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By Quimby Melton
Weekend Notes:
Good Evening had the good
fortune to be invited to speak at
Midway Methodist Church Sun
day evening as they observed
Layman’s Day. It had been se
veral years since we had at
tended Midway Church; and
While many of our friends who
once worshipped there have
gone on to the great church, still
there were many friends and
children of former friends, who
have grown to manhood and
womanhood present.
There are some who have said
the day of the community chur
ch is past; the larger churches
in the cities are taking over, and
all that. This statement may be
true somewhere but not in Spal
ding County. There are many
churches, of many denomina
tions, in the old days called
•‘country churches” but now
called “community churches”
that are doing splendid work;
with many loyal members who
support and take an active inter
est in the program of the chur
ches; that fill a need the ‘‘city
churches” can never fill; and
are an asset to the community
and to God Himself. •
Such a church is Midway Me
thodist, located in the High
Falls Road.
Prior to going to the church to
make a layman's talk, the wi
dow of a dear friend of ours call
ed on the phone and said “If
you have not decided what you
will talk about, this might
give you an idea.” Well, we had
decided on what we would talk
and had prepared our notes for
the evening. But we wanted to
know Just what the “idea” this
fine woman may have had and
certainly appreciated her call
ing to share it with us.
She told this story:
“Christmas I gave a Christmas
tree to the 10 year old son of a
Griffin physician; a short while
later I received a nice letter
from the young man thanking
me for the tree. That letter me
ant a lot to me; I knew how
busy a 10-year-old boy is at
Christmas time. But the fact
that he took time from his
Christmas holiday to write me a
note of thanks more than touch
ed my heart. It made Christ
mas all the happier for me.
“And as I thought of my Joy
at the boy’s thougtfulness I
could not help but wonder why
more of us, including myself,
didn’t ‘take time’ to thank Our
Heavenly Father for the many
fine things he gives His child
ren day by day. Or do we Just
take his love for us for grant
ed; or are we ‘too busy’ to
Thank God.
"I can’t help hut believe that
God, in all His Glory, would ap
preciate a ‘Thank You’ message,
by way of prayer, from those
who profess to be His followers.
‘It’s more blessed to give than
to receive’, I know. But to be
grateful and to thank others, in
cluding God Himself, on the part
of those who receive, can also
bring a blessing.”
We wound up our little talk by
telling that story; and silently
promised ourself that we would
not let a day pass without say
ing “Thank You God.”
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While we’re on the subject of
Sunday and churches:
Red Nichols, who is one of the
teachers of the Sunday School
Class Good Evening attends,
and who can always be count
ed on to say something that will
make one think, among other
things Sunday morning said:
“Too many of us don’t take
time to really pray. Even at
breakfast as we ‘say grace’ we
hurry through it, while stirring
our coffee, in a hurry to get to
the office on time.’ ”
And then Sunday afternoon
Mrs. E. A. Neely, teaching a
class in the Special Missions Sc
hool being conducted at our chur
ch said: “In this day and time
when there is so much confus
ion in the world, and things are
changing so rapidly, it behoves
all Christians to stay on their
toes.”
We couldn’t help but think —
The best way for Christians to
“stay on their toes” is to spend
a lot of time every day on their
knees asking guidance.
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Car in which Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. Jimmerson were injured Sunday.
11 Injured In Collision
Griffin Man Killed
In Wreck Near Athens
A 50-year-old Griffin man was
killed and nine people were in
jured in a head-on collision on
an Oconee County road near
Athens Sunday afternoon.
Dead was Ralph Chambers,
50, of 11 Spalding street, Griffin.
Athens state patrol said a re
port on the accident was not
complete today. However, Cham
bers and A. D. Scott, 47, of At
hens, were listed as drivers of
the two autos.
Injured in the mishaps were
Scott, Curtis Jordan of Monroe,
Georgia Wingfield, William Jo
nes, Patricia Mitchell, Ricky
Mitchell, Janice Lester, Willie
Mitchell and Stanley Dunn, all
of Athens. Troopers said the
nature of injures were not
known.
The Athens troopers said no
details of the accidents were in
cluded in a preliminary report.
A Griffin couple, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Marion Jimmerson of 1342
West Poplar street, Griffin, were
injured in a traffic accident Sun
day afternoon on North Ninth
near Bleachery street.
Jimmerson suffered shoulder
Russian Crowd Gathers At
China To Protest
By SCOTT B. BRUNS
United Press International
MOSCOW (UPI) —More than
300 Russians crowded at the
gates of the Chinese Communist
Embassy on Friendship Street
today and protested against
anti-Soviet violence in Peking.
The crowd pushed up to the
Lenin Hills embassy as the
Soviet news agency Tass
reported a third planeload of
wives and children from the
besieged Russian Embassy left
the Chinese Communist capital
after being "subjected to
outrages by rampaging hooli
gans.”
Peking Radio, heard in Hong
Kong, unleashed one of its
bitterest verbal assaults against
the Kremlin, saying Peking
army leaders are “not afraid of
anything.” It said, “the Russian
revisionists' doomsday has al
ready arrived . They are like
Hitler and Mussolini.”
At the Chinese Embassy
about 20 Soviet workers pushed
to the door and tried to present
a petition protesting Peking
rioting that involved Soviet
citizens being spat upon, shoved
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Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, February 6,1967
and neck injuries and Mrs. Jim
merson suffered possible neck
and back injuries.
Drivers of cars were Jimmer
son and James Allen Milliner of
426 West Broad street, Griffin.
Griffin troopers estimated da
mage at $1,200.
Beverly Ellis of 2597 Brook
shire drive, Jonesboro, was in
jured in a motorcycle accident
Sunday. He was admitted to the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospi
tal where his condition was list
ed as fair this morning.
A five-year-old Decatur boy
suffered cuts on his head in an
accident 7.6 miles west of Jack
son at Georgia 16 and 1-75. He
was Steve Sorrells of 2696 Ro
vena street, Decatur.
He was a passenger in a car
driven by John W. Sorrells of
2696 Rovena street, Decatur.
Damage was estimated at $300.
No injuries were reported in
two other accidents investiga
ted by the Griffin State Patrol
Sunday. Damage was estimated
at $900. No accidents were re
ported by the Griffin Police De
partment.
and threatened.
Waved Away
Five Chinese diplomats waved
them away. One said, “This is a
provocation. If you have any
thing to protest go to your own
foreign ministry.”
Watched by about 40 police
men, the Russian crowd wag
gled a banner reading, "We
sharply protest the lawlessness
against the Soviet people in
Peking” and marched off. The
Soviet government newspaper
Izvestia reported mass meet
ings across the country protest
ing the Peking “outrages ”
The newspaper said one of the
Red Guards harassing the
departing Soviet diplomatic
families struck an eight-month
old girl who boarded today’s
second airlift flight home. It
said another Russian child and
her mother were pushed to the
ground.
At Peking, Japanese radio
Game-Fish License Out?
‘It Would Ruin Us’
By DON PHILLIPS
United Press International
ATLANTA (UPI) — A state
wildlife official said today a
proposal to lower hunting and
fishing licenses by a dollar
would ruin the State Game and
Fish Department.
“I can tell you this, it would
ruin us completely and absolute
ly,” Jack Crockford, assistant
Game and Fish Department di
rector, told the House Ap
propriations Committee which is
studying Gov. Lester Maddox’s
$1.6 billion budget.
A bill before the General As
sembly would reduce fishing
fees from $2.25 to $1.25 and
would cut hunting fees from
$3.25 to $2.25,
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Doctors Asked To
Work To Curb Rise
In US Suicide Rate
Psychiatrist
Says Many
Not Reported
By CHARLES S. TAYLOR
United Press International
ATLANTA (UPI)—Every phy
sician has a responsibility to
take a more active part in curb
ing and reducing “the shocking
and rising suicide rate in the
United States,” a Harvard Med
leal School psychiatrist said to
The psychiatrist, Dr. Mathew
Ross of Boston, Mass., said sui
cide was among the first ten
major causes of death in this
country. He said more suicides
occurred than were reported be
cause of social, insurance, legal
and economic expediencies.
Ross was one of the opening
speakers at the first session to
day of the 24th annual Atlanta
Graduate Medical Assembly, at
tended by about 6,000 doctors
from throughout the South. The
three-day “courses” which pre
sent nationally-known guest lec
turers, are accredited by the
Georgia chapter of the Ameri
can Academy of General Prac
tice.
Ross said the physician was
in a position to curb suicides
because “very significant num
bers of those who successfully
complete suldice have recently
been under medical care.” He
said this indicates that “to a de
gree physicians have generally
been less alert, deft and search
ing in their diagnostic evalua
tions and subsequent manage
ment than one might hope.”
When persons are emotionally
troubled, he said, they turn for
help first to their physicians,
next to their clergymen, and fi
nally, to the psychiatrist. Ross
added that “an alarmingly large
number of persons who com
plete suicidal acts have been
under a physician’s care Just
prior to their suicide,” adding
that most victims communicate
their Intentions in advance.
Ross said persons who are,
suicide-prone exhibit symptoms
of a depressive state, character
ized by such things as: Loss of
well being; a sense of fatigue;
altered sleep patterns, especial
ly early morning awakening; a
loss of the refreshing quality of
sleep; appetite and weight loss;
gastrointestinal complaints, typi
cally constipation; and dimin
ished sexual interest.*
He said there were those who
express their underlying emo
tional state in the social be
havioral sphere, where they
commit "social suicide.” Typi
cal of such persons, he said,
werg the alcoholic who tries to
drink himself to death and per
sons who engage in sexual pro
miscuity.
He said smoking was "still
another” avenue of so-called so*
cial suicide. |
Mr. Chambers was employed
by the Kawneer Aluminum Com
pany in Jonesboro. Heawas
born in Oglethorpe Couniy, Ga..
and had lived in Griffin for 20
years.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Margaret Hammock Cham
bers; one daughter, Miss Jack
ie Chambers; four sons, Jerry
Chambers, James Chambers,
J oe Chambers, and Johnny Cha
mbers, all of Griffin; his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs Horace J.
Chambers of Bogart, Ga.,; four
sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Arnold cf
Statham, Ga., Mrs. Melvin Bro
ck of Plant City, Fla., Mrs. Paul
Kettle of Albany, Mrs, Frank
Perry of Madison; two brothers.
Richard Chambers of Bogart,
Ga., Petty Officer James Wal
ter Chambers, USN, Vietnam.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Tuesday afternoon at 3
o’clock from McDonald Chapel.
The Rev. Euel Gilstrap and the
Rev. S. J. Wheeler will offici
ate and burial will be in Oak
Hill cemetery. Mr. Chambers'
body will remain at McDonald
Chapel until the funeral hour.
newsmen reported a Jeering,
Jostling Red Guard airport
crowd manhandled French,
Polish, German and other
foreigners in their "most
vicious" display to date.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Near cold wave to
night. Rain ending tonight, much
colder. There may be brief
periods of ligh snow flurries to
night but no accumulation Is
expected. Tuesday partial clear
ing and much colder and windy.
LOCAL WEATHER — High
today 50, low today 46, rainfall
today .31 of an inch; high Sun
day 65, low Sunday 32; sunrise
Tuesday 7:31, sunset Tuesday
6:18.
State Budget Director Wilson
Wilkes said the Game and Fish
Department budget was based
on the projected amount of mo
ney it would take in from the
higher fees.
But Wilkes said the Assembly
could appropriate the same
amount even if the fees were
lowered. ,
“But it would hurt our rev
enue,” Wilkes said.
Crockford told the committee
his department asked for no
additional men or money be
yond the $5.93 million recom
mended by Maddox.
“It’s kind of refreshing to
start out a Monday morning
with someone asking for no
more money,” caid Committee
Chairman James H. (Sloppy)
Floyd of Trion.
Crockford said the depart
ment already had received a
sizable increase July l that en
abled it to hire 20 additional
enforcement officers.
Under questions by legisla
tors, Crockford said enforce
ment of Georgia game and fish
laws was weak in many areas
of the state.
"There’s no question we have
some closed seasons particular
some closed seasons, partlcular
don’t have adequate enforce
ment,” Crockford said.
He added he expected license
sales to rise at the rate of about
3 to 5 per cent a year lor the
next few years.
NEWS
Vol. 96 No. 30
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Judge Skips
Charge To
Grund Jury
The Spalding County Grand
Jury lost no time in getting down
to business this morning. When
the February term of Superior
Court opened, Judge John H.
McGehee said he wanted to
move things along as quickly
as possible,
j£ e explained:
« Tve brought a ‘bug’ up here
with me this morning and I hope
to be able to last through the
day.”
After Clerk of Court Frank
Lindsey called the grand jury
list, the judge sent them to their
room without a charge. He ask
ed them to elect a foreman and
send him back to be sworn.
In a few minutes, Kimsey Ste
wart, Griffin businessman and
city commissioner, returned to
be sworn in as foreman. Sol.
Gen. Andrew Whalen, Jr. ad
ministered the oath.
Then the civil session of Feb
ruary court got under way.
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LBJ Asks New
Anti - Crime
Legislation
UPI White House Reporter
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Pres
ident Johnson asked Congress
today for a big, new arsenal of
anti-crime weapons, including a
stiff gun control act and a law
to virtually ban wiretapping and
electronic snooping.
Johnson asked Congress to
enact a package of legislation to
attack crime from the federal
to the local level. He said
crimes are costing the nation
nearly $3 billion a year in
property losses alone,.
In one of his longest special
messages to the new Congress,
Johnson said 7 million persons a
year are brought into contact
with at leat one agency of
criminal Justice. More than
400,000 are put behind bars a
day, in lockups that cost about
$1 billion a year to support, he
said.
The arms control bill and
wiretap bills were part of an
omnibus “Safe Streets and
Crime Control Act” for which
Johnson asked $50 million in
fiscal 1968 to start research and
planning grants largely to help
improve local police facilities.
Controversial Proposal
One of more contrversial
proposals is firearms control.
There is strong opposition to
such proposals from sportsmen
groups and gun legislation has
been stalled in Congress for
almost four years.
Johnson said, however: "Any
effective crime control program
requires enactment of firearms
legislation.”
Citing recommendations of
the National Crime Commission
which spent many months
studying crime and preparing a
report on recommendations to
stem the rising crime rate, the
President said:
“The legislation I am submit
ting is closely comparable in
substance to that which was
under consideration in the last
Congress. I strongly recom
mend that the Congress enact
legislation to:
"—Prohibit certain mail order
firearms, except between feder
al licensees.
«• —Prohibit over-the-counter
sales of firearms, other than
rifles and shotguns, to any
person who does not reside in
the state in which the federal
licensee does business.
“—Prohibit federal licensees
from selling handguns to any
person under 21, and from
selling rifles and shotguns to
any person under 18.
"Curb imports into the United
Slates of surplus military
firearms and other firearms not
suitable for sporting purposes.”
Dodd Retires
As Tech
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI) — Bobby
Dodd ended a fabulous career
as head football coach at Geor
gia Tech today, resigning on
advice of his doctors, but said
he will continue as athletic di
rector.
Dodd has been at Tech for
36 years, 22 of them as football
coach and 17 as athletic di
rector. He has been in poor
health and did little active
coaching during Tech’s last foot
ball season.
He will continue to be listed
as football coach until a suc
cessor is chosen, which could
be a long process.
Dodd offered his letter of resig
nation to Tech President Edwin
Harrison at a secret meeting
this morning, and then called a
mid - aay news conference to
give the details.
Dodd’s statement said:
“After numerous talks with
my doctors and many months
of deliberation I deeply regret
that it is necessary that I be
relieved of the position of head
football coach.
“In resigning I would like to
say that no other coach could
have had more cooperation
from the president, the faculty,
the students and alumni than
I have had. I am very grateful
to all of you.
“In the history of football few
men have ever coached 36 years
at the same institution and had
all these years be pleasant and
exciting ones. I offer my sin
cere thanks and gratitude to
you, the faculty and my foot
ball players for a wonderful life
of coaching.
Harrison replied:
“It is with a deep sense of
regret that I have reluctantly
accepted on behalf of the ath
letic board Bobby Dodd’s resig
nation as head football coach.
The loss to Tech and to football
is tempered somewhat by the
fact that he will continue as
athletic director ..
“Coach Dodd will serve with
the committee ... which I have
designated to select a successor
as head football coach. As
chairman of this committee I
can assure all of those interest
ed in Georgia Tech football that
we will attempt as quickly as
possible to seek out a new head
coach who will carry out the
36 Below Zero
Third Snowstorm
Belts Midsection
By United Press International
Bitter cold with temperatures
plummeting to as much as 36
degrees below zero, today put
the finishing touches of misery
on sections of the nation
suffering through its third
major snowstorm in 11 days.
Wide areas of the nation’s
midsection were turned into
winter wastelands today by
winds that whipped up an up to
11-inch snowfall. The new snow
added insult to injury in the
Midwest around Chicago, which
got 36 inches of snow in 11
two inches more than the city
usually receives during an
entire winter.
Land chilled by the snow and
winds were frozen today by
arctic cold, prompting cold
wave warnings extending from
Texas and the interior middle
Gulf region through Tennessee
and the Ohio Valley region into
West Virginia and southern New
England.
The cold mass hovered over
Minnesota where temperatures
slid to as much as 36 degrees
below zero. Neighboring North
Dakota felt the sting of 30
degree below cold. The cold
mass covered most of the
central part of the nation across
the Great Lakes and into
Northeastern states.
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beliefs and high ideals estab
lished by Coach Dodd and his
two predecessors.
“When we find that man, wa
shall immediately recommend
his appointment to the full ath
letic board.”
Broyles: No
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UPI)
—University of Arkansas Head
Football Coach Frank Broyles
said today he turned down a
Dodd at Georgia Tech, his alma
mater.
Dodd, in poor health since
last October, announced his re
tirement after 22 years.
“I had known about his plans
for some time now,” said
Broyles. “Coach Dodd informed
me of his decision to step out
of the coaching ranks after the
1066 season and inquired about
my availability to succeed him.
Naturally, I was flattered.
Georgia Tech is my alma
mater. As a player and assist
ant coach, I have warm mem
ories of my years at Tech and
of the people in Atlanta.”
But, said Broyles, “my nine
years at Arkansas have con
vinced me that my real inter
est is now with the Razor
backs.” He said he and his
wife, Barbara, have been ex
tremely happy at Arkansas and
he was looking forward to re
maining.
Forecast Three Inches
Snow began falling just be fora
daylight today in New York
City. Forecasts called for up to
three inches. Freak conditions
resulted in lightning flashing
through the snowfall as temper
atures hovered just below
freezing. Officials reported no
problems with the commuter
rush.
Beleaguered Chicago, suffer
ing from snow upon snow for
the last 11 days, late, Sunday
received a coating of from 614
to 11 inches of new snow.
Afternoon and evening traffic
was slowed to a crawl. Major
expressways in the city took on
the appearance of a desert, with
a few cars and trucks and
snowplows bucking their way
through swirling, choking clouds
of snow.
City officials reported today
that all major expressways and
arterial streets were open and
in relatively good condition.
Commuter service was reported
good, but crowded. The biggest
problem facing work-bound
motorists in the Windy City
today was getting the first 10
feet away from outside parking
places. Cars were buried up to
the windows in many case*