Newspaper Page Text
E good
VENIN VJ*
By Quimby Melton
Next week the Youth of the
city will join in a special Grea
ter Griffin Youth Crusade with
the young people of many de
nominations joining in the pro
gram.
Last night, at Good Evening’s
Church, a special Youth Chris
tian Adventures Week program
began. There, of course, is no
conflict between the two Cru
sades. These two and several
other programs dovetail and
promise great benefit not only
for our Youth but for the entire
community.
The reason Good Evening
mentions the program at his
church — First Methodist is
that he was especially interes
ted in the message the visiting
young minister — the Rev. Jack
B. McCullough — delivered;
and especially in his “text”.
Earlier in the day, Good Even
ing had been honored with an
invitation to speak to the Eighth
Grade Sunday School class. He
chose as the subject of his talk
a verse taken from a letter writ
ten by the Apostle Paul to his
young friend Timothy in which
he—Paul—said “Let No Man De
spise Your Youth. ...”
A few hours later the youthful
preacher, a man whom we had
never met, announced the same
passage as the “text” of his ser
mon.
So we had on that Sunday, a
senior citizen and a young min
ister, young enough to be the
grandson of the senior citizen,
both telling our youth that
they play a most important part
in the life of the community and
of their church.
The two men, one making a
talk, the other preaching a ser
mon, approached the subject, or
text, from different angles, but
both realizing “The hope of the
world” lies in the younger peo
ple.
The senior citizen said it was
never too early for a boy or girl
to witness for and work for
their Savior, and reminded them
that Jesus, Himself, was just 12
years old—about the right age
to enter junior high school
when he was found by his par
ents in the temple one day tea
ching and talking with the eld
ers and said “Wist ye not that
I must be about my Father’s
business?”
The young minister stressed
the fact that Paul in his mes
sage to Timothy told the then
young Timothy that even a yo
ung person can “be an exam
ple” ( witness) in word and in
conversation.
Good Evening enjoyed the rapt
attention those girls and boys
gave him as he tried to impress
them with the important part
they play in modern America;
and he enjoyed the message de
livered by the young minister.
We hope, and believe that out
of this special week and the
Youth Crusade that is to follow,
plus other special summertime
Youth activities conducted in
many churches, there will be
created enthusiasm among our
young people that will make
them assets in the program of
God Almighty.
Good Evening has never been
one of those who have charged
the youth of today is “going to
the dogs”. He has never been
one of those pessimists who be
lieve, because of a few rotten
apples in the barrel of life, the
entire barrel of apples is rotten.
— * —
Now just a bit of advice to the
older people and when one
reaches the Senior Citizen age
it’s mighty hard not to give ad
vice, so pardon us when we
advise
Do everything you can to en
courage our young people to at
tend all special services plan
ned for them and encourage
them to take an active part in
programs that are planned to
make our community a better
place to live, to work, to wor
ship the one and only True and
Living God.
None of them are too young to
witness.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy, warm
and humid tonight and Tuesday
with scattered showers or thund
er showers.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 75, minimum today
67, maximum Sunday 81, mini
mum Sunday 68, sunrise Tues
day 7:07, sunset Tuesday 8:18,
rainfall 1.10 inches.
.. , ..............................
r -x- ..
R ' |
A- ' SB - ■
i ri ‘ H I -R* HR
B j * MS If i
-a s ORi fly IRRHii IMS''"
'JBI wa
RwIBhSB. HSftl • B
•tx-uV fl
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Ellerbee and their two sons, 4 and 2, look at damage on the inside of
their mobile home, which was turned upside down by the twister.
Mobile Homes Smashed;
Families Not At Home
Seven mobile home families
who live in a combination house
and trailer development three
miles "north of Hampton were
thankful they were not at home
Saturday night when a baby tor-
More Pictures Page 3
nado ripped through the settle
ment.
Miraculously no one was in
jured.
Two of the mobile homes were
demolished, two were flipped
upside down two were turned
over and one was jolted off its
foundation.
Several permanent homes in
the area had damage to their
roofs.
The storm struck about 8 o’clo
ck Saturday night during a he
avy rainstorm.
THANKFUL
“I’m just thankful we were
not at home,” Franklin Eller
bee said Saturday night about
20 minutes after he had arriv
ed to look over his mobile home.
It had been turned upside down.
He, his wife, and two sons,
ages two and four, were at chur
ch when the storm struck.
Mr. Ellerbee’s father-in-law,
Henry L. Wilkinson, had thought
about staying at the Ellerbee
mobile home Saturday night and
watching television. But he chan
ged his mind and left before the
storm struck.
LUCKY
Joe McDaniel whose mobile
home was located a few yards
to the right of a brick home sur
veyed the wreckage of his dwel
ling Saturday night. He said he
and his family were lucky not
to have been at home.
The home was smashed and
leveled to the ground.
McDaniel, an electrician, his
wife, and son, eight months old,
were having supper Saturday
night with friends in McDonou
gh when the tornado struck.
CHRISTMAS
His son was born in the Grif
fin-Spalding Hospital last year
on Christmas day.
A heavy rain began to fall ag
ain about 11:30 Saturday night
as Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Par
rett returned to find their mo
bile home demolished.
They picked through the splin
tered remains of their former
home and said “we couldn’t be
lieve it.”
They were away shopping
when the twister struck.
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Patterson,
whose mobile home was blown
over on its side, were in Alaba
ma visiting relatives when the
twister struck. They were noti
fied of the disaster by friends.
They arrived back at the mo
bile home court about midnight
Saturday night.
Mrs. Patterson described the
wreckage of their mobile home
as “something terrible.”
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872
Mrs. Ernest Williams, w h o se
home is next to the McDaniel
mobile home, said she and her
family were turning in their dr
iveway during the heavy rain.
“I believe I saw the trailer as
we were turning in the drive
way, but then when we got into
the driveway, it was gone,” she
said.
Mrs. Williams said it was rain
ing so hard that she could hard
ly see. She said she did not
hear the twister. Several other
residents of the mobile home
court said they did not hear the
twister either.
Wreckage of the McDaniel and
Parrett mobile homes were sc
attered over a wide area. They
were ripped into pieces by the
winds.
Pine trees in the court were
snapped like match sticks. Two
trees fell across one mobile
home, but did not damage it.
- MaMCAM .vzw.-KWSWWW'KWvz)""
-,.-W Wi
- I
Iv, ; ** >
MMiiaiii. < ..
Hl
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)
Heads Firemen
Griffin Fire Chief Leonard Pitts was elected presi
dent of the Georgia Fireman’s Association at the
annual meeting in Macon during the weekend. Grif
fin became the first city in the state to furnish two pre
sidents for the 4,000-member organization. The late
Chief Ellis Simonton headed the association several
years ago. Chief Pitts was vice president last year.
Capt. Billy Beeland of Griffin was named to the train
ing committee, a post previously held by Chief Pitts.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, August 21,1967
Aluminum siding on several
of the mobile homes was crump
led by the . high winds. A car
port at one mobile home was
leaning.
Trash, tree limbs and alumi
num siding from some of t h e
mobile homes littered the area.
Tin on a small store a quarter
mile south of the mobile home
court was ripped away by the
winds.
The mobile home court is bet
ween Chinn’s Crossing, where
Georgia 81 crosses the Central
of Georgia Railroad, and Love
joy on Georgia 3. It is on the
right of the road going north.
Members of the Hampton Ci
vil Defense Unit searched throu
gh the rubble Saturday night to
make sure no one was in any
of the damaged mobile homes.
Ambulances from Griffin were
summoned to the court but were
not needed.
■HR ■ '-L -
■./■Bl 1
■BL c"X .
IS j
Shu / :
■Bl i
■
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photoesj
Joe McDaniel holds his eight-month-old son’s play dog amid the wreckage of his mobile
home. The family was having supper with friends in McDonough when the tornado demolish
ed their home.
Navy Plane Believed
Lost Over Red China
X ’■’-JF ■ •-»*•
Two Strayed
Over Border
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Two
U.S. Navy planes apparently
strayed into Red Chinese air
space today and one was
believed shot down.
The incident, disclosed by the
Pentagon, occurred following a
raid by Navy A6A jets on a
North Vietnamese rail yard
near Hanoi.
The announcement said that
one of the two planes that
mistakenly strayed across the
border into Red China was
believed downed by a Commu
nist MIG.
The planes had been part of a
force that hit a railroad yard
seven miles northeast of Hanoi,
North Vietnam’s capital.
The Pentagon announcement
was the first word of the
incident. Like a similar one a
Lineman Burned
In Accident
Near Griffin
An employe of the Central Ge
orgia Electric Membership Cor
poration at Jackson is in serious
condition today at Emory Uni
versity Hospital in Atlanta af
ter being burned and shocked on
a pole near Griffin.
Mack Wilkes was working on
lines on a pole near the home of
W. B. Forbes on Georgia 16 west
of Griffin when the mishap oc
curred.
Officials at CGEMC said they
did not know exactly what hap
pened when Wilkes was injur
ed. He was working on the pole
alone.
Ed Ogletree, serviceman for
the Griffin area, was working on
the line about a half mile down
the road. Ogletree was the first
to reach Wilkes.
He called in help from anoth
er truck nearby. The workmen
lowered Wilkes from the pole.
He was held on the pole by his
safety belt.
He was rushed to the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital where he was
treated and admitted. Later, he
was transferred to Emory in
Atlanta.
Central Georgia EMC serves
a large portion of rural Spalding
County.
Vol. 95 No. 196
few weeks ago, it apparently
was aimed at heading off a Red
Chinese propaganda blast over
the matter.
The Pentagon announcement
said:
“Two U.S. Navy A6A attack
aircraft from the carrier USS
Constellation are missing after
an air strike on the Due Noi
railroad yard seven miles
northeast of Hanoi early today.
“After encountering heavy
antiaircraft fire in the target
area while on their withdrawal
route, the aircraft were at
tacked by MIGs and surface-to
air-missiles (SAMS).
“They reported navigational
difficulties. There were severe
thunderstorms to the south.
“During the course of their
evasive maneuvers from the
MIGs and SAMs, both A6As are
believed to have inadvertently
crossed the Chinese Communist
border.
“It is probable that one or
both of the aircraft were shot
down by MIGs, either by those
pursuing them or by Red
Chinese aircraft across the
border.
“Each A6A carried a crew of
two. We have no information on
the crews.”
Burglars Take
Money From
Atlanta Gas
Burglars broke into a safe at
the Atlanta Gas Light office on
West Taylor street during the
weekend, police said today.
They entered a window left
partially open on the east side
of the building, investigators
said. They rolled a floor safe in
to the office of Don Young, man
ager of Atlanta Gas Light here,
and started to prye it open.
Police said the safe apparent
ly popped open then. An unde
termined amount of petty cash
was taken and the office ran
sacked, police said.
The Security Life Insurance
Office next door also was brok
en into, police said, but noth
ing seemed to be missing.
They speculated the burglars
were looking for a safe there,
too, and left when they didn't
find one.
8 US Planes Downed,
Hanoi Report Says
By EUGENE V. RLSHER
SAIGON (UPD—Hanoi Radio
said eight American planes
were shot down today five of
them over the North Vietna
mese capital in the fourth day
of the United States stepped-up
bombing offensive against the
North.
Hanoi Radio said some of the
pilots were captured and that
“American planes bombed and
strafed heavily populated areas
in the suburbs” of Hanoi. It
said anti-aircraft brought down
five planes over Hanoi and that
the others fell in other areas of
North Vietnam.
(The Soviet news agency Tass
in a dispatch from Hanoi said
i “tens of U.S. planes today made
fierce air raids on the capital of
the DRV (North Vietnam),
bombing the areas in the center
of the city and its outskirts on
the north and the south. There
were civilian casualties.”)
Shoot Own Plane
There were no U.S. reports of
loses but military spokesmen in
I Saigon reported heavy strikes
against the North Sunday and
today. Near Hanoi a Red
missile barely missed Ameri
ca’s No. 1 flying ace and hit a
Communist MIG fighter.
U.S. Air Force giant 852
Stratofortresses today dropped
scores of tons of bombs on units
of an estimated 35,000 Commu
nist invasion troops massed in
the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
on the North-South Vietnam
border.
U.S. fighter bombers Sunday
flew 179 missions against North
Vietnam, following up Satur
day’s record 209 missions. For
the first time in a week, the
American planes hit the indus
trial complex near Hanoi and
Haiphong. Those major targets
had been protected all week by
clouds and rain.
RELUCTANT COPS
DALLAS (UPD—Dallas po
licemen seemed a little reluc
tant to answer a call Sunday
night.
“I don’t h ave the proper
equipment,” said one.
“I don't know where that
location is,” another said.
“I didn’t understand the radio
transmission,” said yet another.
It seemed that a skunk was
on the loose and the complai
nants wanted it brought in.
Col. Robin Olds, whose four
downed MIGs makes him the
war’s top U.S. pilot and who
days ago was named to head
the Air Force Academy, was
hitting the Ha Gia supply dump
21 miles north of Hanoi Sunday.
Launch SAMs
The North Vietnamese
launched their surface to air
missile (SAMs) against the F4C
Phantoms Olds was leading.
Olds, whose flight already
was being chased by MIGs,
said, “I was the last one off the
target. I watched over my
shoulder and saw several SAMs
fired.
“One scored a direct hit on a
“MIG Sweep” Jan. that shot
aircraft,” said Olds, a ruggedly
handsome 44-year-old former
football hero who married
movie star Ella Raines and
became a World War II hero by
shooting down 24 and a half
enemy planes. He won com
mands the Bth Tactical Fighter
Wing at Udorn in Thailand.
Olds led the U.S. Air Force
“MI GSweep” Jan. 2 that shot
down seven of the Communist
jets to deal North Vietnam’s air
force its severest blow.
Olds and other U.S. pilots
Sunday took advantage of the
clear weather near Hanoi and
Haiphong to hit trucks cargo
sampans, bridges, anti aircraft
sites, storage areas and rail
roads.
No U.S. plane was reported
lost.
In South Vietnam, U.S. troops
reported killing scores of
Communits.
Country Parson
±< .-U
“God gave every man the
strength to be better than his
surroundings would seem to
encourage.”