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Thursday, Feb. 10, 1966 Griffin Daily News
Mrs. Griffin
Deadline Friday
The deadline for entries in the
“Mrs. Griffin” contest is Fri
day, Feb. 11, according to D. A.
Young, Griffin manager of At
lanta Gas Light Company, whi
ch sponsors the program.
Mr. Young p* -ited out that
entries are not limited to contes
tants nominated by organiza
tions, although cash awards
will be made to clubs which
nominate finalists and winners.
In competitive events schedul
ed to take place March 11 in the
Griffin offices of Atlanta Gas
Light Company, contestants will
be judged on homemaking abil
ities; poise, personality and ap
pearance; anq contribution to
About Town
LIONS CLUB
The Griffin Lions Club will
have their regular meeting to
night at 7:30 p.m. at the Griffin
Moose Lodge with first vice pre
sident, Harry 8. Copper, presid
ing.
GUILD
The Guild of the First Chris
tian Church will meet tonight in
the Ladies Classroom of the
church at 8 p.m.
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
The District Assembly of the
Griffin Lions Club will be held
on Friday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Moose Lodge. Dr. Noah
Langsdale of Atlanta will be the
guest speaker.
BARBECUE
The Business and Professional
Women’s Luncheon Club will
sponsor a barbecue Saturday,
February 19, at the Rural Ur
ban Center from 5 p.m. to 7 p.
m. Homemade cakes and pies
will be sold also. Tickets may
be purchased from any member
of the club.
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church and community.
The winner will be crowned in
a pageant that evening at Grif
fin auditorium, by Margaret
Landham, Mrs. Griffin 1965.
Besides the honor of holding
the title “Mrs. Griffin” during
1966, the winner will receive an
expense-paid trip for herself and
her husband to Atlanta to par
ticipate in the Mrs. Georgia con
test March 30-April 1, plus the
following prizes: a forty-inch Ca
loric gas range, a check for
$50.00, 50,000 Top Value trading
stamps and an engraved token
of her title.
The runner-up will receive
her chci'-e of a gas lii ht, install
ed, plus an engraved token of
her participation. In addition,
the following Griffin business
firms are donating these gifts
to be distributed to the winner,
the runnerup and the other fina
lists: Dundee Mills, Inc., towel
sets; Pomona Products Com
pany, food pack""-s; Whatley's
Flower Shop, tw' $25 gift certi
ficates for flowers; Coca-Cola
Bottling Company, an insulated
picnic bag; and Thomas Pack
ing Company, food packages.
AH contest finalists will recei
ve engraved tokens of their par
ticipation and a set of gas can
dles.
Entry blanks are available at
all offices of Atlanta Gas Light
Company.
Bowens Named To
Elks Club Post
Mr. and Mrs. James Bowen of
Waycross have been named to
handle food service at the Elks
Club In Griffin. They will arrive
here Feb. 14.
They served the Waycross
Elks Club In a similar capacity.
They will work with Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Norvell until March 1.
Then Mr. and Mrs. Norvell will
leave for Texas where they will
be associated with a Holiday
Inn Motel.
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Griffin Lions
To Host 18-E
Meet Friday
The Griffin Lions Club will be
host to the Lions Assembly for
Georgia District 18-E to be held
Friday at the Griffin Moose Lod
ge. The assembly will be called
to order at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Noah Langdale, president
of Georgia State College in At
lanta will be the featured speak
er.
District Governor Frank Holl
bert III of Senoia will preside.
Advance reservations for over
500 Lions and guests have been
received by the Griffin Club. Ot
her clubs in the Griffin area to
be represented at the meeting
are Thomaston, Senoia, Forsyth
and Pike County.
Ben F. Hoard is president of
the Griffin Lions Club.
McCuller
Will Speak To
Underwriters
E. C. McCuller, district man
ager of Liberty National Life
Insurance Company of Atlanta,
will be the guest speaker at the
noon meeting Friday of the
Griffin Life Underwriters at the
Elks Club.
Mr. McCuller spent four years
as a superintendent and 21 years
as district manager. He is a
graduate of L.U.T.C., L.I.A.M.A,
School of agency management,
presently enrolled in C.L.U. stu
dy, having passed Part 1
He has qualified for his com
pany's Honor Club 17 times and
has helped organize DeK a 1 b
County Association of Life Un
derwriters. Presently he is serv
ing as state president of N.A.
L.U., of which he has been an ac
tive member for 18 years.
Mr. McCullar is a member of
the Board of Stewards of the Jo
nes Memorial Methodist Church,
Forest Park. He graduated with
a B.S. degree from Berry Col
lege, Rome, Ga., and was listed
in Who's Who in American Col
leges and Universities in 1938.
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Bunn, Fields
To Lead In
Easter Seals
Two active civic leaders of
Griffin, Samuel R. Bunn and
Robert F. Fields, have been na
med to leadership posts in the
1966 Easter Seal Campaign slat
ed for the month of March in
Spalding County, it was announ
ced here today by State Chair
man, Coach Vince Dooley.
Mr. Bunn will serve as County
Chairman and Mr. Fields will
be County treasurer for the an
nual Easter Seal Appeal.
Manager of Griffin Laundry,
Mr. Bunn is a native of Forsyth,
Ga. He is a graduate of Emory
University; Member of the Ki
wanis Club, Elks, Moose, and
American Legion.
He is past president of the
Griffin Jaycees and past nation
al director of Jaycees. He was
awarded the Distinguished Ser
vice citation by the Jaycees as
outstanding young man in Spal
ding County for 1965.
Easter Seal treasurer, Mr.
Fields is the assistant cashier
of the First National Bank of
Griffin, He is a native of Lex
ir jton, Ala., graduate of Lexing
ton High School and Freed-Har
deman College, Henderson, Ten
nessee.
A member of the Griffin Jay
cees, Fields has served both as
a director and secretary-trea
surer. Last year, he volunteered
his services as publicity chair
man for the Easter Seal drive.
Mr. Bunn, in his second year
as Easter Seal county chairman,
reported that the slogan for the
campaign is, “the first step is
yours, your gift to Easter Seals.”
Stork Club
LITTLE MISS BUFFINGTON
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Edward
Buffington of 1903 Ridge street,
Griffin, announce the birth of a
daughter on February 10 at the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospi
tal.
Griffin Youth
Hurt In Wreck
A Griffin youth was injured in
an automobile accident Wednes
day afternoon on the High Falls
road five miles east of Griffin,
according to the Griffin State
Patrol Post.
The injured youth was identi
fied as Gary Helms, 17, of Grif
fin. He suffered a broken leg m
the one-car mishap.
Driver of the 1959 model forei
gn car was listed as Mike Gary
Hand of 1219 North Ninth street,
Griffin.
Investigating troopers estima
ted damage to the car at $300.
No one was Injured in an two
car collision in Lamar County
on U. S. 41 which resulted in
$300 damage.
Drivers of the cars involved
were listed as Franklin Eugene
Gibson of Milner and Lena Kni
ght Stone of Asheville, N. C.
Property
Transfers
The following property trans
fers have been recorded in the
office of Clerk Frank Lindsey:
W. B. Forbes to Seaton G.
Bailey, part interest in 20 acres
in Union District; D. B. Searcy,
Jr. and James S. Murray to
Gene W. Coogler, a house and
lot on Cherokee avenue in East
Griffin; Lewis V. Griffin estate
to Tommy Johnson, 76 acres in
Union District; E. D. Wilson to
Mrs. Lila Mae and Thomas B.
Henderson, house end lot on
North Hill street.
Alvin F. Statham to Leroy and
Annie Mae Ottinger, house and
lot on Winona street; William u
Huskey to James Travis Reed,
lot in Forest Hills subdivision;
D. P. Settle and H. L. Dougher
ty to Mrs. Marjorie L. Dougher
ty, lot in Wesley Hills subdivis
ion; James T. Reed to James 8.
Murray and Bart Searcy. Jr.,
house and lot on Cherokee cir
cle.
Sam R. Bunn to James P. and
Gladys G. Holt, lot in Rose Hill
subdivision; Maude Ison Hildre
g, to Charles T. McDowell, three
houses and lots on East Solo
mon s treet; James T. and Gla
dys q Ho i t t 0 Dan P. Slade and
Dan J. Smith, Jr., lot in Beatty
Hi u s subdivision; Sam E. Cobb
and others to Joseph V. and
Evelyn A. Smith, lot on Sunset
drive extension,
Henry M. Cloud to George H.
and Mildred Cloud, lot on Hosan
nah road; J. F. Hood to Howard
L. Foster, house and lot on Vine
yard road, George Corbin to Dr.
Thomas J. Floyd, Jr., house and
lot in Riley Heights; Raymond
A. Calhoun to Reese Colbert, two
tracts on North Hill street ex
tension; C. A. Kendrick to Carl
ton Morris, lot in J. A. Burnett
subdivision.
E. D. Wilson to Charles F.
Prescott, two lots in Searcy Es
tate subdivision; 8. Grantland
Barnes and others to Thomas W.
Fetzer, lot on Brook circle; Cha
rles L. Harris to Horace K. Sin
gletary and C. Ray Barron, hou
se and lot on West Broad street;
J. D. Nichols to Charles R. Bert
ram, lot in Irvin Development
Corp.
Reese Colbert to Mankin-Sear
cy Enterprises, Inc., half inter
est in two tracts on North Hill
street extension; Louis W. Gold
stein to Iris Byrd, house and lot
on Spellman avenue; James R.
and Katie Ruth Whitley to Ro
ger E. Bottoms, house and lot
on Bleachery street.
Lowran T. and Annette L.
Smith to C. H. and Mrs. D. B.
Chasteen, house and lot in Orch
ard Hill; Ed Vickery to Charles
L. and June O. Harris, lot on
Tomochichi road; Herman J.
Coleman to Charles L. Harris,
two acres on Tomochichi road;
Nathaniel H. Bailey to Joe Dut
ton, lot on Placid road; Joe Dut
ton to J. L. Story, lot on Placid
road,
Pilot Gives
VC Flag To
Gordon College
BARNESVILLE — A captured
Viet Cong flag was presented
to Gordon Military College by
Capt. John E. Watts, U. S. Army
infantry helicopter pilot and for
mer Gordon student.
The flag, showing the yellow
star on a red and blue back
ground, was captured by Viet
namese troops who took a vil
lage south of Saigon which was
held at the time by the Viet
Cong. Part of the victorious Viet
namese had been flown to the
attack area by Capt. Watts, who
piloted the lead helicopter in his
unit.
Capt. Watts attended both
high school and junior college
at Gordon, graduating in 1959.
He subsequently attended the
University of Georgia, graduat
mg m wei with a degree in busi
ness administration. A career
military man, the captain repor
ted to Vietnam for a yew of
combat duty in September, 1965.
Hospital
The following patients were
admitted to the Griffin - Spald
ing Hospital Wednesday:
John W. Andrews, Mrs. Pat
Grant, Mrs. Florence Banks,
Mrs. Angie Bozeman, Jeff Col
well, Mrs. Ann Perry, Miss Don
na Clark, Mrs. Nell Driskell,
Dexter Evans, Mrs. Naomi Shell,
Gad Lewis, Clifford Williams,
Mrs. Ola Sims, Jimmie Miller,
Mrs. Gale Buffington, Mrs. Eve
lyn Hart.
The following were dismissed:
Wallace Searcy, Teresa Park
er, Mrs. Beverly Bennett and
baby, Hershell Coleman, Carol
Fuller, Mrs. Judith Lauderdale,
Rickie Ellison, Mrs. Nannie Bel
le Gunnells, Mrs. Helen Mask,
Jimmy Johnson, Grady Pollard,
Jerome Grant, Grover Kelley,
Mrs. Annie Brassell, Mrs. Helen
McClure, Mrs. Eula Ector, Mrs.
Mary Nell East, Mrs. Annie Bar*
i ner, Lonnie Troutman, Jr.
Nutrition Council
To Meet Here
The annual meeting of the
Georgia Nutrition Council will
be held at the Georgia Experi
ment Station on Friday, having
the theme this year, “Research
in Georgia”.
Registration will begin at 9 a.
m. Dr. I. W. Engel, head of the
Department of Biochemistry and
Nutrition at VPI, Blacksburg,
Va., will give the keynote ad
dress. His address will be on
“Nutrition — Recent Develop
ments and Unsolved Problems.”
Others to be on the program will
be Dr. S. L. Miller, Dr. O. W.
Caster and R. W. Morgan. Dr.
R. Paul Abernathy of Griffin is
program chairman and Miss
Sara Roberson of Griffin is in
charge of local arrangements.
Following the afternoon meet
ing, a tour of the Georgia Ex
periment Station will be given.
Nutrition leaders from Georgia
have been invited to attend this
meeting.
Mrs. Penley
To Be Buried
Mrs. Mettie Padgett Penley of
230 Austin street, widow of Mr.
H. L. Penley, died early this
morning at the Grlffln-Spalding
Hospital where she bad been a
patient for a week.
A native of Paulding County,
she had spent most of her life in
Griffin. She was a member of
the Assembly of God Church,
She is survived by two sons,
Sgt. Starling Penley, stationed
in Viet Nam, Master Sergeant
Melvin Penley, USA, stationed
in Germany; three daughters,
Mrs. Ruth Clark, Mrs. Betty
June Fouts of Griffin and Mrs.
Jackie Purmort of Jacksonville,
Fla.; three brothers, Starling
Padgett, Herschel Padgett and
James Padgett, all of Griffin;
two sisters, Mrs. Emma Jewel
Maddox and Mrs. Willie Pitts,
both of Griffin,
Funeral services for Mrs. Pen
ley will be conducted Friday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock from Hals
ten Chapel. The Rev. E. P. Pru
ett will officiate and burial will
be in Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs.
Penley will remain at Haisten’s
Funeral Home.
NOT ON FILE
CHICAGO (UPI) —Eugene
Johnson recently wrote a radio
station requesting that it play a
couple of tunes, “America” and
-God Bless America.” “We do
not have those musical selec
tions in our library,” was the
reply he received Wednesday,
Ybe station he wrote was Radio
Moscow.
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Social Security
Relatives May
Help Sign tp
All individuals age 65 or over
regardless of amount of income,
work activity, or eligibility to so
cial security benefits — may
qualify for coverage under the
recently enacted Medicare pro
gram. Enrollment in the pro
gram by March 31, 1966 is es
sential for coverage on July 1,
1966 when this law becomes ef
fective. Individuals unable to
come in to register for this in
surance should have a relative
contact the social security office
on their behalf.
Q — I am 57 years old and re
ceive social security disability
insurance benefits. Am I eligi
ble for Medicare benefits?
A No. Only persons age 65 or
older will be eligible for health
insurance benefits.
Q. I am 68 years old and still
working. What do I do to qualify
for Medicare?
A. You need to apply if you
have never applied for social se
curity or railroad retirement
Job Argument
Ends In Death
WOODSTOCK, Ga. (UPI)—An
argument over a farm job end
ed Wednesday night in the slay
ing of Willard Alfred Mulkey,
50, Cherokee County Sheriff
Dan Stringer said today.
Stringer said R. T. Evans, 54,
is being held in the county jail
on an open charge pending a
complete investigation.
Stringer said Mulkey, who
had seven children, was shot in
the right shoulder with a blast
from a 12-gauge shotgun at the
Evans home. He was pronounc
ed dead on arrival at Kenne
stone Hospital in Marietta.
Stringer said the two men
had argued at a farm where
Evans worked. He said Evans
apparently was afraid that Mul
key was “going to get his job.”
According to the sheriff, the
argument later was resumed at
the Evans home. He said Ev
ans went inside the house, pick
ed up a shotgun and shot Mul
key.
benefits. And you should apply
by March 31 if you want protec
tion under both parts of Medi
care when the program starts
July 1.
Q. I am over 65 and receive
social security benefits. If I
choose not to sign up for medi
cal insurance at this time, will
I have a later opportunity to en
roll?
A. Yes. There will be a gener
al enrollment period from Octo
ber 1 to December 31, 1967. How
ever, your premium rate will be
higher if you wait until then to
sign up.
Q. Do I have to have a medi
cal examination if I sign up for
Medicare?
A. No. Medical examinations
are not required.
If you have a question about
social security, send it to the
Social Security Office, 435 W.
Solomon Street, Griffin, Georgia.
All inquiries must be signed
and should include your address.
First Baptist
Organist Named
Miss Grace Hallquist of Brid
geport, Conn., has accepted the
position as organist for the First
Baptist Church in Griffin. She
will begin Feb. 14.
Miss Hallquist, bom in Bridge
port, was educated in the public
schools in Trumbull and Bridge
port. She was graduated from
high school in 1953. She is a gra
duate of Northeastern Collegi
ate Bible Institute, Essex Falls,
New Jersey and Westminister
Choir College, Princeton, N.J.
She has had extensive study in
organ, piano and voice training
and secretarial work. Miss Hall
quist has been teaching private
piano and organ lessons since
1957 and she plans to continue
her teaching here. Anyone who
wishes to take piano and organ
lessons is asked to call the
church office.
Miss Hallquist has served the
following churches: First Baptist
Church, Toms River, N.J., Trin*
ty Covenant Church, Living
ston, N.J., Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Church, Newark, N.J., and she
comes here from the First Bap
tist Cnurcn, fort Launderdale,
Fla.