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I Griffin Daily News
In Family
'Die In Wreck
CHATSWORTH, Oa. (UPI) —
Eleven-year-old Dorcie Rymer
hovered close to death in a Chat
tanooga, Tenn., hospital today
aid six members of her family
were dead in a traffic accident.
“This is the worst thing that’s
ever happened in our part of the
country,” said a neighbor. “Peo
pie just can’t believe it."
John Rymer, 66, a retired saw
miller axd part - time Baptist
minister, was dirlving his 18
year • old son John Henry to
work at a carpet plant in Chats
worth Wednesday. His wife,
Louiae, 34, and four others of
the eight Raymer children went
along for the ride.
Their mud-spattered 1959 car
was rammed broadside by a
dump truck loaded with topsoil
when Rymer attempted to pass
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Thursday, June 30, 1966
a car ar.d then apparently slam
med on his brakes while in the
wrong lane.
Two daughters, Wanda Faye,
5, and Marlene, 2, died in an
ambulance that was racing them
to Murray County Hospital. Mr.
and Mrs. Rymer, John Henry,
and another son, Abraham, 14,
died a short time later.
Dorcie underwent major brain
surgery at the hospital here and
was later hansferred to Erlang
cr Hospital in Chattanooga
where her condition was listed
as very critical.
Two other children, Amon, 9,
and Jewell, 7, had not made the
trip. They were picked up at
the weathered frame house by a
sister, 16-year-old Mrs. Jerry
Crump, who made plans to care
for them.
Rymer’s 16 other children by
a previous marriage meanwhile
began to pool their resources
to provide for funeral expenses,
according to a local resident.
He and his present wife had
been married 20 years.
No Licenses
To Be Issued
On Saturdays
No drivers licenses will be is
sued by the Griffin State Patrol
Saturday or Monday.
A new ruling by the Depart
ment of Public Safety says that
no licenses will be issued on Sat
urday after July 1. Monday will
be a holiday for the license exa
miners.
Licenses will be issued Mon
day through Friday at regular
stations. The examiners are at
the Griffin Post Wednesday
through Friday from 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
Examiners of the Griffin Post
rotate through other counties jn
the area on Mondays and Tues
days. The examiners have been
placed on a five day week by the
new ruling.
Paving
Continued from page one
fast as to lose quality in the
roadbuilding.
Several of the county’s subdiv
isions have been paved since the
assessment law was put into ef
fect. Under the law, property
owners on each side pay one
third of the paving cost and the
county pays the other third. Pav
ing in subdivisions includes an
asphalt machine curb.
The county has a total of 426
miles of road. In 1961, 144.8 mil
es of the roads had been paved.
Estimates this year are that
nearly half of the roads will be
paved.
Most of the school bus routes
and most of the major roads In
the county have been paved or
are scheduled to be paved soon.
Lane said the schedule called
for tlie paving of a perimeter
road around the city of Griffin.
The road has been completed,
except for one short section. He
said it probably will be paved in
the near future.
Dean Drewry
Publishes Book
Dr. John Drewry, dean of the
Henry Grady School of Journa
lism at the University of Geor
gia, is author of a book "Writ
ing Book Reviews” just issued,
by a publishing company, The
Writer, Inc., of Boston. The fore
waid is by Ralph McGill, pub
lisher ol the Atlanta Constitution.
Dr. Dreiwry is a native of Grif
fin and a graduate of G r i f f in
High.
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Jets Bomb Oil
Radar
By BRYCE MILLER
United Press International
SAIGON (UPI) —U.S. jets
returned to the Haroi area
today and bombed three
petroleum storage areas and a
radar control center. One of the
oil dumps was only seven miles
from the North Vietnamese
capital still wreathed in smoke
from Wdenesday’s raids.
Heavy ground fighting broke
out in South Viet Nam today
and troops of the U.S. 1st
Infantry Division were locked
in a major battle with a force
of 2,000 to 2,500 Viet Cong 60
miles north of Saigon. U.S. air
strikes there killed an estimat
ed 200 Communists. Another
action near Hue killed 202 Viet
Cong.
The increased tempo of the
war was reflected in figures
released today which showed
American forces suffered 893
casualties last week. The
figures included 131 dead—
almost double that of the
previous week.
Wednesday’s air attacks on
the Saigon-Haiphong area were
having major world repercus
sions. The United States was
alternately condemned and
praised. Red China thus far has
not reacted but the Soviet
Union said today it would give
"growing support” to Commu
nist North Viet Nam. But it
made no specific promises.
Navy jets operating from
carriers hit the Bach Gian fuel
dump 25 miles northeast of
Hanoi and attacked a radar
Hospital
The following patients were
admitted to the Griffin - Spald
ing Hospital Wednesday:
Mrs. Elizabeth Fields, Mrs.
Brenda Edge, Mrs. Annie Cook,
Mrs. Martha Redmond, Mrs.
Carrie Davis, Ralph Williams,
Mrs. Joanne Leggett, Mrs. Bar
bara Knight, Mrs, Maude But
ler, Mrs. Margaret Parks, Miss
Sandra Jackson, Mrs. Brenda
Glass, Henry Barnes, Mrs. Flo
rence Beckham, Mrs. Ruth Rea
sor, Mrs. Mary Furlow, Mrs.
Margaret Feltman, Leonard Re
nder, Mrs. Annette Erwin, Mrs.
Mildred Coe, Mrs. Effie Bot
toms.
The following were dismissed:
Mrs. Linda Tucker and baby,
Joseph Wesley, Mrs. Nettie
Greenway, Reginald Colbert,
Dennis O’Neal, Mrs. Mary Hun
ter, Miss Debra Compton, Clo
mer Rawls, Mrs. Grace Sealy,
B. T. Allen, James Fuller Br
own, Mrs. Ruby Williams, Jim
my Hill, Mrs. Martha Milner and
baby, Mrs. Thelma Moore, Mrs.
Dollie Mitchell and baby, Miss
Donna Maddox, Paula West
moreland, Miss Geraldine Wal
ton, Mrs. Louise Massey and
baby, Mrs. Nancy Church, Mrs.
Olene Byous, Mrs. Eunice Wil
liamson, Daniel Moxon, Laura
Moxon, David Mitchell, Mrs.
lone Ballard.
ground control interceptor cen
ter 38 miles from Hanoi in the
fourth consecutive day of
massive air strikes against
enemy fuel supplies.
There were no immediate
reports of U.S. plane losses
today. Beated reports by pilots
in Wednesday’s attacks dis
closed the loss of one U.S.
plane, a dogfight with Commu
nist MIGs over the Hanoi
Haiphong area and attacks by
Soviet-built missiles.
Stork Club
LITTLE MISS ERWIN
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Erwin
of 111 North 13th street, Griffin,
announce the birth of a daugh
ter on June 30 at the Griffin-Sp
alding County Hospital.
LITTLE MISS TRIPP
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Tripp of
124 Morrow road, Forest Park,
announce the birth of a daughter
on June 29 at the Griffin-Spald
tng County Hospital.
Man Receives
Minor Burns
In Gas Fire
The Griffin Fire
answered an alarm at 2:45 p.m.
Wednesday to the American Oil
Service Station on the North Ex
pressway and McIntosh road.
Firemen reported that Harold
Higgins, employe of the station,
lecieved minor burns. Cleaning
floors with gasoline caused the
fire and damage was reported
to the contents of the station.
At 11:46 p.m. firemen answer
ed an alarm to 1321 Edgewood
avenue where defective wiring
caused a fire. No damage was
reported.
Mr. Cannafax
Dies Wednesday
Mr. Charles O. Cannafax of
Zebulon, died at the Sylvan
ove Hospital in Jackson
nesday afternoon. He had
ill for the past five years.
He was born in Pike County
Dec. 5, 1885, son of the late Mr.
H. Josiah Cannafax and the late
Mattie Victoria Bush Cannafax.
Until ill health forced his
ment 10 years ago, he was con
nected with the Zebulon
ning and Fertilizer Co. He was a
member of the Zebulon Metho
dist Church.
Survivors include his
ter, Mrs. Howard Means of
ulon: a sister, Mrs. J. A.
of Zebulon; a granddaughter,
Mrs. Donald F. Connell of
ha, Neb., and a grandson,
les H. Means of Jonesboro.
Funeral services will be
ducted Friday morning from the
Zebulon Methodist Church at 11
o’clock. The Rev. Thomas C.
Ianford and the Rev.
Dunn will officiate and
will be in the Methodist
leiy. Haisten Funeral Home
GriUln is in charge of plans.
Cordele
Continued from page one
were confined to their homes at
night under an emergency cur
few imposed Wednesday by the
City Commission following three
stra.ght nights of racial violence.
The climax was a 90 - minute
blodless shootout between whi‘=s
and Negroes Tuesday night and
Wednesday morning.
Early today police said onl.
two persons — a Negro man
and his wife — had been ar
rested as a result of the curfew.
Officers said both were suspect
ed of drinking rather than de
liberately flouting the curfew.
Local Negro leaders said the
traveling ban, in effect from
8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m., would be
observed for the present.
James Burch, leader of the
Cordele Negro movement, said
demonstrations involving about
200 persons were planned Sun
day and Monday, Independence
Day, at the Veteran’s State
Park nearby. He said he would
request protection from city
and state law officers ior the
demonstrators.
A confrontation of Negroes
and whites at the park’s inte
grated swimming pool last Sun
day was the incident which
sparked the nights of racial
turmoil, culminating in the 90
minute shooting battle Tuesday.
The commission also passed
an ordinance to stop formation
of crowds and 20 state troopers
moved In to bolster the city po
lice department. Crisp County
Sheriff Earlie Posey offered
aid of his officers if needed in
enforcing the ban.
Curfew Observed
Townspeople observed the
curfew by calling off a rotary
club banquet, cancelling the
Littl eLeague game, and
ing a quiet evening at home.
Col. Lowell Conner, head of
the Georgia Department of
Public Safety, vowed he was
ready to increase the number
of troopers in the town of 10,000
at a moment’s notice. He said
they would do “everything
necessary to uphold the law in
Cordele and Crisp County.”
The commissioners said the
ban would remain in effect un
til police agreed they could be
lilted. Violation of the curfew
was punishable by $300 fine
and-or 90 days in jail.
Shooting began late Tuesday
when a group of about 30
whites, many of whom were
not recognized by local officials
and traveled in cars bearing
out-of-state plates, gathered at
a service station in a
neighborhood. When a Negro
youth tossed a bottle through a
white man’s sportscar wind
shield, about 10 of the whites
revealed shotguns, rifles and
pistols. One was fired and an
swered within seconds by gun
fire from nearby Negroes.
Ignored Police
All the armed white men
opened fire despite police pleas
to hold fire.
Five white men were taken
into custody after about 25
troopers arrived to help dis
perse the crowd.
Posey remarked later he
thought most of the whites
were from out of town. He said
most of those who instigate
trouble come “in here from
elsewhere...they come In, go
away, and leave it with you.”
He said both Negro and white
communities in the south Geor
gia town “have come to realize
it is agitation from the outside”
which has caused the problems.
Cordele was the scene of
rowdy Negro demonstrations in
late March when a group at
the county courthouse tore
down U. S. and Georgia flags.
Rec. Dept. Offers
New Service
The Griffin Recreation Depart
ment ceramics classes will of
fer a firing service on outside
purchased greenware. There will
be a small fee for this service.
For rates and additional infor
mation concerning this new ser
vice offered ceramic enthusiasts
in Griffin, contact the Recre
tion office, 228-8405. It is not ne
cessary to be a student in the
Department’s classes to take ad
vantage of this service.
Registration fees are two dol
lars for adults and one dollar for
students, 16 years old and youn
ger and may be made at the Re
creation Department at the City
Park. Classes meet on Tuesday
morning at 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
and Thursday night from 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m.
Pittman Reunion To
Be In Commerce
COMMERCE, Ga. — The an
nual Pittman Family Society Re
union will be held on Sunday,
July 17 in Commerce, Ga.
The Pittman relatives will
meet at the Veteran’s Club in
Commerce at 11 a.m. bringing a
picnic lunch. Plates, cups, ice
and napkmr will be furnished by
the preparations committee.
Playground facilities will be
available for the children a nd
swimming may be enjoyed in
the afternoon. Families are in
vited.
Dr. Oliver Chandler Pittman
of Commerce is president of the
Pittman Family Society and
Melba Carter Clayton of
merce is the secretary.
Mr. Emmett Dies
In Barnesville
BARNESVILLE, Ga. — Mr.
George Thomas Emmett, 52,
died at the home of his sister in
Barnesville early Wednesday
night.
He was born in Griffin, but
had lived in Barnesville most of
his life.
Mr. Emmett is survived by six
sisters, Mrs. Rosa I ’e Jones,
Mrs. Myrtice Piper, Mrs. Ma
bel Ingram, all of Barnesville,
Mrs. Lucille Jones of Atlanta,
Mrs. Louella Baker of Augus
ta, Mrs. Claudie Teal of Griffin;
five brothers, Roy Emmett of
Norcross, Walter Emmett of Gr
iffin, W. A. Emmett of Perry,
Ernest Emmett and Douglas
Emmett, both of Barnesville.
Funeral services will be held
at the Calvary Baptist Church
in Barnesville Friday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock. The Rev. Cle
veland Scoggans and the Rev.
Stephen Perry will officiate and
burial will be in Greenwood ce
metery in Barnesville. Mr. Em
mett’s body was carried to t h e
home of his sister, Mrs, Myrtice
Piper, 14 Church street, Thurs
day morning. Haisten Funeral
Home of Barnesville is in char
ge of arrangements.
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Griffin Woman
Hurt In Wreck
A Griffin woman was injured
in an automobile accident Wed
nesday at North Ninth and Blea
chery streets.
She was identified by the
State Patrol as Miriam Nichols
of 222 North Ninth street. She
suffered injuries to both knees.
The injured woman was a pas
senger In a car driven by John
H. Nichols also of 222 North
Ninth street. Their car and one
driven by James G. White of 638
West Poplar street, Griffin, col
lided.
Troopers estimated damage at
$300.
Damage was estimated at $650
in an accident east of Stockbrid
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