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Time, Your Influence In Griffin
Member Of The Associated Press
Simons Proposes
E By VEN Quimby good I N , G
Melton
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day.
The day when all honor their
Mothers. Many will wear a red
flower, signifying that their
Mother is still with them. Many
will wear a white flower, signi
fying their Mother has gone to
a better home.
But regardless of whether one
Is fortunate enough to have
their Mother with them or if
the day has a tone of sorrow
because Mother is no longer
here—all will hon^r the sweet
influence of Mother.
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How did official observance
of Mother’s Dav originate?
The East Bend, end lodge of
.
Eagles, started this observance
in 1904 when Frank E. Hering
of that lodge, proposed before
the state convention of Eagle
lodges Ahat—a day each year—
be set aside as Mother's Day.
At first Mother’s Dav was ob
served only by the Eagles.
But the idea caught on, and
in 1907 Miss Anna Jarvis of
Philadelphia proposed that the
second Sunday in May be Mo
thers Day and that those with
living Mothers wear a red car
nation and those whose Moth
ers were dead wear a white car
nation Philadelphia was the
first city to have a city wide ob
servance of Mother s Day.
By presidential proclamation,
•issued by President Woodrow
Wilson. Mother's Day became a
national affair in 1914 and Sun
day. May 8, 1914 ,wa.s the first
national Mother’s Day.
In England Mother's Day was
started in 1913 Today Moth
er's Day is observed in many
nations throughout tne world.
'—
Tomorrow, Mother's Day. is a
mighty fine occasion for one
their choice and join in honor
ing the sweetesc human that
ever lived—utter n silent prayer
of thanks that God in Hi.s good
ness gave them the Mother he
did—and resolve in ‘heir hearts
to try and be the sort of son
or daughter Mother, thinks they
are or thought they were. If
one and all can live up to what
Mother thinks of them this will
be a finer, nobler world.
City Officials Attend
Fire Safety Meeting
Four representatives of Griffin
attended the Georgia Fire Safety
Conference in Atlanta Friday at
which time the new state building
code was studied. They were City
Manager Ja”k Langford. Fire Chief
Ellis Simonton, City Fire Inspector
Bill Weaver and City Engineer Jim
Hamilton.
Cease Fire Goes In
Effect In Holy Land
JFRUSALEM IA*i— Jerusalem 8
cease-fire, agreed to .iv both Arabs
and Jews to allow negotiations for
a permanent truce In the Holy City,
went into effect today. In the first
hour, not a shot was heard.
• The Weather • • •
FORECAST FOR GEOR
GIA:— Fair and warmer to
night. Snndav partly rloudy
and warmer with thnndorahow
era brgtnnlng In north portion
and warmer In afternoo n .
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f Planning Report
Gives Detailed
Plans For Schools
(EDITORS NOTE:* This is
the second of a series of arti
cles on the proposed city plan
ning report of city planning en
gineer George Simons. The next
article will be on the proposal
to extend the city limits.)
By QUIMBY MELTON
One of the proposals made by
| George Simons, planning engineer
| the who city has and made a complete survey of
county is that the city
and county school; be consolidated.
Simons at a meeting of the Plan
ning Commission Thursday night
made a complete report of a sug
gested plan for making the city and
county an ideal community by
building and expanding along well
defined lines rather than by allow
ing the city and county to grow and
develop in a haphazard manner.
Consolidation of the two schol sys
tems would be - accomplished bv
Griffin giving up i*; independent
school system and all s-hools being
I on a county basis.
I Under the consolidated schools
plan Orrs Grammar schools adja
cent to Spalding High, would be
disconutinued and a new Orrs
Grammar school erecred nearer the
center of that district.
Griffin High school would be
combined with Spalding High
school and the plant there would
be enlarged by the erection of an a
dequate auditorium ai d' additional <
classrooms.
The Junior High school of Grif
fin would be moved from its pre
sent site and a new site acquired
i south of Lightfocc Park and the
i city cemetery. This Tunior High
I would serve students 'row. both city
* and county.
j Additions would be made to the
i schools at Sunny Side, Vineyard
1 and Akin and at all schools in the
mill villages 7 .
In Griffin present white gram- j
mar schools would be enlarged and |
an additional school provided in
the northwest section when needed.
Removal of Griffin High, bv ,
j transferring classes to Spalding ‘
High, and removal the Junior |
a new
present city school campus, between !
Taylor and Poplar streets for use
n developing a civic center.
Tliis civic center wou'1 have on it
i large auditorium, the city hall,
the courthouse, Hawkes Library and
i vocational high schx>' for older
nupils who want ‘ethnical train
ing. Adults also could attend this
school for special traili ng. The pre
sent high school campus also would )
be utilized for parking some 300 au- :
tomobiles. :
With the growth of the city and
county, Simons pointed out consoli
dated schools wou'd provide better
educational facilities nnd could he
more" economically run.
The present Negro grammar
schools in both city mid county, 20
in all, would be abandoned and ill
(PLEASE TURN TO PAGE SIX)
Crock Train Crashes
In Dense Fog Today
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—(/Pi— The
Humingblrd, Louis,111c Nashville
streamliner, ran heailon into an
other luxury train It: a dense foe
20 miles north of here early today,
Several persons were Injured but
only three required 'hospitalisation,
ypp others were even first aid
treatment at the scene.
The second tram, the Miami tn
Chicago Florida Arrow, was stand
ing still when the collision occurred.
A trainman who declined to be
quoted byname, sa'd the Hum
mlngbird missed a signal In the
tog and failed to take a siding.
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MOTHER'S DAY will be celebrated all over the country Sunday and
little Judy Thompson, left above, shows the spirit of the day as she
presents her mother, Mrs. R. V. Thompson with a large box of candy.
Judy's little brother, Jimmy, appears nonchalant about the whole
business. They live at 816 Bieze street. (Photo by Warbeck.)
n Rbos , Move _ To Force _
0 . S. A u Hand , In , Korea .. I
SEOUL — (.Pi- Russia moved to
day to force the American hand in
Korea as -pre-election red terrorism
hit Seoul, national capital and
headquarters of the American zone.
for the first time.
Lt. Gen. G. P. Korotok. Soviet
commander of north Korea, an
nounced "arrangement, have been'
made for the immediate withdraw
al of his troops to "make Ameri
can troops withdraw from Korea si
multaneously.”
His announcement did not name
any specific date for the withdraw
al and was so worded" as to leave
some doubt that the Russians even
intended to get out at all. Similar
proposals previously have been re
jected by the United States.
Korotov, former Russian com
mander on the Estonian front,
made h is announcement in a letter
to Kim Doo-Bong, enairman of the
recent North-South Unity confer
ence in Pyongyang. The letter was
f
broadcast on the Pyongyang radio
The conference, dominated by Ko
rean communists, urged both Rus
sian and American troops to leave
the country.
Air Hero Will Be I
Reburied Tuesday I
Staff Sgt. William Ray Coulter. |
Jr,, of; Sunny Side will be buried in j
TK6'National cemetery near Chatta
nooga Tuesday at 2 P. M.
He was killed when hi.s bomber
cra , s ned wtiile on a reconnaissance
mission in the Caribbean area dur
ing the war. AU 10 members of the
cre w perished in the crash a.id
have been buried together. They
w j]i be reburied together in the
cemetery near Chattanooga,
Staff Sgt. Coulter graduated from
Spalding High In 1940 and entered
the Air Corps .soon after his gradu
nfi'n.
Survivors include his |>arents Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Coulter, Sr., of
Miami: a brother, Eugene Coulter
of'Miami: a sister, Miss Joyce Coul
ter of Miami.
Worker In Factory
Turns Ouf To Be
Ex-Prime Minister
NEWARK, N. J..-WPI— The quiet.
, hard-working foreigner earning *30
! a week working in overalls at a
machine is Jonas Cernius, former
| prime minister of Lithuania, his fel
j ] 0 w workers in a radio parts factory
here learned Friday.
j Cernius, 50 years old. arrived in
( this country on April 18 and’started
work this week at the
|factory.
Griffin, Ga., Saturday* May 8, 1948.
the arrangements were to be car
ried out regardless of American a- i
( greement, whether the plan hinged
| on similar American action or how 1
the Americans were to be “made"
j to leave the country, I
At American headquarters, one
high official termed the letter "an
other propaganda she*” at United j
i' States' efforts to create a unified I
Korean government.
Korokov expressed sympathy i
with the conference’s demand and
recalled that the Soviet government
made the proposal in the U- 1
same
nited States-Soviet Join Commls- j
sion negotiations and before the U- 1
nited Nations Assembly. I
America Remains
World’s
—An Editorial—
When America was discovered it opened up new hope for a troubled
Old World in which hatred and oppression of minorities had become
unbearable to many people.
Many of these people, of diverse races and origins and religions,
immigrated to America and laid the foundation for the wonderful
land of freedom of which they had dreamed.
Their dream was for a land In which old prejudices and hatreds
would be discarded and in which a man, regardless of ids religion
or his native country, would be judged upon his own abilities and
character
Protestants came to America and dreamed and fought for tolerance
and freedom and understanding.
Catholics came to America and dreamed and fought for tolerance
and freedom and understanding. (
Jews came to America and dreamed and fought for tolerance and
freedom and understanding.
They came from nations, churches and races which traditionally
were enemies. *
But they had one tiling in common: A dream of equality for all
men In a vigorous and hardy young land which required each plan
to stand upon his own feet, or perish.
And so It was through the years. America became known as the
melting pot of the world. Nowhere else in the world could Pro
testant. Catholic and Jew live and work and prosper side by side.
But later America began to mature and grow into an older nation,
and along with the wonderful and creditable developments came
some other developments which were not at all praiseworthy.
Old racial and religious prejudices began to crop up In various sec
tions of the nation and selfish despots working toward evil ends be
gan to pit Protestant, Catholic and Jew against each other.
Fortunately other wiser and more unselfish groups have fought the
hatred and misunderstanding which so long have kept Europe In
turmoil.
America today, though hatred and prejudice have grown, remains
the only hope of the world for tolerance and freedom And under
standing.
Nowhere else can Protestant, Catholic and Jew live side by side
In friendship and peace.
Nowhere else Is lt understood so clearly that a man Is a man to
be judged upon his own merits and character, regardleas of whether
he goes to the same church as another. - •
-QUIMBY MELTON, JR.
America Steels Itself
For Crippling Strike
Of Nation’s Railroads
• Barbs . .
A beauty item suggests using the
hair brush often to train the hair
properly. This also applies to the
heir.
Women who go in for heavy cos
metics to make thei- given age
sound plausible arc j’Jst making up
for lost time.
Stales'Righlers
p,an At,ion A fl ains *
National Democrats
JACKSON, Miss.—(/P) " Militant
action” against the national Dem
ocratic party will be taken at the
States' Rights Convention opening
here Monday, the movement's lead
or asserted today.
The statement was made by Mis
sixsippi Governor Fielding L. Wri
ght, in a pre-convention inter
view. *Wright sponsored the caHmg
of the revolt convention.
The states' right movement grew
out of Southern objection to the
President's civil rights program. It
has been expanded by Wright and
other leaders to include additional
measures regarded my them as in
vasions of states’ rights by the fed
eral government in other fields.
Some 1,200 delegates from 12
Southern states and Indiana, Iliin
ois, and Missouri are experted by
those in charge of the convention's
arrangements
Potential Damage
To U. S. Economy
Is Staggering
CHICAGO, (t P) — The nation
prepared for a railroad strike next
Tuesday and the long range esti
mate of the potential damage to all
segments of business nnd industry
was staggering.
A virtual paralysis of the coun
try's rail transportation! would re
sult from the threatened strike by
the some 1BO.OOO engineers, firemen
and switchmen.
Millions would feel the effects of
the impending walkout some im
nediately alter the strike deadline
scheduled for 6 A. M. Local time
Tuesday. The idle In the railroad
IVASHINGTON - l/D— The
White House was reported to
day ready to ask a 20-day rail
strike postponement as hopes
dimmed of settling the six
month old dispute without re
sorting to government seizure.
New peace talks were called
by top White House advisers in
an effort to end the tight dead
lock between the carriers and
three labor unions.
and scores of other Industries
would run into the millions.
In the St. Louis area alone, the
Chamber of Commerce estimated
that a strike would cause layoffs of
between 200.000 and 390,000.
In Detroit, auto industry leaders
said plants throughout Michigan
would be closed “in a matter of a
few days" in event of a strike.
The spoiling of millions of dol
lar.s worth of produce and other
crops was threatened by the strike.
That situation would pose a prob
lemm for the housewives who do
the shopping for food a.id meat \
As hopes dimmed for a settle
ment of the walkout, the railroads
going shipments ' of perishables,
poultry and livestock. Before the
weekend about 60 carriers will have
issued such orders, Friday's livc
stock shipments to the major Tmir
kt were heavy as farmers attempt
ed to beat the strike or rail em
bargo deadlines.
Frdm the nation's principal cities
came reports of plans in event of a
walkout Airline companies across !
the country prepared for Inaugu
rating extra flights to handle lie '
overflow of passengers and extra
cargo. Bus companies readied nil
tvailable equipment to meet the ex
pected heavy demands
There appeared to be no danger
of immediate fond shortages In
vent of a strike, a survey showed
However, a long strike would empty
the nation's larder Meanwhile,
food buyers in New York City re
ported that the threat of n walk
out. already had sent prices of per
ishable foods to high marks.
Mayor William O'Dwyer of New
York wired President Truman that
the “worst food gouges in history”
| would take place i i perishable
foods If the rail embargoes were
not lifted
A rail embargo of more than n
few days will mean lhiNto' of c mlt
Hons of dollar:; worth oVr perlsh
able fruits and vegetables hi snuTTiT
[ ern California.
Only troop, hospital and milk
trains will be operated tfy members
of the three brotherhoods if a strike
Is called. Most carriers have an
loUnced no attempts will be made
to operate trains, and employe*
I have been notified of layoff*.
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Brief8 ...
WASHINGTON - President Tru
man observed his 04th birthday to
day with his ‘ attend the
hi on
threatened rail strike- -and its pos
sible effect on his cross-country
travel plans.
MACON. Ga. — Supporters of
Henry Wallace gathered here today
to launch the thud party move
ment In Georgia, but they had to
decide first what to do about the.
racial problem.
LONDON Twenty American?
w ill be presented at court next
Thursday They will meet the king
and queen at a patty in Bucking
ham Palace.
Dog To Be Tried;
I i Mistress Claims
! He's Shell-Shocked
W1NSTED, Conn. t/P) — A two
year-old collie scheduled to go on
trial for hi.s life hei*e Monday night,
and the whole town is talking.
The Town Board of Selectmen
i will act as judge and Jury. The
j chief witness for the prosecution
j will be a petttton signed by a score
| or more of citizens who demand the
dog’s destruction on the grounds
that he Is vicious and dangerous.
( The defendant is a pedigreed ani
mal named “Laddie" and he wil 1
not lack defenders when he ap
pears before the august board Hi.s
mistress, Barbara Scanlon, will be
| there to plead for "Laddie" nnd nh<
. to*, w |p ) lave a petition,
This one is signed by other Win
sted citizens who assert that “Lad
die" Is not. vicious. The signers of
(he second pelitlon agree with Miss
| Scanlon that what ails “Laddie" is
not bad temper but shell-shock
Miss Scanlon claims that her !>et
. w; , s so badly frightened by a dyn:>.
mile blast, some time ago that he
has been a nervous wreck ever
since
accused of -
ten a newsboy who delivered pa
pers at the Scanlon home Miss
Scanlon admits that "Laddie" did
“slight,lv bite" the boy but, she
explains lie was badly frightened
when he did it.
It was this \yay. Miss Scanlon
says:
The newsboy threw the paper
on the porch 'Lruldie' thought
the 'flop' of the paper was another
blast and It wrecked his already
shell-shocked nerves He dashed
out of the doorway, upset the bov
nnd In the excitetnen*. bit him sli
Killlv on the ear." That Is all there
was to it says Miss Seanlon.
The neighbors, some ot them, toil
it differently In tneir petition
they assert that "Laddie" is by
nature vicious. They demand tluit
the Selectmen order the dog de
stroyed. The issue Is up to the
Selectmen who will hear both side
Monday night "Laddie” will tz
there too. Miss Scanlon savs.
Local Father, Son
Both Arc Fleeted
Two Grlffiultcs, father nnd
son, walked atv\v ' l:h lirtnof
at two seperate state convent
ions held last week
Ben R Cain was elected vlce
president of the Georgia L P
Gas dealers at the convention
held In' Columbus. His father.
Dr. A. L Cain, Was nominated
for second vice-president of the
Georgia PharmactlstR assoclat
ion at tlie convention in 8av-,
annah.
Established 1871
Skating Rink Told
Not To Operate
Here On Sundays
Byars Issues Injunction
Against Skating Rink
At Hearing This Morning
An injunction was ordered placed
on the skating rink at Experiment
this morning by Judge Chester A.
Byars to prevent the rink from
operating on Sundays.
The action took place at a hear
ing. which was held to determine
if a temporary restraining order
should be dissolved or made per
manent, 4
The restraining order was issued
by Judge Byars after a petition
was presented to Solicitor General
F. E. Strickland asking that the
state enjoin the rink from operating
on Sundays.
The petition was signed by 35
laymen and ministers and waa
drawn by those living in the com
munity near the skating rink. The
rink Is operated by Riley Jones at
Relgel’s Curve.
Remember The Date)
It's V. E. Day Today
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
llie European phase of World
War II ended official’v Just three
years ago.
Today's anniversary apparently
:1rr\v more notice in the defeated
nations than among the victorious
ones.
No public celebrations were re
ported in the United State. No sta
tements were forthcoming on the
eve of the anniversary. ,
But in Germany and Austria,
pleas were heard lor a joint effort
to make the peace las:
German mayors annex led to their
people Friday night to love their
neighbors.
In a pamphlet Issue ! by the Ger
man Towns Associati ;n in Frank
furt, they asked Germans to help
“all tiiose who have been persecu
ted in the name of uu t people for
political or racial reasons.
"Receive refugees from neighbor
ing nations in a helpful way and
halt (he unfortunate chain of hate
and revenge.” the pamphlet said.
In Vienna. I.‘ Gen. Geoffrey
Keyes, commander of U. S. occu
;>ation forces In Austria. is«ued a
brief statement today It said:
"Today we are ernwged in the
■irk of healing the wounds of war
and insuring a bash- f ir the recon
• traction of peace the principles
gle for peace and the responsibili
ties which we assumed In war are
responsibilities which We will Just
as faithfully fulfill in peace. ..
"Our goal is a pe.ict, stable and
nduring. God willing, thnt goal
win be achieved."
The official en-l ol the war Ml
Europe mine when German mili
tary leaders signed an act of sur
render in Berlin on Mav 8, 1945,
called ' V-E i Vi( tory-in-Europe>
Dav."
Mr. W. H. Barnette
Dies On Friday
Mr. William I! BarneHc, one of
Hampton's leading citizen: riled at
,,lr ,lorm ’ of his on. Ii | F. Bar
nette, in Hampton Friday alter be
ing ill for lour months.
He was a member and a deacon
1)1 Liberty Hill Baptist Church tor
35 years and was a retired farmer,
Funeral service will be conduct
ed Sunday afternoon a* 3:30 at
Liberty Hill Church with the Rev.
C. Buckalew, the Rev. H. G.
O Bryant and the Rev J. C,-Call
away officiating. The body will He
in state at the church from 2:30
until the funeral. Burial will be In
I the churchyard with Pittman Fun
Home In charge.
| 1° addition to his son s he is sty
\ vived by two grandsons, Fred Bar
and Billy Barnette, both of
Hampton; three brother*, W. A.
Barnette of Hapevtlle. M. V. Bar
nette of Atlanta and H. B. Barnette
of Tampa, Fla.