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Thanksgiving Holidays
-■’If i r in In Griffin Today
.V GOOD E NIN i G
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving
Day.
And every last one of us have
many things for which to be
thankful.
First we live in America, a
nation where God is worshipped
and feared—
A nation where all men are
created equal. and have an equal
chance— , J
A nation where the only
“royalty” is the “royalty” of
achievement, and the humblest
citizen has his chance to make
good—
A nation'that is rich in na
tural resources as well as in
glorious tradi tion—
A nation w nhtwe every man
has an equal voice in choos
ing the men and women who -
make the laws under which he
lives—
A nation of schools, schools
for all not just for toe chosen
few—
A nation where one may wor
ship Opd as he sees fit—
A nation strong and vigorous.
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Then, too, We can be thankful
for Xrtwrt#. t* Weaft epfp, tat
good neighbors—
We can be thankful that God
gives us sunshine when we
need sunshine and rain when
we need rain—
We can he thankful that God
in His wisdom hps given us
health, and if we do not have
health that God has given us
the strength to bear our in
firmities—
Wg can be thankful for the
lives of those we love who have
“gone to their reward”—
We can be thankful that
there is no "secret police” to
spy on our every action and we
are» free to do as we please
so long as in so doing de do not
endanger the rights of others.
Th£n tve can be {hankful that
we live in Oeorgfa—a state
with a glorious past, a splendid
present and a limitless future—
And that we live ln Spalding
County, the best county ln the
state and in Griffin, the finest
city known to map.
. Certainly we have much for
which to be thankful.
May we not treat our many
blessings a*htly— but combine
with oar thanks a prayer to
Almighty God that we will so
live that our lives will he pleas
ing in His sight and He win
continue to smile on us.
Blood Committees
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Plon 'Emergency'
Meeting Monday
L. S. Patterson, chairman, todav
called what he termed “an emer
gency meeting” of all blood donor
committees for 4 P. M. Monday
afternoon at the Chamber of Com
merce.
The Red Cross Bloodmobtle will
visit here Dec. 14 to collect a new
supply of blood for the Blood Bank
at Strickland Memorial Hospital.
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Falling Cotton
Causes Accident
Three bales of cotton failing
from the back of a truck resulted
In ah automobile accident at Mo
In tosh road Just off U. 8. Highway
41 today. Sgt. H. W. BarrowV the
State Patrol Station said
No were reported and
driver of the automobUe^was w
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Churches Here
Film Special
Union Service
The celebration of the Thanks
giving holidays began In Griffin
and Spalding County today, spe
cial church services have been
planned for Thursday and the
homes of the city have been in a
flurty of preparation for visitors or
trips to visit out of town relatives.
Griffin High will kick off the
special events for the holiday with
a game against Thomas ton in Tho
masion tonight.
Special religious services are sla
ted in several churches Thursday.
Most of the downtown churches will
Join in a union service at the First
Christian Church.
The Griffin and Spalding Coun
ty schools closed at the end of the
day’s work today and will remain
The Griffin Daily News will
take its nasal three-day
Thanksgiving holiday. This
*m he the last issue of Your
Hometown Newspaper until
Monday.
The entire staff of the News
takes this opportunity to thank
our 6AM subscribers tar mak
ing the holiday possible.
closed until Monday. Spalding High
school served the “cheapest Thanks
giving dinner" in toe world today
during tTjw were
dinner with all toe trimmings
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scheduled to deliver the Thanks
giving message, “Our Indebtedness
to God,’ at toe 10 A. M. union ser
vtoesin the First Christian Church
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The *"• Hu ^ Holland, Christ
ian Church pastor, will deUver the
Invocation and the Rev. Hugh Lind
sey, First Baptist pastor, will read
the scripture with the Rev. Joe
Other church Thankssivinv ser-
1st Churches. A 7:30 A. M. Mass
vih be held at toe Sacred Heart
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^sday night a movie. “The
7olce of Prophecy,” wil be shown
at the Seventh-Day Adventist
Church and toe pastor, the Rev. J
1. Everett, will deliver the message,
“God’s Message for Today.”
A Thanksgiving party will be held
at the Second Baptist Church
Thursday morning for the needy of
toe community. Grtfflnltes are
usked to bring food to the church
'or distribution.
A barbecue Will be sponsored
Negro American Legion Post 548
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BULLETIN 1
The former head of the Georgia!
ttoreau of Investigation, Capt. W.l
C. McLemore, and the former head
I the Americas District thej (
of
State Patrol, Lt. H. C. English, have i
ieen transferred to the . Griffin ,
3tote Patrol Station fat the grade of.
patrolmen, Sgt. H. .W. Barrow,
Head .of the local patrol station,
'aid today.
Ht Barrow ssM several other
mambevs of the . local patrol station .
♦ewe were effected In recent chan
ges, Patrolman G. W. Com
"’«*» promoted to corporal and
'tarp. W. IL Harden aad. Patrol
man L. L. Middlebrooks were re
firom the. payroll.
Ssh eras a sergeant la
at the local station when he
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HERE IS GRIFFIN GOLD WAVE t the season tonight First row left to
right, Vance Holt, Frank Gaissert, Bob Mullins, Ralph Gatt *» Crowe, Ernest Carlisle, Cecil Roberts,
Bobby Elmore, Donald Stewart, Jack Langford, Charles B f, Jimmy 1 m Smith, Edwin Teal, Beh
by Bnks, Harvey Mathis, Boh Amall and Jimmy Murray. Second tmf left to right, Jack Welsh, Glenn
Conkle, Lynn Gatlin, Billy Crawford, Bobby Cobb, Millar ft Stewart, Dee SuUtao, John Connelly, BUI
Scott, Jimmy Thomas, Larry Cook, Larry Knight, Bobhy Jo Con 'im, Horace Krtley, Unidentified, Tho
mas Hicks and Thomas Dunn. Third row left to right, Disk Sb l«S, Ronnie Dumb*, Robert Lisle, Paul
Stewart, Jaek Carden, Wendell Banks, Gene Rtfbhtas, Bill Sta nBy, Tuck Smith, Jaek Roddy, Carlton
lines, Charles Mann, Tommy Willis, Jimmy Gore, l add Slade aad Dan Slade. Foarth raw
left to right, Troy Smith, Jimmy Woods, Lamar Taylor, M*rry Stewart, Jimmy Walker, Bobby West
moreland, Bobby Eubanks, Ray Simonton, Cary Cochran, Tom »y Joiner, George Walker and W. G.
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Griffin Ends Season Tonight
Griffin High's Gold Wavje will
'dose the IMS football season to
night when they meet the R, BS.
Lee Rebels in Thomaston at 8
o'clock.
The Thomaston grtdders came to
Griffin one year ago and spoiled
the Gold Wave's chance to play
for the state title. Griffin had won
all her games but one, which she
tied.
Thomaston is one of Griffin’s
arch rivals and they play some
^ Thomason
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usual because the Rebels are a de
make fQur stralght vlctorles .
The game wiU ^ played on g
muddy fleW and chftnces are ^
to.? ball wiU be a Uttle harder to
hang onto and the mnning wiu
a ^ more dlfflcult
The Griffin charges have been
drilling steadily since their game
coHege Park on Nov. 12
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^ they couldn’t practice out
slde ^ prac0Md ln the ^
appeared ln a Gold Wave uniform
for many of toe team members
and many fans will go to Thomas-
1 ton to see Griffin close out the sea
j son. push
j The Rebels will not be a
over, as they have proved.
| J. e. Richards has installed the T
formation at Thomaston this year
| and toe boys were slow to learn at
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Griffin High School
Boys, Girls At Griffin High School Tell
Whal Dislike About Each Other
By JOE THOMAS
GrifTIn High Correspondent
Most 811 P*°P le welcome a certain
amount of “constructive criticism.”
Although I don’t know how con
etructive this criticism is. 1 am
about to criticise.
Thla Is an expjose, in a double
dose, of what the Ortffln High stu
denti Wke or dislike about the per-
sonalities of the
respective oppo
*ite sex.
First let’s find
out what toe gay
young ladies
think is wrong
with the male
students.
the first girl
Was rather skep-
.Meal at first arfJ then diplomatic^
!y replied, “Well, I can’t find any
thing wrong with s men.’’ (Humm!
ThaHc us up asm)
The Others were more decided
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Grlf Nov. 1948.
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Man - Hurt
Is When
Car Hits MW* In •
A collision between aa tultosnobtie
and nM J a V Ontlilsaun Soutnem Dnilwrut/I Railroad engine mm rslai m At
the B»>ad rtraet crossing restated
In toe injury of -it Tihomrt, |M>t
Griffin textile worker, Tuesday at
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the left cylinder, itm accident «e
cu—ed during a Right rain and the
poUce report sald the glass windows
in the automobile were sweating
and visibility poor.
A Strickland Manorial Hospital
spokesman said that Thomas was
admitted to thd hospital for emer
gency treatment and then carried
to his home. Police records say
that Thomas received two fractured
• ribs,
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i requires that the engine be travel
?==?.St- the * ngine aUo requll ' ed to Btop
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I Parker * ald »eco«Ung to the
report handed in by Engineer W. A
| Dreeham, the train had stopped at
the Junction of the two railroad
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er tonight. Thursday partly
cloudy and slightly wanner.
and spontaneous in their answers.
Most of the answers ran along
the pattern, “They aren’t thought
M gt g] , They m „,oo ty and
they think they are more important
than we girls.”
Then one of the lovely creatures
Parted to got sentimental and began
to describe how her beau had “Jllt
ed” her. But hen conversation soon
became involved and complicated
and I had to excuse her from fur
ther conversation.
The principal dislikes of the bovs
toward the girls Were usually the
same—the Indifference of women,
i Among the other “disgusts" they
expressed were: Talking too much,
overdressing and talking about boy
friends. One boy said that he hated
the way some gif Is always try
be to “everlasting Independent.”
That’s the way lt |o$s this week
end every week at OtW. Maybe,
**»« day, somehow, everybody will
be pleased with everybody else.
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City Commission
Hears Proposal
To Rezone Section
The Griffin City Comission Tues
day night heard the first reading
of a proposal for reaming a portion
of the residentiial property in the
■southwestern part of the city.
On recommendation of the Board
of Adjusters of the Planning Com
mission a change in the number of
families to be allowed in one house
was proposed. The one family zone
in the southwestern part of the city
to prpooaed to be changed to a
three family zone.
The resolution to expected to be
considered at a future meeting
when the citizens in the section
concerned will be given an opport
unity to express their views.
The proposed rezoning will affect
the houses on West College, Marl
wether and West poplar strata and
* U tbe Intervening streets in the
The reZonlng will be ® ln near the
't.Vrsection of West Pttpllar and
Meriwether streets and extend to
the city limits. COn West College
street the rezoning will extend from
the manufacturing area to the city
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City Manager Jack Unford told
the comlssioners he would submit
copies of a proposed estimate of the
next year's budget and revenue to
the members of the comission for
their study within the next few
days -
City Manager Langford and Glen
Bryant, head of the City light and
Water Department, submitted rout
ine “mark offs” from the frooks.
This is necessary before the annual
audit. The Light and Water De
partment “mark-offs” amounted to
less than onk tenth of one per
cent of the total money handled,
the City Manager pointed out.
; All the city comlssionrs and City
Attorney L. P. Goodrich attended
the meeting. L. D. Willis, commis
sioner-elect was among the visitors.
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W«a therm an Says:
'Goaf Thanksgiving'
S sl Thanksgiving will be cooler If
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Sunday:
Cooler Thursda y, warmer
Friday or Saturday. Tempera
tures wUl average two to five
degrees above normal Friday,
Saturday and Sunday Rain a
galn Friday or Saturday.
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War Hero Will Be
Reburied Sunday
Funeral services for T> 5 Raymond
A. Manning, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert A. Manning of 433 West
Cherry street, who was killed ln
action in Italy Dec. 7, 1944 while
serving with the 88th Infantry Di
vision, win be conducted Sunday at
J P. M. at Haisten’s Funeral Home.
The services will be conducted by
toe Rev. Howard Johnson, pastor of
the Tabernacle Baptist Church and
bur(al will be In Oak Hill cemetery.
Members of the Griffin VFW and
American Legion poets will serve as
pallbearers. The body will be car
ried to the home at 4 P. M. Satur
day.
The only survivors are his pa
rents. He was born and reared In
Cochran and graduated from Orif
fln High School in 1942. He went
overseas July 28, 1944 and was 20
years old at the time of his death.
Committee Chairmen
Of Community Chest
Are Asked To Report
The committee chairmen of the
Community Chest who have not
made their reports to the Cham
ber of Commerce office were
quested to do so today by C. B.
Nichols, drive chairman.
The records in toe Chamber of
Commerce office Indicate that the
230,7*0 mark has been passed. This
Is $7,698 short of the goal for the
year.
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T n T e~'on m«v he'd no mor* "hlg”
after 1949. Vincent A.
n ar~'1i. chalnnsn of 'he Conven
tion Commission said Tuesday.
said th-» coo*”ntlon has outgrown
'acuities of all but three cities.
PGPTTAND, Oe, —
CM"?* Justice Wltllsm O.
told the CIO today that labor lean
er* ran do a better Job than «on
*«nH'n*<l diplomats in
worldwide communist nropanmd ’
and hrtdeinv the gap between A
merica and Europe.
Spalding High School
Students At Spalding High School Wish
Everyone A Happy Thanksgiving Day
By JANE MOORE |
Spalding High Correspondent
Long ago when America had Just
been settled about a year the Pil
grim fathers gathered together to
give thanks unto God.
They each brought some of the
food they had been able to grow.
All the food was put together so
that each would have a share,
j The Pilgrims did not feel that
they were of a higher class or a
better people as so many people
f«l today. If one family was not
able to grow
enough food for
themselves then
■ others would
share with them.
These actions, t
think, show that
they trere closer
to and more in
favor of God
than are the people of today.
Today we seem to think of our
family table only and seem to for
get about those who cant provide
their families with turkeys and oth
er extravagances that go with
Thanksgiving dinners. ,
The people of today seem to 1 have
forgotten the meaning of Thanks-
High Commander
Calls For Frayer
On Execution Day
TOKYO —<*V- General Douglas
MacArthur today dented clemency
for Japan’s M top war criminals
and ordered the execution of Bl
dekl Tojo, and six others who
dreamed ’bk: copquest but los{ an
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Aa sole reviewing officer, he de
clined to use his power to lighten
any of the sentences determined by
the International Military Tribu
nal-seven to die on the gallows; IS
to spend the rest of their lives to
prison, two to lesser prison terms.
The supreme commander called
bis task “utterly repugnant" to him.
closed his review of the war
guilt case with a plea to people
of all creeds In Japsn to pray on
execution day—yet to be made pub
lic—to help t^e world keep tow
peace, “Lest the human race
lab,” s ; -a
Attorneys for ftve defendants
planned to appeal to the Supreme
has
national war crimes cases.
MacArthur, in his statement, mid
he saw no reason for him to inter
vene. Whether the prisoners should
have been prosecuted at all was not
for him to say. But the two-year
trial Itself, he went on, was a fair
one; every safeguard was made to
“evolve Justice.”
*T therefore direct the
lng general of the Eighth Army tc
execute the sentences as pronoun
ced by the tribunal.
“In doing so, I pray that an On
nipotent providence may use this
tragic expiation as a symbol to
summon all persons of good will to
a realization of the utter futility Of
war—that most malignant scurge
of mankind—anc eventually to it?
renunciation by all nations.”
Those sentenced to death were:
To Jo, army commander and premier
a t the outbreak of war; Oen. Kenjl
S j Doihara, known as the sly, ruthless
“Lawrence of Manchuria:” KokiHl
rota, former premier; oen. Seishlro
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constable.
Bast Griffin—W. Oran j 6
and John R. Costley, , I
Sutton, Fred Preston, A. W. 1
and J, L. Timmons, constal
Experiment—W. H (Buck)
bley, J. R. Cowan and B. C. i
J. P.; H. E. Carden, L. F.
L. M. Moody, J. H. Jones
(Brown) Kendrick, W. C. P
and J. W. Hightower, com
Africa—E, N. Blalock, J. 6, ]
and E. M. Parrish, J. p.; ]
and Otis Hightower, cons!
Akin—W. C. Knott, J. V.
Akins, H. W. Logan and Oi
Allen, constable. s»‘
Cabin—George W. Coggi
Moss and J. T. Weldon, J,.
W. Smith. Horace A. Sims and JuL
ius Allen, constable.
Union—B. O. Reeves, J. P.; W. O,
Norton, constable. ChambtrtjMj jZ&M
Mt Zion—W. E.
G. H. Ransom, J. P.; T. O. Ntonra
Robert A Oogglns aad PauEflM
constable.
Orrs—L. L. Evans, J. p.; §i J. fi
Knowles, constable.
Line Creek—Eerie Biles, J. P.
4-Lane Highway 41
Through Griffin
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MACON —<AV- Reports on t
proposal to build a four-law Wg
W8y from Atlanta M * <50n
made at a dinner here
night. Business (
leaders of
will meet with renresentatm
various cities along Route
cuss the plans. m
Route 4l from Atlanta to lib
by way of Griffin, is erne of top )
viest traveled highways in Goot
A four-lane highway would
congestion and would p
high class route for Florid!
tourists.
The banquet will be held
Lanier Hotel and Chapter
msn, president of the U. £
way 4l Association, wftt
vu*st of honor. State high
tidal* also wUl bo presort
proposed to build the t
M*hwv with federal aid.
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giving. We seem to have forgotten
that Thanksgiving really meant to
thank God tor the blessings that
He has given.
Now we seem only to think that
it is the time to become extravagant
and feast for ourselves. We do not
think of others who cannot have
fesast on this Thanksgiving.
8o let's all remember Thursday is
the day for giving thanks unto God
for things He has provided for us
and it is a day to be happy and not
selfishly spent.
I am expressing those thoughts
for the student body of Spalding
High and am sure that I could ln
rlude everyone in saying “Happy
Thanksgiving.”
CHIT CHAT:—The grand news
of the week is the score of the
8paldlng-GalnesviUe game—12 to 0.
That was a treat to all the Spakiinr
fans who attended.
But we were all sorry that one of
our star players, James “Pealucy”
Harkneas, was injured and we hope
he recovers rapidly,
Next to the beat newt is that j
bout the holidays. No one could be
any happier than J
I Join with toe other students at
Spalding In wishing Griffin High a
j happy victory tonight , j.