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By Quimby Melton
Weekend Notes:
Basketball held the spotlight
over the weekend. High School
basketball, not professional
ketball.
Friday night the Pike County
girls defeated Mary Persons, of
Forsyth, 45 to 33 to take the
area One 3B girls championship
and will now play in the region
finals. The boys team, The Pira
tes, lost a close one to Manches
ter High, 45 to 43. They also will
be in the region finals.
Then here came Saturday
night!
The Griffin Eagles, who the
night before had barely edged
out a team that was considered
a “weak sister” — 49 to 48, sur
prised many and defeated Druid
Hills 39 to 34. Druid Hills had
been one of the highest scoring
teams in region 4-AAA and many
thought Coach Jones and his
Eagles were going to Atlanta
“just for the buggy ride.”
And, while credit must be giv
en the players for winning, still
one must admit that it was
smart coaching on the part of
Jones that was actually respon
sible. Following the “disappoint
ing” showing on Friday night,
even though the Eagles won,
Coach Jones must have spent
hours trying to figure out how
he could whip Druid Hills.
He came up with a solution.
“Keep that ball away from Dr
uid Hills’* must have been his
strategy. For if a team does not
get possession of the ball they
cannot score. Now the players
followed the battle plan as map
ped out by Coach Jones, and
they won. Druid Hills, which had
scored more than 70 points the
night before, was held to 34,
meanwhile Griffin managed to
ring up 39 — enough to win and
to carry them into “The Big
Dome” tonight for the semi
finals of the district.
There was another “Griffin
area” winner Saturday night.
The Milner Falcons took their
game with East Coweta 58 to 52,
winning their sub region title,
and though the Milner Girls lost
to Tolbott County, 51 to 37, both
the Milner teams will play in the
district tournaments.
Here’s hoping that from now
on out, until the basektball sea
son is ended, that Griffin, Mll
ner and Pike County will know
nothing but victory and when
the dribbling and passing and
shooting is all over that the
"Griffin Area” will have three,
rather six, 3 boys’, and 3 girls’
state basketball titles.
I Weekend traffic deaths report
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ed at the time this column was
written this morning show that
15 persons were killed in Geor
gia. Two of these, a 20-year-old
McDonough man, and a five
| year old Forsyth girl, were am
i ong the victims.
But deaths on the highways
are not limited to the weekend.
Right here, in the Immediate
Griffin area, we had two people
killed: a man and his wife from
Auburn, Alabama, who were kill
ed in a collission near Barnes
ville.
And Friday, a former Griffin
girl, Mrs. Clyde Dekle, whose
many friends here remember
her as, Miss Charlotte Tyus, was
badly injured in a wreck near
Millen, where she now lives. In
this accident a friend of Mrs.
Dekle, Mis. Pete Mills, who was
driving the car, was instantly
killed.
The sad part about the acci
dents on our highway is that
many of them could have been
prevented. But we continue to
drive too fast, take too many
chances, and fail to have our
cars checked, not just once a
year, but frequently.
An automobile is a necessity
these days — but an automobile
can become an instrument of
death.
The other day noticed an au
tomobile parked uptown. It had a
Safety Sticker on the windshield.
But evidently after the car had
been inspected it figured in an
accident. The left side front fen
der was bent back, one of the
two lights on that side of the
car was knocked so far out of
focus that its beam, if it would
bum, would have been a right
angles to the car.
We hope the owner of that car
has had it repaired and rein
spected. It might result in sav
ing a life—maybe his or hers.
What’s Wally Doing?
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GRIFFIN
NEWS
Established 1871 Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, February 21, 1966 Vol. 95 No. 42
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Golf Pro Pete Ferris looks at the empty wall and lone patter that the burglars
left Sunday night when they took golf clubs and supplies from the clubhouse.
Golf
Under a warm afternoon
shine, golfers had a busy day
the Municipal Golf Course.
Under the cover of a cold
ter night, burglars bad a busy
night, at the clubhouse.
Police today were investigat
ing the burglary at the
se in which golf clubs and
plies were stolen sometime Sun
day night.
Pro Pete Ferris who operates
the course today was unable to
estimate the value of the clubs
and supplies stolen. He still was
checking to see what was miss
ing.
At least three golf bags full of
olubs belonging to club members
were stolen. One of the sets of
clubs belonged to Police Chief
Leo Blackwell.
The thieves entered through
the front door. The double door
entrance is glass and they sm
ashed through one pane to gain
entrance. One of the doors was
badly damaged in the theft.
The warm weather brought out
scores of golfers Sunday after
noon for the first time in many
weeks. Bad weather has held
down attendance during week
ends several weeks.
Heart Drive
Reports Not In
Reports were still coming in
this morning from area workers
who participated in the Griffin
Heart Fund drive on Sunday af
ternoon.
Bill Huskey, chairman of the
drive, stated that it would be
Tuesday before the amount col
lected could be reported.
Approximately 100 ladies call
ed on Griffinites Sunday for a do
nation to the Heart Fund. Spal
ding County’s goal for 1966 is
$6,000.
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Fefrris points to glass on front door where burglars
broke into clubhouse.
Five Arrested In
Burglary Rash
Alert Griffin police officers ar
rested five people and cleared
up several burglaries during the
weekend.
Two boys, 12 and 16, were tak
en into custody shortly after a
house burglary was reported.
Quick police work by Capt. H.
L. Blackmon, officers A. L. Tr
uitt, B. L. Payne and Det. Glenn
Whidby was credited with the
quick solution.
Some goods stolen in a series
of house burglaries recently were
recovered and other goods still
were being found today, police
said.
A 17-year-old boy was taken in
to custody in connection with the
theft of some merchandise at
Woolworth’s. Det. Whidby and
officer Payne said the boy was
a part time employe. Some of
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“Men won’t fight to take
what you have if what you
have is love.”
the merchandise was recovered,
they said,
Two other boys, ages 15 and 16,
were taken into custody when
they were caught changing price
tags on merchandise at W. T.
Grant Store. When the tags were
changed, the two bought the mer
chandise at the lower price, po
lice said. Det. Whidby investi
gated.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy and
slightly colder tonight and Tues
day.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 55, minimum today
34, maximum Sunday 66, mini
mum Sunday 35. Sunrise Tues
day 7:14 a.m., sunset Tuesday
6:27 p.m.
Go-Ahead Given On
Land For By-Pass
Road
To Begin
Hie city and county have been
assurred by the State Highway
Department that it will begin in
the immediate future to acquire
How Eagles
Did It.
See Page 3
Expectant Wife,
Man Saw Out
Of Upson Jail
THOMASTON, Ga. (UPI)— A
young prisoner and his expect
ant wife escaped early today
from the Upson County jail, us
ing a saw blade smuggled into
the jail.
Sheriff E. T. Bray said a
statewide alert has been posted
for the couple, identified as
Glenn Williams, 20, and bis 19
year-old wife, Barbara.
Bray said the woman was in
jail on grand larceny charges
and her husband was held as
an accomplice after the fact.
The sheriff said the husband
had been moved to a cell ad
joining his wife at her request.
Bray said Williams first
sawed a bar from his cell to
escape, then cut the latch off
his wife’s cell. They then cut
open a screen door to get out
of the Jail and make their get
away some time between mid
night and 6 a.m.
RFK Under
Fire On
Viet Idea
By WARREN DUFFEE
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Ben.
Robert F. Kennedy’s proposal
that the Communist Viet Cong
share power in any postwar
Saigon government has drawn
heavy fire from the Johnson
administration.
Two of the President’s key
advisers, Undersecretary of
State George W. Ball and
McGeorge Bundy, both of
whom also served as top aides
to the senator’s late brother,
John F. Kennedy, dismissed the
suggestion.
And Vice President Hubert H.
Humphrey, presently touring
Asian capitals, ridiculed Kenne
dy’s proposal for a coalition
government. He said it would
be like “having a fox in the
chicken coop . . . (or) an
arsonist in the fire depart
ment.”
But Sen. J. William Ful
bright, D-Ark., chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, urged in an interview
with United Press International
that the United States “recog
nize” the Viet Cong’s political
arm, the “National Liberation
Front,” as an essential step
toward negotiating a peace.
Stolen Car
Found Burning
A car reported stolen from a
downtown bank parking lot Sun
day was found burning this mor
ning on the Buck Creek road by
Spalding Sheriff’s officials.
William Roberts of Thomaston
reported his car stolen from the
parking lot of Commercial Bank
and Trust Co. Sunday. He t o 1 d
police he was in a movie when
the car was taken.
It was found between 10:30
and 11 a.m. today. Sheriff’s of
ficials put out the fire but the
front seat and other parts of the
car were damaged.
the deeds to land for the U. S.
19-41 bypass and the relocation
of Highway 16 vest.
The confirmation was contain
ed in a letter to the city from C.
A. Curtis, right of way engineer
for the State Highway Depart
ment.
Mr. Curtis* letter followed a
conference here between the Gr
iffin city commissioners and
state and federal highway offic
ials.
The Griffin by-pass and High
way 16 west, known as the New
nan road, will be linked togeth
er in the extensive program.
Under separate contracts sign
ed in 1963, the city and county
agreed to pay for the cost of ap
praising land involved in the
project.
They also agreed to be respon
sible for any condemnation and
court cost s involved in acquiring
the land.
Under the agreement, the city
and county will pay for the land
and be reimbursed 90 percent of
the cost from federal funds
through the State Highway De
partment.
Appraisal of the land needed
for the project has been comple
ted for some time.
A spokesman for the city said
that a few of the parcels invol
ved still were in question and
the city and county have author
ized reappraisal of these.
City officials today hoped that
the letter from Mr. Curtis would
clear the way for action on ac
quiring the land for the highway
program.
Griffinite's
Grandson Finds
Glass Snake
Randy Jarrell, 12-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jarrell
who live off the Griffin-Jackson
road in Butts County, last week
found a rare glass snake.
Randy is the grandson of Mrs.
Trudy Kinard of 816 East Col
lege street, Griffin.
Randy found the curious look
ing snake near a woodpile at his
home. The reptile, still alive,
was taken to the home of a nei
ghbor, s. L. (Shorty) Letson,
ranger and game warden for the
State Game and Fish Commiss
ion.
Letson and another ranger id
entified the 18-inch long, three
quarter diameter reptile as a
glass snake.
The snake has a yellow sto
mach, a green and black check
tail and a tapered head.
Mrs. Kinard said her grand
son has been catching snakes for
several years. She said he h a s
been bitten several times, but
none were serious.
Randy said Ranger Letson told
him that glass snakes are rarely
found in this portion of Georgia
and when discovered it usually
means that a mate or another
pair of snakes is around.
Randy said he plans to keep
the snake alive as long as possi
ble and is presently seeking in
sects to whet the snake’s appe
tite.
Kleptomanic Dog
With Goods
MORZINE, France (UPI)
Town police said today they
have arrested a kleptomaniac
dog.
The dog, a German shepherd,
is believed to have stolen
dozens of articles ranging from
clothing to ski-poles.
He was caught red-handed—
or full-mouthed—as he trotted
through the snow at an Alpine
resort town in eastern France
carrying a jacket containing a
large sum of money.
Police said he simply picked
it up from a ski slope where its
owner had dropped it lor a
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Eagle’s Claw
TROOPS OF THE 1ST CAVALRY DIV. fly over
a small Vietnamese village in the An Loa Valley in
an Army helicopter during Operation Eagle’s Claw.
A military spokesman deemed the operation very
successful, with more than 1,000 Communist killed
in the cleanup of the Bong Son area.
Henry Ta Vote On
School Bond Issue
Henry County Voters will go to
the polls Wednesday and cast
ballots for or against a $190,000
school bond issue which, if pass
ed, will complete the construc
tion program begun last fall.
The issue provides for the con
struction of a cafeteria and lunch
room for Stockbridge High Sc
hool. The school was slated to
receive the cafeteria in a pre
vious bond issue, but when funds
were insufficient to cover the
entire program it had to be om
itted.
Polls in the county’s 14 mili
tia districts will be open from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m.
The issue propounded will be:
“Shall there be authorized to be
DeGaulIe Plans
NATO Pull
PARIS (UPI) —French Pres
ident Charles de Gaulle an
nounced today he will pull
France out of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) “progressively” by
April, 1969.
But he told a news confer
ence this would not mean
abandoning the Atlantic al
liance too.
“Without going back on her
membership of the Atlantic
pact,” he said, “France be
tween now and April 4, 1969
will continue to modify the
dispositions now in practice, in
so far as they concern her.”
“France will do so progres
sively,” he said. “That also will
moment.
Local residents remembered
seeing the dog frequently
running through town carrying
various articles in his mouth.
They thought at the time be
was being trained by his owner.
Not so, police said. After a
search they found most of the
missing articles burled in the
snow near where they disap
peared.
The problem now is what to
do with the dog.
“We can hardly take him to
court,” on e town official said. :
issued $190,000 Henry County Sc
hool District Bonds.” Voters will
either mark “yes” or “no” in a
bracket the proposal. A majority
of votes will be needed to pass
or defeat the issue.
At present, Stockbridge High
School students are sharing the
cafeteria with the Stockbridge
Elementary School. The two
buildings are not connected and
high school students are forced
to walk to the cafeteria, regard
less of weather.
School officials have said that
the school bond tax in Henry
County is now five mills and will
continue to be the same. The
bond issue, if passed, will in
no way effect the tax rate, the
officials said.
go for allied cooperation in
Germany. This is not a break
but a necessary adaptation."
Earlier, he charged that
Moroccan Interior Minister
Gen. Mohamed Oufkir en
gineered the kidnaping and
presumed murder in France
last October of Moroccan
Opposition leader Mehdi Ben
Barka.
He charged that Oufkir w&s
personally responsible. He said
relations between the two
countries were bound to suffer
because Morocco refuses to
disown Oufkir.
De Gaulle also said his
regime plans to continue the
same economic policies it has
pursued since 1958 based on the
principle “prosperity must bene
fit all Frenchmen while preserv
ing our independence."
Two Men Caught
With Narcotics
COLUMBUS, Ga. (UPI)—Two
New Orleans men ages 25 and
40 were arrested today poses
sing a large amount of narco
tics, police said.
Their names were withheld
pending further investigation.
Police said they arrested the
men, both white, in their car
about 3 a.m. on a city street.
They said they had suspected
the men of driving under the
Influence of alcohol.