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GRIFFIN FIRST
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Talent, Your Time , Your
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SCOUTS ALSO ARE WOODSMEN, to Counsellor Paul Dawkins shows
a group of Griffin Scouts at Camp Thunder some axe, lore in the axeyard.
Looking on from the left are Jimmy Lynch and Winston Jones. Ray
(Buddy) Jones, with his hands on his hips, watches from the right while
Gilbert. in Cox the props and an axe of on a log. Each All the boy work at the in the camp is given a
course use care an axe. yard is under
careful supervision. (Photo by Warbeck.)
Redecorated Library
To Open Here Monday.
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By Quimby Melton
Spalding County has won
the praise of the state com
mittee to raise funds for fight
hag cancer for the simple rea
son that Spalding County
raised more money than the
quota assigned to her.
That’s fine.
Hats off to Mrs. A. T. CLaura
Ann) Montgomery, county
commander for the American
Cancer Society, for her fine
work.
Spalding always comes a
eross when an appeal is made
for a worthy oause. And there
Is no more worthy cause than
the one that raises money to
fight cancer.
Mae West wants the man
agement of the her hotel in
New York to "come up and sea
me sometime”—and bring a
long $250,000.
Buxom Mae says she slip
ped on a "defective” floor mat
in her bathroom, fell and
broke her ankle. She gclaims
she suffered other lnjulres
which made her 'sick, sore,
lame and disabled.” These In
juries, which she claimed hap
pened last February, kept
her from earning $3,000 a week
as star of the stage revival of
•'Diamond Lil.’ The show has
been closed since the accident.
$250,000 for a broken an
kle—even the ankle of Mae—
Is quite a price. If broken
ankles come that high wont
someone please throw a ba
nana peel In Good Evening's
path?
But vt don’t make $6,000 a
week—so we’ll settle for much
less than a quarter of a mil
lion.
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We keep seeing Henry Wal
lace In strange company.
The latest—the meeting of
the “Bill of Rights” convention
which opens In New York to
day.
President Truman has term
ed the "Bill of Rights” group
"that gangduj-—
Borne of "that gang ' are
Henry Wallace; Paul Robeson,
and Clifford Dure, former
FCC commissioner. '
Robeson has been quoted as
saying, from Russia, that he
would fight against the Unit
ed States—his native land—if
war ever comes with Russia,
that gives one an Idea of
“that gang.’
Incidentially we remember a
letter President Truman wrote
Good Evening sometime ago.
He had seen a copy of Good
■-'Evening which criticised Wal
Idee for in’ statement he had
made while In Europe.
V.’.tki t ie President. "It’s in
teresting to see what our pa
pers think of the strange an
tics' of Wallace.'
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DAI LYWNEWS
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Hawkes Library will open Mon
day completely reorganized and re
decorated.
The walls have been painted m
dusty rose and green pastells of
varying hues and the arrangement
of the library completly depart
mentalized for more convenience.
Mrs. Logan Wallace, librarian, ex
plained that the reorganization
separate the readers in three age
groups—adults, students through the
fourth grade and students in the
fifth through the seventh grades.
The reception desk faces the main
entrance and the processing and
mending will be done on the second
floor. The office of the regional lib
rarian also will be on the second
floor.
The library will be open Monday
through Saturday from 9 A. M.
to 5 P. M. It will remain closed on
Wednesday afternoon.
Spalding Cited
In Cancer War
Special commendation has come
to Spalding for its achievement in
raising more than 100 percent of its
goal in the campaign for funds to
fight cancer.
Mrs. A. T. Montgomery, county
commander for the American aCn
cer Society, was cited for the achie
vement by State Campaign Chair
man Rutherford L. Ellis of Atlanta
' The unselfish work done by Mrs.
Montgomery and her workers, in
the face of many difficulties, was
outstanding,” Ellis said. “I congrat
ulate them.
“They—and the people of Spald
ing County—have shown a spirit of
generosity and service that cannot
be praised too highly."
Funds raised here will be used to
finance cancer research; to carry
out a program of public education
which doctors say can subtantially
increase the number of persons cur
ed of cancer, and to provide in
creased services to cancer patients.
Local Drivers Without
New Licenses Charged
The Griffin State Patrolmen Is
making cases against persons driv
ing without 1950 drivers licenses.
Sgt. L. W. Bailey, commanding
officer of.the local station, pointed
out today the t f949 drivers licenses
expired the last day in June and
that all drivers not having the new
licenses in their possession while
driving are liable to charges and
a fine.
9 Barbs...
It takes a girl to find out that a
gay blade often is very dull.
’Tls better to be hard to get than
hard to take.
Radio comedians should have a
strong farm appeal with aU that
corn,
Most of the girls run up high
golf scores, but they can go around
the beaches in very little.
Men tell you about the big fish
Ihut got ii’vin, and women about
the one they caught.
Elevator operators in an Illi
nois I - ii walked our' Not very
uplifting!
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SMILING WOODS LOVERS, just before they grabbed their lunches off the line, are
shown at the Brownie Day camp at the Municipal Park. The Brownies (left to right) are
Drucilla Hambrick, Kay Robinson, Judy Hinson, Diane Richardson, Mary Sue Smith,
Mirgaret Ann Fullerlove, Norma Jean Park, Sue Sollenberger, Juanita Young, Patsy
Folds and Mary McDowell. Behind the group is Barbara Futral, counsellor, and Francis
Keating, local Girl Scout director. (Photo by Warbeck.)
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CAMP THUNDER IS NOT ALL WOODS and bushes.
There is one very important building in the heart of camp
—the dining hall. Each boy in camp takes his turn at
being steward. When meal times come you can always
Scout Camp Is l-I-N
Bv BILLY KNIGHT
An army of Griffin Boy Scouts
invaded the land of red bugs and
crawling reptiles this week as they
marched into Camp Thunder with
packs on back ready to meet mother
nature head on.
Troops 7, 10, 40 and 9 landed at
the camp Sunday afternoon and Joe
Ballenger, Scout Executive of the
Flint River Council, reports "the
situation well in hand.”
The Scouts attend the camp in
troops and each scoutmaster is re
sponsible for planning his troop's
activities.
At 7:30 each morning, the boys
rub their sleepy eyes and hop out
01 bed. as the notes of rovni. hi P ,»
through the air. They file outside
immediately to greet the colors as
they shoot up the flag pole.
After a good hot breakfast, every
one make his bunk and stands by
for inspection. Everyone is graded
on the appearance of his bunk and
other equipment.
From 8:30 till 11:30 the Scout are
busy with troop activities. One troop
may hike seven miles to Dripping
Rock near the banks of Flint river.
Another may do some mapping with
the compass.
Special instructions In know be
ing are given to each troop. A
special section of the camp site is
marked off the classes. Everyone
learns how to tie the basic knots
including the bowline, clove hitch,
square, two half hitches and the
sheep shank.
) Instruction in the use of the ax
is given to everyone. The boys learn
proper ways of cutting timber and
how to sharpen an ax.
At the "heaving place” Scouts
learn how to throw a drowning
person a rope and they have fun
while learning, too. The Scouts try
to throw their ropes to the center
of a target. If they hit the center,
they get 15 points. If they miss,
they get 10 or 5 points, depending
on where the rope lands.
Jack Langford of Griffin is a
member of the camp staff and is
serving as waterfront director.
Griffin, Go., Saturday, July 16, 1949.
see a group such as the one above head for the hall and
begin loading the tables. Mrs. Clara Sikes, camp dieti
cian, is shown with a group of the stewards. (Photo by
Warbeck.)
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IITownies lamp Too ;
It's Day Camp time in Griffin
with the younger sisters of the Boy
and Girl Scouts taking to the woods.
Throughout this week and next
the Municipal Park will have the
laughs and yells of the Griffin
Brownies ringing most everywhere.
There are tents erected by the
jovial Brownies and lunches neatly
wrapped in paper hanging on a
line out of the reach of insects.
The little girls are being trained
by Girl Scout Director Francis
| r «very in day bathing at 11:30 all Scouts fall
out suits and line
the pier at the lake to wait for
Why Should We Moan
The Recession Blues?
An Editorial
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Mac Cheatham, red-headed and capable young vice president of
the Dundee Mills, this week answered a question that has been in
the back of nearly every Grlffinite’s mind the past few months.
The question What is the future of the textile. Industry in Grif
fin?
The answer: ‘ Good." ‘
Cheatham said that in addition to capable management and s
good mechanical plant, the success of the mills here depends upon
good community relations and good employe relations.
He described both in Griffin as "the finest."
We were glad to learn of his optimism, for te realize that the
textile Industry Is the backbone of this city. Without our mills Grif
fin would be just another slow moving Georgia country town.
We are glad that the textile mills face the future with confidence
In Griffin. Not only are the mills themselves important to our eco
nomy, but the textile employes are among our most Important citi
zens. a high type of people who we are proud to have as fellow cltl.
»ens.
Perhaps other businesses than the textile Industry should tear a
page from Cheatham'b notebook and quit worrying excessively about
a recession and face the future with confidence.
If the future of the textile industry in Onffin is good, aa Cheatham
thinks it is, the future of the city is good and there is no use to alt
around moaning the recession blues.
Keating and her assistants. Jean
Mavity, Jo Ann Bolton and Barbara
Futral. Mrs. Thomas Floyd, Jr., is
camp chairman
The camp is opened each morn
ing with a flag ceremony and then
the Brownies pitch their tents and
go about their fun in nature study,
hiking, cooking, dramatics and
many other activities.
Before 3 30 P. M. they have a
rest period and story telling be
fore they pack up and head home
Langfor d s w hi st le to blow so they
plunge into the ice cold water.
All swimming classes are conduct-
Issued Daily Except Sunday and entered aa second dees matter
at the postottice at Ortlfin, Qa , under act ot March S. 181*.
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THERE ARE NO “GRANNY” knot tiers at Camp Thunder. Before §
the Scouts finish their camp they have been trained to tie square and
nupv o'he- '(not*. T ' - »••»* Griffin Scouts at the left watching Counsel
lor Bobby Evans are Buddy Cox and W. G. Walker. Melvin Phillips is
shown stanaing next to „oe « niiups. Walter Seago is at the extreme
right. The ropes are nailed to the frames with only two loose ends.
(Photo by Wdrbeck.)
ed under the buddy system. Each
swimmer is paired with another
swimmer and the two must stay
near each other at all times. When
the swiming instructors blow their
whistles, each boy must grab his
partners hand and hold it up. If
a boy loses his buddy, everyone
must get out of the lake until he
found.
As part of the physical education
program, each Scout must run the
obstacle eburse. He must scale walls,
jump ditches, walk logs, crawl
through obstacles and, at the end,
chin himself,
Most every Scout at the camp is
working on a merit badge or an
advance m ent in clas s
No cases of homesickness have
been reported by the camp staff.
Ballenger says the sure cure for
that is "plenty of activity.”
Want A Mule?
Want to sell a mule?
Want to sell a cow? *
Call the Want Ad man,
He will tell you how.
— Phone 3276-77 —
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Tandem Race Costly
For Kindly Motorist
COLORADO SPRINGS Ool.
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IE—A good deed turned sour
for Roy C. Hollingsworth, 22,
Hollingsworth was flagged
down by a friend whose car
was stuck In the mud. Ami
able Hollingsworth gave his
friend a push and ended up
with a $50 fine and with hav
ing his driver's license revok
ed »
Hollingsworth’s car locked
and the two were picked up for
speeding after being seen rac
ing down the street 5q miles
and hour, bumpers still locked,
bumpers with his friends car.
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GRIFFIN FIRST
Incest Your Money , Yourl
Talent, Yeur Time, Yourl
Influence In Griffin
Czechs Try To Smas
Catholic Religion
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Why So Much Rain?
This May Be Answer
This may be the answer to
the question many Orifflnites
are asking, "Why so much rain
lately?"
For the last 10 years It al
ways has been raining when a
watchmaker in Farsund, Nor
way, had his summer vacation.
This year he took his holiday
from July 1-21 and therefore
warned everybody else who was
doing the same. Last year some
people In Farsund offered to
pay him money if he would take
his holidays In February.
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4 Wrecks Do
$335 Damage
Here Friday
Four accidents were investigat
ed in the city and county Friday
by the local law enforcement offi
cers. An estimated $365 damage
resulted from the accidents
E. L. Pruitt and L. P. Hattaway,
troopers of the Griffin State Pa
trol station, investigated an acci
dent south of Hampton Friday that
resulted In $250 damage. Involved
were H, L. Hardage of Columbus
and C. H. Smith of Warner Rob
ins.
An accident at Tinsley and Pel
ley streets involved Charles E. God
dard of Griffin and Emmett B.
Farr, also of Griffin, Farr was
driving a laundry truck that was
damaged $5 The Goddard car
was damaged an estimated $10 ac
cording to Griffin Patrolman F. G.
Driver and W. L. Brooks.
Eac h c ar wa s damaged an esti
mated $10 in an accident in the
100 block of North Eighth street
Involved were Marian S. Koon of
Meansville and Horace G. Atkins
of Griffin Patrolman A. E Bry.
ant Investigated.
Approximately $70 in damage re- j
sulted in an accident In the 100
block of East Solomon. Investigat- j
ing patrolmen. M. L. Barlneau per-! end .
C H Huckaby, reported the !
sons involved were Eddide B. Var
nom of Griffin and Henry Grady
McDonald of Carnesville.
U. S. Heading Toward
Totalitarianism — Taft
COLUMBUS, O. — President
Truman's program of huge govern
ment spending ie leading the Un
ited States into a totalitarian state.
Senator Robert A. Taft declared
Friday night.
Mr Truman, the Republican
quarterback asserted, apparently
has little regard for revenue provid
ed by the people and the necessary
of cutting government spending.
At night everyone is entertained
at the campfire. The troops all put
on stunts and other triq)ri. H M
should be raining, movies are shown
in the chow' hall
At the end of each busy day. the
boys trudge back to the cabins and
climb Into their beds. After the
notes of taps glide through the dead
of night, the boys enter into one et
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PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia, —
- Czechoslovakia's communist gov-®| fln^H
eminent, today had declared a
ish fight to throttle the Romai^B smasll^|
Catholic Church here and
the Influence of the Vatican. B
Red spokesmen had. I
1 Publicly accused the Catholi^J Joselfl
hierarchy led by Archbishop
Beran of treason against the state.!*
2. Threatened tnat anyone country® *'ho|l
trie* to carry out in this
the pope’s orders for excommuni*|M jl
cation of communists will be prose
cuted for treason.
3, Announced the drafting of aB
bill for control of churches whicttfl
will give the government a straffs*
glehold rule over all denominations®
Including prior approval of any ! jj B
pastor or high church official, on
political grounds. The bHl would U
make any pastor, priest or govern-«| high Jg
church official as much a
ment employe as any bureaucrat, 1
After a couple of weeks of rest-$jj
ing on their oars while the con
trolled press blasted Catholic lead :
ership in the embittered state
church fight, Government spokes
men unleashed several broadsides
Friday.
The heaviest blast was fired by
Minister of Justice Alexei Cepicka
before the Central Action Com
mittee of the National Front.
In a fiery address he charged
Beran and his bishops with trea
son, and trying to provoke revolt la
Czechoslovakia.
Griffin Display Gets ' %
International Publicity l ’■f
The progress of Griffin will bo
t°ld the world at the Lion’s Inter
national Coneention to be held m
New Yor * Sunday through Thurs
day
Griffin’s report in the Georgia
Power sponsored Better Home Town
Contest will be displayed by the
stats Lion's Clubs. Representatives
rro'm 23 haiiohr a‘re expectedr”&) Ike
at the convention with a total at
tendance of more than 30,000 ek
Fact-Finding Board
Delves Into Steel
WASHINGTON, — i/P — A prei
lclen,ial '^t-flnding board In the
8tepl labor riis P ufe ^ ovpr on «
of the nation ’ K bl ^« st *c°nonHe
questions today - hould there be
* " fourtb rounrt " of P°* twar
Increases’’
The three-man board was ■ P’
pointed Friday night by President
Truman to end a tense 72 hours
•peculation over whether the steel
bidustrv. or a big part of it. wo \
be shut down Indefinitely today.
*The Weather . .
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SHOWERS
I today Tt, maximum Friday 1*,
: minimum Friday H, rainfall Fri-
Considerable
ol on (tineas, oon
Mnued warm and
■ howera and
| humid, aeattered
thundershowers
tonight and Sun
day.
LOCAL WEAT
HER — Maximum
today 75. mini-