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VENIN VT
By Quimby Melton
This is a small world and one
Is likely to “run into” someone
from home, or someone who
knows someone from home, re
gardless of where one’s travels
may take them.
Had this fact brought home to
us when on our recent trip to
Europe we ran into people on
three separate occasions who
knew folks living in Griffin, Ge
orgia, U.S.A.
The first time this happened
was on the upper deck of a lar
ge motor driven ferry that
was carrying a party across a
big lake in Holland. Sitting ac
ross from us were a man, his
wife and their son. It was quite
evident from their conversation
that they were from the South.
Finally Good Evening asked
them where they were from.
“We ’ive in Florida, my husband
is originally from Georgia and
I from North Carolina,” the wo
man replied.
The man joined in saying he
was from Macon and Good
Evening said I’m from Griffin
just north of Macon.
“Griffin!” the man almost
shouted. “One of my dearest
friends from college days lives
there. Do you know Qujmby
Melton, Jr.?”
Imagine our surprise when he
asked this question. Sticking out
our hand replied “I’m his fa
ther.”
It turned out that he was Dr.
Louis Killian who had attended
the University of Georgia with
our son, with John and Floyd
Newton, with Frank Thomas.
But that was not all; looking at
May he asked “And are not you
‘Bunkie’ Wingfield’s little sis
ter?” And so she was. When
he and “Bunkie” Wingfield
were at the University May was
in high school.
Dr. Killian, who graduated
from the University with high
est honors and who went on as
a Rhodes Scholar is now head
of the department of Sociology
at Florida State University in
Tallahassee. i
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The next time we ran into
someone who knew someone
from Griffin was at Cologne,
Germany. We had gone into a
store and were looking at some
beautiful sweaters. Talking to
the clerk, who spoke as good if
not better English than we, hap
pened to mention Griffin, Ga.
Here came a young man grin
ning from ear to ear. “Griffin?”
he said. “Know Jackson Chea
tham? He’s a school friend of
mine, we both attended West
minister Schools in Atlanta.”
Os course Jackson Cheatham
is the son of Mr. and Mrs Mac
Cheatham who live just down
the street from “Many Mortga
ges.”
The young man was in a
hurry but we learned he is the
son of an Atlanta lawyer nam
ed Huitt
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Later that day we boarded a
Rhine River steamer for a trip
up the big river. The boat was
crowded and shortly after the
noon meal, as the sun began to
shift and made the up-front seat
we had rather warm, a couple
invited us to share their table.
After introductions found they
were a Movarian minister and
his wife now stationed in Alas
ka, where he is what we Metho
dists call a “district superinten
dent.” They were on their way
to a Movarian conference to be
held in Czechoslovakia.
As we talked we mentioned
we had some good friends “at
home” whose parents were Mo
varian missionaries and whose
brother was a Movarian minis
ter. These friends, we told them,
were Russell Allen and his sister,
Mrs. Connie Johnson.
“Russell Allen!”, the man re
plied. “I went to school with him
in Pennsylvania where we both
were much younger.”
His wife joined in saying, “I,
too, went to that same school
ant. remember Connie as the
star basketball player of our sc
hool.”
So there you are. Three peo
ple who knew someone whom
we knew back home in Griffin,
Georgia.
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Did Fuzzy Hoard Sense His Life Was In Danger?
BY BILL KNIGHT
JEFFERSON, Ga. — Did
Floyd “Fuzzy” Hoard have an
inkling that his life was in dan
ger?
Did the Griffin, Ga., born
crime fighter know anyone who
might want to do him harm?
Perhaps.
A few scattered pieces in the
puzzle of his mysterious gang
land style killing this week
might point in that direction.
His brother, Joe Hoard who
also was born and reared in Gr
iffin, sat at a restaurant table
in Jefferson Tuesday afternoon
a few hours before his brother’s
funeral.
There he recalled that the
Piedmont Circuit solicitor gen
eral seemed a little more anx
ious, worried and concerned ab
out an upcoming session of Jack
son County Superior Court.
“Fuzzy was always keyed up
before a session of court,” his
brother Joe recalled. Another
brother, Lewis Hoard, Griffin
radio and television repair man,
sat next to Joe Hoard and lis
tened.
City Spends 847.000
For Growth Needs
The City Commissioners spent
more than $47,000 Tuesday night
for equipment and supplies “to
meet the needs of a growing
Quake
Rocks
Denver
DENVER (UPI) —An earth
guake rocked the Denver metro
politan area early today,
damaging homes, moving re
frigerators and cracking
driveways as far away as
Golden, Colo., some 15 miles
west of Denver.
There was no report of
injuries or serious damage but
authorities said the quake was
felt as far away as Sterling,
Colo., some 135 miles northeast
of Denver.
The quake, unofficially mea
sured at 5.5 on the Richter
Scale, was twice as severe and
much more widespread than
any that has hit the state in
recent history.
The quake struck at 7:25 a.m.
and first reports said it
apparently was centered in the
Derby area, seven miles north
of Denver.
Police and sheriff depart
ments in the Denver metropoli
tan area were flooded with calls
from startled residents.
Telephone poles were reported
cracked in the Denver area.
Lamps and dishes were knocked
off tables and several residents
told police they were jarred out
of bed by the quake.
Seismologists at Colorado
School of Mines at Golden said
the quake lasted 10 to 15
seconds.
Most of the damage apparent
ly was in the Denver suburb of
Northglenn, Colo.
VISITS EAST BERLIN
BERLIN (UPI) — For the first
time as West German Foreign
Minister, Willy Brandt Tuesday
drove into East Berlin. He went
to attend the burial of pre-Nazi
era Reichstag president Paul
Loebe who died Thursday at 91.
Brandt had entered the Commu
nist territory while mayor of
West Berlin.
Country Parson
“When you pass the plate
everybody gives something
— either money or excuses.”
DAILY t‘NEWS
Doily Since 1872
This time the solicitor seem
ed a little more keyed up than
usual, his brother, Joe, re
called.
Joe Hoard hardly touched a
grilled cheese sandwich and cof
fee before him. He wasn’t real
ly hungry. Some neighbor had
just left a large plate of food at
the restaurant for him. He didn’t
touch it.
Joe spoke.
“I won’t call his name but
Fuzzy said he knew a man who
wouldn’t do it himself but he
was the kind of person who
would have it done.
“If you publish that, it may
put me on the hot line, too. But
I don’t mind that.”
Then the grief stricken broth
er recalled that last May he and
his brother had talked about the
possibility of danger. Joe had
suggested that his brother put
Scotch tape over the hood of his
automobile and on its doors at
night. Any disturbance of t h e
tape would be a warning, Joe
had suggested. “Fuzzy” never
got around to using the tape.
Sol. Hoard was tight-lipped
community.”
These purchase orders repre
sent a large sum of money, City
Manager Jack Langford said,
but they are necessary to keep
up with a growing area.
Supplies for the Light and Wa
ter Department costing a total
of $12,295.43 were purchased
from the low bidders.
These supplies are necessary
for the de artment to expand
services, Lie city manager
pointed out.
A new tractor loader for the
Sanitary Department and a new
motor grader for the Street De
partment were purchased at a
total cost of $34,560.
The Jow bidder on the machi
nery gave the city an additional
discount of S7OO for purchasing
both from the same concern.
The commissioners put on se
cond and final reading an ordi
nance to widen, curb and pave
west Slaton avenue from 13th to
14th street.
Jefferson Mourns
‘He Has Lifted A Torch’
JEFFERSON, Ga. — Just last
week Jefferson, a North Geor
gia town of 2,100, rejoiced with
news that one of its native sons
had escaped injury aboard the
Carrier Forrestal when an ex
plosion and fire on its decks
killed many men.
But this week the town was in
shock and sorrow.
It mourned the death of Sol.
Gen. Floyd “Fuzzy” Hoard who
was killed when dynamite rip-
(Plctured and related Story.
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ped apart his car Monday mor
ning.
Only last week tne front page
of the weekly newspaper at Jeff
erson, “The Jackson Herald”,
carried a double column story
about Lt. (jg) Warren Baxley,
Jr., of Jefferson who had tele-
Indian Springs Set
For Camp Meeting
JACKSON — The 77th annual
session of the Indian Springs
camp meeting will open at 8
o’clock Thursday night, with
three widely known evangelists
as speakers and prospects ex
cellent for a record attendance.
The camp meeting will contin
ue through Sunday, Aug. 20.
Third largest camp meeting
in the nation and largest in the
Southeast, the meeting will sea-
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA - Variable cloudiness and
warm tonight and Thursday with
windely scattered thundershow
ers this evening and likely
Thursday.
LOCAL WEATHER - Maxi
mum today 80, minimum today
72, maximum Tuesday 89, mini
mum Tuesday 69, Total rainfall
.07 of an inch. Sunrise Thurs
day 6:59 a.m., sunset Thurday
8:31 p.m.
GRIFFIN
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Where “Fuzzy” Hoard died. Car was parked near front of house.
phoned he had escaped injury in
the carrier tragedy. The story
was headed “One family Gets
Good News.”
But this week, Mr. and M r s.
Herman Buffington who publish
and edit the paper now, went
about the job of getting togeth
er the story about the solicitor’s
death. It is one that has left the
community numb with unbelief.
The newspaper at Jefferson
which was edited by Floyd Ho
ard in the late 1950 s will carry
his obituary this week.
Most of the townspeople Tues
day tried to go about their bus
ines as usual, despite the
shock.
The Rotary Club held its regu
lar weekly meeting at a down
town restaurant. The Rev. Ro
bert Ramsey, pastor of the Jeff
erson Methodist Church, is pre
sident. He finished the meeting
ture evangelists Dr. B. C. Gam
ble of Atlanta, Dr. Harold K.
Sheets of Marion, Ind., and Dr.
Lawrence Hicks of Ashland, Ky.
Preaching services are held
daily at 11 a.m. and at 3 p.m.
and 8 p.m. Clay Milby, of Val
dosta, is song leader.
For the first time in history,
Indian Springs camp ground will
have an adequate water supply,
having recently joined with Flo
villa and Indian Springs in a
municipal type water system.
This gives fire protection also.
Dr. Z. T. Johnson, retired pre
sident of Asbury College, will
conduct the Bible study every
morning from 8:45 to 9:30 a.m.
The young people’s program is
under the direction of Rev. Don
Rollings and Rev. Frank Wash
burn.
The camp meeting in interde
nominational and there are no
gate fees or charges.
when it came to his duties as
prosecuting attorney. He had
never discussed anything con
cerning the details of his work
with his brother.
“Fuzzy kept all that to him
self,” he said.
The solicitor’s law partner of
one month sat across the table.
He nooded in agreement.
Joe Hoard lives In Jefferson
where he helped his brother with
a new chicken growing busi
ness and with management of
an apartment downtown.
He recalled the last time he
saw his brother alive.
The solicitor had come down
town last Sunday night to do
some work. Joe told him he
thought he would drive to Ath
ens, about 19 miles away to see
a movie, “The Dirty Dozen.” He
said he thought he would see if
he could get someone to drive
over with him. “Fuzzy” sugges
ted that his own son, Richard,
15, might like to go. He did and
the two went to Athens.
They returned to the Hoard
home a couple of miles from
Jefferson around midnight.
then hurried off to make sure
his church was ready for the
funeral.
He, as the solicitor’s pastor,
had to conduct the funeral.
The Rev. Phillip Fair, Metho
dist minister at nearby Bogart
who had known the Hoard fa
mily, came to help. He offered
the funeral prayer and stayed
at the Hoard country home to
receive visitors who came to
pay their respects.
In downtown Jefferson, little
clusters of lawmen moved ab
out the town tight lipped about
their work. They are part of a
group of lawmen that covered
the area and stretched their in
vestigation to other states.
In the Jackson County court
house where “Fuzzy” Hoard was
a familiar figure, some offices
had closed before noon so em
ployes could attend the funeral.
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SUB MAIDS are invading another male domain in
England, where the Admirality is considering plans
to allow members of the Women’s Royal Naval Ser
vice work on submarines when the vessels are in port.
Here, lady sailor Rowena Naylor looks through the
periscope of the HMS Aeneas.
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Others planned to close in the
early afternoon.
At the church, the center sec
tion of pews was reserved for
the family. This left two rows of
pews on either side of the sanc
tuary for others.
Well known state personali
ties joined the citizens of Jeff
erson who came to pay their last
respects to Floyd Hoard, a man
they had come to know and ad
mire as one with high standards
and the courage to stand up for
his convictions.
The Rev. Ramsey asked the
congregation: “Did he die in
vain?”
“We must give the answer,”
he said. “If we act with courage
and responsibility, then his dea
th will not be in vain,” the pas
tor said.
“He has lifted a torch. We
pray God that we will not let it
fall.”
The solicitor came to the door
of his home in his shorts. Joe
said good night to Richard. Joe
asked his brother if there were
anything he could do.
There was. He wanted Joe to
see that the back door to his
new office was locked. A home
had been renovated in Jefferson
and turned into an office. Joe
knew of a key to the office Mrs.
Hoard had in her pocketbook.
He told his brother and the soli
citor went and got it.
Joe left to check on the office
backdoor. The car in which his
brother soon would die was park
ed in the front yard.
That was the last time he saw
his brother alive.
Apparently sometime between
then and dawn, someone crept
into the yard under cover of
darkness and quickly put the
dynamite in place. It would,t
have taken a skilled person long
to set the trap, Joe Hoard spe
culated.
When he was finished talking,
Joe offered to take two Griffin
Daily News newsmen to Hoard’s
residence. He led the W’ay in a
red pickup truck.
Copters Drop
Troops Into
Midst Os Cong
By EUGENE V. RISHER
SAIGON (UPI)—U.S. Air
Cavalrymen swarmed into the
Central Highlands in a helicop
ter-borne assault today and
landed in the midst of two well
entrenched North Vietnamese
companies. Heavy fighting was
raging hours later and three
helicopters were shot down.
Nine miles east of Saigon an
RFIOI Voodoo jet on a
reconnaissance mission of sus
pected Viet Cong positions
collided in flight with an Hulß
helicopter. The Voodoo pilot
parachuted but the three-man
crew of the helicopter was
killed.
In a series of sharp battles in
the northern jungles of South
Vietnam, American and allied
forces killed 229 Communists
with only light losses. In one
engagement U.S. 4th Infantry
Division men killed 65 guerrillas
in a 10-hour rice paddy swamp
Tuesday, losing one man.
The Central Highlands Air
Cavalry assault came about 32.0
miles north of Saigon and inland
from the coastal city of Due
Pho. The cavalrymen hit the
Red position in the Rae River
valley and ran into heavy fire
from small arms, automatic
weapons, mortars and 57
millimeter recoilless rifles.
Call For Help
U.S. military officials estimat
ed Communist strength in the
battle at 200 to 250 men. Only
two American companies were
involved at first (about 4001
men) but they quickly called for
reinforcements to aid the bloody
assault.
There was no immediate word
of casualties in the fighting or
in the helicopter crashes. A
preliminary report said at least
two Communists were killed
and some weapons seized.
A spokesman said the battle
was still under way at nightfall.
The helicopter-jet crash oc
curred in what a spokesman
described as a “real deep
valley” east of Saigon. A pilot
who saw the crash said he had
seen the two aircraft “real
close together” only five
minutes or so before the crash.
South Vietnamese civilian
militiamen guided by U.S.
Army advisers grappled with
Communist bands in a dozen
fights Tuesday and killed 140
Viet Cong. Six Americans were
wounded and the South Vietna
mese suffered “light” losses.
U.S. Marine scouts, hunting
down 700 Communists who
escaped en masse July 15 from
a South Vietnamese jail, Tues
day spotted one band 18 miles
from the prison camp. The
Leathernecks called in artillery
and air strikes that killed 24
Communists. Not an American
was scratched.
Pound North
In the air war, U.S. jets
continued their heavy pressure
against North Vietnam Tuesday.
Spokesman said the Ameicans
flew 166 missions, striking rail
yards and bridges near the
capital of Hanoi.
No American air losses were
reported.
Off the North Vietnamese
coast, the U.S. Navy 7th Fleet
The home was a remodeled
farm house that had seen a
good many years. “Fuzzy” Ho
ard had put a lot of hard work
into the house for his wife and
four children. It was freshly
painted and spotlessly clean.
Lawmen had roped off the
spot where the explosion had
occurred. Black charred spots
still marked the area. The of
ficers had removed the car but
planned to come back and sift
through the dirt for possible
clues. Spectators had thrown
cigarette about the area.
Earlier, investigators had been
unable to account for all of the
dogs at the Hoard residence.
One seemed to be missing.
Joe Hoard offered to show the
visitors the 23,000 chickens he
and his brother were raising for
market. The chicken houses
were just a few hundred yards
below the Hoard residence.
, As he approached, Joe notic
ed the dog that had been thought
to be missing. That accounted
for all the pets.
But there still were many oth
er questions unanswered.
destroyer USS Kepertus was hit
by Communist shore batteries
which fired 70 shells at the ship.
Cmdr. E.M. Burke of San
Diego, Calif., the destroyer
skipper, said damage was
limited to shrapnel scars on the
bridge and port side of the main
deck. No casualties were
reported.
A U.S. Navy “COD” shore to
carrier transport crashed on
taking off from Chu Lai airfield
in northern South Vietnam and
hit a radar van. A civilian in
the van was killed. The men
aboard the COD, a twin engine
craft, were unhurt, spokesmen
: said.
Nasty Terrain
The fighting in the northern
provinces took place in some of
the war’s nastiest terrain.
UPI correspondent Richad V.
Oliver, with the 1,500 Marines
chasing the escaped Commu
nists in Operation Beacon Gate,
375 miles northeast of Saigon,
reported:
“The Leathernecks found only
sand, swamps, deserted villa
ges, rice paddies, sweltering
temperatures, swarming in
sects, prickly underbrush and
polluted streams.”
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BATTLE CRY or indepen
dence has been raised on
the tiny (17x28 miles) Isle
of Man, populated by 50,-
000 residents known as
Manxmen. The furor is over
a British government deci
sion to outlaw certain radio
stations that the islanders
feel are great boosts to the
tourist trade. Some of the
rebels want to take the
case of “domestic infringe
ment” to the United Nations.