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17 Vl VEISIN GOOD f \J ^
By Quimby Melton
Schools will soon be closed for
the summer vacation; members
of the graduating classes at our
high schools, diplomas in hand,
will be planning either on going
on to college, or getting a job.
Griffin High and Fairrv'nt. TT; -;h
.will graduate the largest classes
in their history, as will most
high schools in Georgia.
Every last one of the gradua
tes will be given a lot of advice,
even though some may not ask
for any.
So here goes Good Evening
giving advice, and we assure
our graduates as well as all oth
er boys and girls who are in
school we are sincere; we
can think of nothing more satis
fying than for every last one of
our graduates to attain success
and happiness.
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The first problem graduates
face is deciding whether to con
tinue their education or get a
job.
This problem may be solved
for some, simply because they
see no way to meet the expen
ses of going to college. But
there are many ways a student
■can finance a college education.
There are scholarships, loan
funds, and even jobs in college
that will help.
There’s something else that
should figure in making this de
cision. This is the question “Why
am I going to college?” If one
Is going to further his educa
tion, fine; if one is going just
• for “O.M.Y.O.D.D.”, as Gus
Gustafson calls it — “One More
Year on Daddy’s Dough”, then
>ne should not go to college tak
ing up space that some more
serious minded youth needs.
Of course the question of be
ing called into the Armed Ser
vices also must be considered.
For some it might be best to go
• on and volunteer and not wait
for the draft. This is a matter
that must be considered by the
student and his family without
any interference from outsiders.
But if one is college material,
if one wants to develop one’s ta
• lents, if one wants to go on to
college, no doubt there will be
some way to do so.
But remember this, if you en
list in the Armed Services, you
can get the equivalent of a col
lege education if you are willing
to work and study.
And to those boys who are un
able, for one reason or the oth
er, to complete high school.
Good Evening believes a hitch
In the Armed Services will be a
mighty good thing — for one can
get the equivalent of a high
school education while wearing
Uncle Sam’s uniform; and in
certain fields Uncle Sam’s train
ing courses are superior to that,
not only in high school, but in
many colleges.
When one thinks of continuing
his education in college, one
should be delighted that there
are certain college courses of
fered right here in Griffin in our
Vocational Tech School. It will
pay one to find out just how
fine an education one can get
here.
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Now as to the “sweet young
graduates” — the girls who will
look so dainty and sweet in their
white or pastel dresses and even
in their more decorus caps and
gowns—
Of course some of them will
be married soon after they get
that sheepskin. To each of them
and to their groom we wish
them every happiness and every
success.
Others will go to college: oth
ers will find jobs, others will go
into the Armed Services.
But may Good Evening, once
again, say to these young ladies
—If you want to enter a profes
sion that is unlimited in its op
portunity to be of service to your
fellowman, go into training for
nursing. Become a Registered
Nurse if you can. If you cannot
take the time to complete such
a course, become a LFN — Li
censed Practical Nurse.
i They called Florence Nighten
gale the “Angel of Mercy,” and
such are the women who unsel
fishly give of their time and
talents that the sick may be
made comfortable, and the
wounded cared for.
We’ve often thought aa we’ve
seen nurses going about their
work of mercy and service “No
greater love hath man.. •
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 70, minimum today
62, maximum Tuesday 68, mini
mum Tuesday 59. Total rain
' fall .02 of an inch. Sunrise Th
ursday 5:32 a.m., sunset Th
ursday 7:35 p.m.
GRIFFIN
DAILY NEWS
Established 1871
Gov. Sanders Dedicates
Food Science Building
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Dr. J. G. Woodroof (r) unveils bust of Gov. Sanders during ceremony. Bust
was a surprise presentation to the governor from the Georgia Poultry Federation.
Old Atlanta Streetcar
To Run In Conn
NEWNAN, Ga. (UPI)—One of
the South’s last preservable
trolley cars left today for the
Branford Trolley Museum in
Hartford, Conn., where it will
run under its own power for the
first time in 17 years.
Atlanta street car 948 was re
tired in 1949 when the city
abandoned rails for rubber tires
in public transportation, and
would have followed most of the
other RAtlanta trolleys to the
scrap heap if it had not been
for Newnan farmer-businessman
Hall Carmical.
Carmical arranged to have
the 948 shipped to a wooded hill
top on his farm, saying he loved
children and wanted them to
know “how folks used to travel.”
Carmical bought several cars
and has since donated one other
to the Atlanta chapter of the
National Railway Historical So-
Paving Project
Melrose Lacks
Majority Support
City Commissioners said Tues
day night they would like to im
prove the streets' in Melrose sub
division but would not undertake
the Job without approval of a
majority of the residents of the
area.
Property owners had been ask
ed in letters from the city if they
wanted the street improvement
program. A total of 155 property
owners are involved.
City officials said 71 indicated
they were for the project and 44
against. A total of 40 people did
not reply.
The city proposed to widen the
present paving to 26 feet with
curb and do away with the side
drain ditches. This would cost
property owners an estimated
$2 per front foot, the commiss
ioners said.
Ga., 30223, Wednesday, May 25, 1966
store the Atlanta car to the
same appearance and condition
as when it was rumbling up
and down the streets of Atlan
ta. In order to replace authen
tically the car’s wheel assemb
lage, which was removed when
the car went to Newnan, an as
semblage was moved from Mon
treal, Canada.
Branford estimates it will take
about two years to put the car
back in running condition, when
it will be operated regularly
during the summer on the mu
seum’s l */2 miles of track.
clety.
The 948, built in 1926. came
from a hearty line. Fifty of its
class were shipped to ■’usan
and Seoul, Korea and are still
running.
According to Atlanta railroad
executive O. E. Carson, who
sparked the idea of sending the
car to Branford, the 948 is the
last Deep South streetcar in the
country in good enough shape to
be put in running condition.
The 948 left Newnan by truck
for Atlanta, where it was trans
ferred to a railroad flat car for
the trip to New Haven via Cin
cinnati and New York.
Carson, a regional execu
tive with the Baltimore & Ohio,
was forced to route the trolley
over the arch - rival Pennsyl
vania because the G & O line
did not have sufficient space
clearance.
The Branford Museum will re-
The city would then resurface
all the streets in the subdivision
without cost.
The commissioners pointed
out that they had followed the
policy of not imposing a paving
project on property owners un
less a majority wanted it.
“We would like to do this for
the people of that area but will
not without their consent,” Com
missioner Kimsey Stewart said.
Commissioner Carl Pruett said
that “there might have been
some misunderstanding” as to
what exactly was proposed. He
suggested that the people who
had not replied to the city be
contacted again and asked for
an answer.
Mayor Louis Goldstein agreed
the city would like to improve
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Cloudy Weather
Caused Him
To Be Late
Gov. Carl Sanders today dedi
cated the new food science build
ing at the Georgia Experiment
Station in honor of Frederick
Davenport Melton.
He is the late son of Mr. and
Mrs. Quimby Melton of Griffin
and brother of Quimby Melton,
Jr., of Griffin. Mr. Melton is
publisher and his son, Quimby
Melton, Jr., is editor of the Grif
fin Daily News.
“Fred Melton lived fewer than
21 years, a short, but worthy
life. Although with only the
years of a boy, he truly served
hi .3 nation as a man. It is im
mensely fitting that we should
name this building, dedicated to
peaceful research, in honor of a
young man who died so that our
nation could live in freedom,
and so that our people could en
joy the benefits of free resear
ch,” Gov. Sanders said.
He added:
“I charge the staff of this new
facility to work with pride in
their profession and to remem
ber, along with the rest of us,
that we owe an eternal debt to
the young men like Fred Melton
who have given their lives in our
service. By serving their me
mory, we also serve ourselves,
and our state.”
The governor had officials on
the platform squirming for
some 16 minutes. The chief exe
cutive of the state was late in ar
riving for the ceremony.
He said that cloudy weather
had delayed his flight to Griffin.
Then he Joked, “With all the
false starts we have had in the
last several days, we shouldn’t
be surprised at a few more.”
He referred to the turmoil
which has marked Georgia poli
tics for the past week or so.
Gov. Sanders, still smiling,
said another reason that he was
late was that he had held a con
ference with his wife.
He said he told her: “If a
push comes to a shove, you had
better be ready. We might need
you.” The 250 people at the de
dication chuckled at this refer
ence to the recent nomination of
Mrs. George Wallace as gover
nor of Alabama.
After preliminary introduc
tions, Dr. O. C. Aderhold, presi
dent of the University of Geor
gia, got up to introduce the gov
ernor at 10:25. The governor was
to have made his dedication
speech at 10:30.
“This is some spot to be put
on,” Dr. Aderhold said about in
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Gov. Sanders (1) talks with Quimby Melton, Sr., and son, Quimby Melton, Jr.,
after dedication ceremony.
Vol. 95 No. 122
Building Is Named In
Honor Of Fred Melton
Gov. Carl Sanders today dedi
cated the food science building
at the Georgia Experiment Sta
tion in memory of Fred Melton.
The announcement was made
at dedication ceremonies this
morning.
Fred Melton was six months
old when his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Quimby Melton, moved to
Griffin in 1925. He was born in
his mother’s hometown, Ameri
cus, and moved here with his
family from Atlanta.
His grandparents were Dr. and
Mrs. Wightman Fletcher Melton
of Atlanta, and Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Frederick Davenport of
Americus. Dr. Melton was an
educator, formerly head of the
English Department at Emory
University when it was located
at Oxford, Ga„ and later in At
lanta. He was Poet Laureate of
Georgia. Mr. Davenport, for
whom Fred was named, was
postmaster in Americus for 20
years and later in the real es
tate business there. Fred’s fath
er bought the Griffin Daily News
in 1925 and moved to Griffin.
Fred was a member of the
fir&t class to attend the first
grade at the then brand new
Third Ward School which was lo
cated at that time “way out in
the country.” He was a member
of the First Methodist Church
and attended church and Sunday
School regularly. Also, he was
an Eagle Scout in Boy Scout
Troop Four, of which C. B.
“Red” Nichols was Scout Mas
ter. He lettered in football and
basketball at Griffin High School
and later in football at the Bay
lor School in Chattanooga, Ten
nessee, from which he graduat
ed. He attended the Citadel, the
Military College of South Caro
lina, for a year and the Univer
sity of Georgia where he was a
member of Kappa Alpha frater
nity and First Sergeant in t h e
Cavalry Unit of the R.O.T.C. In
1942, a few months after Pearl
Harbor and when he was 18
years of age, Fred declined ap
pointments to his choice of the
United States Military Academy
or Annapolis. He resigned from
the University, and enlisted as a
volunteer in the Army.
He began his military career
as a recruit at Fort Riley, Kan
sas, completed basic training as
a Cavalry trooper at the Caval
ry Replacement Training Cen
ter, Fort Riley, and was assign-
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Frederick Davenport Melton
ed immediately to the Officer
Candidate School at the Caval
ry School, Fort Riley. Thirteen
weeks later, he was appointed a
Second Lieutenant. At the age
of 18, he was one of the youngest
officers in the Army. About a
year later, after serving in Kan
sas, California, North Carolina,
and Georgia, he went to the
European Theater.
Once in Europe, Lieutenant
Melton was assigned to Troop B,
113th Cavalry Reconnaissance
Squadron (Mechanized), 113th
Cavalry Group. This was “The
Red Horse Group”. Acting as
Platoon Leader, he was killed in
action on October 3, 1944, at
Tuddern, Germany. While lead
ing his men in an attack on a
small German town, Lieutenant
Melton was hit by small arms
fire and died instantly. He was
buried in the Military Cemetery
in Belgium, and later moved to
2 Suspects Held
In Armed
One man was held in Griffin
and another in Savannah today
in connection with the armed
robbery of a package store on
North Hill street.
Police identified the man be
ing held in Griffin city jail as
Rufus Henry Chance, 29, of Rou
te One, Suwanee, Ga. The man
held at Savannah by authorities
was listed as Gene Clayton
Grimm, about 30, of Augusta.
Griffin police said both would
be charged with armed robbery
of the package store. Police said
both men had made statements
about the robbery and indicated
they would enter pleas to the
armed robbery charges.
They also face federal charges
of interstate transportation of
motor vehicles.
Griffin Police Chief Leo Black
well announced the arrests of
the two men.
GBI Agent Barney Pike, for
mer Griffin state trooper, and
an FBI agent arrested Chance
at a chicken farm at Duluth,
Ga. Tuesday. The man had just
begun work at the Farm on
Tuesday. The agents said the
man offered no resistance.
City Det. Glenn Whidby and
Agent Pike returned Chance to
the Military Cemetery at Maar
graten, Holland, where he is
buried permanently. He was aw
arded the Purple Heart Medal
and the nation’s third highest
decoration for Gallantry in Ac
tion, the Silver Star Medal. Both
were presented posthumously.
The citation accompanying the
Silver Star stated that Lieuten
ant Melton had rescued a wound
ed soldier and was killed while
attempting to save another. It
is significant that his father also
holds the Silver Star for gallan
try in World War I, and that his
older and only brother the Pur
ple Heart for wounds received
in action in the Philippine Is
lands in World War II.
Fred Melton lived less than 21
years, a short but worthy life.
With the years of a boy, he ser
ved his nation as a man. Survi
vors include his parents and hi3
brother, all of whom live in Grif
fin.
Griffin Tuesday night.
Chief Blackwell credited GBI
Agent P. L. Purvis of Sylvania,
Ga. with assisting the investi
gation of the robbery.
The 11-inch sawed off shotgun
allegedly used in the Griffin rob
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there’s so much he hasn't
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