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JLi T? VENIN GOOD f VJ 1
By Quimby Melton
Standing on the corner,
one will see many things. Some
of the things one sees are of
more than passing interest. And
we’re not referring to short
shorts or tight pants on the lad
‘ ies. Like Flo Ziegfield, who in
his Follies featured beautiful and
shapely chorus girls, and made
the long-stemmed beauties the
rage of that age, Good Evening
has reached the stage in 1 i f e
when, as Ziegfield said, “legs
are just something on which to
stand.”
This morning, as we stood on
the comer of Hill and Taylor,
waiting a chance to cross, saw
. something that was of interest.
It was a visual demonstration of
one of the reasons why. the Grif
fin-Bamesville “Killer Strip” is
so dangerous.
What did we see? A giant trac
tor-trailer-mobile home. From
the front of the big tractor to
the rear of the mobile home it
stretched out from Taylor street,
all the way in front of the Belk
Matthews store and on past the
half way point of Goode-Nichols.
Its length occupied enough space
to accommodate several other
autos, of conventional leng
th and its width was so great
that there was no room, on Hill
street, for any cars to pass. On
the front of the monstrosity was
a sign warning that the thing
was extra wide and there was a
similar sign across the back.
When the lights changed and
* the giant contraption started to
turn from Hill into Taylor street
it blocked all traffic from any
and all directions and barely
made it round the 90 degree an
gle.
Now Hill street is wider than
the “Killer Strip”; and there are
no hills or dangerous curves a
round which one cannot see; and
if it is hard for these mobile ho-
1 mes to negotiate the streets of
our city, then think of the dan
gerous situations that these th
ings can create on a narrow
highway where there are no traf
fic lights, no police, nothing but
dozens of cars travelling the
road, most of them going “hell
bent for election.”
The solution? Some may say
take these big mobile homes off
that highway and make them all
travel another route. Well if that
was done then while the Griffin
Barnesville highway might be
safer, but the problem would
only be transferred to some oth
er point.
Some may say “Don’t let them
travel any of the highways!” But
if they are to be mobile they
must travel somehow.
Anyway standing on the cor
ner noticed this big mobile home
and wondered what can be done
to eliminate the hazard they
create on all our highways.
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Tap Bennett, Jr., in his infor
mal talk to the Kiwanis Club
, meeting Wednesday, gave a good
picture of the problems faced by
the nation, the strongest, the
richest, the nation that enjoys
freedoms most. It was the sort
of talk, uncluttered with diplo
matic camouflage that one
could understand. And while
Good Evening was interested in
this, still there was one little
statement Bennett made that
was of most interest. It showed
' how this Griffin bom still
man
had his roots in Georgia soil.
Bennett told how, in his years
of service in the Department of
State, he had been into almost
every part of the world, and had
seen many things that disturbed
the representatives of Uncle
Sam. “But there was one that
did no worry me one bit. Every
time I saw one of those ‘Yankee
Go Home!’ signs, I knew they
’ were not talking about me.”
“Bom and bred in the briar
patch” that’s Tap Bennett, Jr.
Country Parson
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“Love is if one child
gives up his ice cream cone
to another—wanting noth
ing in return."
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Tap Bennett, Sr., his son, Otis Weaver, Sr., and Quimby Melton, Jr., talk after tribute dinner.
Commends Schools
Ambassador Bennett
Learned French Here
Ambassador W. Tapley Ben
nett, Jr., said that French he
had learned at Griffin High had
served as a base for that and
other languages he had learned
and used in the diplomatic ser
vice.
It was his way of commending
the high educational standards
this community has maintained
through the years in its school
systems.
Ambassador Bennett made the
remark in an informal talk here
Wednesday when he was honor
ed by his home town.
He said he felt sure that the
community was continuing to of
fer the best of educational op
portunities to its young people.
The Griffin native said that
despite some of the headlines a
minority of American young peo
ple sometimes make, he is con
vinced of the “soundness” of the
youth of the country.
3 Suspects Held
In Thefts Here
Three people are being held
by Dublin police in connection
with a burglary of Griffin Lan
es Wednesday morning.
The Griffin Police Department
said today the three may have
been involved in the robbery of
a package store on North Hill
street Wednesday afternoon.
The suspects were identified
as Gary H. Smith, 25; Donna
Ruth Green Smith, 18; and
Richard A. Cooling, 23, all of
Washington, D.C. Officers said
the woman identified herself as
Smith’s wife
Two men, armed with a saw
ed-off shotgun, entered Mike’s
package store on North Hill Wed
nesday afternoon and made
away with $134.56.
They were driving a blue 1964
Ford with a black interior and
bucket seats. The car had a Ten
nessee license plate with the
number JA-2695.
Griffin Police said they believe
the three committed the robbery
at the package store, but have
not yet connected them with it.
Police said they believe the
blue 1964 model car was aban
doned in the Griffin area.
When captured in Dublin, the
trio was driving a rented car.
Police have asked that anyone
finding a car of this description
notify them and not touch the
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DAILY NEWS
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He said he was made aware
of the interest young people
have in current affairs by some
of the questions asked him when
he talked to a group of seventh
grade students in DeKalb Coun
ty recently.
Ambassador Bennett recalled
the names of some of his teach
ers at Griffin High. Among them
were Mrs. Amelia Anderson who
taught him civics and Miss Anne
Hill Drewry who taught him En
glish.
Turning to world affairs, he
said that “it is easy to find fault
but harder to find solutions.”
Mr. Bennett said that the
State Department, which he dub
ed the nation’s conscience, gets
plenty of criticism but very sel
dom does anyone offer a solution
to a problem.
It’s fine to have the dissidents
but one often wishes they would
sometimes offer some construc-
car or anything about it. They
believe the shotgun used in the
North Hill street robbery may
still be in the car.
Approximately $500 was taken
in the burglary at the bowling
alley.
When apprehended, the trio
was armed with two pistols.
George Harper, operator of the
package store, notified police
about 2:30 Wednesday afternoon
that he had been robbed about
2:05.
Police put out a statewide al
ert for two white males. A wo
man was not with the two men
when the package store was rob
bed, police said.
Dublin police credited two
coffee-drinking Dublin brothers
with bringing about the cap
ture of the three.
According to officers, Hugh
Collins, 29, and his brother Max,
27, were leaving a restaurant
Wednesday night after having
a cup of coffee when they saw a
man come out of the darkened
Oattes drug store.
Hugh Collins immediately left
to notify police while Max Jump
ed in his car and followed the
suspect. Officers made the ar
rests six miles east of Dublin.
Griffin, Go., 30223, Thursday, May 12, 1966
US Planes Knock Out
2 Cong Missile Sites
Investment
Group Buys Hotel
In Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. (UPI) — The
Oglethorpe Hotel and its adjac
ent properties on Wilmington
Island have been purchased by
an investment group at a cost
of approximately $1 million, it
was announced Wednesday.
Savannah realtor William Lat
timore headed the group that
purchased the 200-acre site.
The hotel was renamed the
Savannah Inn and Country Club
and plans were announced to
make the property “one of the
finest resort areas on the east
coast of the United States,” ac
cording to the inn’s general
manager, Charles Currier.
Court To Review
Utility Taxes
ATLANTA (UPI) — The State
Supreme Court has taken under
advisement a request that it
overrule a Fulton Superior Court
decision and order public utili
ties taxed at full value.
Alex McLennon contended
Wednesday that Georgia law re
quires all property to be asses
sed at 100 per cent market value.
He said State Revenue Com
missioner Hiram Undercofler
has violated the law.
Chief Justice W. H. Duckworth
agreed that the law provides for
100 per cent assessment but
said there would be discrimina
tion if the court forced full value
assessments for utilities while
allowing assessments on resi
dences and rental property to
continue at below 100 per cent.
Asst. Atty. Gen. William Har
per and attorney Harry S. Bax
ter, asking that the lower court
decision be upheld, claimed that.
McLennan was taking the wrong
legal approach in his suit.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Mostly cloudy and
mild tonight and Friday. Show
ers beginning late tonight or
early Friday.
LOCAL WEATHER — High
today 78, low today 61, high
Wednesday 70, low Wednesday
44. Sunrise Friday 5:40, sunset
Friday 7:26.
tion answer to a problem, he
said.
Because of the leadership posi
tion into which the United Sta
tes has been thrust, it often is
subject to criticism, Ambassa
dor Bennett said.
But he said hie didn’t believe
any intelligent person would sug
gest that the United States
“throw the whole thing aside”
and leave it to someone else.
Ambassador Bennett referred
briefly to the attempted com
munist takeover of the Domini
can Republic last year. He said
that his daughter who was in the
library of the U. S. Embassy
with a friend called on a house
phone and said that shots were
being fired all round the build
ing. She wanted to know what to
do.
He advised that when there
was a lull in the shooting, they
should make their way to the
basement.
This they did. But when they
arrived, eight policemen on gu
ard at the embassy tumbled in
to the basement, too, the soft
spoken Griffinite said with a
smilt.
“This indicated that something
was amiss,” he said with a chu
ckle.
Ambassador Bennett said that
when protest signs urging “Yan
kee Go Home” were tossed ab
out an embassy, they didn’t bo
ther him.
The Southerener said he knew
they were not directed at him.
His joke brought hearty laugh
ter from the audience.
Ambassador Bennett’s father,
Tap Bennett, Sr., was on hand
for the occasion. He was presen
ted a birthday cake to mark his
75 and then the audience sang
“Happy Birthday” to him.
Ambassador Bennett’s wife
and daughter, Victoria, accom
panied them on the trip to Grif
fin. The Bennett’s have five
children.
Mr. Bennett, Sr. whose wife
died a few months ago makes
his home in Camesville.
Ambassador Bennett said that
he was sorry his late mother
could not be on hand for the
Griffin homecoming.
“She always felt very close to
Griffin and somehow didn’t seem
to be settled anywhere else,” the
ambassador said.
The tribute dinner was held
at the Elks Club at a special
meeting of the Kiwanis Club.
Other civic clubs were represen
ted at the event, attended by ab
out 225 people.
Vol. 95 No. 111
Missiles Miss;
Planes Come
Back For Kill
By BRYCE MILLER
SAIGON (UPI) —U.S. planes
carrying out a second day of
massive air strikes against
North Viet Nam knocked out
two missile sites near Hai
phong, a U.S. spokesman said
today. One site was only 10
miles from the big port—the
closest American planes have
come to the city.
The missile site near Hai
phong invited destruction by
firing three Russian - made
ground-to-air SAM missiles at
the A4 Skyhawks from the
carrier Enterprise as they
headed toward another target.
The missiles missed and the
pilots turned and hit the base
with 250 and 500 pound bombs.
The action took place Wednes
day.
Other Navy bombers from
the Kitty Hawk carried out a
second raid on the launchers
moments later, scoring direct
hits and sending smoke rising
2,000 feet above the smashed
SAM site. Another flight
knocked out a nearby SAM
base while Air Force planes
destroyed four conventional
anti-aircraft bases. One U.S.
plane was lost to groundfire.
Air raids struck many
military targets in the Commu
nist North. But one of the most
Stamatic came when Air Force
bombers hit the Mu Gia
Mountain Pass—the northern
end of the Ho Chi Minh supply
trail to South Viet Nam—and
cut it in three places. The pass
is now protected by SAM
missiles but none was reported
fired. Hanoi has used an army
of 150,600 laborers in an effort
to keep the vital pass open.
American and Allied casual
ties in South Viet Nam were
more than triple those suffered
by the South Vietnamese last
week, military authorities an
nounced today.
During the week ending
Saturday 103 Americans were
killed, 82 by Communist gunfire
and 21 in the flaming crash of a
giant helicopter near the
Cambodian border. The Ameri
cans suffered 615 wounded and
South Koreans lost 3 dead and
12 wounded. The South Vietna
mese lost 61 killed, 22 missing
and 154 wounded.
Communist losses during the
period were put at 56 killed and
121 captured for a kill ratio of
3.1 in favor of the allies.
The figure of 82 Americans
killed by enemy gunfire was
the highest toll since the week
ending April 17 when 89 were
killed.
Bentley Makes
It Official
ATLANTA (UPI) — Comptrol
ler General James L. Bentley
Jr. announced today he will seek
election to a second term.
Bentley, 39, defeated Zack
Cravey four years ago by a
landslide vote. Cravey may op
pose him in the Democratic pri
mary.
In a news conference Bentley
reviewed accomplishments of
his term in office and pledged
further progress if he is re
elected
“When I first sought the of
fice of comptroller general and
insurance commissioner four
years ago, I pledged to the
people of Georgia that I would
conduct the people’s business
consistent with the public good
and that alone,” Bentley said.
“Since taking office I have
kept that pledge.”
Bentley said his office in the
past three years and four
months has eliminated insur
ance abuses and kept Georgia
insurance companies solvent. He
said Georgians now pay the low
est liability insurance rates in
the Southeast.
He pledged that automobile in
surance rates will be reduced
further providing that motor
Dundee Unit
Orders Truck
The Dundee Volunteer Fire
Department, Station One, has or
dered a new fire truck.
This will assist them in provid
ing expanded protection for
some 400 more homes.
Kenneth Roberts, chief of the
station, said the truck was one
of the most modern available.
He said it met Southeastern Un
derwriters specifications.
It will enable the station to
provide protection within three
miles of the station, Chief Rob
erts said.
Chief Roberts said that 75
more subscribers are needed
to help finance the expanded co
verage.
Anyone in the new area who
has not made his contribution
has been urged to do so. Chief
Roberts said a list of those par
ticipating would be mailed to in
surance agents in this area.
Chief Roberts said that busi
ness concerns in the area are
being invited to support the
project with contributions.
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Woman Of Year
Mrs. Allyne Baird, (1), Mrs. Emily Harris (third from left) and Miss Apr3
Dawn (r) drink a punch toast to Miss Julia Elliott as the Griffin High teacher
was honored on being named Woman of the Year. A reception in her honor was
held Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce.
ists cooperate by cutting traf
fic accidents “even slightly.”
Bentley said he had reduced
fees on small loans, eliminated
loan collection abuses and had
sponsored training programs to
upgrade industrial loan compa
ny personnel.
“We have driven the second
mortgage racket out of the state
and taken the profit out of au
tomobile theft,” he said.
“We have extended regulatory
control to protect company
stockholders as well as policy
holders and expanded health
coverage to include mental ill
ness.”
Man Charged
With Murder
In Wife’s Death
A Griffin man has been char
ged with murder in the Mother’s
Day shooting of his wife.
Charlie Ogletree, 40, of Kath
eryn road, Griffin, has been
charged with murder in a war
rant sworn out Wednesday after
noon by the dead woman’s bro
ther.
Mrs. Joyce Ogletree was shot
in the head Sunday when she
went to Ogletree’s trailer home
to pick up two of their children.
She died Wednesday afternoon
at the Griffin - Spalding Hospi
tal.
The warrant was sworn out
by John W. Hortman of Thomas
ton. It was signed by Justice of
the Peace J. C. Pelt.
Ogletree was taken to Reids
ville State Prison Tuesday to
serve a five year sentence for
assault with a deadly weapon.
He had been serving a proba
ted sentence, but probation was
revoked by Judge John H. Mc
Gehee of the Griffin Judicial
Circuit Monday.
Band Concert
To Be Tonight
The Griffin High School band
will present its annual spring
concert tonight at the school au
ditorium.
A variety musical program
will be presented.
Admission is $1 for adults and
50 cents for children.