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By Quimby Melton
■ Our two week visit to Europe
having reached the half way
mark we arrived in Belgium
early in the morning and after
catching our breath at the cen
turies old, remodeled, swank
Hotel Plaza, left by private au
tomobile for Margraten Ameri
can Cemetery some 100 miles
away. Earlier in this series we
told of our visit to that sacred
bit of land where more than
3,000 American boys sleep be
neath row after row of crosses,
the emblems of their devotion
to their country.
Margraten is just across the
Belgium-Netherlands border, but
is closer to Brussels than to
Amsterdam, Holland.
Belgium is a small nation with
less than 12-million population.
It is divided into two sections
that vary in many ways.
In the north Belgium is an in
dustrial nation and the majority
of the people are Protestants.
Yhe southern half is an agricul
tural section and the majority of
the people are Catholic. It was
through this southern half we
travelled to and from Margra
ten.
The history of what is n o w
Belgium is an interesting one.
For many years it was first a
province of Spain, then of Aus
tria, and in 1794, with the Fren
ch Revolution Belgium became
part of the French Republic.
However, with the fall of Napo
leon in 1814 what is now Belgium
and the Netherlands were group
ed together in what was to
prove a restless, unhappy king
dom. Domination by the Dutch
kept the area in continual tur
moil; so in 1831 a “conference
of powers” held in London set
up the kingdom of Belgium, but
it was not until eight years later
that Holland recognized it as an
independent nation.
Since then Belgium has been
harrassed by various countries
and as one Belgian told us “we
have been occupied by enemy
troops no less than 30 times.”
But Belgium recovered from the
devastating occupation of enemy
troops including the Germans
in both World Wars One and
Two and today seems to be
prospering. The Belgian people
are putting a lot of faith in the
Common Market and have cer
tain interesting reactions to de-
Gaulle who so far seems to be
dominating the organization.
(We’ll write about this later
when we discuss deGaulle and
what the people of Western Eu
rope seem to think of him.)
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We were most fortunate in the
chauffeur-guide who took us to
Margraten Cemetery and back
that night to Brussels. He was a
veteran of World War Two and
had visited America. He spoke
good English and told us much
about the countryside through
which we drove.
Coming back late that after
noon our daughter, May, who
was our travel companion, told
him she was interested in buy
ing some genuine hand-m ad e
Belgian lace and asked what
store she should shop the follow
ing morning. He did not imme
diately answer, but finally said,
“You don’t want to go to any
of the uptown stores; they are
tourist conscious and the lace
you are shown may or may not
be made in Belgium. If you have
the time, when we get to Brus
sels, I’ll drive you out to an old
factory on the edge of town
where you can find what you
want and it won’t be priced
‘tourist class.’ ”
As a result of this we skirted
the city and drove to a small
brick building. It was almost
closing time for the factory but
the office was opened and the
Belgian women in charge were
most helpful. They had a small
showroom, like many of our
manufacturing plants have here
at home, and we found what we
wanted. Just wish we had bought
more of the dainty, hand-made
authentic Belgian lace.
We have always admired the
Belgian people; their country is
an heroic little one. They have
been “the battle ground” of Eu
rope for centuries; they have
been overrun, occupied, levelled
to the ground and all that, but
have come back every time. But
like many other nations they are
“tourist conscious” and are af
ter the American dollar.
“The American dollar” — and
how it is cherished in Europe—
we’ll also discuss that later.
She’ll Go To Korea
Fractured Hip Fails
To Daunt ‘Miss Kate’
It will take more than a frac
tured hip to keep Miss Kate
Cooper, 81, who lives in Hamp
ton, from returning to Korea
where she spent 50 years as a
Methodist missionary.
Ten years ago when Miss Coo
per was 71 she was retired as
a missionary and returned to
the United States. She has been
living with a sister, Mrs. H. B.
Whitlock in Hampton.
Recently, Miss Cooper was no
tified by the Methodist General
Board of Missions that an an
omymous donor had sent a con
tribution to the board earmark
ed to defray expenses for her
to make a return trip to Korea.
The money sent was sufficient
to buy a round trip ticket from
New York to Korea and provide
some spending money for the
trip. It was suggested that she
prepare to make the trip early
this fall.
Two weeks ago, while making
plans for the trip Miss Cooper
fell and fractured her hip. She
was taken to the Griffin-Spald
ing Hospital and i twas discov
ered the fracture was the kind
Spalding Tax League
Asks ‘No’ On Bond Vote
The Spalding Taxpayers Lea- :
gue today issued a statement
asking voters to cast their bal- j
lots against the library bond j
issue. (
The statement was released ,
by George Gaissert, chairman ,
of the League. It was unanimous- ,
ly approved at a recent meet- (
ing.
The full statement is as fol- j
lows: ,
“We as taxpaying citizens of j
Spalding County are interested .
in the growth and betterment |
of Spalding County and are will- .
ing to go to the limit of our ab- (
ility to foster such growth and
betterment. (
“However, just as the father
who would like to see his fam
ily have, first all the necessities 1
needed and secondly all the lux- '
uries wanted, we must take the ‘
position that we must live with- '
in our income and spend first J
for necessities and then if the ;
money is there for luxuries.
“There are today many needs
of the people of Spalding Coun
ty — all are needed and will :
contribute to our county’s pro
gress.
"County wide water, improv
ed roads and streets, improved ,
recreational facilities, more i
county fire protection, improv
ed public buildings.
“We agree that we need some
additional improvements to our :
library facilities but to speak in
terms of 738,000 tax dollars ]
(250,000 federal, 350,000 bonds
and 138,000 interest) we think
this a request going far beyond
Polling Places
For Election
Griffin and Spalding County
voters will go to the polls Tues
day to cast ballots in a $350,000
bond issue for a new library.
Voters will cast ballots at the
usual polling places in the city
and county.
Polls will be set up at the fol
lowing sites:
CITY
Precinct One — Salvation Ar
my Gym on 13th street.
Precinct Two— Fire Station
No. 1.
Precinct Three — Rural Ur
ban Center, courthouse.
Precinct Four — Department
of Family and Children’s Servi
ces on Eighth street.
precinct Five — Stuckey Buil
ding at the Georgia Experiment
Station.
Precinct Six — Orrs District
Courthouse on Meriwether st
reet.
COUNTY
Cabin Dis v ric l — Ringgold
5-STAR WEEKEND EDITION
GRIFFIN
DAILY & < NEWS
Daily Since 1872 Griffin, Ga„ 30223, Sat. and Sun., July 22-23, 1967 Vol. 95 No. 171
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Miss Kate
Passport Photo taken at hos
pital by Warbeck Studios.
reason. ;
“We believe no location for a
library would be as ideal as the I
present location and that ade
quate facilities could be built '
on this sight for a reasonable
cost. We have in mind the cost i
of the beautiful facilities of Clay
ton County whose population is ’
four or five times greater than
Spalding’s. Clayton’s library just i
completed at a cost according i
to the official record of
$132,165.00, is less than the $l3B,- :
000.00 interest taxpayers of Sp- 1
aiding would pay on the bonds
to be issued. '
“We know as everyone does :
that the cost of operating and 1
maintaining such a gigantic fa- 1
cility as that proposed will be 1
greatly increased. With the cur
rent cost of library operation as
shown by latest auditors’ re- '
port, being in excess of $200,000
per year we are disturbed about
the future cost of operation and
maintenance.
“As to the endorsement by the
Kiwanis Club and the Business
and Professional Women’s Club,
we take a firm stand that these
two groups are two which have
done an untold amount of good
in the community and have to
our certain knowledge contribu
ted greatly to our progress in
Griffin and Spalding County.
However, we think that since
only one side of the issue was
presented to them and we feel
this a quite biased side, we hope
they will before voting take cog
nizance of the facts on the other
Courthouse.
Orrs Dist'ict — Orrs Court
house.
Akin District — Orchard Hill
Courthouse.
Mt. Zion District — Zetella
Courthouse.
U n ion District — Fayetteville
Highway Courthouse.
Africa District — Pomona
Courthouse.
Line Creek District — Line
Creek Courthouse.
Experiment District — Stuck
ey Building, Georgia Experi
ment Station.
East Griffin District — East
Griffin Courthouse.
INSIDE
Local News. Page 2.
Camera On Go. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4-
Sports. Page 6.
W a nt Ads. Page 6.
Comics. Page 7.
Society. Page 8.
that is the least serious of hip
injuries. So “Miss Kate” con
tinued to plan for her return trip
to Korea. She was given the
various shots necessary and a
picture was taken so a passport
could be secured. Doctors and
nurses cooperated in this and
when her passport picture was
taken nurses held up a sheet as
a background for the picture.
Today Miss Kate is being tak
en to Wesley Grove, at Emory,
for a recuperation period and
undaunted she continues to plan
for the trip.
A young lady, active in the So
i ciety for Christian Service of
| the First Mthodist Church, who
reported this incident to the Gr
iffin Daily News commented,
“I've never seen a greater spir
it than Miss Kate. She has been
an inspiration to all who have
called to see her; she at all ti
i mes has displayed the greatest
faith in the Master whom she
served in the foreign land, I
have ever witnessed. She even
accepted the fall and injury as a
blessing from God.”
side.
"To our Chairman’s knowled
ge as a Senior member of Ki
wanis and a past president of
the club, this is the first time
such action has been taken on
any such vital public issue. It
has always been the policy here
tofore for both sides to be heard
and then members requested
to vote as they please, but plea
se vote.
“While we appreciate the ef
forts of the library board, we
think to give any board such a
vast sum to spend with no idea
of location, no concrete plans
for construction, no idea of fu
ture costs of maintenance and
operation would be detrimental
to the interests of Spalding Co
unty and its citizens.
“Therefore, we ask that you
vote “NO” on the bond election
Tuesday.”
Spalding Grays In Camp
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Members of the Spalding Grays, Headquarters Troop,
Ist Squadron, 748th Cavalry furnish medical services
for members of the Ist Squadron 748th Cavalry while
at Fort Stewart, Ga. undergoing 15 days field train
ing. Shown above at left receiving medical attention
is M-Sgt. Arthur W. Sauley. Medics shown are (1-r)
Sp 4 William G. Hoch and Sp 4 Roy L. Parrish, Jr.
(Other pictures on page two.)
US, Allied Troops
Kill 428 Commies
Basil Rathbone
Is Dead At 75
NEW YORK (UPD—Basil
Rathbone, the man who played
Sherlock Holmes as well as A.
Conan Doyle wrote it, is dead.
Tile 75-year-old film, stage
and radio star succumbed to a
heart attack Friday in his
Manhattan apartment.
An actor for more than half a
century, Rathbone received his
early training playing 42 roles
in 22 Shakespearean plays. But
it was his suave portrayal of
the fictional sleuth which won
the enthusiastic plaudits of a
generation of movie, stage and
radio fans.
In the role of Holmes,
Rathbone outsmarted criminals
and Scotland Yard detectives
alike in 16 movies made with
the late Nigel Bruce playing the
part of the bumbling Dr.
Watson.
Born in Transvaal, South
Africa, in 1892, Rathbone was
smuggled out of the country by
his mining engineer father who
had been condemned to death
by the Boers.
His film career began in
Hollywood in 1922 with the
filming of “The Czarina.” He
starred in MGM productions of
“The Masked Bride,” “The
Bishop Murder Case,” and “A
Notorious Affair,” before begin
ning his Sherlock Holmes series.
The master actor with the
impeccable diction followed his
calling in films, on radio and on
the stage since the series ended
in 1946. His last Broadway
appearnce was in Archibald
MacLeish’s “J. 8.
Some of the versatile perfor
mer’s best known films were
“Anna Karenina,” “A Tale of
Two Cities,” “David Copper
field,” and “The Last Days of
Pompeii.” They were among
more than 100 movies in which
he appeared in his long career.
State Trys To
Extradite Brooks
ATLANTA (UPD—Gov. Les
ter Maddox is now attempting
to extradite convicted robber
John W. Brooks from Lou
isiana. Since Brooks is now in
a Bossier City, La., hospital
Gov. John McKeithen must con
cur with the request.
Brooks was issued a medical
reprieve by the Georgia Par
dons and Paroles Board in May
so he could have orthopedic
40 Crash
Victims
Identified
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C.
(UPD — Investigators aided by
200 Boy Scouts planned today
to pick up the pieces of wreck
age left by an airplane colli
sion that killed 82 persons and
assemble them in a nearby
open field.
Meanwhile, official identifica
tion of the victims continued
tediously. By late Friday, 40 of
the victims had been positively
identified.
The Piedmont Airlnes Boeing
727 jet carrying 79 persons and
a small plane carrying three
persons collided in the air
Wednesday. The charred, 'twist
ed wreckage was scattered over
a mile-square area.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy tonight
and Sunday. Warm afternoons
and mild nights.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 84, minimum today
68, maximum Friday 82, mini
mum Friday 66. Sunrise Sunday
6:47 a.m., sunset Sunday 8:45
p.m.
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Pictured is a scene of the S 4 Ration Breakdown Sec
tion in process of issuing rations to units of the Ist
Squadron 748th Cavalry. The men are members of
the Spalding Grays, Headquarters Troop Ist Squad
ron 748th Cavalry who are participating in two weeks
annual summer field training at Fort Stewart, Ga.
Pictured (1-r) are Sp 4 David A. Harris, CW4 John
C. McLaurin, Sr. (standing), Sp 4 Danny Kendrick,
and SFC William L. Bevil.
surgery on his arm which was
injured in a gun battle with
Cordele police last year.
The controversial reprieve
was revoked last month when
it was disclosed Brooks was
wanted in Sumter County.
Meanwhile, he has been under
armed guard in Louisiana hos
pital at an expense of $l2O per
day according to Gov. Maddox.
His bill since July 12, has come
to over $4,600.
The Brooks case shook the
Georgia capitol in June. Correc
tions Director Asa Kelley was
almost fired, two staff physi
cians at Reidsville prison were
dismissed in the aftermath, and
Atty. Gen. Arthur Bolton ruled
the reprieve action illegal.
Maddox has indicated he
wants Brooks to undergo con
tinued medical treatment and
perhaps further surgery at the
Georgia Medical College in Au
gusta. A Louisiana doctor has
said Brooks needs another oper
ation to remove a bullet from
his lung.
Country Parson
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“To encourage someone to
succeed is almost as good as
succeeding yourself.”
Large - Scale
Fighting Erupts
On Ground
By EUGENE V. RISHER
SAIGON (UPD — American
and allied troops killed at least
428 Communists in a sudden
eruption of ground fighting
throughout South Vietnam, mili
tary spokesmen said today.
South Vietnamese paratroo
pers killed 245 North Vietna
mese and captured 15 more,
including three women soldiers,
in the northern jungles in the
biggest of eight battles fought
Friday.
U.S. Army tanks crunched
through a Viet Cong ambush
near Saigon and killed at least
90 more Communists. South
Korean troops on the central
coast killed 47 Viet Cong in a
45-minute jungle encounter.
The Koreans reported no
casualties. The government
troops said their losses were
“light” and American comman
ders reported 27 U.S. soldiers
killed in the fighting that went
lopsidedly in the allies’ favor.
But the going was often bitter
in smaller encounters.
Helicopter Downed
I On a tiny Viet Cong controlled
j island 90 miles south of Saigon,
. guerrilla guns shot down a U.S.
Navy helicopter and killed one
of the four crewmen. Under-
Communist fire, a U.S. Army
“Huey” helicopter whirled in
and plucked the other three
flying sailors, all injured, to
safety.
Less than a mile below the
North-South Vietnam border’s
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) a
platoon of Leathernecks under
went one of the most savage
bombardments of the war,
according to spokesmen.
The 45-man unit took 120
rounds of heavy Communist
mortar fire and dug in and
fought off attacking North
Vietnamese until more Leather
necks poured in and the
Communists ran.
Hit Three MIGs
In the air, U.S. jet pilots flew
110 missions against North
Vietnam Friday. As reported
earlier, Navy pilots shot down
three and possibly a fourth
Communist MIG that tried to
block their attacks on oil dumps
and rail yards near Haiphong
and Hanoi. In the south, giant
U.S. Air Force 852 s continued
their massive bombing of the
threatening Communist buildup
of an offensive base in the A
Sahu Valley near the Laos
border.
But on the ground U.S.
commanders reported the grea
test fighting since last month’s
Marine smashing of a North
Vietnamese invasion drive
across the DMZ.
Near Saigon, tanks of the U.S.
Army’s crack 11th Armored
Cavalry Regiment caught the
guerrillas setting up an ambush
near the massive allied war
base at Bien Hoa. In killing the
90 Communists, the Americans
suffered 15 killed, 60 wounded
and a helicopter downed.
Hazardous Duty
Bill Promised
By Governor
JEKYLL ISLAND Ga. (UPD
—Legislation will be offered in
the 1968 General Assembly to
increase benefits for law en
forcement officers and others
engaged in hazardous duty ac
cording to Gov. Lester Maddox.
Maddox told the Georgia
Sheriff’s Association Friday he
was considering proposals for
disabled officials including ex
emption from property taxes on
their homes and four year
grants to state universities for
their children.