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E good VENIN vJF By Quimby Melton Once again the righting in Viet nam comes close to home. Ma rine Corp. T. M. McClure has been killed in action. He and his widow formerly Miss Jo Ann Cato, both once lived here. His widow and parents now live in Thomaston. All Griffin extends sympathy to them in their loss. — + — They are starting to move the monuments from uptown Griffin to the Veterans Memorial Park which will be located west of the city on Memorial Drive ad jacent to the Confederate Ceme tery. When completed the Me morial Park will be a fitting place for monuments to the men and women who have fought in our wars. It will be quite a job to move the large Confederate Monument, which originally stood in the middle of the intersection of Hill and Solomon, but which a few years ago was moved some 50 feet into the parkway that runs down the center of South Hill street. It will be difficult to move this monument because it is tre mendous and weighs many tons. At the time the Confederate Monument is moved a small con crete box, buried at its base will be moved. This was first put at the base of the monument, when it stood at its original lo cation, during Griffin’s 100th bir thday celebration in 1940. It is not to be opened until Griffin celebrates her 200th bir thday, in 2040. — * — When the mayor of Griffin in 2040 opens the concrete vault what will he find? And why is it believed he will find anything? For the box and its contents will have been bur ied 100 years and will have been moved twice. The concrete vault was made of water resistant concrete, then both inside and outside were coated with heavy pitch. Inside the concrete box was placed a lining made of copper, with all seams welded so as to make it water and air tight. After the many articles were placed in the copper box the lid was sealed by welding the se ams; the copper box was plac ed in the slightly larger concrete box, the lid placed on it and this in turn was tightly sealed. So there you are. If it hoped the precautions taken in 1940 will preserve until 2040 the souvenirs of the Griffin’s 100th birthday Now what does the box con tain? First there are many Griffin made articles, such as towels; ladies hose and men and chil drens sox; there is a small jar of Pimiento peppers — at first it was planned to put a jar of Sunshine Peach Pickles, but it was feared the juice might fer ment, blow its top and ruin ev erything else. (Incidentally, one Griffin booster wanted to put a bottle of Spalding County moon shine in the box, but this idea was vetoed for it was also be lieved it would muddle up the other contents.) There are letters there from W. B. Harris, 1940 mayor, to whosoever may be mayor in 2040; also one from W. A. Jes ter, 1940 chairman of the coun ty commission, to his successor a hundred years later, Similar letters are there from C. D. Randall, chairman, 1940 centen nial; the Presidents of the Cham ber of Commerce, Junior Cham ber of Commerce, three civic clubs then here, Exchange, Ro tary and Kiwanis and various Women’s Clubs. There’s a letter from Good Evening addressed to the 2040 editor of the Griffin Daily News. The envelope has every deno mination of stamp sold in Grif fin at the time on it. The letter also has the notation “I hope the 2040 editor will be a descen dant of mine.” There’s another letter In t h e big concrete vault: One from Franklin D. Roose velt. The letter is unusual be cause when Good Evening first wrote the White House asking such a letter congratulating Griffin, he was told the Presi dent ‘‘could not congratulate with a letter, every city that holds a celebration.” But we kept after Steve Ear ly, press Secretary to FDR, and our personal friend. Finally we got the letter. It was a m o s t friendly letter. A reproduction of that letter was carried on the front page of the News’ Centen nial Special edition. Copies of the Griffin Dally News for that week were included among the mementoes preserved till 2040. 1 *> < -rWI / ■ J| XjF ■■ || > Jr Jr IKN BACKS BOMBING NEAR RED CHlNA—Leaving Walter Reed Hospital in Washington after 10 days’ treatment of a gastroenteritis attack, former Pre sident Dwight D. Eisenhower tells newsmen he flatly upholds the bombing of Communist targets in North Vietnam near the Red Chinese border. Mt. Zion Camp Meet Will Open Sunday The 133rd session of Mt. Zion Methodist Camp Meeting will open Sunday with one of the na tion’s top teachers of prayer as evangelist. Dr. Thomas A. Carruth of Wil more, Ky., director of Prayer and Spiritual Life at Asbury Col lege in Wilmore, will be the speaker. Te Rev. Don Harp of Carroll ton will be te song leader and youth worker. Working with the Rev. Harp will be Mrs. Carl Thomas, pianist and youth work er. Dr. Carruth, an accredited tea cher of prayer has preached throughout the United States and in many foreign countries. He is a member of the Mississippi Me thodist Conference. Services will be held Monday through Saturday at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday services will be held at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m The meeting will contin ue through Sunday, Aug. 27. Bible Time, under the direc tion of the Rev. Harp and Mrs. Thomas, will be held each mor ning at 9:45 for children. Recrea tion for the children has been planned for the afternoons from 2 to 5 p.m. Woman Bought Pistol Which Inmate Used In Suicide ATLANTA (UPD — A pistol that a criminally-insane patient at Milledgeville State Hospital used to take his own life was purchased by the wife of an other inmate, state hospital authorities revealed Friday. The woman, identifed as Mrs. Virginia Presley of LaGrange, has been picked up by autho rities and will be questioned by hospital authorities. She was charged with carrying a con cealed weapon. The weapon, a .22 caliber German make pistol, was used by Vachel Whatley, 26, of Ce dartown to take his life in a locked maximum security room Agri-Industry Awards Planned ATLANTA (UPD — To spot light agri-industry, a multi-bil lion dollar contributor each year to Georgia’s economy, a series of regional awards in this field will be held again this year. Dr. J. W. Fanning vice presi dent of the University of Geor gia and chairman of the agri industry committee of the Geor gia State Chamber of Com merce, said nominations for the awards are now being sought from civic clubs throughout the state. “This industry is still in its infancy,” Fanning said, and the awards initiated last year are one way to stimulate it. Agri-industry -of - the - year awards in 1966 went to J. D. Jewell Co., Gainesville; Stuck ey’s Inc., Eastman; the Lang dale Co., Valdosta; Tom Hustor Peanut Co., Columbus and Bea ver Packing Co., Newnan. DAILY NEWS Daily Since 1872 Ip/ Jr Dr. Thomas A. Carruth The hotel and dining room will be operated by the WSCS of the Pomona Methodist Church. Re servations for the hotel or for meals may be made by calling the hotel at 228-8930. Reserva tions should be made in advan ce. Many of those people planning at the hospital Thursday night. Whatley, a schizophrenic who stabbed his great aunt to death in 1959, had been showing signs of improvement “to an extent,” according to Dr. Charles E. Bush, director of hospital ser vices. Whatley was indicted in 1960 but was never tried. Hospital security chief Wil liam N. McCann said Whatley’s pistol was purchased at a Mil ledgeville store for $16.95 on Aug. 11 by Mrs. Presley, who visited her husband, Cecil, at the hospital then and the follow- US Planes Pound Bed Supply Bontes By EUGENE V. RISHER SAIGON (UPD — American warplanes battered Communist supply routes in North Vietnam with a near-record 186 missions Friday, U.S. officials said today. The Air Force flew 105 of the missions, a record. The Navy and Air Force supersonic jets concentrated on the southern panhandle of North Vietnam, a main supply route to the South Huge U.S. 852 bombers today followed up the fighter-bomber sweeps by blasting the A Shau valley in the most northern part of South Vietnam, the key supply zone where the Commu nists are reported building for another new offensive against U.S. Marines entrenched near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). U.S. planes flew a record 197 missions over the Communist nation Aug. 3. It was not Griffin, Ga., 30223, Sat. and Sun., August 19-20,1967 < T ■ 4 % - W- t 111, . MM r ' : ' • ■' «&•>/ '■*. -X.. Sx . .X.. St Rev. Don Harp to spend the week at the camp ground in “tents” or at the ho tel began moving in today. Oth ers are expected to move in Sun day and Monday. The Rev. Eugene Walton, pas tor of the Mt. Zion-’~ jmona Me thodist Charge, will be the host pastor. ing day, McCann said. Presley was a patient in the same building with Whatley. He had been transferred to Mil ledgeville from the Reidsville State Penitentiary where he was serving a sentence for automo bile larceny and burglary. McCann said Presley has re fused to talk about the case. Whatley was admitted to the hospital March 14, 1960 follow ing his indictment. He con fessed killing his aunt, Cleo Harkneyi in her sleep and then setting the bed on fire. revealed whether any American planes were lost Friday. American officials in Saigon disclosed that 647 American warplanes have been lost over North Vietnam, three more than previously reported. No explan ation was given for the downings of the additional three, nor was it revealed when they were lost. Today’s 852 raids pelted tons of bombs into the thickly jungled A Shau Valley within a mile and a half of the Laotian border. In ground action, American and Allied forces today reported killing 150 Communists in scattered fighting from South Vietnam’s northern provinces to the boggy Mekong Delta. A swift air-ground crossfire mowed down 26 Viet Cong near Saigon during a sweep to flush election-disrupting terrorists. 5-STAR WEEKEND EDITION GRIFFIN Three-Lane Work Will Start Soon ‘High Spot,’ 1-75 Reports Also Received Work on adding another lane of traffic on U. S. 19 near Hil landale subdivision will begin within three weeks, the State Highway Department has told Mayor Carl Pruett. The additional lane will be con structed to relieve congestion in the area. City officials asked the State Highway Department to do something about the dangerous strip of highway after it no ted a sharp increase in the num ber of accidents on the road. COMPLETION Completion of the additional lane is expected soon. The highway which leads to Zebu lon and on south is a two-lane route in the area now. Besides the subdivision, the Griffin-Spalding Airport, the two National Guard buildings, the Kiwanis Fair grounds, a high way maintenance building and a couple of other establishments are in the area. HIGH SPOT In other discussions with the Highway Department, Mayor Pruett said that consideration will be given to lowering the high spot on the south leg of the exp ressway just north of Mcln tosh road. This intersection with the ex pressway has been the scene of many automobile accidents. The city installed yellow caution lights on approaches to the in tersection in an effort to warn motorists of the danger. Mayor Pruett believes that lowering the high spot would re duce the hazard. 1-75 ROUTE The Griffin mayor also was told that 1-75 would be comple ted by Nov. to a point near Mc- Donough. He learned that State Route 81 would be used to get the traffic from that point back on to the U. S. 41 four lane. Rou te 81 joins the four-lane route to Atlanta a couple of miles north of Hampton. Mayor Pruett said the open ing of the four-lane to Barnes ville from U.S. 19 south of Grif fin probably would be delayed several months. HEAVY TRAFFIC The city has pointed out to the State Highway Department that a heavy traffic problem would be created at Hill and Taylor st reets, should the traffic be rou ted south on U. S. 19 when the Barnesville route is ready. City officials said under pre sent conditions, some 13,000 cars daily would be expected to clog the busy Griffin intersection. For that reason, the city would like for the Griffin by-pass to be ready before the change in rou tes is made. BY-PASS The Griffin by-pass will route traffic around Griffin on a four lane road leaving the express way near Ellis road and run ning behind Spalding Junior High, looping around near the Spalding County prison and Elks Club until it joins the new four-lane to Barnesville. The new Barnesville route is nearing completion to an inter section with U.S. 19 south of Gr iffin. Further Study EXETER, England (UPD— Whoever ticketed policewoman Ena Bennett for illegal parking started a legal controversy he didn’t count on. Miss Bennett pleaded in nocent, pointing out that a uniformed police officer may authorize parking in a no parking zone. She authorized herself to do so for 70 minutes, she said, because she needed a parking space in connection with a larceny investigation. The prosecutor was ‘‘reluc tant to prosecute” because the policewoman was working for his office when she parked. The judge adjourned the case for 14 days to permit study of the legal issues involved. Vol. 95 No. 195 State Pledges To Get Fuzzy Hoard’s By MARGIE RASMUSSEN JEFFERSON, Ga. (UPD — Gov. Lester Maddox stood be fore a mangled automobile hulk —the only visual reminder of the dynamite assassination of Piedmont Solicitor Floyd G. (Fuzzy) Hoard—and shook his head. ‘‘We can’t ever let this go unsolved.” “We’re going to get him,” (the murderer) promised Geor gia Bureau of Investigation Maj. Barney Ragsdale. “There’s no doubt.” The governor moved around the bombed out car in a grassy lot behind the red - brick jail house of Jackson County where he journeyed Friday afternoon Little To Go On In Family Massacre By WILLIAM FOX ST. CLOUD, Minn. (UPD— Authorites today had “very little to go on” in solving the Friday night of horror in which a 30-year-old church deacon was tied up and wounded and his wife and four children burned to death. David Hoskins, 30, was reported in good condition today, recovering from bullet wounds in the upper chest and abdomen he said were inflicted by the five or six intruders who burst into his home and killed his family. Stearns County officials were still trying to piece together the events of terror which shook the peaceful Hoskins’ farm 17 miles southwest of here. Griffin Girl To Serve With ARC In Vietnam Aleene M. Nichol, 670 South Hill street, Griffin will go to South Korea in September to join the staff of the American Red Cross as a member of the recreation team assigned to club mobile-recreation programs. She will first report to ARC national headquarters in Wash ington, D.C., on Sept. 11 for a two-week orientation and train ing course before leaving for Korea. In Korea the clubmobile girls, who travel in teams, co ver regular circuits to provide informal recreation activites for U.S. servicemen who are able to visit established recreation centers only infrequently. At each outfit the girls lead men in group games, stunts, skits and songfests. Miss Nichol was graduated from Emory University in 1967 with a B.A. degree in math. She is the daughter of Mrs. Aleene M. Nichol of Griffin. Country Parson Ji jl ■J - ' “It’s surprising how many folks regard as good be havior that which I believe to be bad.” to meet w’ith local leaders and lawmen probing Hoard’s Aug. 7 murder. Pointing to the twisted wreck in which Hoard lost his life when the ignition triggered a dynamite blast, Maddox said, “When you see things like this, you wonder why anybody would want to do away with the elec tric chair.” The governor and a large party of state officials drove from the jail to a home where he talked with Hoard’s widow, accompanied by her four child ren. Maddox told her in a brief conversation that the death of her husband has “got the com munity alarmed. He’s got his i Sheriff Peter Lahr said there was very little to go on. A .22- caliber rifle and ,410-gauge shotgun were found in the burned ruins of the home, but Hoskins said he owned the guns. Lahr said he had no suspects. Autopsy Doubted Dr. J.P. McDowall, said he had not scheduled an autopsy and doubted whether much could be discovered through an examinatin of the bodies. “There is not very much there to examine.” ■ • County officials and agents from the State Crime Bureau sifted through the ruins Friday and in the surrounding farmyard for clues. They also questioned neighbors and friends of the family. • • One of the questions officials sought to answer was how the wife and children were kept in the house while it was burning. All five bodies were found in the living room area of the ruins. Hoskins told authorities he and his wife, Loretta, 29, were watching television shortly be fore midnight when he heard what sounded like a door slamming. He said he got up to investigate, walked out onto the porch and was overpowered by four or five men who blindfold ed him with a hand towel and “bullied” him around. Relaet dStory Lahr said Hoskins then related how the men tied him to the cross bar of a clothes line, shot him and set fire to his house. He said he never lost consciousness. A group of about a half dozen teen-agers from the area said they were riding when they saw the flames of the house. They went to the farm and found Hoskins. One of the teen-agers stayed at the farm while the others hauled Hoskins to Mueller’s store. Hoskins was not told until later that his wife and children —Julie Ann, 6, Darla, 4, Linda, 1, and David Eli, six weeks— were dead. Garage Roof Damaged By Lightning Bolt Lightning struck a garage roof in Melrose subdivision Fri day night during an electrical storm here. The Griffin Fire Department put out the fire at about 9 o’clo. ck. It was located at the home of Kelley Lewis, 215 Melrose ave nue. Weather observer Horace Westbrooks recorded 1.65 inches of rain within one and a half hours during the storm. Killer state alarmed; he’s got them all working now. “It’s a shame they didn’t ear lier.” The people of Jefferson turned out in large numbers to see the governor, and many waited for much of the hot' afternoon in the meeting room of the old white courthouse, where Mad dox had been expected to speak. But the governor instead held private conferences in a down town motel room for about an hour before making the trip to the auto graveyard at the jail house and the visit to Mrs. Imogene Hoard. People jammed the sidewalk near the motel, and a crowd of children, state troopers and newsmen surrounding the door to the room Maddox was in. Af ter he talked with law enforce ment officers and others, Mad dox had an audience with Sher iff L. G. (Snuffy) Perry, es corted there by the governor’s executive secretary, Tommy Ir vin. Perry’s future was the sub ject of discussion, since he was earlier ousted from the investi gation of Hoard’s death by GBI officials and Maddox had looked into ways to have him removed from office. According to G. Wesley Chan nell the new solicitor, the ssher iff was not confronted with GBI charges he delayed in locking up two bootlegging operations and failed to destroy a cache of illegal liquor. But Channell said the sheriff denied he was guilty of wrong doing and pointed to his rec ord of arrests of car thieves. “It was an inconclusive mo ment in an inconclusive day,” Channell said later. No decision was made on whether to try to fire Perry, he said, and Maddox said he did not ask Perry to resign. The meeting primarily “resolved to handle all of this on a local basis with full cooperation of the state,” Channell said. “We’re over here for one cause,” Maddox told newsmen, "to help the people here find the killers and to prevent this from happening in other areas of Georgia. “We had no other motive for coming, but if we find that oth er things are being done in vio lation of the law, we don’t mind whose toes we step on.” Maddox said, “It's good to be back in Maddox country,” where voters were solidy be hind him in his election bid last year. But the crowds were mostly silent and some people grumbled that they wished “he’d stay in Atlanta where he belongs.” At the jailhouse, Maddox viewed a cotton truck and a large van filled with some 1,500 cases of bootleg beer the sher iff had been ordered to submit to revenue agents. State Reve nue Commissioner Peyton Hawes told Maddox “we’re go ing to break it all up.” “Tomorrow’s all right,” said Maddox, who does not drink. “Just so long as it gets done.” Ragsdale had no comment on the future course of the investi gation, but said as far as he is concerned, Perry’s ouster Is fi nal. In neighboring states, mean while, officers brought a man from Florida to Greenville, S.C., for questioning into a similar bombing incident. Charged with conspiracy to murder was Whit ner (Whit) Landreth, formerly of Anderson, S. C. “I understand they want that man for questioning in connec tion with the recent bombing of that car in Jefferson, Ga.,” commented the Florida sheriff who apprehended Landreth In Daytona Beach.