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Coach Joe Bell Resigns;
Joins Clayton School Staff
Joe Bell of Griffin, who has
coached the Milner Falcons for
the past 10 years, has resigned
to accept an offer in school ad
ministration work in the Clayton
County School System.
His first duty will he assistant
principal of Lake Harbin Ele
mentary School, which is now
under construction at Morrow,
Ga.
He hopes to become an ele
mentary school principal within
a year or so.
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successful and liked coaches in
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several offers from high schools
with a larger student body and
higher classification.
He declined at least two offers
from Triple-A schools within the
past two years to remain with
the Falcons.
“When you reach a certain
age, you have to decide whe
ther or not you want to spend
the rest of your life coaching. It
came time for me to make the
decision and I chose to go into
the administration end of school
work.
“If I had waited any longer,
it might have been hard for me
to make the transfer,” Coach
Bell said.
The popular coach has been
considering giving up coaching
for sometime. However, his
love for basketball and other
sports made the decision diffi
cult.
Coach Bell leaves a fine bas
ketball team at Milner. Last
season he coached the Falcons
to the state tournament and
was only eliminated by an eye
lash.
Several members of that team,
including all - state performer
Bobby York, are returning.
In his ten years at Milner, Co
ach Bell carried many teams to
state tournaments. His boys
and girls , were annual contend
ers in Region 4-C and many ti
mes won titles and played for
state trophies.
Although Milner is a class C
school, the Falcons, most of the
time, competed against schools
much larger and with higher
classifications.
Last season Coach Bell’s team
played five times against triple-
A schools.
Coach Bell was one of the big
promoters of the yearly battles
between Griffin and Milner.
“This reany grew' into a great
rivalry,” he said.
Every time the Eagles and
Falcons met, fans jammed gyms
expecting to see a great game.
They were never disappointed.
Coach Bell said he hoped the
Griffin and Milner series would
continue “for the fans sake. The
fans enjoyed the games tremen
dously and I hope it will con
tinue,” he said.
Coach Bell has produced some
great high school basketball
players.
He is leaving one of them at
Milner. The coach considers Bob
by York one of the finest play
ers he has ever coached. Sever
al colleges are interested in the
6-5 Falcon now — and he still
has a season to go.
Coach Bell always believed in
playing the best teams around.
He didn’t confine Milner’s com
petition to schools of its own
size.
He intentionally scheduled ga
mes with good teams, believing
that the better the competition
the better his team would be.
He admits that much of the
Falcon’s success last season
came from playing a tough sc
hedule. “We were ready for the
hard games by the time the tour
nament rolled around,” he has
said.
Coach Bell and his family have
macjp their home in Griffin for
several years.
His daughter, Louise, was a
mainstay on the Griffin High
basketball team for ths last two
years.
He has a son, Butch, who Is a
fine athlete. He is a ninth gra
der, who plays basketball, foot
ball and baseball.
Recently in Griff i n ’ s an
nual Green and White game.
Bell caught one touchdown pass
and hauled down several other
throw's for long gains.
Griffin coaches have been
looking forward to having Butch
participate in sports at Griffin
High.
Coach Bell doesn’t plan to
move his family to Clayton Co
unty right away. In fact, he
may stay in Griffin for another
year and commute back and
forth to his new job.
He will assume his duties as
assistant principal at Lake
Harbin Elementary on July 1. .
Coach Bell said that he really
hated to leave his friends in Mil
ner and Griffin and thanked
them for their support through
the years.
He also had high praise for
Herman Lisle, principal of Mil
ner, calling him one of the finest
principals he knew.
Coach Bell coached at Milner
from 1957 through 1967. Before
that he was an assistant football
coach at Jackson for seven ye
ars. He also coached girls bas
ketball there and carried the
Jackson girls to three state tour
naments.
In addition, he coached the
Jackson boys one year and his
team posted a fine 16-5 record.
During his ten years at Milner,
his athletic teams won a total
of 34 trophies, ranging from
third place to first place.
His teams participated in five
state basketball tournaments
and once in baseball.
Although he coached every
Shapard, Wheaton
Lead Griffin Win
John Shapard and Robin
Wheaton shot in the upper 70’s
Monday as the Griffin golf
team beat R. E. Lee and Henry
County in a three-way match
played here.
Shapard toured the Municipal
Course in 77 strokes and Whea
ton was just a stroke back with
a 78.
Babe Ruth
Sign-Ups
Saturday
Babe Ruth officials today re
minded boys 13 through 15-ye
ars-old that sign-ups will be held
Saturday at the Community
Center.
Sign-ups will be held from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and ev
ery day next week.
Boys must be accompanied by
one or both parents and must
bring proof of their age.
In addition to the sign-ups, Ba
be Ruth officials urged anyone
interested in umpiring in the
league this year to contact the
Recreation Department.
Griffin, Pike
Girls Split
Mary Tippins beat Reba Mid
dlebrooks 6-2 and 6-0 in a tennis
match hrre Monday between the
Griffin and Zebulon girls.
Donna Adkerson and Sandra
Turner of Pike beat Griffin’s
Robin King and Darlene Cook,
1-6 and 2-6.
Judy Jones and Ann Sullins of
Griffin beat Claire Daniel and
Dee Harden 6-4 and 7-5.
Martha Dawn lost to Sandra
Turner and Adkerson beat Lyn
Cordell.
Nellie Pitts
Rolls 180 Game
Nellie Pitts rolled a 180 game
and a 491 series in the Monday
Night Ladies Bowling League.
Hat Waldrop rolled a 166 game
and a 437 series. Dot Bevil roll
ed a 166 game and a 432 series.
Rosa Callaway rolled a 164
game and a 454 series.
Dot Grogan bowled a 167
game and a 410 series. Mary
Louttit rolled a 162 game and a
454 series. Annette Sledge roll
ed a 178 game and a series of
486..
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sport at Milner, his basketball
teams posted the remarkable re
cords.
His varsity boys won 216 ga
mes while losing only 83. His
girls won 196 games and lost
only 76. His overall record for
boys and girls was 412 victories
and 159 losses over the 10 year
span.
Os the 34 trophies in the Mil
ner showcase, 15 were awarded
to first place teams in either the
subregion, region or in junior
high competition. Sixteen of
them were presented to second
place finishers.
His 1967 teams won five dif
ferent trophies, the girls three
and the boys two.
The girls won the subregion
and region awards plus a second
place trophy in the Flint River
Tournament.
The boys won the subregion
and region trophies and made a
great showing in the state Class
C tournament before losing out.
Bob Robbins had an 82 and
Hugh Christie an 86.
David Gentry fired an 83 and
Mike Webb shot an 86. Their sc
ores did not count in the final
total. .
Griffin finished with a 323, 30
strokes better than Lee’s 353.
Henry County was third with a
372.
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Fairmont Whips
Henry County
The Fairmont High Bears kept
their record clean Monday by
beating Henry County, 13-4.
Frank Taylor, who relieved
Oscar Daniel in the sixth, was
the winner.
Daniel worked four and two
thirds innings before giving way
to Taylor. He allowed five hits
during his mound stint.
Taylor was the winning pit
cher. He took over while the
Bears were trailing, 4-2.
A rally in the sixth and more
runs in the seventh insured Fair
mont’s sixth win.
Coach Johnny Goodrum attri
buted the Bears’ success to gr
eat base running.
Ernest Holston stole five bas
es. All together the Bears
picked up 11 stolen bases.
Coach Goodrum said a double
play perked up the Bears “and
gave us the spark we needed.”
Fairmont’s hitting attack was
paced by Holston with two sin
gles. Linwood Miller with a sin
gle and double, Jimmy Harris
and Fletcher Berry with singles,
Thay Woodard with a double
and single, and Frank Taylor
with a triple.
Fairmont will next play La-
Grange in LaGrange. Ralph
Copeland is scheduled to pitch
for the Bears.
Tuesday, April 11, 1967 Griffin Daily News
Milner Falcons Rip
East Coweta, 6-3
The Milner Falcons ran their
subregion baseball record to 4-0
Monday with a 6-3 victory over
East Coweta.
George Stanley was the win
ning pitcher. He was relieved
in the seventh by Bobby York.
Milner made six runs on 11
hits and committed one error.
East Coweta had three runs
on two hits and made one error.
Sidney Horne, a ninth grader,
was the hitting star for the Fal
cons. He slammed a three run
homer and two triples.
John Sikes had two hits, one
of them a home run. Danny Cain
had two hits and Wayne Vau
ghn, Bobby York, Stanley and
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Milner will play Meriwether
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North Side Tops
Beaverbrook
The North Side girls beat
Beaverbrook 13-10 Monday in a
softball game.
Deborah Horton tripled for
North Side and Beverly Phillips
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Beaverbrook.
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