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By Qtrimbjr Melton
Here Is Good Evening’s Eas
ter card to all of our nearly
8,000 subscribers. May this be
the happiest and Most Assuring
Easter each of you may ever
have is my sincere wish for all.
“I Pledge Allegiance”
As I attend meetings of the
American Legion, The VFW,
the Exchange Club and other
organizations to which I belong,
I stand and “Pledge Allegiance
To The Flag of The United Sta
tes.”
Thus I affirm my love for Am
erica and my intentions to sup
port my country.
Then why should I not Pledge
Allegiance to The Cross on
SVhich My Savior died?
I have never seen a “Pledge
To The Cross”, but it seems ap
propriate that all who believe
should Pledge Their Best to the
Cross and to Jesus Christ who
died that Salvation Might Come
Even to the vilest sinner.
“I Pledge Allegiance”
I Pledge Allegiance to The
Cross of Jesus Christ —
And To My Saviour, who shed
His Precious Blood to wash away
my sins.
The Cross — To Those Who
Scoff —
The Emblem of Suffering and
Bhame.
To Those Who Believe, The
Promise of Life
Eternal, and the Evidence of
Love Supreme
I also pledge to My Savior —
Who, by His death on The Cross,
Saved Me from Sin — My Love,
My Time, My Talents, My Mo
ney, My Best, That Others May
Glorify My Father Which art
in Heaven.
Quimby Melton
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There are certain rewarding
experiences that come to par
ents and grandparents, as their
children and grandchildren
grow and develop.
There is none more rewarding
than to stand with their child or
grandchild when he or she open
ly confesses belief In and pled
ges his or her best to Jei,us
Christ, and joins the church.
This was Good Evening’s ex
perience Sunday — Palm Sun
day — when some 30 young peo
ple officially became members
of the church he loves.
Along with the parents and
grandparents of those Joining the
church, Good Evening was gra
tified, thrilled and joyous that
his third grandchild — Miss
Laura — took the sacred vows
Of church membership.
Our hope, our prayer, Is that
she and the others who joined
her In openly confessing Jesus
Christ as her Personal Savior,
Is that none of them will ever
waver from the love for Christ
that led them to take his impor
tant step.
Most Courteous
Customers Are
Announced Here
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Winners in the “Most Courte
ous Customers” project sponsor
ed by the Griffin Rotary Club
Were announced today.
The club asked sales people
In the Griffin area to vote for
the people they found to be the
most courteous as customers.
Winners were:
Mrs. J. M. Cheatham, 435
East College street; Mrs. Grace
Englinsh, 326 North 9th street;
Mrs. Hope Hammond, 1006 Sky
line drive; Miss Barbara McLa
urin, 131 West College street;
Mrs. Oscar Maddox, 1133 East
College street; J. R. Russell,
211 Hillandale; Mrs. Homer Sig
man, 588 South Hill street: Mrs.
Bart Searcy, Jr., 510 Crescent
road, Miss Quincy (Tip) Wald
rop, 116 South 13th street; Mrs.
Sadie Westmoreland, 625 Kincaid
avenue.
They will be honored at a spe
cial program Thursday when
the Rotary meets at the Elks
Club.
BOUNTIFUL BRIDE
BLACKBURN, England
(UPI) —Truck driver Stuart
MacFarlane was taken to the
hospital with back pains Sunday
' after he carried his young bride
In his arms from the church to
a waiting car.
INSIDE TODAY
Hospital. Page 2.
Funerals. Page 2.
Stork Club. Page 2.
About Town. Page 2
Sports. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4 .
TV Schedules. Page 4.
New Guy. Page 5.
News Briefs. Page 5.
Viet War. Page 5.
Buddhists. Page 5.
Sex Club. Page 5.
Want Ads. Page 6.
Society. Page 8.
Griffin Gifts For Orphans Arrive In Yiet Nam
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Set
MACON, Ga. (UPI) _ A
steady, hours’ long rain that
seemed to be statewide ended
today the forest fire threat that
plagued Georgia for a week.
The State Forestry Commis
sion said it feared that if the
humid weather continued, the
state would be in danger of
having one of the hundreds of
forest fires burning at the time
get out of control and threaten
lives.
But a few hours afterward
Sunday, a steady downpour be
gan over most parts of the
state.
A spokesman for the com
mission said “I doubt it” when
asked if he thought any fires
were still going. He said a
check was being made to de
termine if rain fell Sunday
night and early today in all
areas where fires were burning.
Fire fight ers Sunday night
risked their lives trying to ex
tinguish the remaining blazes.
The bone weary fire crews
ran the risk of being encircled
by flames as burning trash
blew through the air and ig
nited spot fires as far as a
mile away.
Georgia’s valuable timber
lands, made as volatile as a
tinder box by the dry weather
that has prevailed since last
week, erupted In. a crackling
roar of flames In hundreds of
acres over the weekend.
Arsonists played a large part
in the destruction, as did negli
gent trash burners.
State Forestry Commission
Director Ray Shirley said five
fires in Pike County “were de
liberately set.”
Forest Ranger John Osbolt of
the Lamar, Pike, Spalding and
Upson unit here said the five
fires burned together and made
two. One burned 35 to 40 acres
and the other burned five or six
acres.
He said the pattern in which
the fires were set indicated
they were being set by a differ
ent person from the one who set
several fires in Pike County last
year.
The fires, six miles southwest
of Zebulon off the Concord to
Lifsey Springs road, were set
off the road. Two of the fires
burned together to make one
and three burned together to
make another.
Five trucks from the unit here
aided the Coweta unit in fight-
DAILY NEWS
Established 1871
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Becoming fair to partly
cloudy, windy and cooler tonight
and Tuesday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 68, minimum today
58, maximum Sunday 77, mini
mum Sunday 46. Total rainfall
|1.43 inches. Sunrise Tuesday
6:27 a.m., sunset Tuesday 6:58
p.m.
ing a 500 acre blaze near New
nan Saturday. The blaze was be
lieved to have started by a tr
ain, Osbolt said.
Osbolt said the rain today will
give some temorary relief, but
will not be sufficient to moisten
the dry grass and woodland. He
said the wind dries out grass
and woods in a hurry.
Shirley last week invoked a
“no burning ban” prohibiting
the setting of any outdoor fires
for any reasons throughout the
state.
He said the ban would remain
In effect until sufficient rain re
duced forest fire hazards.
SIX LETTERS to LUCILLA’
To My Beloved Wife Lucilla:
It is my happy privilege to report that
my voyage hence was accomplished
without untoward incident and I am
now comfortably lodged in a small villa
which the Procurator has so kindly put
at my disposal.
I have but recently come from my
audience with the noble Pontius Pilate.
The Procurator impressed me greatly, a
man of stern and commanding presence,
yet of good countenance and of a gener
ous nature.
He listened gravely as I revealed my
mission— to study the Judeans so that I
may more ably execute the statue of
that ancient leader Abraham (whom
these Judeans revere so highly) and
which the Imperator has commissioned
me to fashion for that Hall of the Colon
ial Peoples he has planned to stand near
the Forum of Augustus.
After bestowing upon me the passport
and scroll of safe conduct, the Procura
tor sighed and smiled; a trifle wearily,
I thought.
“I envy you, good Bassianus,” he said.
“Would I were a sculptor such as you
and could as easily fashion these unruly
peoples into loyal subjects of Rome as
you will bring into being the shape of
that old prophet from a block of stonel”
My thoughts dwelt with these words
of his as I hastened from the palace and
so it was with surprise that I suddenly
found myself in the midst of a tumultu
ous crowd. My alarm vanished when I
saw these natives meant me no harm
(Created by WILLIAM RITT. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.)
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, April 4, 1966
8 Dead, ISO Hurt As
Tornado Hits Florida
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Return To Jobs
WASHINGTON (UPI) —Rail
road firemen were reporting
back to work today on the eight
major lines they tied up for
four days in a multi-milllon
dollar, 38-state strike.
The on-again, off-again walk
out faltered to an end shortly
before midnight Sunday when
H. E. (Ed) Gilbert, president of
the AFL-CIO Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and En
ginemen (BLFE), ordered 8,000
union members off the picket
lines and back to work.
The railroads said some idled
trains were rolling again within
hours of the strike’s end, but
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but were singing, shouting, dancing with
joy and casting great branches from the
nearby palm trees into the street to
make a carpet for some Person who ap
proached seated upon a young colt.
I write the word “Person" as I do be
cause never before have I seen anyone
whose appearance so overpowered me.
Compassion, humility—exalted to a de
gree that was divine! Would my poor
arts were such that I could depict this
for you but the little sketch I made of
the scene and which I enclose must
suffice. Dear Lucilla, would you had
been with me!
Enough of this, however. It grows late
and I must retire. I will write again on
the morrow. Embrace the little ones for
me and tell them if they are good I will
bring each a gift.
Your faithful husband,
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Sgt. James Winzell of Griffin (above in truck facing plane) is shown helping to
unload clothing and other supplies sent by Griffinites to Viet Nam orphans. Sgt.
Winzell started the drive for the supplies when he was home on emergency leave
in January. He has been wounded in action and is awaiting return to the United
States. In photo at left the Griffin sergeant (fourth from left) talks with Georgia
Air National Guardsmen who flew the supplies to Viet Nam. In center photo
Sgt. Winzell is shown with packages from Griffin. (US Army Photos.)
normal operations on other
runs were not expected before
the end of the week.
Within minutes of Gilbert’s
order, the Illinois Central began
readying passenger trains to
get its estimated 32,000 commu
ters to work this morning. The
Boston & Maine also planned
full commuter service for more
than 12,000 daily riders.
Others Workers Idled
Tens of thousands of automo
bile and other industrial
workers, idled by the stoppage,
were expected to be called back
to their jobs soon.
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Local Pictures
Top 200 In March
The Griffin Daily News cameras were really “on
the go” during: March. Staff members made and
published more than 200 staff photographs in the
paper during the month.
This did not include many local pictures sub
mitted by individuals and organizations which were
published also. Neither did it include the many
supplied by United Press International, Newspaper
Enterprise Association and Central Press.
Griffin Doctor
To Samoa
Dr. Ira (Dutch) Slade, Jr.,
will leave about May 1 for the
island for Samoa in the South
Pacific where he will do medi
cal work for one or two years.
His family will follow him
there when school is out here.
Dr. Slade, a native of Griffin,
will be chief of internal medic
ine for the 200-bed hospital whi
ch serves the island’s popula
tion of 22,000. The island is ab
out 16 miles long.
He plans to do research in
heart disease and diabetes.
Dr. Slade will return to Grif
Bond Hearing
Rules Are Set
ATLANTA (UPI)—The House
Rules Committee met today to
set the ground rules for its
hearing on whether to seat Ne
gro Rep. Julian Bond of Atlan
ta’s 136th District.
Bond and his Negro attorney,
Howard Moore, protested. They
wanted the hearing today.
However, Chairman George
T. Smith said today’s meeting
was merely to set the rules and
scheduled the hearing for May
23.
RETAINS NAME
MOUNTSORREL, England
(UPI) —The Old Anchor Inn
here will retain its name even
though It is being converted
into a home for unmarried
mothers.
“We shall retain the name as
for many girls it will be safe
anchorage during troubled
times,” said a spokesman for
the new home.
Twister
Sweeps
Mid-State
TAMPA, Fla. (UPI) —Deadly
tornadoes pounded down out of
a treacherous line of Gulf
squalls today killing eight
persons, injuring at least 150
more and cutting a wide path
of destruction across middle
Florida.
Five deaths were reported in
Tampa. Three more were listed
in Polk County, where reports
indicated the citrus industry
center of Lakeland was hard
hit.
Twisters, high winds and
pounding thunderstorms
slammed into the central
Florida area across the peninsu
la from Tampa to Cape
Kennedy. The squall line
interrupted plans for a space
shot at the Cape.
Communications were
knocked out across the area.
Many hard hit areas were
unable to report their damage
or summon aid.
A twister raked the Universi
ty of South Florida here and
struck a dormitory housing
some 300 girls. The roof of the
dormitory buckled but the girls
escaped unharmed.
Many of the hardest hit areas
were still inaccessible two
hours after the storm line
struck about 8:30 a.m. EST.
Inspector Jim Diamond of the
Tampa police, in charge of a
field command post set up at a
street intersection in the
hardest hit Carrollwood-Forrest
Hills section of North Tampa,
reported “there are four known
dead at Tampa General Hospi
tal and one known dead still
trapped in wreckage.”
The Polk County sheriff’s
office at Bartow said It knew of
three dead and possibly a
fourth that was so far
unconfirmed.
As the storm line moved
toward the Atlantic at a 30
mile-an-hour clip, the Brevard
County sheriff’s office reported
a tornado had struck the north
part of Cocoa —across the
Banana River from Cape
Kennedy. At least five trailers
were overturned in a trailer
park and a deput y sal <* “there
are reports of injuries in the
area.”
fin to resume his practice at the
end of his assignment on Samoa,
Dr. Kenneth Reynolds will han
dle Dr. Slade’s practice while he
is away.
The Griffin physician’s wife
and five children who range bet
ween the ages of 3 and 12 will
go to the island when school is
out in Griffin. The youngsters
will study in a school on the is
land.
The Grlffinite read of the work
being done on the island in a
Reader’s Digest article last
fall. He wrote the governor of
the island commending him on
the progress.
Back came a letter from the
governor asking Dr. Slade if he
would be interested in doing
some work on Samoa. After con
sidering the matter for several
months, Dr. Slade decided to go.
He will go through the U. S.
Department of Interior. Samoa
is a territory of the United Sta
tes.
Dr. Slade served two years as
a Navy doctor on the island of
Guam.
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“From the mouths of
rivers and men flow the
filth and contamination
they have picked up along
the way.”
Control Weather?
Man’s attempt at controlling the weather will be
explored in a three-part series be ginnin g Tuesday in
the Griffin Daily News.
Harry Ferguson, United Press International national
reporter, has prepared the series after extensive re
search.
Watch for the first dispatch in tomorrow’s Griffin
Daily News.
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