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Tuesday, April 19, 1966 Griffin Daily News
Co-Chairmen Named
For Horse Show
The Crescent School PTO Hor
se Show will be held Saturday,
April 30, in the permanent ring
on Airport road beginning at 10
a.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Carlisle
m are co-chairmen of the show.
Those interested in entering the
show have been asked to contact
Mrs. Carlisle at 227-0902.
Twenty-two classes will be fea
tured in the show. Entry fees
will be $3 for each class. The
entry fee will be $4 for post en
tries after April 25. All entrants
must be 18 years old or young
er.
Ribbons and trophies will be
presented In each class. The Tri
County Hounds Challenge Tro
phy will be presented to the
championship hunter.
PTO horse show committee
chairmen are: gate tickets, Mrs.
Methodists To
Observe 200th
Anniversary
Fayette County Methodist
Churches of the Southeastern
Jurisdiction will celebrate the
week of May 1-6 as the 200th an
niversary of American Metho
dism.
The churches of Fayette Coun
ty will unite their efforts for the
Fayette County Methodist Mis
sion which will be highlighted
by the sermons of the Rev. W.
Henry Lake, a British Methodist
minister.
Services will be held each night
of the week, beginning on the
first and continuing through the
sixth at the Ferrol A. Sams au
ditorium in Fayetteville. The
services on the first will begin
at 6 o’clock and other services
will begin at 8 o’clock.
During the services, a histori
cal portrayal of each church will
be presented by its congrega
tion. Each cburch will share in
special music for the services.
A union choir will be directed
by George V. McClung.
Dr. James W. May, associate
professor of church history at
the Candler School of Theology,
will give a historical sketch of
American Methodism as part
of the program on Sunday, May
1.
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Pat Harrison; concessions, Mrs.
Mary Ann Akin; programs, Mrs.
Betty Landrum; sponsors, Mrs.
Nan Carley, ribbon girls, Mrs.
Mrs. Martha Johnson; judges,
Major and Mrs. Bela Buttykay.
Advance tickets are on sale
and may be purchased from any
PTO member. Tickets also may
be purchased at the gate. Ad
mission will be 50 cents for ad
ults and 25 cents for children.
Proceeds from the show will
be used by the PTO for school
projects.
Marriages
The following marriages have
been recorded in the office of
Ordinary George C. Imes in the
Spalding County Courthouse:
Margaret Susan Wiley to Char
les S. Dickerson; Mary Lucille
Pritchett to Grady Lee Wyatt;
Iona Monhollan to William Max
Saintsing; Chantal M. J. Gros
to William Michael Olt; Lucy
Flemister to Charlie Washing
ton.
Student Council
To Attend State
Convention
Governor Carl Sanders has
declared the week of April 17-23
as Student Council Week. To
conclude this week, the Georgia
Association of Student Councils
is having its statewide conven
tion at Rock Eagle, near
ton.
At this convention, new offi
cers will be elected. Some of the
highlights of the convention will
be a talent contest, publicity con
test and a dance which culmi
nates most of the activities.
The student council members
of Griffin High School who will
be attending are April Dawn,
Delle Harris, Susan Williamson,
Carl Presley, Pam Crawford,
Louise Moore and Richard Tur
ner, the newly elected president
of the student council, student
council advisors attending are
Miss Julia Elliott and Larry
Kendrick.
Delle Harris, Carl Presley, Ap
ril dawn and advisor, Larry
Kendrick will lead a discussion
on traffic safety.
Hospital
The following patients were
admitted to the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital Monday:
W. B. Lifsey, Mrs. Rachel Wil
lis, the Rev. Jimmy Chambers,
Jerry Landers, Mrs. Naomi
Lindsey, Mrs. Billie Crumbley,
James B. Gray, Joel Moore, Fr
ank Touchstone, Sr., Diana Bunn
L. L. Peeples, Edward D. Prin
ce, Mrs. Lucy Hancock, Stokes
Simmons, H. Grady Smith, Mrs.
Jeanette White, Janice Elaine
Lemon.
The following were dismissed:
Mrs. Shirley Welch and baby,
J. D. Tyler, Mrs. Elaine Young
blood, Mrs. Bessie ®usley, Fr
anklin Duke, Mrs. ’Betty Blan
ton and baby, Linwood Adams,
Mrs. Frances Mullins, Mrs. Ros
ella Chapman, Howard Walker,
Mrs. Dorothy Scott, Holly Milan,
Jesse James Head.
Three Held In
Robbery At
McDonough
Three Atlanta men were be
ing held today in the Henry Co
unty jail at McDonough charged
with robbery by force.
They were identified as Clar
ence Renee Ward, 21; Robert
Stackowltz, 21, and Paul T. Off
utt, 22, all of Atlanta.
They are charged in connec
tion with a robbery at the home
of Jimmy G. Moseley, Jr., of
Route Two, McDonough.
The three were being held
pending a hearing in connection
with the charges.
Brown Funeral
Is Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Do*
vie Ann Brown will be conduc
ted Wednesday afternoon at 4:30
o’clock from McDonald Chapel
with the Rev. Ira Hobbs and the
Rev. George Lee officiating. Bur
ial will be In the East Griffin ce
metery.
Mrs. Brown’s body will remain
at McDonald Chapel until the
funeral hour. Friends may visit
the family at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Ruby Godwin,
1201 North Ninth street.
Griffinites
To Attend
Diocese Meeting »
“The Christian Challenge to
the Laity In the Modem World”
will be the theme of the 59th an
nual meeting of the Episcopal
Churchwomen of the Diocese of
Atlanta April 27-28 at the Cathe
dral of St. Philip in Atlanta.
_ Representatives . wil ... attend .. .
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cese. Attending from St. Geor
cp’s ges Episcopal EniscoDal Church Church in in Grif. Grif
fin wUl be Mrs. Arnold Wood,
Mrs. Hai Goodacre Mrs Jam
es Skinner, Mrs. Scott Searcy,
Mrs. John Holley and Mrs. Paul
Betzold.
3 Students
Nominated For
English Awards
Jan Hammock, Judy Jones
and Jerry Maynard of Griffin
High School have been nomina
ted for the annual Achievement
Awards Program, sponsored by
the National Council of Teach
ers of English.
For the ninth year, the organ
ization is conducting the awards
competition to grant recognition
to outstanding high school sen
iors for excellence in English.
The writing abilities and lit
erary awareness of each nomi
nee will be judged by local and
state committees.
Winners will be announced in
December.
Mr. Lifsey
Dies Monday
Mr. Willie Ben Lifsey, 62, of
526 Searcy avenue, died at the
Griffin-Spalding Hospital short
ly before noon Monday. He was
admitted to the hospital earlier
in the day after suffering a he
art seizure.
Mr. Lifsey owned and opera
ted the Lifsey Bar and Grill on
Experiment street until 111 heal
th forced his retirement two ye
ars ago. He was a member of
the Oak Hill Baptist Church and
attended the Friendship Bible
Class of the church. He served
in the US Navy for 13 years and
was a chief petty officer during
World War Two.
He Is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Pauline Mote Lifsey; a
daughter, Mrs. Charlie Jennings
of Griffin; three sisters, Mrs.
Joe Griffin, Mrs. Nathan Rho
des of Griffin and Mrs. Cecil
Harris of Rossville.
Funeral services were conduc
ted this afternoon at 4 o’clock
from the Oak Hill Baptist Chur
ch with the Rev. Robert M. Llo
yd and the Rev. Walter Logan
officiating. Burial will be In the
Covington, Ga., city cemetery.
Halsten Funeral Home wag In
charge of arrangements.
Griffinite’s
Father Dies
RUTHERFORDTON, N. C.—
Mr. Wesley H. Yelton, 73, died
at the Rutherford County Hospl*
tal on Monday. i
He Is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Media Hutchins Yelton;
three sons Blane Yelton of Grif
fin, Lewis Yelton of Forest City,
N. C., and Cecil Yelton of Spin
dale, N. C.; one daughter, Mrs.
Bill Mashbum of Rutherfordton,
N.C.; and seven grandchildren,
Funeral services will be con
ducted Wednesday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock from the Britain
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Yel
ton’s body will lie in state 30
minutes at the church prior to
the service. The Rev. Louis A.
eand03 wm offlclate and bur .
lal be * ^
wuTbtTarrlfd W be carrled to^S?residrace ^ residence
^ afternooni p a dgett-King “
Mortuary of Porest clty> N . c
la charge of plans .
Thomas Rites
Are Announced
Funeral services for Mrs. Nel
lie Viola Kent Thomas will be
conducted Wednesday morning
at 11 o’clock from the Mt. Gil
ead Baptist Church. The Rev.
Clifford Chandler and the Rev.
Allen Huckaby will officiate and
burial will be in the Rome Me
morial Gardens In Rome.
Mrs. Thomas’ body was car
ried to the residence, 701 Sher
wood drive this morning t ore
main until the funeral hour. Mc
Donald Chapel is In charge of
plans.
Survivors Include her husband,
James W. Thomas; five sisters,
Mrs. Dora Moore of Rome, Mrs.
Fred Hulsey of Cedartown, Mrs.
Senora Christians of Llndale,
Mrs. Maggie Sealark of
Atlanta and Mrs. Etta Sardin of
Rome; two brothers, DeRoy
Kent of Llndale and A. J. Kent
of Pontiac, Mich.
Harris Funeral
Is Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs.
Frances Wood Harris of St. Pe
tersburg, Fla., formerly of Grif
fin, widow of Mr. Walter Joseph
Harris, will be conducted Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 o’clock
from the Bass-Harric lot In the
old section of Oak Hill cemetery.
The Rev. J. K. Kelley will offi
ciate.
... Mrs. Harris’ ....... body . will arrive .
in Griffin early Wednesday mor
ning, accompanied by her son,
Walter Allen Harris, and will
remain at Halsten Funeral Home
until time of the service.
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CIVIL AIR PATROL
The Griffin Civil Air Patrol
will begin its fourth aerospace
program at 7 o’clock tonight at
the Civil Air Patrol building at
the Griffin - Spalding Airport
Three month courses will be of
fered on "Introduction to Aero
space” and “Power For Air
craft.” A two weeks course will
be offered on “Citizenship and
Character Guidance.”
KIWANIS CLUB
Dr. Alex Jones wUl be in char
ge of the program of the Griffin
Kiwanis Club on Wednesday at
12:15 p.m. at the Elks Club. Dr.
Jones will also serve as auc
tioneer and sell “slaves” of the
Key Club to do a full days work.
All proceeds of the “slave sell”
will go to the Key Club Scholar
ship Fund.
BARBECUE
The 18th Division Licensed
Practical Nurses are sponsoring
a barbecue on Saturday, April
23 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ru
ral Urban Center. Tickets are
$1.25 and may be purchased by
any licensed practical nurse.
The barbecue will be prepared
by Frank Griffin.
GARDEN CLUB
The Camellia Garden Club
WlU meet at the Experiment Sta
tion in the conference room of
Thursday afternoon at 3:30 p.m.
SPORTSMAN’S CLUB
The Spalding County Sports
man’s Club will meet tonight at
7 p.m. at Luann’s Restaurant.
Guest speaker will be Howard
Zeller, assistant director of the
State Game and Fish Commis
sion.
Emory Doctors
Present Portrait
OfDr.HughWood
Emory University’s Medical
Alumni Association presented
the school a portrait of Dr. R.
H ugh Wood, former dean, at the
Medical Alumni Day program
Monday.
Dr. Wood now makes his home
in Griffin.
Former students of Dr. Wood
started a portrait fund and it
had 329 contributors. A check In
the amount of funds In excess of
those necessary to pay for the
painting was presented to the
school.
The money will be used In ac
cordance with Dr. Wood’s wish
es. The check was for $1,775.90.
During Dr. Wood’s 41 years of
service with Emory, he served
as dean of the School of Medic
lne, director of Emory Univer
sity Clinic, and professor of in
ternal medicine,
Dr. Wood retired from Emory
Aug. 31, 1965.
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Forestry Unit
Reports House Fire
The Spalding County Forestry
reported today that an al
arm was answered at 10:30 a m -
Monday to a house fire, Just off
the the Ja Jackson c k<i0n road road ' Rov Roy Patrick Patrick
occupied the house and owner
of the house was R. W. Burks.
The house was a complete loss
and cause of the fire was un
known.
An alarm was answered to a
woods fire at 1:25 p.m In Spal
ding County near the Girl Scout
Camp on East McIntosh road.
Three and one half acres were
burned.
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Mr. Thornton Of
New York Dies
Funeral services for Mr. Ro
bert D. Thornton of Avon, N. Y.,
formerly of Thomaston, will be
conducted Thursday morning at
11 o'clock from the Church of
Jesus Christ in Thomaston. The
Rev. A. D. Hunter will officiate
and burial will be in the S o u tb
View cemetery in Thomaston.
Mr. Thornton is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Mollie Thorn
ton of Avon; a daughter, Mrs.
Richard Duke of Honeoye Falls,
N.Y.; step mother Mrs. Flora
Thornton of Griffin; two bro
thers, Willie E. Thornton of
Avon, N.Y., L. A. Thornton of
Homerville, Ga.; one half-bro
ther, Richard Thornton of Grif
fin; five half-sisters, Mrs. Lou
ise Parkinson of Fayetteville,
N.G., Mrs. Ruby Hoffman of
Clearwater, Fla., Mrs. Pe arl
Whitney of Monroe, Ga., Mrs.
Ann Jones of Griffin and Miss
Linda Thornton of Atlanta; and
two grandchildren, Richard and
Angelia Duke of Honeoye Falls,
N.Y.
Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home
of Thomaston is in charge of
plans.
Comptroller At
Hospital Named
To Cordele Post
Loyd McVaney, comptroller
of the Griffln-Spaldlng Hospital
since October, 1965, has accep
ted the position as administrator
of the Crisp County Hospital in
Cordele, Ga.
McVaney plans to assume his
new position about May 1.
His family will join him in
Cordele June 1.
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Don Rainwater Gets
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Don Rainwater, young Oriffin
businessman, was presented his
private pilot’s license Monday
at the Griffln-Spaldlng Airport.
He learned to fly under the’
instruction of John Mabry of
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