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By Quimby Meltoa
Griffin High’s DCT Club domi
nated the state convention when
it came to winning honors. The
club itself was rated “Superior”;
the President of the -GHS Club,
Tommy Snider was named the
outstanding DCT student in Ge
orgia; Bill Tumham was cited,
he prepared the job journal that
won first place; and Kay
Brannon was awarded superior
rating in speech.
There probably will never be
in DCT’s circles any member
who will have the distinction of
being president of his local
club, president of the state or
ganization, and president of the
national association at the same
time — and this is exactly what
Tommy Snider has been.
It’s “sorter like” a big lea
gue ball player being the lead
ing batter, the homerun king,
the player with the most stolen
bases and the leading pitcher of
both circuits —all in the same
year — or it’s "sorter like” a
golfer winning all the champion
ships — as did Bobby Jones —in
one year — or like a race horse
winning the Kentucky Derby,
the Preakness and the Belmont
Stakes.
We congratulate GHS and its
DCT, all the members of the
new organization and director
Lemuel Watkins.
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Talk about the weather, which
Mark Twain says “everybody
does,” the month^of May may
go down in weather history as
"the year that was.” The more
we live in Griffin and the more
we hear of the sort of weather
they have elsewhere, the more
we are convinced that we have
the best all round climate in the
world.
Right now we are going throu
gh what some old timers call
“blackberry winter." Awaken
ing this morning found the tem
perature reading more like it
does in October than in May.
Modern conveniences in the
home have made it possible to
ride out the warmest day —
thanks to air conditioners —and
to bask with ease during a cold
snap — thanks to central heat.
Had an example of how these
mechanical things respond to
the weather. Sunday turned on
the air conditioner, out at “Many
Mortgages”; and sometime dur
ing last night heard the furnace
begin operating when it became
cold.
What luxuries— rather necessi
ties —but man has not yet found
out and we don’t believe he ever
will, how to operate air condi
tioners and central heat marvels
out of doors.
Talking about the weather:
Monday night our niece, Mrs.
C. E. McConnell, Jr., called
from her home in Charleston,
West Virginia. She had tried to
call Mrs. Good Evening on Mo
ther’s Day but the lines were all
busy everytime she tried.
“How’s the weather up there?"
we asked her.
Her answer: “Sunday was bea
utiful, the sun was shining and
everyone thought summer was
close at hand. It was such a
beautiful day that I took all the
plants, had kept indoors during
the winter, out and put them on
,,the terrace in the rear of our
house. Then this morning picked
up the paper and saw where a
cold wave was predicted with
temperatures well below freez
ing, and a snow storm on the
way.
“Hurried out, brought the
plants back Indoors and prepar
ed for the cold wave. The mer
cury is already near freezing
and there are snow clouds.
“Come on back to Griffin,” we
urged. “Nothing could suit me
better but can’t get away right
now,” said Mrs. McConnell, the
former Leila Hooks, who for se
veral years was Woman’s Editor
of the Griffin Daily News.
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Saw a hangover from Mother’s
Day this morning as we stood on
, the comer waiting a chance to
cross the street and go to t h e
morning revival services at the
First Baptist Church.
A car came by with several
orchids taped to the radio anten
na. The driver was a nice look
ing young woman, seated beside
her was a small boy. The car
was from out of the state and
the orchids may have been arti
ficial, but there they were for
(he world to see that the boy or
' his daddy had not forgotten
> Mother,
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DAUNT NEWS
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Blackberry Winter
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo).
It was “blackberry winter” again in Griffin today
and Bo Frye of the Horticulture Department at the
Experiment Station checked his crop of blackberries
to see how they were coming along. So far, it looks
like a good crop.'Mr. Frye checked the temperature
in the field this morning and found a low reading
of 38.
New System Switch
Red Lights Are
Shorter At Night
The city traffic signals shifted
smoothly into a dual system
Monday night.
Under the new system, nine
signals in residential areas flash
ing amber and red signals at
night. The downtown cycl^to ltehts shift
from a 60 second 40.
The shift takes place automa
tically at about 7:30 p.m. and
continues through the night un
til 7:30 the next day.
The flashing and shorter cycle
systems also will be In effect
on Sundays.
The Light and Water Depart
ment has been installing the au
tomatic switch equipment for
several weeks and making test
runs.
“Most of the bugs have been
worked out and the system is
ready for use on a regular sche
dule,” according to Charlie Smi
th, Light and Water director.
Under the new system, people
will not have to wait as long for
a traffic light to change at night
as they do during the daylight
hours when traffic is heavy.
The longer cycle is necessary
during daylight hours because
of the heavier flow of traffic.
An amber flashing motoriit signal at
night means a should
approach the intersection with
caution and proceed only if the
Sen. Dirksen Breaks
n
Right In Fall
WASHINGTON (UPI) —Sen
ate GOP Leader Eyprett M.
Dirksen broke his right hip
when he fell at Walter Reed
Army Hospital early today. An
operation was scheduled to set
the fracture.
The 70-year-old Illinois Sena
tor suffered the injury after
climbing out of bed during the
night, his office reported. He
was at Walter Reed Hospital
for a routine checkup.
Dirksen's office said he
probably would have to spend
two or three weeks in the
hospital. He then will likely
have to hobble around on
crutches for several more
weeks.
Dirksen put in a full working
day Monday, addressing the
National Consumers Finance
convention at noon in a
downtown hotel, doing his
weekly radio television record
ing and keeping office appoint
ments until after 6 p.m.
He attended a reception at
the Capitol Hill Club and then
Griffin, Go., 30223, Tuesday, May 10, 1966
way Is clear.
A motorist approaching a red
flashing signal at night should
come to a stop and wait until the
intersection is clear before pro
ceeding.
The left turn arrow signal at
Hill and Taylor will be turned
off at night. It will function only
during the daylight hours on
weekdays. It will not be in ope
ration on Sundays.
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Decentralize Hospital f
Bowdoin Report Says
Largest Class
Will Graduate
Griffin High School will gradu
ate the largest class in its his
tory this spring.
The class has 349 students and
up to 325 may complete all of
the requirements for graduation.
Graduation will be June 2 at
Memorial Stadium beginning at
8:30. Honor graduates will pre
sent the program.
The baccalaureate service will
be May 29 at 8 p.m. at the sc
hool auditorium. The Rev. C.
Edward Davis, pastor of the Fir
st Presbyterian Church, will be
the speaker.
Fairmont High School wtu have
13Q. candidates for graduation
this year.
Graduation exercises will be
held June 1 at 8 p.m. in the
gymnatorium. The honor gradua
tes will present the program.
Baccalaureate service will be
May 29 in the gymnatorium. The
Rev. E. G. Hinton, pastor of the
Metropolitan Methodist Church
at Rome, Ga., will be the speak
er.
The last day of school for the
Griffin-Spalding System this
year is June 1. This is one day
later than originally scheduled
because the system was closed
this winter when the tempera
ture dropped below zero.
Griffin Will Salute
Bennett Family Here
Griffinites will honor a native
son who made good in tha diplo
matic service of his country at
a special meeting here Wednes
day.
W. Tapley Bennett, Jr., who
was ambassador to the Domini
can Republic last year during
an attempted communist take
over will be honored.
His father who served a® Spal
ding’s first county agent also
will be honored. Mr. Bennett Sr.,
celebrated his birthday today but
the community will help him ob
serve it all over again Wednes
day.
The program Is being sponsor
ed by the Kiwanis Club. It has
invited all other civic club mem
bers to attend. Flynt Langford,
Kiwanis president, estimated
that more than 225 people will be
present.
Otis Weaver, Sr., of the Kiwan
is Club has coordinated arran-
entered Walter Reed a little
before 8 p.m., his office said.
The veteran senator, general
ly regarded as the Senate’s
most colorful figure,' was in a
room in the same third floor
section as that of former
President Dwight D. Eisenhow
er, who entered Walter Reed
last Wednesday for a head-to
toe checkup. It was reported
Dirksen visited Eisenhower
after arriving at the center.
Dirksen has undergone a
series of tests at Walter Reed
recently to determine the cause
of stomach spasms from which
he suffers.
Doctors have not been able to
pinpoint the cause of the pains.
Dirksen said after he was taken
to Walter Reed following an
attack. Last summer they had
advised him to "stay away
from tensionville.”
Dirksen also spent a short
time at the hospital in January
just before Congress recon
vened. He turned 70 Jan. 4.
Probation Revoked
In Shooting Case
Judge John H. McGehee of the
Griffin Judicial Circuit revoked
the probation of a Griffin man
following the Mother’s Day shoot
ing of his wife.
Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert took
Charlie Ogletree, 40, of Kather
yn road, Griffin, to Thomaston
this morning where he appeared
before Judge McGehee.
Ogletree was on five years pro
bation for assault with a deadly
weapon.
He has been charged with as
sault with intent to murder in
the shooting of his wife Sunday,
Sheriff Gilbert said.
Ogletree shot his wife in the
head and chest Sunday night
when she stopped in front of his
trailer home on Katheryn road
to pick up the couple’s children.
Sheriff’s officials said they ap
parently are separated. They
have six children.
Ogletree walked to the car
with one child in his arms and
gements for the program.
Ambassador Bennett, hi® wife,
Margaret; his daughter, Viola;
and his father will arrivo in Gr
iffin Wednesday morning to be-,
gin the day’s activities.
All men who have served Spal
ding County as county agent will
be special guests at the affair.
Mr. Bennett, Sr., was the first
Spalding agent. The other three
were John Harlow, N. V. Davis
and Jack Smith, the present ag
ent.
They will be seated at the spe
cial birthday table for the elder
Mr. Bennett.
Chairman Weaver said that a
huge birthday cake will be pre
pared for Mr. Bennett.
Ambassador Bennett is *>xpec
ted to discuss the attempted
communist takeover in the Do
minican Republic and other na
tional affairs.
He is being transferred to Por
tugal to become the U. S. Am
bassador.
Ambassador Bennett, better
known in Griffin as “Tap”, at
tended Griffin High School.
He has served his country in
several diplomatic assignments.
Chairman Weaver said that a
number of out of town people
will be here to honor the ambas
sador and his family.
Senate Confirms
Tap Bennett's
Appointment
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
Senate Monday confirmed the
nomination of W. Tapley Ben
nett Jr., of Griffin, Ga., to be
U. S. ambassador to Portugal.
Bennett was ambassador to
the Dominican Republic at the
time of the U. S. armed inter
vention there last year.
BRIGHTER CELLS
NEWBURY, England (UPI)
— Alderman Ronald Spiller hat
written to the home office
recommending that cells in
police stations be made more
homey with pictures and
brighter decorations. Spiller
‘ cells
said at a new 8538,000
police station and court house
here were "depressing.”
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shot Mrs. Ogletree. She was
sitting in the car.
Mrs. Ogletree is in critical con
dition at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital.
Sheriff Gilbert said Ogletree
is being held in Spalding County
Jail. He is trying to arrange for
Ogletree to be held at Reidsville
State Prison until the case com
es up in court.
After shooting his wife Sunday
night, Ogletree turned the .22
caliber pistol and shot himself
in the thigh. The bullet struck
the fleshy part of his leg and
did not strike a bone.
Local Weather:
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 67, minimum today
41, maximum Monday 86, mini
mum Monday 60. Sunrise Wed
nesday 5:42 a-m., sunset Wed
nesday 7:25 p.m.
Atlanta To
Host Legion’s
’69 Convention
ATLANTA (UPI)—The Amer
ican Legion will hold its nation
al convention in Atlanta in 1969,
it was announced Monday.
A crowd of about 45,000 is ex
pected, according to Legion of
ficials who made the announce
ment jointly with Mayor Ivan
Allen.
Approximately 20 other cities
were bidding for the big con
vention. Atlanta’s selection re
sulted in part because the city
will have a new $10 million au
ditorium and exhibition hall,
scheduled for completion next
year.
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Head For Job Corps Camp
Franklin Capes, Horace White and Eddie Peavey of Griffin left today for the
Job Corps Center at Ft. Custer, Mich. They were signed through the Depart
ment of Labor office in Griffin which is coordinating the program here. The
office expects to assign other applicants from Griffin for Job Corps training.
Big Pay Raises
Are Recommended
By DON PHILLIPS
ATLANTA (UPI) — A special
governor’s commission recom
mended today that Georgia’s
mental health program be de
centralized and that key person
nel at the Milledgeville State
Hospital be given minimum pay
raises of $4,000 a year.
The commission, established
by Gov. Carl Sanders and head
ed by Atlanta banker William
Mao Greets
Albanians,
Spikes Rumors
TOKYO (UPI) -Red Chinese
Communist boss Mao Tse-tung
met a visiting delegation of
Albanian Communists in Pek
ing, the New China News
Agency said today. It was the
first publicized appearance of
the Chinese leader since last
Nov. 26 and spiked rumors that
he was seriously ill or dead.
The long absence from the
public scene of Mao, China’s
Communist party chairman and
the deified leader of its
revolution, sparked widespread
rumors that he had passed
from the scene.
Peking’s Foreign Ministry
denied 10 days ago that the 72
year-old Mao was ailing.
The English-language broad
cast, heard in Tokyo, did not
say when Mao met with the
Albanians.
It said only that Mao met
with "all comrades of the
Albanian party,” and that he
led discussions which were
"extremely intimate and friend
ly .. .
“Both sides were completely
at one on all questions,” the
news agency said.
Albania is Red China’s only
eastern European ally in the
Sino-Soviet dispute.
Besides Mao, others present
at the meeting included Pre
mier Chou En-Lai; Communist
party Central Committee Vice
Chairman Lin Piao; General
Secretary Teng Hsiao-ping and
other high ranking party and
government members, the
broadcast said.
After the meeting, it report
ed, "comrade Mao Tse-tung
gave a banquet in honor of the
Albanian comrades.”
American sources in Hong
Kong, a key listening post for
Chinese developments, said if
Mao had not met the Alba
nians, rumors that b* was
either dead or incapacitated
would have carried more
weight.
R. Bowdoin, recommended that
regional mental hospitals be con
structed at Atlanta and Augusta
and that the Hunter Air Force
Base hospital at Savannah be
studied as a possible site for a
regional mental institution.
The report said the decentral
ization is an "urgent, immed
iate” need for relieving crowded
conditions at the 12,000-patient
hospital at Milledgeville.
"It is time to abandon ‘busi
ness as usual’ for mental health
in Georgia,” Bowdoin report
said. "The finger of blame
should not be pointed at any
one person or agency. An apath
tic attitude seems rather broad
ly distributed but it must be
changed if the state is to have
the support necessary for a
strong, comprehensive mental
health program.”
The commission was asked by
Irville H. MacKinnon who was
accused of misappropriating
money on his family mainten
ance allowance.
The commission indicated that
the incident could have been
prevented had one recommenda
tion of 18 months ago been fol
lowed — the employment of "an
outstanding hospital administra
tor."
Other major recommenda
tions:
—That the State Health De
partment retain Jurisdiction of
mental health programs and
that the Division of Mental
Health remain in that depart
ment.
— Appointment by the gov
ernor of an Interagency Coun
cil on Mental Health and Men
tal Retardation and a statewide
community health program.
— Employment of profession
al dietitians at the Milledgeville
central kitchen, with “premium
pay” if necessary.
— Complete renovation of the
Milledgeville surgical and gen
eral medical facilities.
Thomaston Mill
Posts Notice
Of Wage Hike
Thomaston Mills, Griffin Div
ision, has posted notice that a
general wage increase will be
made effective June 5.
Gene Robbins, superintendent
of the Griffin division, said the
notice was received Monday af
ternoon and posted in the mill.
This yas part of a general
wage increase in the textile in
dustry in Georgia and other sta
tes.