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griffin FIRST
Invest Your Money, Your
Talent, Your Time, Your
Influence In Griffin 1
Member Of The Associated Press
E VENIN GOOD G
By Quimby Melton
Tills is another Good Eve
ning written as a "Letter from
Horne" to Spalding Coun /
Men and Women in the Aimed
Si r vices.
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GRIFFIN, GA,
Dec. 15. 1945
Dear
Since the war be n Good
Evening has been writing
letters to you Mi u and Women
in the Armed Services, trying to
give you a picture of what was
going on at home that might
interest you away from home.
It is estimated now that one-^
third of the Spalding Men and
Women who have served have
been discharged and are back
home. Here’s'hoping, that with
in a few menths every one of
you, who does not prefer to re
main in the Armed Services, will
have your discharge and be
home once more,.
If those at home, who are in
the habit of clipping these
weekly Good Evening Letters
from Home, send this one to
ycu by air mail there is a chance
you will get it before or on
Christmas.
So Good Evening says to eacli
of you, away from home this
Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS
from all of us who are here in
Good Old Griffin, Spalding"
County, Georgia.
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Y.u‘11 JCe be Interested to know
that City Crmmissioners
havq taken steps to provide
some temporary living quar
ters for veterans when they do
get home. There is a shortage
of housing here -as there is in
every city—and the commission
ers want to do something to
provide hemes until more houses
and apartments can be built.
So they are investigating the
possibility of ’securing 50 auto
mobile trailers to be parked in
a trailer park and rented to vet
erans and their immediate fami
lies. The trailers will have
lights, water and sewerage and
while they will be temporary
homes, will go a long way to
wards solving the problem.
Meanwhile many Griffin peo
ple have promised to see if they
can't fin'd a way to provide
small apartments in their homes.
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Ycuil be Interested to know
that Spalding County leads the
Fifteenth iWar Bondi District
in total sales of Victory Bonds.
The county has purchased 179.9
per cent of its quota of Bonds.
And the campaign lias until the
last of the month to run. The
C urty is behind in the pur
chase of “E" Bonds—but prac
tically every county in the na
tion is in the same class. But
in total Bonds- of every kind—
Good Cld Spalding is way ahead.
You'll also be interested to
know that 22 players at Spald
ing have been awarded their
to
hold its banquet at an early
date and award letters then.
City Schools were closed Frt
dt-v. Dec 14. for the Christmas
it itdays. They were not to
close until next week, but the
weather has been so bad and
ro many pupils were kept away
from ‘chool by bad colds It was
deemed best to close them at
once Spalding, however, will
run until next Wednesday as
per schedule Griffin will have
to tack a few days on Its schedule
next spring to make up for the
days lost this time
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ARMY DISCHARGES j
WILLIAM R. HILL
A AF REPARATION BASE, Max
well Field. Ala.-Cpl. William R
Kill, husband of Mrs. Nellie Ruth
Hill. Ortffln, Ga.. has been honor
ably discharged from the Army
has been announced by the
manding Officer, AAF Separation
Base, Maxwell Field, Ala.
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GRIFFIN
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THE GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS SYMPOSIUM OF LOCAL OPINION
DEAR SANTA CL A US • • •
THE GIRLS
Griffin Girls
Busy Writing
To Sanla Claus
Shows Letters
From Local Girls
BY BETTY HILL
The little girls in Griffin are
busy now writing their letters to
Santa Claus and sending them to
the North Pole.
Santa Claus has showed some
of them to the Griffin News, just
to show what typical little girls
wi^it for Christmas. Of course, he
he would visit them on
Some of the letters follow:
Dear Santa Claus:
Come to see me. I wish you
bring me a bicycle, a' doll, a house
coat and a doll table. Come to see
my teacher, too. I am in the sec
ond grade at Third Ward School.
Love,
Nancy Nealy.
Dear Santa Claus:
I am six years cld. I go to school
at Orrs. Please bring me a puzzle,
a doll, some dresses, water
an$ a bank? Be nice to my mother
and father, too
Love,
Nancy Ogletree.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please come to see me. I want
a dolFbed and some bedroom shoes.
1 Want a doll table, too.
Dc n't forget my teacher and my
mother and father.
Love,
Helen Piekford.
Dear Santa Claus:
Come very soon. Please bring my
blether a bow and arrows and bring
me a doll. Please bring my mother
and daddy something and bring me
a cooking set and a Red Cross
Bring my grandmother and
father something nice. Fill
stocking full of good things, and
don't forget my little friends in the
second grade (North Side School!.
Thank you, Mr. Santa Claus.
With Icve,
Shirley Anne Cook.
Dear Santa Claus:
I want a doll with pretty curly:
hair. I want a doll carriage, a'
pretty one. I want a typewriter,
and one for my brother, too. I
want a doctor set, too I want a
watYh and one for my brother, too.
I want a wedding dell, and a foot
ball for my brother. I want a
blackboard and one for my broth
er. My brother wants a toy horse
I want some more toys' for my
brother. I go to Fourth Warn
School
Love,' Santa Claus,
Grace Woods.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a doll and please
bring me a book to read.
Your little friend.
Phyllis Skipper
(Second grade, West Griffin
sehocl'.
New Teacher Named
At West Griffin
Miss Maud Fleming of Sylvester
has been elected to serve ns teach
er of Third Grade at West Griffin
School, E. A. Crudup, superintend
ent, announced today. Miss Flem
ing succeeds Mrs. H P Powell who
resigned early tills fnll She will
begin her work on January 3.
Announcement that a third sec
tl:n of the First Grade at North
Side School will be organized the
first of the year was also made by
Mr, Crudup. At present there arc
85 pupils in the two sections of!
the First Grade with Miss Louise
Manley and Mrs. U. R. Oore as
teachers.
MARSHALL LEAVES FOR CHINA
WASHINGTON t/Pt—Oeneral
George C. Marshall left the capital
8 * A M, today by plane for
new diplomatic post In China
Griffin was founded in' 1840 when
Martin Van Buren was President.
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DECEMBER 1945
WHAT’S WRONG WITH GRIFFIN, PART III
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A Letter • • • 4
Editor. The News:
In your front page signed Edi
torial in Saturday's issue of your
paper under "What's Wrung
wi:h Griffin." you stated, "Look
around Griffin and you will see
why people complain of a lack
of recreation ifacilities>." I am
afraid this statement will create
an unfavorable impression of
our City with the readers of your
paper. Of course, no City has
ever reached perfection in this
or any other public function.
To be complacent and satisfied
is to stagnate. Receational
Facilities, as know, are di-
vided into two classes: Those
provided by tax money, known
as Governmental functions, and
these provided by private funds
and operated for profit, known
as private enterprises.
Now let's “look around Grif
fin” as you suggest and see
what we find in the way of re
creation facilities. As to gov
ernmental functions. First we
have a beautiful 200 acre Muni
cipal Park, laid out with walks,
roads and trails and planted in
beautiful flowers, trees and
shrubs. This park is equipped
with play grounds, facilities for
cut-door picnics and outdoor
cooking. It is well light ?d for
night use. Then we have a
modem municipal swimming
pool, constantly supplied with
pure, fresh, chemically treated
City water, with modern fire
| proof bath house facilities. A
! wading pool is provided for the
little tots.
J Ample Park
j We also have previded an am
ple municipal park and swim
ming pool and bath houses for
our colored citizens.
it^You will also find a muniei
pally owned and operated 18 I
hole golf course and club house,
with full time "Pro” and green
Suggestions
We suggest:
1. Clean, decent entertainment on Sunday Afternoons.
This could include Sunday movies shown during the afternoon and
night but not during church hours. Proper motion pictures are no
more evil than golf and would not compete with church attendance
any more, Sunday movies would help decrease delinquency over the
week-ends by affording decent, clean amusement.
2. Sunday afternoon band concerts.
If Sunday movies prove impractical, Sunday band concerts would
do much to offer recreation on Sunday afternoons. In the summer
months they could be held at the Municipal Park. If desired during
the winter they could be held indoors.
3. A Municipal Auditorium-Armory including gymnasium facilities.
Judge Beck's letter mentions the erection of a City Auditorium.
The present armory is not only an eyesore but also a potent reminder
of the meager defense that made it possible for this mighty nation
to be blasted to Its knees four years ago. An auditorium-armory
should provide gymnasium space which includes such equipment as
weights, medicine balls, mats, showers, etc., and should be available
to all. If it were possible to have a YMCA here such a gymnasium
would not be needed.
(Incidentally. General Marvin Griflin, Georgia's adjutat general.
Is pushing forward vigorous efforts to obtain 30 new armories in
Georgia. These probably will be erected If the federal armory-con
struction bill is passed by Congress, It would be well to investigate
obtaining one for Griffin.
So much for recreation provided by the city government.
Private onterprlse: 4
If a city attempted to provide all the necessary things for com
munity life It would be branded as ''socialistic," "communistic,” etc.
Private enterprise and private clubs could provide:
1. More concerts similar to the excellent ones now given by the
Griffin Music Club
2. Expanded church recreational facilities which would attract young
men and young women away from "Juke Joints," beer halls, pool
rooms and, incidentally, the city and county Jails. (The late W T
Forbes' fhotto was "God and a good time are friends."
3. A teen-age club sponsored by local civic clubs. Such a club
shouiddnclude one or more pool tables. A small fee could be charged
to help defray expenses. Ping-Pong, shuffle board and above all a
dance floor should be provided. The pool table would keep high
school boys in a good environment while enjoying a good, clean
game that often is marred by the improper environment for young
men.
There are many other things that can and should be done to pro
vide adequate recreation facilities in Griffin during winter as well
as summer months.
Yes, Griffin Is far from backard and can compete with any city
Us size In Georgia. But. for a long time Georgia haa been backward
and Just now is emerging Into th glorious light of progressive gov
ernment. >
QUIMBY MELTON, JR.
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keepers.
Wp have also provided muni
cipal tennis courts sufficiently
lighted to allow day or night
playing.
The city has recently provided
a track and show ring for sad
dle horses and where horse
shows can be held.
I Several years ago the city
created a Recreation Commis
sion to provide wholes'me re
creation for our voung people,
with a full time director and a
I s'aff of assistants. In 1945 the
City pnrropriated $11,351.00 for
this service. The renort of the
Commission, which is available
t? you. will show that thousands
of our people, young and old.
have received recreation through
their programs.
The City and Countv have
recently appointed a Commis
sion to build and operate a
stadium where football and
ether athletic games may be
plaved. This stadium will be
built as soon as material and
labor are available.
For sometime the City has
contemplated the erection of a
City Auditorium where public
entertainments, conventions and
other public gatherings might
be held. We hone to erect such
a place just as soon as Govern
ment restrictions on buildings
of this kind are removed.
In addition to the above, in
connection with „he Griffin
High School we have an audi
torium sufficient to seat about
500 people, an athletic court
where entertainments and dan
ces can be held, and basketball
games are played. Also there is
Lightfoot Park, the school stad
ium where football, softball,
baseball, track meets aril oth
er rathletlc contests are held
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THE BOYS
Santa Claus Pays
Visit To News,
Show Us Letters
(Iriffin Boys
Tell Their Wants
Santa Claus stopped by the News
office this morning and showed us
-cme letters that little bovs in Grii
f in and Spalding County have
stn:
him.
He was wearing civilian clothes,
but you cruld tell the old gentleman
by his- long white beard and the
twinkle In'hls'eyes. He said, of course,
'hat he will be back sometime dur
infi Christmas eve.
■ This year, he said, he is going vo
make his trip in a B-29 bomber,
given to him by the Army, instead
of by sleigh.
"I think it's about time to give
my reindeer a rest," he said. "They
worked overtime when gas ration
ing was on."
Letters from littlp boys he show
ed us follows
Dear Santa;
I want a football, I want some
firecrackers.
Love,
Billy Pitts.
Dear Santa Clavs:
Come to see me. Please don’t get
lost on the way. I want some fire
works. I want a flexie racer. I wm.
a cowboy suit.
Love,
James Crudup.
Dear Santa:
I am six years old. I go to Ort>.
Please bring me a desk, color book,
cravens, a'ball, and Ae bat Also
remember my school Vfi iends. I
Love. J •
Dick Leverette.
Dear Santa Claus:
We are hoping you will stop by
our tiouse Christmas Plea.se bring
little brother a rattle and a rub
ber ball.
I would like very much for
to leave me a
and candy, nuts and fruit. Please
leave candy, nuts and fruit for
brother, too
Ycur little friend.
Charles Evans.
Dear Sapta:
Please bring me a drum and a,
i
horn. Please bring me some cars
for a train if you can. Please bring
me a cross bow. too. Please bring
me a tool box and an airplane.
Your friend,
Michael Bryant.
Dear Santa Claifs:
Mother told you what to bring
me. Please bring my kitty some
milk, fish and salmon.
Merry Christmas,
Jonnie Cash
(Second grade, West Griffin
school).
W. C. Butler Heads
Local W.O.W. Camp
W C Butler has been named
consul commander of the T. W.
Mitchell Camp, W O W, for the
coming year. Other officers who
will serve with Butlpr are Fred E
Kent, adviser lieutenant: C. M
Nolan, banker; W. P. Boggs,
■ial secretary W. L Dickson,
Summers, watchman: M D
entry: H W Ogtlvie. manager; J
A Hollingsworth, manager
F. P. JACKSON, JR.
IS ON HIS WAY HOME
PEARL HARBOR, T. H.—Frank
P Jackson, Jr.. HA2r. USNR hus
band of Mrs. Helen A Jackson, ot
103 North 14th Street, Griffin, On
Is m his way home.
Jackson is one of 952 high-point
Navy veterans whom the " Magic
Carpet" is bringing back to the
States aboard the U. S 8 Warren.
McVAY COURT MARTIAL
WASHINGTON. — oT»>—'The Navy
general court martial of Capt Char
les B. MCVay, III, met in Saturday
session today to begin hearing testi
mony from defense witnesses
U. 5. May Regulate
Sales Price Of
New Buildings
WASHINGTON </P) Recon
version Director John W. Snyder is
studying a plan designed to assure
that purchasers of new homes get
their money's worth.
The plan, applicable to dwellings
built under the government's new
housing pregram, has been submit
ted by officials working out details
of a regulation which will restore
building materials to a priorities
system.
The regulation, to be put into ef
fect next week on orders from Pres-
ident Truman, earmarks 50 per
of all building supplies for
or apartments c sting $10,000 or less
a unit.
Thus far there has been nothing
in drafts of the regulation to make
sure that builders sell homes at
prices reasonably related to the cost
quality controls have been lacking.
This meant that a contractor,
Bfter receiving government aid in
obtaining materials, could sell at
$10,000 a home actually worth only
$ 8 , 000 .
“We’ve* g t to block that sort ot
thing," said a high government
cial who asked that his name not
be used.
"If we are going to flow materials
into home construction," he con
tinted, "we want to make sure
that veterans and others get their
money’s worth of house.”
Tire plan presented to Snyder
by the Natirnal Housing Agency
Civil Production Administration and
OPA provides for a check of build
ers' specifications when they apply
for help In getting materials.
If it were found that the builder
planned to sell the house at a price
out of line with cost, his application
for a materials priority would be
denied.
In cases of assistance granted.
there also would be a later check to
determine whether the house was
sold at a price reasonably close
that specified before construction,
Aides of Snyder are known to be
skeptical about whether tills pro-
8>'«m could be enforced. They have
that controls of that kind
belcng more properly In the Patman
®* r P r ' ce ceilings on houses,
This legislation has been endorsed
by Mr, Truman.
Proponents ot the plan for qua!
ity control hope to have a decision
from Snyder by Monday, when the)
new' priorities regulation Is sched
uled for a private unveiling here
Wcre labor and management rep- l
resentatives of the construction m
dustr >’
The purpose of the conference Is
to discuss methods of stimulating
home construction at reasonable
prices. T7te sessions Will continue
through Tuesday
70-Y'EAR-()LD TWIN RETIRE’
CAMBRIDGE. Mass, 'IF A
pair of Cambridge twins have re
tired from state service after 43
years with the tax department. They
are the Misses Hattie and Helen
Dow, whe retired recently on their
70th birthday
Discharged Veteran
Sets Up Home In
City Hall Lobby
F:nOLEWOOD. Calif i,r<
Jay Ramsey, discharged veteran
with four battle stars which he
p „ rnpr j ( n p MC ifmoved his
wife, four children and furni
| tore into the lobby ot the CP-,
; Hall and the family began it
make therm-elves at home
SHOPPING DAYS I
7 TILL 1 CHRISTMAS
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SHOP !«
EARLY
ft, fit, to. tom, from'
Whort'i your gift time coming
You'll bo olhro, but with you wort rfnorf,
It you don't hurry and buy ohoad.
INDUSTRIAL PICTURE
CALLED 'EXPLOSIVE'
BY CIO PRESIDENT
Congress Takes Recess
| ^Without Truman’s Acting On
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iBY ASSOCIATED PRESS)
j The nation's industrial picture, de«
scribed by CIO President Philip
:j Murray as "explosive,” appeared
i calm today but principals in major
j ! disputes prepared for further spar
ring.
There were no scheduled negotia
tions in Detroit’s turbulent indus
trial strife until Monday. In Wash
ington. Mu; administration appeared
, to have lost out in its efforts to
have new labor legislation passed
before the Christmas holidays.
Hearings by the senate labor com
mittee were recessed until after
the holidays, while the house labor
1 group, met to decide if it should
hold further hearings on the mea
sure to establish procedure to set
tle labor disputes. The bill would
prohibit strikes for 30 days pending
study by a fact-finding commis
sion.
In Detroit, the CIO United Auto
Workers, seeking a 30 per cent wage
rate increase for the nation's auto
j mobile workers, prepared to resume
i . bargaining . , two . , fronts Monday.
on
with General ,, , Motors , and . the .. _ Ford y.
Motor Company.
The OM-Union dispute, which re
suited in a strike on Nov. 21 and
has affected more than 200,00 work
ers, also was headed for a review
j by President Truman’s fact-finding
j board. Public hearings will begin
in. Washington next Thursday after
union and GM officials meet with
the panel on Wednesday to dis
cuss procedure at the hearings. Both
compahy and union have agreed to
cooperate with the board, which has
no statutory authority.
Also slated Monday in Detroit was
the first conference by the CIO
UAW with representatives of the
Kaiser - Frazer corporation, which
has taken over the big Willow Run
j bomber plant for auto production.
oAnolher Wage dispute was settled
i and production resumed at the Fos
'er Textile Machine Plant in West
rleW - Mass , by 360 AFL machinists
who had been on strike for 38
days.
A new contract provides for 8
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■ CLAUDE ( IIRISTOplILK
f vlQUUC lailfl A fllficfAltflOP llll ljlU|JllGl
Ml* Cmaai,!!-*
VwlllS jCOUllllQ S
Highest ■ - Award . .
Claude Christopher of Griffin
returned to his old home town.
Barne.svlUe, Friday .night, to receive
highest award offered by the
Boy Scouts for .service to youth—
the Silver Beaver award.
—. The awatd . made ,
was at the an
nual meeting of the Flint River)
Council, Bov Sc uts of America, held
this year at Gordon College
The Silver Beaver is conferred
upon Scouters for "noteworthy sor
vice of exceptional charaet ,er tr>
boyhood.” .
Active Since 1921
Christopher has been active in
Bey Scout work since 1922 when he
was a scoutmaster in BarneSville
Since that time he hss moved to
Griffin where he is a prominent at
tornoy and solicitor of the City
Court.
He served as president of the Flint
River Council in 1937 and again
in 1938 and has been council treas
urer from 1940 to 1945. During
ills term as council president the
council purchased and opened a!
camp near Molena, Ga.
in addition l~ his other honors
and activities. Christopher is a dea
con of the First Baptist Church.
commander of the local American
Post
Griffin. State and American Bar
associations
Van Leer Speaks
Col. Blake R Van Leer, pres
ident of Georgia Tech, made the
principal address at the meeting j
Friday night Wyllys Taylor, New
aim received the Silver Bea-.
ver award.
W H Gibson. Jr.. Thomastcn, was
elected president of the council for
1946 Howard Collier. Griffin, was
chosen as vice president; llami'ton
C Arnall. Newnan, treasurer; R M
Mathews, Thomaston. commission
er, W. H Hightower, Thomaston,
nrd T T Blakely, Griffin,
council reprey ittatives.
A higli iroint. fn the
the recognition of Scouts who had
won Eatflc rank and their parent. 4
by Hamilton C Arnall. retiring prr*.
idfht. Jack Nichols and A K
dox. Griffin, both attained thh
rank during the year now ending
•The Ri v I. W Topping, pastor
-f the First Presbyterian Church
Griffin, paid a slowing r
sr'obt.mflEtrrs and cubm. * *< is at riv
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LLOYD C. SPANGLER
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
fort McPherson cpi l, >yc
n Spangler of Pomona Ga . i:a
been honorably discharged from tpe
4rmy <t the United State after j'
months' service He • cried hr
-Ink (.special s'nice-' Headquarter:
I Detaehmei'. Fourth fieri tee Com
mand The discharged soldier >
nrthorized to wear the America!
| Theater Ribbon and the Good Con
'net Medal
THE WEATHER
I ORFCAST FOB GEORGIA
Mostly cloudy ind cold.
1 Max'mum Saturday: 37
Minimum Saturday: 36
Maximum Friday: 45
Minimum Friday: 31
Rainfall: .41.
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cents an hour wage boost as against
the union’s demand for 20 cents
a n h o ttr h i k e.
Lower Temperature
Expected Tonight
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Southern sections of Florida
and California'monopolized the
more temperate weather today
as other regions of the country
remained held fast in winter’s
grip or toyed with mercury In
tlie 30’s.
Tampa had an early reading
■ of 65 and Miami basked in a
71. San Diego, across the con
tinent reported 50 early today,
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and Sacramento had 40,
A sub-zero mass elbowed its
j way further south during the
night from the Dakotas, Mon
i tana and starts of Minnesota.
Havre Montana; had a pre-dawn
reading of 20 below. 'Hie bplt
extended below Cheyenne and
Des Moines.
j Light snows’ fell in the sou
thern Appalachian region of
.'northern Alabama and North
Georgia, . Light rains over the
Carolina:, turned to snow as. the
temperatures shrank.
White blankets varying from
a frartti.njif.an.....inch to six and
eight Inches lay in western
Pennsylvania. New .York, the
Great Lakes region and the up
per Ohio valley. Kansas City
had three inches, Cincinnati
four and Pittsburgh five
With the cold mass headed
for the southeast, lower tern-
pern tun were expected there,
Moderate rains visited parts
of northern Florida during the
night
Among temperature lows early
today were.
Atlanta and Birmingham. 30:
Chat tan,xign. 32: Nashville. 28:
Mobile. Ala. 38; St. Louis. 15:
Evansville, Ind., 8. and Terre
j Haute. Ind , 2 below zero.
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