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Griffin Daily News
Griffin High
Seniors Have
One More Week
By SUSAN DAVIS
There is one more week of
classes tor the seniors. The last
day they attend classes is May
19. May 20 is a special senior
holiday which will replace the
“Kid Day” of former years.
The seniors begin exams on
May 23. Honors Day is May 26
at 8:30 a.m. in the school audi
torium. The Baccalaureate ser
mon will be delivered Sunday,
May 29, at 8:00 p.m. Graduation
Is June 2 at 8:30 p.m. in the
stadium.
Congratulations to the Griffin
High D.C.T. Club members who
were honored at the state con
vention in Atlanta. Tommy Sni
der was named the outstanding
D.C.T. boy in Georgia. Tommy
is president of the national D.C.
T. organization. Kay Brannon
received the trophy for the dis
trict speech contest. The Grif
fin club also received a trophy
in the job manual competition.
A rating of “superior” was aw
arded the club.
Thursday, the Beta Club gave
Fairmont High
Primary Election
Is Held Today
By SANDRA SCOTT
And BLAND BATEY
Ihe primary election for pre
sident and vice president of the
student body was held today.
Candidates for president are:
Emmett Dennis, Linda Clanton,
Stella Maddox, and Booker Mor
ris. Candidates for Vice Presi
dent are: Juliet Gates, Alfred
Jester, Van Johnson, and Lillian
Taylor. A run-off, if needed, will
be next week.
The senior class play will be
presented May 17 and 1R at 8
p.m. in the gymnatorium. Title
of the Play is “Was This Mur
der?” Mr. Felton Stringer is dir
ector.
Senior members of the band
presented instrumental so
los to the student body in an as
sembly program Wednesday. Al
so the senior chorus numbers
in
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a surprise party for Miss Laura
Hawkins, club sponsor, who is
retiring. Mr. Larry Kendrick will
be next year’s advisor.
The Beta Club began its sale
of clear plastic annual covers
Monday. The covers sell for 3
cents and serve as good detec
tion for the yearbooks.
Friday members of the “Eag
les’ View” staff went to the Ge
orgia Scholastic Press Associa
tion convention at the University
of Georgia. The association aw
arded the “Eagles’ View” a cer
tificate of merit.
Tonight the Griffin High band
will present a concert in the sc
hool auditorium. It will begin at
8 p.m. Adult tickets will be $1,
students’ $.60.
This week two chapel pro
grams are planned at Griffin
High. Today Carl Steele, an ar
tist and evangelist serving this
week at the First Baptist Chur
ch revival, presented a demon
stration. Friday the Band will
perform.
Thursday, May 12, 1966
sang musical selections. Senior
band members and instruments
played are: Samuel Banks,
trombone; Brenda Daniels, flu
te; Albert Darden, trumpet; Ro
bert Fallen, French horn, Mil
ton Gates, saxophone; Ricky
Hammond, saxophone; Alfred
Hoard, clarinet; Eddie Holmes,
drums; Willie Ison, trumpet;
Larry Knox, saxophone; Hor
ace Matthews, drums; John
McCrary, French horn; Charles
Bland Batey, clarinet; Larry
Moreland, French horn; and
Whitaker, drums.
Blondine Woodard won a gold
medal for her performance in
the 75 yard dash at the national
track meet. Shirley Sims receiv
ed a gold medal for her perfor
mance In the 50 meter hurdles.
Miss Susie Bonner Is coach.
The yearbook staff sponsored
a platter party.
The baseball team will go to
Tifton, May 20, to resume play
in the state baseball tournament.
After winning two games in the
tournament last week, the team
returned to Griffin because of
rain.
The Fairmont chorus will
present a spring choral con
cert, Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m.
in the gymnatorium.
On the fourth Sunday, the band
will present its spring concert.
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FEARS FOR LIFE— Widowed in
Chicago when her husband,
Anthony Franchlna, 39, shot
himself to death, Mrs. Dor
othy Franchlna, 31, says she
fears for her life and the
lives of her three childrea
Franchina was a victim of a
gangland loan shark and had
been beaten several times for
falling behind to payments,
she said at the inquest
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Spalding Junior High
Students Attend
Christian Life Meet
understood, while the algebra
teacher helps students with a
difficult problem.
This routine was interrupted
Tuesday morning by an unex
pected visitor. A large gray dog
was wandering around the se
cond floor hall during home
room period.
By BOBBIE HOLMES
Several Spalding Junior High
students attended the Christian
Life Conference at Rock Eagle.
Students attending were Ken
neth Deebler, Ken Buckles, Don
Braddock, Mama Goldstein, Do
ris Ponder, Debbie Glascow,
Jane Luke, Joy Butler, Nancy
Brannon, Dale Gasaway, Carole
Gilstrap, Gail Smith, Nancy St
rong, Judy Hill, Regina Leary,
Nancy Dawn, Sarah Simpson,
Sally Boyd, Harriot Goddard,
and Debbie Folds. The confer
ence is sponsored by the Y clubs.
Spalding will be on an activ
ity day schedule Friday, Knit II
will hold chapel, while clubs
meet in Unit I. The glee club
will present the chapel program.
Next Friday, clubs will meet in
Unit n, while Unit I is in chapel.
Next week, the program will be
presented by the band.
Activity at Spalding has al
most fallen into the routine us
ually found at the end of the
year. The sounds of the school
are practically the same every
day; passing by the home econo
mics department, one bears a
calm bustling, while across the
hall, the biology teacher announ
ces a test with equal calm. His
tory students will be taking not
es and discussing the assignment
with the teacher. Science stu
dents are listening to an expla
nation of something they hadn’t
TOGETHERNESS
NEW YORK (TOT) —The
National Maritime Union and
American Steamship Lines,
bitter opponents in past labor
disputes, commiserated on the
same side of the bargaining
table today.
An office workers union went
on strike Wednesday against
the NMTJ pension, welfare and
employment security plan, Joint
ly administered hr the mari
time union and steamship
company management. About
100 employes walked out in a
wage dispute.
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