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Griffin Daily New*
He"s Governor’s Press Man
Bob Short: He's The On The Team
By MARCIE RASMUSSEN
United Press International
ATLANTA (UPI) —Bob Short
is the man with the job of
fielding the press for a governor
who has generated more nation
wide news copy than any
Georgia chief executive in
many a year.
Short’s controversial boss,
Lester Maddox, made headlines
across the country and drew
Interest around the world when,
riding a segregationist “white
backlash” tide, he sought and
later won the Georgia governor
ship.
“Every word said by Mr.
Maddox is watched not only by
the local press but nationally.
He is going to be editorialized
more around the country than
any governor we’ve had,” Short
Man Injured In
Carter Smith, Negro of Route
One, Barnesville, suffered mas
eive head injuries this morning
In a trafiic accident south of Gr
iffin on U. S. 41.
State troopers here said the
man was going to work on a
far m near his home and pulled
Into the traffic on the highway.
A tractor-trailer Just missed
the vehicle driven by Smith but
* small grocery truck collided
With him, troopers said.
He was taken to an Atlanta
hospital.
Stork Club
MASTER O'CONNER
Mr. and Mrs. James John
O'Conner of 405 South 15th street,
announce the birth of a son, Jan.
29, at the Grlffin-Spalding Hospl
tal.
LITTLE MISS ENGLISH
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Randall
English, Route One, Milner, an
nounce the birth of a daughter
Jan. 30, at the Grlffin-Spalding
Hospital.
Three Woods Fires
Burn 15 Acres Sunday
The Spalding County Forestry
Unit reported answrlng three
woods fires in Upson County on
Sunday.
Rangers reported approxima
tely 15 acres were burned. Cau
se of the fires were unknown.
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Mr. D. W. Adams
Buried Today
Mr. DeWitt Alton Adams, 38,
of 115 North 11th street, died un
expectedly Saturday at Emory
University Hospital in Atlanta
where he had been a patient for
16 days.
Mr. Adams was a lifelong re
sident of Griffin and attended
the Griffin public schools. He
was employed as inspector at
Southern States Equipment Com
pany in Hampton for the past 14
years.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Martha Jean Westbrook
Adams; a daughter. Miss Karen
Adams; a son, Terry Adams;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. De
Witt T. Adams, all of Griffin;
and two brothers, Wayne, Adams
of the U. S. Army Security Ser
vice, stationed at Warrenton, W.
Va., and Eugene F. Adams of
Griffin.
Funeral services were conduc
ted this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
from the Second Baptist Church
with the Rev. Hartwell Kennedy'
officiating. Burial was in Oak
Hill cemetery. Pittman Rawls
Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Presley Will
Attend Meet
Carlton Presley, Jr., Griffin
High student, will attend the
American Academy of Achieve
ment meeting in Dallas this
summer under sponsorship of the
Griffin Kiwanis Club and Don
ald Young, manager of Atlan
ta Gas Light Co. In Griffin.
Both contributed $50 each to
cover Presley’s trip. George Di
xon is chairman of the Business
and Public Affairs Committee
of Kiwanis which handled the
project for the club.
Presley was selected to attend
because, of his outstanding re
cord at Boy’s State.
City Manager Jack Langford
wrote the academy that spon
sors for Presley had been secur
ed.
January 30, 1967
declares.
Most observers have agreed
it’s been a different Maddox
who has taken the reins of state
government and cite the re
sponsible tone of his recent
major speeches as evidence.
Contends No Change
But Short; as the governor’s
speech writer, declaims any
participation in the apparent
change. In fact, he contends
there have been no changes.
“Image-wise, the people had
only seen one side of Mr. Mad
dox,” he explains. As press
secretary for the governor.
Short is charged with making
sure that all sides of Maddox’s
stands are known and under
stood by the press and the pub
lie.
To do this, he has to have a
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Continued from page one
ed by their constitutents to do
something about Powell, and the
21-day rule had cut both ways.
The hard - core conservatives
are not yet ready to believe that
no matter how fervently they
organize they can count on an
automatic bloc vote sufficient to
kill liberal bills as in the old
days.
The reasons: These issues
were “too classic.’ Later ad
ministration bills, they reasoned,
would lure defections among
Southerners trying to avoid ra
cists labels or trying to
gain “pork barrel” money.
Sold Out
Being a conservative, one old
timer told United Press Interna
tional, does not mean what it
once did. Many, he said, have
sold out their positions and be
come “gimme boys,’ Others
have spurned any hint of ra
cism.
'Each time a new member is
elected,” he observed, ‘he is a
little less conservative than his
predecessor.”
This particular old-timer, who
asked not to be named, profes
sed to have each man’s number,
and he summarized his view of
state delegations in terms of
their latent conservatism.
He wrote off Louisiana aa all
liberal in showdowns. He wrote
off in part Georgia, Florida, and
Tennessee, where voters have
endorsed liberalism, and Ala
bama, where "pork barreling”
has done the same thing.
This is not the end of the con
servatives’ problems. Republic
cans are cool to the coalition
idea. They are proud of election
gains and do not want to sac
rifice them to Democratic fac
tional glory.
Republicans now fill 182 House
seats, a gain of 47 over their
last Congress.
Women Of The Moose
Attend Conference
The annual mid-winter confer
ence of the Women of the Moose
was held at the Hapeville Lod
ge, Chapter No. 1326 on Sunday.
The Griffin Chapter No. 1288,
which is the top chapter, held
enrollment during the confer
ence.
Griffinltes attending and par
ticipating at the conference were
Edie Lewis, Irene Akin, Aseni
th Crawford, Faye Nolan, Mary
Greene, Lillie Dell Maddox, Jean
Harris, Lucille Bstes, Elsie Pr
ice, Marie Williamson, Bea Be
vil, Rudine McKemie, Virginia
Battson, Mary Vertere, Mary
Lovltt and Lee Staple.
U. S. GOVERNMENT
Public notice Is given that General Services Administration
will conduct an Investigation of possible sites for a Post
Office and Federal Office Building in Griffin, Georgia. Re
presentatives of General Services Administration will be in
Griffin on March 1 through 3, 1967 for the purpose of the
site investigation, and can be contacted on these dates
through the Postmaster, Griffin, Georgia.
A site approximately 105,225 sq. ft. with a minimum front
age of 345 feet on a public street will be required within or
on the perimeter of an area bounded by Broad Street on the
north, Fourth Street on the east, Poplar Street on the south
and Eleventh Street on the west. Owners of parcels aggregat
ing less than the size specified, but to which adjoining
parcels may be added to produce a site of required size, are
encouraged to offer such parcels for inspection. Sites which
may be donated to the Federal Government are solicited as
well as sites which are available for sale.
The General Services Administration will consider proposals
to exchange the existing Post Office site (15,600 sq. ft.) with
Improvements (10,343 gross sq. ft.), or other Government
excess or surplus properties for suitable property on which
to locate the proposed new building. An exchange will be
based on the appraised fair market value of the properties
offered in exchange.
Owners or agents desiring to submit for consideration
should submit site data to:
Mr. H. D. Harvell
Chief, Space Management Division
Public Buildings Service
General Services Administration
1776 Peachtree Street, N. W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Offers should be submitted in letter form and include an
accurate sketch of the site offered and should he received
on or before February 28, 1967 at the above address.
This advertisement Is not a basis for negotiations and notice
Is hereby given that rites other than those offered In re
sponse to this advertisement will be considered.
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finger in every governmental
pie. “It is vital to have knowl
edge of every time a mouse
moves around here,” to do his
job well.
With more eexperience in state
government than Maddox or
most of his aides. Short admits,
“I’m the greybeard around
here.
“But that doesn’t mean I'm
always right or he always
listens,” he adds. Keeping tabs
on Maddox and the govern
ment requires consulting with
him often, and currently it’s
“not always often enough.”
Short came to the governor’s
staff after he coordinated the
summer campaign of Democrat
Jimmy Carter, who ran third
behind Maddox and former
Gov. Ellis Arnall in the party’s
Southern Ballet
ToMake Annual
Visit Here
The Griffin High School Band
and Dramatics Club are co-spon
soring the third annual appear
ance of the Southern Ballet of
Atlanta, to Griffin on Saturday,
February 4 at • p.m. The Ballet
will perform in the Griffin High
auditorium. Adimission is 75
cents for students and $1.25 for
adults.
The new show of the Southern
Ballet, which premiered Janu
ary 29 at the Atlanta Municipal
auditorium, Is primarily Ameri
can. It features the music of
Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Cop
lin and George Greshwin.
The program this year is desig
ned to entertain the entire fam
ily. Along with the performan
ces by the regular company, the
ballet will feature “Parades”,
by the Junior and intermediate
companies.
The Ballet is now in its 21st
year. It is directed by Mr. and
Mrs. Pittman Corry. Mr. Corry
is also known for his choreogra
phy for the Theater Under the
Stars. Mrs. Corry, the former
Karen Conrad, was recently na
med the Woman of the Year in
Art in Atlanta.
Feb. 4 Deadline
For Mrs. Georgia
D. A. Young, local manager
for Atlanta Oas Light Company,
reminds homemakers in the
Griffin area that the deadline
for entry into the Mrs. Macon
Contest is midnight Saturday ni
ght, Feb. 4, 1867. Spalding Coun
ty residents are eligible to com
pete in the Mrs. Macon or Mrs.
Atlanta phase of the Mrs. Geor
gia program, sponsored by At
lanta Gas Light Company and
Georgia Natural Gas. No local
contest will be held in Griffin
this year.
Entry blanks for ihe contest
are available at all offices of At
lanta Gas Light Company and
Georgia Natural Gas. Contestant
are judged in homemaking abil
ity, poise, personality and groom
ing; and community service.
Although entrants do not have
to be members of ladles clubs,
an award of $10 will be made to
each club which nominates a lo
cal finalist. If the representative
wins the local contests, the club
will receive $25. If she becomes
Mrs. Georgia, the club will re
ceive $200.
primary.
Switch No Problem
Switching from moderate
Carter to conservative Maddox
was no problem, Short says.
"I don't find too much differ
ence in them politically. Basi
cally, they’re the same kind of
people — both are interested
in good government and have
the desire to perform and solve
problems."
Short met Maddox this sum
mer during the campaign and
found him to be "a knowledge
able man.”
Before working for Carter,
Short took a brief break from
government and politics to join
private industry in Brunswick,
where he worked for Thiokol
Corp. His governmental exper-
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Dancers to appear in the Griffin performance of the Southern Ballet of Atlanta on Saturday are (1 to r) Mary
Ann Ruff, Christie Caughman, Mary Alice Gupton, Donna Persons, Lynn Roach.
Spalding Had
88.3 Pet Of
US Bond Goal
Final 1966 reports from the At
lanta Division U. S. Treasury
show that Spalding County at
tained 88.3 percent of its goal In
investments in U. S. Savings
Bonds.
The banner county, percentage
wise, in the Sixth District was
Coweta (Newnan and Senoia)
which reached 145 percent. Nei
ghboring Henry was second with
123 percent. Other counties in
the district that “went over the
top” were Upson 116; Troup 113;
Clayton 108; and Monroe, (Forsy
th) 104.
The State as a whole invested
nearly $62-million In the bonds.
This gave the state a record
111.7 percent of its yearly goal.
Mrs. Lesley
Dies Saturday
Mrs. Pearl Viola Martin Les
ley of 415 West Slaton died at
the Griff in-Spalding Hospital late
Saturday night.
She was born March 28, 1881
in Holly Hill, S. C., and had
made her home in Griffin for 22
years. She, was a member of the
Hanleiter Methodist Church.
Survivors include five daugh
ters, Mrs. J. V. Morris, Mrs.
Harris Garrick, both of Charles
ton, S. C., Mrs. H. L. Crooke of
Pompano Beach, Fla., Mrs. Hor
ace Westbrooks of Griffin, Mrs.
W. H. Coker of Jacksonville,
Fla.; one son, D. H. Kittrell of
Tarrant, Ala.; 13 grandchildren,
23 great-grandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Les
ley will be conducted Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from
McDonald Chapel with the Rev.
Newton Scott officiating. Burial
will follow in the Shiloh Baptist
Church cemetery in Upson Coun
ty. Mrs. Lesley’s body will re
main at McDonald Chapel.
WATCH
for
HILL’S
Wednesday
Adv.
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ience includes seven years un
der former Govs. Ernest Van
diver and Carl Sanders as pub
lic relations director for the
game and fish commission and
speech writer for Sanders.
Prior to that he was a sports
reporter for the Atlanta Journal
and sports editor of an Air
Force newspaper while at Gary
AFB in San Marcos, Tex.
Captures Feelings
But "my first love has al
ways been state government,”
Short affirms. “In coming back,
I'm kind of like a homing
pidgeon.”
Writing speeches for a gov
ernor requires close associa
tion. “You have to capture the
thoughts and feelings of the
man so you can convince peo-
Brownie Troop
Has Doll Show
The Beaverbrook Brownie
Troop 81 held its weekly meeting
in the school eafetorium. The
Troop opened the meeting with
the Brownie promise.
Following the business session
the Troop held its annual doll
show. The winners received rib
bons from Wanda Sauley, Junior
Scout of Troop 46. The winners
also were presented nosegays
by Bill Dixon, son of the leader,
Mrs. Adelia Dixon.
The following girls’ dolls re
ceived awards: most beautiful,
Celia Laseter; most loving, Peg
gy Rider; most unusual, Beth
Peacock; oldest, Kay Fannin;
largest, Bonnie Atkinson, small
est, Janice Roberts; and best-all
around, Karen Fields. Judges
were Mrs. Edward Atkinson,
Mrs. Arthur Saley, Mrs. Robert
Mclntyne, Mrs. Charles Corcley
and Mrs. H. A. Peacock.
Members present were: Jan
Roberts, Donna Mclntyne, Em
ily Corley, Denise Matthews,
Wendy Sauley, Katy Head, Kay
Fannin, Betsy Harris. Celia La
seter, Renee Vining, Katrina
Fields, Deborah Rainey, Anita
Marion, Beth Peacock, Dottie
Palmer, Amanda Butler, Karen
Fields, Peggy Rider, Bonnie At
kinson, Marcia Wasson, Dani
Peeples, Carol Henson, Cheryll
Hambrick, Debbie Hembree and
leader, Mrs. Adelia Dixon. Visi
tors were Wanda Sauley, Bill
Dixon, Linda Peacock, Mary
Peacock and David Atkinson.
Other* have ditcovartd
IT IS NOT
to buy on prict alona
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pie he means what he's say
ing,” Short says.
“You learn to teach geog
raphy, both round and square”
in writing political speeches.
In addition to creating all the
governor’s speeches, which are
subsequently read and approved
or changed by Maddox, Short
is responsible for fielding press
queries for interviews and han
dling gubernatorial mail.
Short says Maddox is “the
hardest working governor I’ve
observed in a long time” and
simply hasn’t the time now to
fulfill the requests they have
received from newsmen around
the world — in London, Paris,
Stockholm, and other major
European cities, as well as
across the nation.
About Town
EXCHANGE CLUB
Bill McDaniel, program chair
man, has announced that Geor
ge Corry with Fireman’s Fund
American Insurance Group, will
be the guest speaker at the noon
meeting of the Griffin Exchange
Club on Tuesday, at the Elks
Club.
ABC CLUB
C. W. Hardesty, district man
ager for American Motors, will
show a film on auto safety and
safety devices required by the
government, at the Tuesday
meeting of the Griffin American
Business Club, at the Elks Club
at 12:30 p.m.
GRIFFIN AAUW
The Griffin Branch of the
American Association of Univer
sity Women will meet In the con
ference room of the math and
science building at Griffin High
School on Thursday at 3:45 p.m.
The Rev. C. Edward Davis will
be the guest speaker. His sub
ject in "The Role of the Church
in Relation to the Law and the
Citizen.”
CONSERVATIVES
Mrs. I. F. Scott will present a
program on trade with commu
nist countries Tuesday night at
the Conservatives of Griffin
meeting. It will be held in the
Community Room of the Com
mercial Bank and Trust Com
pany, beginning at 8 p.m.
WHY SHOULD WE HELP
COMMUNIST
KILL AMERICANS?
Communist Made Merchandise is BEING SOLD IN
GRIFFIN, GA.
WE URGE YOU ... To examine your purchase
and see where it is being made and to REFUSE TO
BUY THIS COMMUNIST MADE MERCHAN
DISE.
SEE A DISPLAY OF THIS MERCHANDISE TUES
DAY NIGHT AT THE GRIFFIN CONSERVATIVE
CLUB MEETING.
WE INVITE YOU TO COME AND BE INFORMED
OF THIS KILLING PROBLEM ... We Especially
invite all Merchants To This Meeting.
TUESDAY NIGHT — JAN. 31 — 8 P. M.
Community Room of The Commercial
Bank and Trust Co.
Conservative Club Of Griffin
Although during his campaign
Maddox often slammed tne
press, “once you’re elected
things clared. are different,” Short de
“You have to learn to
be thick-skinned and try to b«
cooperative. Mr. Maddox has
nothing against the press.”
Short said Maddox’s mail had
been voluminous and mostly
concerned the inauguration
speech and the governor’s daily
prayer services.
“I have never seen a public
response like this,” he com
ments. 1
Short’s office is currently un
derstaffed and like the gov
ernor, he keeps very long
hours. But he finds Maddox
easy to work with. “He’*
a very compassionate man."’
Gordon Student
Dead; Became
Ill In Gymnasium
Cadet George Palmer Grom
met, 19, student at Gordon Mili
tary College In Barnesville, of
Coral Gables, Fla., was taken 111
at the college gym and pronoun
ced dead on arrival at the Grif
fin-Spalding Hospital late Fri
day afternoon.
The body was sent to Coral
Gables, Fla. for funeral arrange
ments.
Haisten Funeral Home of Bar
nesville handled arrangements
locally.
McKesson 2 for 1 Sale
Jan. 26 - Feb. 4
Claxton’s Pharmacy
FOOD TOWN
Lucky Register
Tope Numbers
For Saturday
9242, 6895, 8916
For Sunday
9634, 746, 7522
Must be claimed 5 days
after purchase.