city limits of
Auburn (0.22 miles); striping
only from the eastern city lim
its to Mt. Moriah Road (0.27
miles); and from the western to
eastern city limits (0.12 miles).
•Kennedy Sells Road (crack
seal only) from Fred Kilcreasc
Road to Peppers Road (0.83
miles).
Six companies in all submit
ted bids. The low bidder, Pitt
man Construction Company,
withdrew its bid due to a calcu
lation error, county engineering
director Darrell Greeson said
Baldwin Paving Company
turned in the highest bid ($2.84
million).
Greeson said the project list
conforms with the road/street
management system database,
which was being designed by
former public works director
Charles McGiboney at the time
of his death in March.
The database addressed
preventive maintenance, reha
bilitation and reconstruction of
paved roadways.
OTHER BUSINESS:
In other business Tuesday,
commissioners:
•tabled a request by Caliber
Capital, LLC, of Atlanta, for
a special use on an acne of
558 Carl-Bethlehem Road at
Highway 81 to allow for a car
wash in the Highway Corridor
Overlay District. County plan
ning staff and the county plan
ning commission have recom
mended denial of the request.
The proposed development
would include two fast-food
restaurants, a gas station/conve
nience store and an express car
wash, Eric Brown of Caliber
Capital told commissioners.
Brown said the development
would employ around 85
people, including 10 at the car
wash and could generate over
$97,000 in annual taxes based
on current calculations. He said
the financial feasibility hinges
on the car wash's inclusion.
Chairman Pat Graham made
the motion to table to give the
applicant additional time to
present a more detailed archi
tectural and landscaping plan.
The BOC will take the request
up again at its May 22 meeting.
•approved an intergovern
mental water treatment capac
ity lease agreement between
the Upper Oconee Basin
Water Authority and Oconee,
Barrow and Jackson coun
ties. Under the terms of the
agreement, Oconee County
will lease 500,000 gallons per
day, or 6.25 percent of Barrow
County’s designated capacity,
at the Bear Creek Water Treat
ment Facility for five years.
The agreement includes two
one-year extension options
for Oconee County. Oconee
County will pay Barrow
County $79,354.75 per year in
monthly installments, county
manager Mike Renshaw said,
directly to Barrow County. The
payment will cover Barrow
County's average annual debt
service costs associated with
the leased treatment capacity
and provide a 5-percent rate of
return, Renshaw said.
•approved a request to
rezone 26.3 acres on Clack-
town Road near Highway 53
for the building of a 25-lot sub
division.
•approved a change in con
ditions to a 26-acre property
along Highway 53 near Austin
Road, owned by Wayne Bart
lett, who is planning a residen
tial development — phase one
of The Farms at Fakeside —
there. The change will negate
the Highway Corridor Overlay
District requirement of reverse
frontage lots.
•met briefly in closed session
to discuss a personnel matter.
No action was taken as a result
of the session.