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By Quimby Melton
Today is Memorial Day —Con
federate Memorial Day: a day
when tribute is paid to brave
tnen and women, who gave their
all for a cause they believed was
right: a day when those of us
who have blood of those heroic
forebears coursing through our
Veins, should not forget. -■
To observe Confederate Mem
orial Day is in no wise being un
loyal to our nation, the union of
which was challenged more than
100 years ago. For there are no
people in all America who have
laid aside bitterness, fanned
for years by the conquerors,
who have contributed more to
buiding a strong nation than the
descendents of those who fought
for the “lost cause.” And there
are no more loyal citizens of this
United States than those who live
In the South .
This grandson of a 16-year-old
"buck private”, from Alabama,
and of an older captain from
Louisiana glories in the bravery
and fortitude of those two men,
and countless others, who dis
played the greatest courage and
greatest love for the things they
believed would make for a grea
ter nation, that the veterans of
any conflict.
So today we raise our voice In
praise of love for the men who
wore the gray and followed Lee,
and Jackson, and other leaders
of the Confederacy.
May the memory of the Con
federate soldiers and sailors,
and their brave “women folk”
never be dimmed.
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In connection with Memorial
Day, both Confederate Memor
ial Day, and National Memorial
Day, that honor all men of all
ages that have fought for this
nation, may we reproduce a
poem, written by Annette Wyn
ne? It reads:
Is It enough to think today
Of all our brave, then put
Away
The thought until a year has
sped?
Is this full honor for our dead?
Is It enough to sing a song
And deck a grave; and all
year long
Forget the brave who died
that we
Might keep our great land
proud and free?
Full service needs a greater
toll —
That we who live give heart
and soul
To keep the land they died to
save,
And be ourselves, In turn, the
brave. I
And may we also reproduce a
few verses from a poem writ
ten by Joyce Kilmer, killed in
battle during World War One?
The roses bloom white and red
On tombs where weary sold
iers lie;
Flags wave above the honored
dead
And martial music cleaves the
sky. <
May we, their grateful chil
dren, learn
Their strength who lay benea
th this sod
Who went through fire and
death to earn
At last the accolade of God
Then there’s the Recessional
Written by Rudyard Kiplin:
Lord God of Hosts, be with us
yet,
Lest we forget — lest we for
get!
Country Parson
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“Independence is what a
boy feels when all he
wants from father is to be
left a loan.”
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DAILY NEWS
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(Griffin Daily News aerial photo by Duane Paris. Courtesy Griffin Aero Corp.)
Section of ‘Killer Strip’ between bridge and Milner. Accidents occur frequently on tbis strip of U. S. 41 between Griffin and Barnesville. Bridge leads to Griffin.
Officers Say; Double lYellow Lines Won’t Help;
Killer Strip Clogged At Both Ends
By JAMES STEWART
Thirty curves and 29 hills
mark the path of perilous U. S.
41 between Griffin and Bames
ville. The 16-mile “killer strip”
this year has been the scene of
53 accidents.
Law enforcement officers on
both ends of the two-lane “strip”
were asked what can be done
to solve the accident problem.
They also were asked what can
be done to relieve the amount
of traffic.
“Nothing can be done and the
situation is going to get worse,”
Sgt. W. E. Butler of the Griffin
State Patrol said,
“People have suggested that a
double yellow line be painted in
the center of the road from Grif-
You Might Save Somebody’s Life
What Would
You Do?
Lots of people have good ideas about what to do
About a problem. Here’s your chance to express yours.
What would you do about “Killer Strip”, the notor
ious stretch of highway from Griffin to Bamesville?
Your idea might very well save somebody’s life. How
about jotting it down and mailing it to the Griffin
Daily News. At the conclusion of this series, we’ll
summarize ideas submitted. You might save a life.
Thousands See
Flaming Meteor
NEW YORK (UPI) —A
flaming object, thousands of
times brighter than the bright
est star, streaked across the
sky Monday night within
eyeshot of millions in at least
15 states.
Scientists said it was proba
bly a tiny meteor, disintegrat
ing as it entered the atmos
phere on a plunge toward
earth.
From the Carolinas to
Canada and as far inland as
Ohio, the celestial object
thrilled and astonished thou
sands as it soared on a
northwesterly path with a
bright multi-colored vapor trail
in view for several seconds.
Police, weather bureau and
aviation agencies were deluged
with reports that varied in
description and in interpreta
tion which ranged from a
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fin to Barnesville, This will not
help,” he said.
Sgt. Butler said an Indication
that the yellow lines would do
no good Is that three people
were killed this month when a
car crossed a double yellow line
to pass one pulling a trailer and
hit another head-on.
He said people pay little at
ention to signs on the road, “if
they don’t pay attention to the
signs there now, why would they
pay attention to more signs,”
Sgt. Butler said.
“There Is no way to relieve
the amount of traffic on the
road. You can’t ask people to
stop driving” he said.
The U. S. 341 By-Pass will re
lieve the traffic on the two lane
glowing spaceship to a plane on
fire.
But most knowledgeable sour
ces came to the same
conclusion as Dr. Fred L.
Whipple of the Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory at
Cambridge, Mass. He said:
“On the basis of information I
now have I would have to say it
was a meteor that must have
been smaller than a football.
“It was probably one meteor
that started to break up, and it
was all in the same trajectory.
I doubt that there could be
more than one.”
Dr. Thomas D. Nicholson of
the Hayden Planetarium in
New York said, “it was at least
100 times brighter than Venus
when that planet is at its
greatest brilliance, and about
10,000 times brighter than
Sirius which is the brightest
star we see at night.”
road some, but will not be ready
for use for sometime.
“They are building a four lane
highway, but are leaving some
of the main roads to cross at
grade crossings,” Sgt. Butler
said. “This Is not going to help
with the number of accidents
between Griffin and Barnes
ville.”
Griffin Police Chief Leo Black
well said traffic on U. S. 41 mo
ves through Griffin as fast as
possible.
Chief Blackwell said, “Traffic
on the highway between here
and Barnesville is a mess. We
here In Griffin are fortunate to
have four lanes to carry it.”
“We do all we can to keep the
traffic moving through our
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Daryal Chandler, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Clifford Chandler, was presented the
Christian Athlete Of The Year Trophy by the First Baptist Church Brotherhood
Monday night at a banquet, honoring all Griffin High varsity athletes. Chandler
was selected for the highly coveted award by his teammates. Tom Brake is presi
dent of the First Baptist Brotherhood.
town. That fs about the only
thing we can do — keep It mov
ing,” he said.
Chief Blackwell also said a
double line on the “killer strip”
would do no good. He also cited
the accident In which three peo
ple were killed.
'Traffic moves through Griffin
at capacity on U. S. 41. It is bad
now and is getting worse,” he
said.
Chief Blackwell said nothing
tan be done to relieve the am
ount of traffic on the two lane
highway until the U. S. 341 By
Pass and 1-75 are completed.
Chief Blackwell said traffic is
backed up in Griffin at times
during the week and especially
on weekends. He said the amount
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of traffic coming off the single
ane from Barnesville fills two
lanes through the city of Griffin.
Traffic officers are used rusht at
many busy corners during
hour periods on weekends.
Sometimes it is necessary to use
officers during the week.
Barnesville Chief of Police
Sam Taylor said traffic moves
through his city at a good pace
until a tractor-trailer truck Is
stopped at one of the traffic
lights or traffic is halted by a
train.
Barnesville Mayor Dick Wood
lee said much of the traffic
through Barnesville Is being han
dled by the recently complete**
portion of the Griffin-Barnesville
By-Pasa. . i il
Artificial Heart
Patient
By PAUL FREEMAN
United Press International
HOUSTON (UPI) —Marcel h.
DeRudder, an Illinois coal
miner who lived longer than
any other man on an artificial
heart, died “completely unex
pectedly” today.
Methodist Hospital, where
famed heart surgeon Dr.
Michael DeBakey implanted the
grapefruit-sized synthetic heart
last Thursday, said DeRudder
was believed to have died of “a
rupture of his trachea (wind
pipe) or bronchia.”
DeBakey, who had hardly left
DeRudder’s side since the
operation, was at the bedside
when the end came.
"It was completely unexpect
ed,” said hospital administrator
Ted Bowen. “It was sudden,
just like that.”
Dr. DeBakey immediately
began a three-hour autopsy to
determine the exact cause of
death of DeRudder, who had
remained unconscious since the
operation.
No results of the autopsy
were expected before noon CST
(2 p.m. EDT).
DeRudder’s wife, Edna, 60,
was awakened at a nearby
hotel by hospital officials and
told of her husband’s death. A
short time later, she arrived at
the hospital. She appeared calm
but her eyes were wet.
She had no comment but a
spokesman for her said she
would return to her home In
Westville, Ill. today.
“We are doing pretty good
ight now, considering the am
ount of traffic vr© have,” Mayor
Woodlee said.
“In about four months, when
the section of 1-75 from Forsyth
to Macon is completed, we are
expecting an increase of traffic
through the city,” he said.
“There is nothing we can do
to relieve the traffic situation
in Bamesville,” Chief Taylor
said. He said the city’s narrow
streets will not allow widening
and that streets are not avail
able to route the southbound tr
affic on one and northbound on
another.
Mayor Woodlee said the city
has only three traffic lights on
U. S. 41. He said they are at vi-
“It appeared to me that
around 8 p.m. last night things
were stable, there was nothing
to worry about," Bowen said.
“Before that, we \yere con
cerned about the lung condition
but that was clearing up.”
DeRudder was operated on at
10:14 a.m. last Thursday.
DeRudder lived 111 hours and
44 minutes and thus was the
longest surviving patient ever
to depend on an artificial heart.
In the past few days,
DeRudder regained soma of his
reflexes and had shown im
provement—his wife even said
he looked better—although he
developed some lung congestion
Monday.
DeRudder’s artificial heart
took over up to 75 per cent of
the work of his own faltering
heart, which had plagued him
for 25 years.
The 65-year-old Westville, Ill.
miner turned to DeBakey in
desperation and did not even
tell his wife of the operation.
She heard of it from a reporter
who called her in Illinois.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Mostly cloudy with
scattered showers and thunder
showers tonight and Wednesday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 77, minimum today
65, maximum Monday 76, mini
mum Monday 58. Total rainfall
.03 of an inch. Sunrise Wednes
day 5:55 a.m., sunset Wednes
day 1:15 p.m.
tal intersections.
Traffic in the northbound lana
:an be stopped by all three of
the traffic lights. Two of the
ights work on the southbound
lane.
Mayor Woodlee said three or
four cars could be moved throu
gh the town while one tractor
trailer truck Is moving through
Chief Taylor agreed.
Mayor Woodlee and Chief
Taylor said a traffic officer will
be needed full-time when the
Forsyth section of 1-75 is open
ed.
The traffic on U. 6. 41 In Bar
nesville was relieved by the
completed portion of the U. S.
341 By-Pass, but will be increas
ed again by the completion of
the of