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VENIN VT
By Quimby Melton
NOTE: Good Evening is in
Europe on a short vacation and
wrote this column before leav
ing.
“Persecution and Deliverance”
is the title of this week’s Inter
national Sunday School lesson.
Background Scripture ts, “If ye
be reproached for the name of
Christ, happy are ye; for the
spirit of glory and of God rest
eth upon you; on their part He
is evil spoken of, but on your
part He is glorified.” —1 Peter
4:14.
In this lesson we have the
story of Peter’s being put in
prison, his deliverance from his
chains, and the joy of the ap
ostles when Peter rejoined them.
Peter’s arrest in Jerusalem
was ordered by Herod. This is
the third Herod whose evil ways
are told of in the New Testa
ment. The first was Herod the
Great. He became ruler of Gal
illee about 45 BC; helped rebuild
the temple, but was the one who,
when news of the birth of Jesus
became known, urged the wise
men to tell him where the baby
and His mother were, claiming
he, too, wanted to worship Him.
But the wise men saw through
his scheme and after leaving
their gifts with Mary and Jesus
left for home. Then, Herod “see
ing he had been mocked,” order
ed the murder of every child in
the land, up to two years of
age. But Jesus had been taken
into Egypt by his parents, they
being warned by an angel of He
rod’s plot.
The second Herod was the one
who beheaded John the Baptist;
and the third murdered James,
the brother of John. This is the
Herod about whom we study in
this lesson.
There was a time during the
life of Jesus when the Herods
were most powerful. To run a
muck of one of them was to be
courting death; Peter did just
this and was thrown into prison
overnight, Herod plarming to
“question him again” in the
morning.
This Herod was the son of Ar
istobulus and Bernice; historians
say he was “magnanimous,
reckless, extravagant” and “sub
ject to taking bribes.” At one
time he had to flee Rome and
contemplate# suicide and was
placed in prison. But being re
leased, some how or other he
was appointed to rule in Jerusa
lem. He was a “slick” execu
tive and catered to the Jews,
even living the life of a strict
Pharasee; and as such persecu
ted the early Christian church.
The coming of this Herod and
his harassment of the Chris
tian faith marked a new type of
persecution. Prior to this it had
been the leaders of the ortho
dox church; but now one with
the powers of Rome joined those
who wanted to extinguish Chris
tianity. This brought on new
danger and increased possibility
that the true Church might have
“died aborning.”
But even the enmity of Herod
the King, with all his power over
life and death, could not stamp
out the faith of the followers of
Jesus Christ.
What was the fate of Herod?
He had become so popular with
the Jews that when he attended
public meetings he was hailed
as a god. To all apparances he
was riding the crest wave of
popularity when he met a terri
ble death — being eaten by
worms. Bible students are of the
opinion that this death came as
punishment for his having en
couraged the people to worship
him.
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But back to Peter’s being
placed in prison. When his Chris
tian friends heard of this, they
were discouraged. What would
they do without their leader?
The hours that followed were as
dark hours as they had ex
perienced, the only ones darker
being those between the cruci
fixion of Jesus and news that He
had Risen from the tomb.
So one can imagine how plea
santly surprised and gratified
they were when Peter knocked
at the door of the home where
they were assembled. Hearing
the knock, they probably thou
ght some ol Herod's soldiers
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GRIFFIN
DAILY NEWS
LB J, Kosygin To
Discuss Hot Topics
In A Cool Room
By EUGENE EISMAN
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
site for today’s summit meeting
was almost switched because it
would be too hot for President
Johnson and Soviet Premier
Alexei N. Kosygin to discuss the
cold war.
But Hollybush, 118-year-old
home of the President of
Glassboro State College, was air
conditioned during the night to
help the two world leaders keep
cool with the temperature in the
80’s and high humidity.
Wires were strung all through
the old three-story, white
fieldstone manor and 12 air
conditioning units were installed
by a crew from Franklinville,
N.J., to keep Hollybush as the
site for the meeting instead of
an air conditioned office.
The facilities for handling a
summit in Glassboro are poor.
The town and its residents
realized it was picked apparent-
Two Copters
Collide In Air;
20 Marines Die
CAMP LE JEUNE, N.C.
(UPI)—Two Marine helicopters
collied in flight today, killing 20
Marines and injuring at least 12
more on this sprawling Marine
base.
The accident occurred at 9
a.m. EDT during a routine
training flight.
The Marines aboard the two
helicopters were from the
General Military Subjects
School.
Three Killed
In Five-Car
Wreck
ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. (UPI) —
Three persons were killed
Thursday when five cars piled
up at an Interstate 75 exit near
here.
Six other persons were hos
pitalized with injuries.
The highway patrol said two
cars collided at the exit and
three others slammed into the
wreckage.
Killed were Mrs. Charlene
Botsford of Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., James C. Stevens, 45, of
East Point, Ga., and William
Fred Hirschman, 81, of Madeira
Beach, Fla.
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Lemuel Watkins (1) was installed as president of the
Griffin Lions Club for 1967-68 at an installation
ceremony Thursday night at the Moose Club. Harry
S. Copper (r), retiring president, presents the gavel
of office to Watkins. Other officers installed were:
Austin Crouch, first vice president; Frank Fennell,
second vice president; Charles Wynne, third vice
president; Hugh Turner, secretary; Louis Stinchcomb,
treasurer; Joe Potts, tail twister; Frank Lynch, Lion
Tamer; E. H. Holleman, chaplain; Dr. C. E. Lindsey,
installation officer; Harry Davis, songleader; Cliff
Parker, Gene Gardner, Don Harper, Bob Branch,
Ben Howard and H. C. Maynard, directors. (See
story on page 2).
Daily Since 1872
ly only because it is halfway
between New York and Wash
ington.
Telephone company crews
worked until late in the morning
to install communications equip
ment for the 1,000 or more
reporters pouring into the
sleepy little college town.
New Jersey sent 400 state
police to the small campus to
help Glassboro’s 16-man police
force and an army of Secret
Service agents swarmed
through the modern brick and
glass buildings of the small
school.
Crowds started gathering
around Hollybush before John
son left Washington or Kosygin
left New York.
The Glassboro campus Is
strictly utilitarian. The closest
thing to an ivy atmosphere at
the school is Hollybush. The
other buildings look like com
mercial or small manufacturing
types found in industrial com
munities.
Air conditioning, until today,
was considered a luxury. But
when two world leaders decided
to meet at Glassboro, it became
a necessity.
State Fires
Doctor, Dentist
At Reidsville
ATLANTA (UPl)—State Cor
rections Director Asa Kelley
announced today that both Dr.
J. J. Arrandale, chief physician
at Reidsville State Prison, and
Dr. John P. Lindsey, a staff
doctor, have been fired.
Kelley said the action was
taken at a Board of Corrections
meeting at the prison on
Wednesday. The discharge
of Arrendale had previously
been announced by Gov. Lester
Maddox.
“This action was determined
by the Board of Corrections to
be in the best interests of the
State Board of Corrections and
the state of Georgia,” Kelley
said. It is effective July 1.
Arrandale has come under
criticism in recent days for col
lecting fees from Talmadge Me
morial Hospital in Augusta for
blood donated by Reidsville in
mates. His part in the contro
versial medical reprieve for
convict John W. Brooks was al
so criticized.
Kelley said one doctor has al
ready been hired as a replace
ment and steps are being taken
to procure the services of two
more.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, June 23,1967
Smith’s Wife Denied
Mental Examination
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Paul Syfan, co-chairman of the Miss Fourth of July beauty contests, discusses plans
for this year’s events with Patsy Carter, Miss Fourth of July of 1966, and Laura Sue
Usery, Little Miss Fourth of July of 1966.
Beauty Contests Set
For July 4 Holiday
Plans for the beauty contest to
be held at the Griffin-Spalding
Jaycees-Jaycettes Fourth of July
Celebration at Municipal Park
were announced today.
Brack Pound and Paul Syfan
are serving as co-chairmen of
the beauty event.
It will be held at 7:30 on t h e
night of the Fourth at Babe Ruth
Field. Miss Fourth of July and
Little Miss Fourth of July will
be crowned by last year’s win
ners.
Patsy Carter, Miss Fourth of
July of 1966, and Laura S u e Us
ery, Little Miss Fourth of July
of 1966, both of Barnesville, will
be on hand to crown the win
ners.
The age limits for the Little
Miss Fourth of July contest is
Methodist Pastoral
Assignments Made
ATLANTA (UPI- — New pas
toral assignments were announ
ced today by Bishop John Owen
Smith in the North Georgia Me
thodist Conference.
The Rev. Donald Clark was
named associate pastor of the
First Methodist Church in Grif
fin.
He succeeds the Rev. Edward
E. Galloway, who was named
pastor of the Jenkinsburg Meth
odist Church.
Pastoral appointments in the
Griffin Circuit are:
Griffin
Barnesville circuit, Robert
Whiteside
Century Nelson-Zions Chapel,
William E. Pitts
County Line - Sunnyside -
Vaughn, Donald L. Calhoun Jr.
Fincher-Molena, J. E. Young
Forsyth Circuit, Jerry O. Wil
kins
Friendship-Ebenezer, Billy M
Green; associate, H. A. McNeil
Commissioners’
Meet Cancelled
The meeting of the Board of
City Commissioners scheduled
for Tuesday night (June 27) has
been cancelled because of Grif
fin Night at Atlanta Stadium.
Griffin Night at the Stadium
will be held Tuesday when the
Atlanta Braves play the Hous
ton Astros.
In cancelling the meeting, Ma
yor Carl Pruett said that any
necessary business would be
handled at a special called
meeting of the commissioners.
six through 10 years old. Age li
mits for the Miss Fourth of July
contest are 11 through 14 years.
Contest rules and entry blanks
are available at Bonnie Shop.
Jerri an Don’s. Easterwood
Shoes and the Griffin Commun
ity Center.
The Jaycees also announced
times for events during the day
long activities.
A parade through downtown
Griffin' will kick-off the festivi
ties at 10 a.m. A sky-diving exhi
bition has been scheduled for 12:-
15 at Municipal Park. Games for
the entire family will begin at 1
o’clock. They will include a wa
termeleon cutting and a greased
pole climb.
A Cub Scout Pineywood Der
by is scheduled for 2 p.m. A Con-
Griffin First associate, Don
ald Clark
Griffin Highland, James R.
Ransom
Griffin Searcy Memorial, J.R.
Thompson
Hampton, W. W. Horlock
Jenkinsburg, Edward E. Gal
loway
10 People, Including
7 In One Family, Die
In Grinding Collision
HARDEEVILLE, S. C. (UPI)
— Ten persons, including seven
members of the one family,
were killed today when an as
phalt-laden truck crashed broad
side into a station wagon near
this small town on the Georgia-
South Carolina border.
All of the occupants of the
station wagon, members of Sa
vannah, Ga., Negro families,
were killed instantly.
The victims included William
J. Lee and his wife, Essaie
Smith Lee, and their five chil
dren, Ophiea, 8; Steve, 6; Lu
cille, 4; Barbara 12, and Eliza
beth, 13.
The three other victims were
Helen Berrian, 14; Morris Ben
nett, 23; and Charles Richards,
27, owner of the station Wagon.
Cpl. John J. Davin of the
Chatham County, Ga„ police
said the station wagon occupied
by the 10 victims pulled into
the path of the truck from a side
road. The accident happened at
Vol. 95 No. 147
nie Mack baseball game between
Griffin’s Post 15 and Post 1 of
Nashville, Tenn., will be played
at Babe Ruth field at 3 o’clock.
A barbecue will be served
from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets are av
ailable from members of the Jay
cees and Jaycettes.
The beauty contest will be held
at 7:30 at Babe Ruth field. A fire
baton act will be held at 9 o’clo
ck and a fireworks display will
climax the day’s activities at
9:30.
Concession stands will be ope
rated during the day through
out the park area by Jaycees and
Jaycettes.
Jaycees have indicated they
are expecting this to be one of
their biggest celebrations.
Monticello, Harvey C. Boyd
Monticello circuit, Hubert
Dodd
Noah’s Ark-New Hope, Dean
Kring
Stockbridge, John H. Ozley
The Rock, J. K. Kelley
Thomaston Hightower Memo
rial, J. D. Crawford
the intersection of U. S. 17 and
South Carolina 170.
Davin said there were no sur
vivors in the station wagon. The
driver of the truck, identified
as George Simmons of Ridge
land, S. C., was uninjured, Dav
in said.
After the collision the truck
crashed into a nearby service
station and knocked down a gas
pump but there was no fire,
Davin said.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy, warm
and humid tonight and Saturday
with widely scattered thunder
showers.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 87, minimum today
68, maximum Thursday 87, mini
mum Thursday 70. Total rain
fall .16 of an inch. Sunrise Sat
urday 6:33 a.m., sunset Satur
day 8:51 p.m.
Lawyer Asks That
She Be Moved
John Carlisle, attorney for
Mrs. Carol Jean Smith, who is
being held in Spalding County
jail on a murder charge, said
today that he had requested a
psychiatric examination for his
client and that the request was
denied.
The Griffin attorney was ap
pointed to represent Mrs. Smith
and her husband, Ronald Lee.
They are being held in connec
tion with the death of Charles
Vaughn. Carlisle said that Mrs.
Smith “definitely needs some
sort of psychiatric treatment
now.”
Carlisle said that the woman’s
family physician had recom
mended such treatment long be
fore Vaughn’s death, but that
she never received it.
The Griffin attorney said that
since the psychiatric examina
tion was denied, he was reques
ting that Mrs. Smith be trans
ferred to the new Clayton Coun
ty jail, which he said has much
better facilities than the jai 1
here.
He said that Mrs. Smith is be
ing kept under complete seda
tion “and this can’t be contin
ued until the trial. She couldn’t
stand it.”
“I am not criticizing anyone
here for the inadequate facili
ties for holding females at the
Spalding County jail. They didn’t
build the jail and there’s noth
ing they can do about it,” he
said.
“What I’m trying to do now is
get Mrs. Smith located in better
facilities in hopes that it will
help her mental condition.
“We hope to get a private psy
chiatric examination for her
sometime in the near future.
This will be an added expense
Johnson, Kosygin Meet,
Retire For Conference
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI White House Reporter
GLASSBORO, N.J. (UPD—
President Johnson and Soviet
Premier Alexei Kosygin met for
the first time in cordial fashion
today, then retired to the
privacy of a college president’s
den to begin their “Big Two’’
summit conference on the
problems of peace and war.
Johnson and Kosygin shook
hands warmly in greeting and
the Soviet leader quickly
congratulated the President on
becoming a grandfather for the
first time this week.
On this note, the first meeting
between an American president
and a Soviet chief of state since
1961 got started at 11:21 a.m.
EDT —2l minutes later than
scheduled.
Natural Gas
Lines Going
To Zebulon
Construction will begin soon
on a gas main which will bring
natural gas to an estimated 250
homes in Zebulon, according to
Don Young, Griffin manager
for Atlanta Gas Light Company.
Although the completion date
depends on weather conditions
and other variables, Young said
he expects that natural gas will
be available to area homes and
industry by early September.
More than six miles of gas line
will be required to transport the
fuel from a transmission line of
Southern Natural Gas Company
located near U. S. Highway 18
(the Barnesville Highway).
The largest industrial users of
natural gas in Zebulon will be
Besco Products and Sherri Lynn
dress manufacturers.
Gas company survey teams
will begin calling on area resi
dents in late June to take appli
cations for natural gas service.
They are also distributing infor
mation on both gas service and
gas appliances.
Homeowners may call the
company’s Griffin office at 227-
2221 to apply for gas service or
ask for information.
for the family, but it seems that
for Mrs. Smith’s sake, it must
be done.”
Carlisle said that he was “very
disappointed” that the state de
nied his client a mental examina
tion at the hospital at Milledge
ville.
“I have talked with her family
physician and he believes that
the girl is in immediate need of
care,” he said.
He called it “inhuman” to keep
Mrs. Smith in a completely se
dated condition here and in what
he termed the inadequate facil
ities at the Spalding jail.
He said the facilities at Clay
ton County have been offered
and that there is a good chance
she would be transferred there.
He said Mrs. Smith probably
would have a private psychia
tric examination and “we will
determine after that whether or
not to fight more for a state ex
amination.”
“I would like to make it clear
now that we are not saying any
thing about the role she or her
husband played in the recent in
cident.
“What I am saying is that it is
grossly inhuman to hold Mrs.
Smith under the present condi
tion she’s in at the Spalding
County jail.
“It is apparent that she is men
tally unbalanced to some degree
and that she is in need of medi
cal attention.
“What I am asking now is that
the girl be taken out of this
situation.”
Carlisle said he had not asked
for a psychiatric examination for
Mr. Smith. However, he did not
rule out that such a request
would be made later.
Equipment
Failure Causes
Power Outage
Electric power in a large sec
tion of Spalding County wass off
for almost six hours this morn
ing due to an equipment failure
at a Georgia Power Company
sub-station on Searcy avenue.
Most of the customers affect
ed by the outage are served by
the Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation in Jack
son, which purchases electricity
from Georgia Power Company.
A spokesman for Central Geor
gia EMC said a bushing on a
transformer failed, due to being
broken or worn out, and had to
be replaced.
A replacement part for the
transformer had to be brought
from Macon when the trouble
was located.
Electric power to a large num
ber of homes went off at 4 a.m.
and was not restored until 9:55
a.m., according to the CGEMC
spokesman.
Country Parson
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“I wish it were as easy to
solve problems as it is to
criticize other’s attempts to
solve them.”