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By Quimby Melton
Friday night just wasn’t our
night, when it came to football.
But at that our Eagles fought
hard all the time and one had
to admire their spirit.
Next week — we’re certain
will be another story when we
play Grady High, here at horn®,
on Thursday night.
Why was the game move up
to Thursday?
It so happens some 80 percent
of the pupils at Grady are Je
wish and Friday at sundown
marks the beginning of Yom
Kippur, the holiest of all holi
days of the Jewish faith, and
since the game Friday night
would start after sundown It
would be played during the ear
ly hours of Yom Kippur. So
when Grady officials requested
the shift of dates, Griffin offic
ials, gentlemen they are, agreed.
Here’s a little true story:
A certain young lady who Ilv
es in a town nearby star
ted to drive to Griffin the oth
er afternoon. When she went out
to get Into her car she remem
bered she had left the car keys
In the house; so placing her
pocketbook on the back of t h e
car returned into the house and
got the keys. Being In a hurry
she got into the car, cranked the
motor and backed out.
Several miles down the road
she remembered the pocketbook
and looked into the rear
mirror, noticed it was gone.
Nearing a residence she stop
ped and asked If she could use
the phone, which of course she
could. Calling home she asked
her son to "look out in the back
yard and pick up my pocket
book."
For quite a few minutes he did
not report back, and when he
finally did he said, almost brea
thless, "Mama I found It. Not
In our yard but some two blocks
down the road; there it wks ly
ing In the middle of the street.”
Just another example of the
advantages of living in a small
er city.
— + —
With the second “Premier” of
Gone With The Wind being held
in Atlanta memories of the great
event some 20 years ago come
to mind. Os course, now the clas-.
sic David Selznick film is presen
ted in its new 70-mm, wide sc
reen, sterophonic sound form
which should make it an even
better picture.
Commentators on the 1967
"Permier” all sense the absence
of the stars of the picture, Vi
vian Leigh and Clark Gable and
also of Peggy Mitchell, author
of the great book on which the
picture is based.
A friend here in Griffin stop
ped us on the street the other
day and told of finding a clipping
from The Griffin News publish
ed about the time of the first
Premier (the clipping has no
date) that she found recently in
a scrap book belonging to her
aunt who died some years ago
and has given it to Good Even
ing. It was originally published
in Dr. W. F. Melton’s “Along
Life’s Road” column of the
(Griffin Daily News, headed
"Gone With The Wind” and tells
of Dr. Melton’s first meeting
Margaret Mitchell Marsh, the
author of the book. (If there are
those among our readers fortu
nate enough to have a copy of
the First Edition of “Gone With
The Wind” suggest they hang
on to it. Already it has become
a Collector’s Item.)
Here is part of the article Dr.
Melton wrote:
“Margaret Mitchell Marsh
(’’Peggy”) Mitchell has found
the pot of plaudits at the end of
.the literary rainbow. I first met
Peggy at the home of Frank L.
Stanton. It was the evening that
Stanton gave a reception to Ed
gar Guest. We were all so in
tent upon the conversation bet
ween Stanton and Guest, that I
was not aware when a bright
eyed little girl seated herself on
the right arm of the big chair
in which I was seated. She was
Peggy Mitchell.
“That evening we heard Ed
gar Guest say to Frank Stanton,
"Frank, there is more poetry in
one line of “Mighty Lak a Rose”
than in all the verse I have
ever written.” And our dear fir
st Poet Laureate replied with a
characteristic wave of the hand
—not a word.
"Little did I dream, that even
ing, that the small girl who shar
ed the arm-chair with me would
some day write a great Ameri
can novel — if not THE great
American novel.”
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Bobby Whitehead (36) is driven into the Griffin bench by Mike Sorrow (10) and
Chip Cates (42) after a five yard pickup. Therrell beat Griffin 19-0 is an import
ant region 3-AAA game.
Griffin Falls
To Therrell, 19-0
By ROGER DIX
The Griffin Eagles were a bun.
ch of disappointed lads as they
left Cheney Stadium Friday ;
night after losing 19-0 to Ther- (
rell, a team they were given an ■
even chance to beat.
The players thought they had i
“found themselves” after re- <
bounding from three consecu
tive losses and winning back-to- '
back games with Jonesboro and 1
highly regarded Forest Park.
However, the Eagles’ momen
tum that came forth a week ago
in a fine 15-13 victory over For
est Park was knocked right from
under them by a spirited Ther
rell squad.
Hie Eagles took the opening
kickoff and marched from their
own 30 to the Therrell 17 where
a field goal attempt, a five yard
penalty and a pass interception
erased all their efforts.
FIELD GOAL
The five yard penalty came
on the field goal play. The five
steps put Griffin out of field goal
range and a pass was ordered.
It was intercepted and returned
to the Griffin 42.
A 15 yard penalty was stepped
off against the Panthers. It didn’t
stop them. Therrell drove 66
yards for the go-ahead touch
down. The drive took 12 plays
and a five yard assessment ag- '
ainst Griffin.
Craig Bowen bulled over from
the half yard line. The extra po-
Sunday School
Set On Monday
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—Sunday school is being held on
Monday in this central Swedish ,
town because of a teacher
shortage.
Officials explained there are
not enough teachers in town to
conduct classes for all the
Baptist congregations on Sun
days, so a few are put over j
until Monday.
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tell folks what we are like—
soldiers go to show them.”
5-STAR WEEKEND EDITION
GRIFFIN
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872
int kick was wide.
DRIVE
Griffin came right back with
another fine drive only to see it
die an agonizing death at t h e
Therrell 17.
Richard Turner, who played
a great game, returned the kick
off to the Griffin 32.
After the ground forces led by
Turner, Larry Chambers, Bob
by Whitehead and Dwayne Fal
lins picked up one first down,
Wayne Westmoreland hit Alton
Askew with a 12 yard pass to
the Therrell 42.
The ground troops went to
work again. Chambers gained
two, Turner five, Chambers three
and Turner 10 to the Therrell
22.
LOST
Griffin had a first down at the
Therrell 22. A five yard assess
ment made it first and 15. The
Eagles couldn't make it.
Westmoreland made two, Tur
ner gained nine then was knock
ed down for no gain. On a four
th and four situation, Westmore
land was stopped short of the
first down marker and the Pan
thers took possession.
Therrell drove to the Griffin
27 in 10 plays where Max Wilson
kicked a 34 yard field goal to
make the count, 9-0.
That’s how the score stood at
halftime.
GOOD
Therrell took the second half
kickoff and drove to the Eagles
17 where Wilson kicked his se
cond field to make the score,
12-0.
Although Griffin was behind
12-0, the Eagles didn’t fall apart.
The next time they got the ball
they drove to the Therrell 25.
SUSTAINED
It was a good, sustained drive
highlighted by a key 12 yard run
Boy Wounded;
Ball Hitting
House Blamed
A Griffin youth was hit in the
leg with a shotgun blast Friday
when a football hit the side of a
woman’s house and she shot out
the window to scare the players,
a Griffin Police officer said.
Emily Davis of Pearl Street
has been charged with shooting
Chadrick Lemons, 17, of 707
East Solomon street. She was
charged with firing a firearm
in the city and shooting anoth
er.
An officer said a group of boys
were playing football in a lot
next to the Davis house when
the football hit it. She fired the
shotgun through a window in an
attempt to scare the boys, the
officer said.
The blast hit Lemons in the
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Sat. and Sun., Oct. 7-8,1967
by Turner when it appeared the
drive would bog down at the
Therrell 49.
The run gave Griffin new life
and they pushed the ball to the
25 where a fourth down and less
Continued on page five
Griffarea
Scores
Thomaston 13
Woodward 6
Lovett 23
Fayette Co. 7
Gwinnett 41
Henry County 0
Compromise Wanes
On Tax Hike Plan
WASHINGTON (UPD—Pres
ident Johnson and Congress
remained deadlocked today on
the dying issue of tying a
spending cut to a tax increase,
and neither side was showing
any inclination to reason
together.
With the possibility of com
promise waning, both sides dug
in Friday and again appealed
their case to the public, setting
the stage for what may develop
as a major political issue next
year.
Resistent congressmen even
escalated their demands.
Chairman Wilbur D. Mills, D-
Ark., of the House Ways &
Means Committee, Congress’
chief taxwriter, pronounced the
tax increase proposal dead
unless Johnson orders cuts in
long-range spending as well as
current programs.
Prior discussion was limited
to finding ways to cut spending
in the fiscal year ending next
June 30.
Johnson in turn repeated his
view that Congress’ refusal to
raise income taxes would cause
rising prices and credit charges
—“an inflation tax’’ that would
eventually cost Americans twice
as much as his proposal.
Hie developments emphasized
that neither the lawmakers nor
the White House wants the
responsibility of cutting back
federal programs with an
election year coming up.
US Denies Plan
To Invade N. Viet
Sen. Hartke Says
LB J Under Pressure
WASHINGTON (UPD — The
Defense Department has issued
a terse, 16 word denial that
consideration is being given to a
land or sea invasion of North
Vietnam.
The Pentagon’s denial came
several hours after Sen. Vance
Hartke, D-Ind., said the Johnson
administration was seriously
considering invading North Viet
nam.
"There is no question that an
invasion is being seriously
considered,” Hartke told United
Press International Friday.
"President Johnson is under
increasing pressure to do that.”
Hartke said the pattern of
past escalations was being
repeated—"a contrived leak, a
trial balloon, a carefully worded
Pentagon denial.”
The Pentagon, in its subse
quent statement, said: “No
consideration is being given by
the Department of Defense to
an invasion of North Vietnam.”
Hartke, a critic of the
administration’s Vietnam poli
cy, said Henry Cabot Lodge,
former U.S. ambassador to
Saigon, floated a trial balloon in
Pittsburgh last month when he
was quoted as favoring an
invasion.
Lodge quickly denied making
the statements attributed to
him.
The next step, Hartke said,
would be a denial from the
Defense Department that the
Joint Chiefs of Staff had ever
recommended an invason.
Administration officials said
Friday there was no recommen
dation by the Joint Chiefs for an
invasion.
An aide to Sen. Thruston B.
Morton, R-Ky., denied mean
while that the senator’s recent
call for restraint in Vietnam
was based on the possibility of
an invasion of the North.
J. Duff Reed, Morton’s press
aide, said Morton "has never
given serious consideration to
these rumors and would certain
ly not base any major policy
statement on them.”
Morton, who withdrew his
support of the administration’s
war policy last month, called
for unilateral de-escalation by
the United States in a speech
last week. He is now vacation
ing in Europe.
• Mills described as “buckpass
; ing” Johnson’s statements that
i Congress should take the lead in
, cutting spending.
Johnson insisted anew he
; would have to see how much
i the lawmakers appropriated for
various programs before he
. made any decisions on cuts.
Smith Trials
Set For Monday
i The trial of Ronald Lee Smith,
23, ana Carol Jean Cone Smith,
• 21, on murder charges is sche
: duled at the criminal term of
Superior Court which will open
here Monday.
The court under Judge John
H. McGehee will open at 9 a.m.
Smith and his wife have been
charged in connection with the
pistol killing of Charles L. Vau
ghn, 22, Griffin college student.
A number of other criminal
cases are scheduled for trial
next week also.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy and
warm tonight. Sunday chance
of afternoon or evening thun
dershowers
LOCAL WEATHER — High
today 87, low today 64, high
: Friday 87, low Friday 60; sun
rise Sunday 7:38, sunset Sun
day 7:17.
Vol. 95 No. 237
Airport Phantom
Strikes Again
LONDON (UPD—The London
airport phantom struck again
today. It caused a fuss, but it’s
all in fun.
Somehow, the phantom found
away to plug into the airport’s
loudspeaker system.
"The plane standing at
platform three will land at
London Bridge, Charing Cross
and Waterloo,” he announced in
calm, unhurried words.
Baffled airport authorities
said a few days ago the
phantom announced:
"Owing to technical trouble,
there will be a three-hour delay
on the flight to New York unless
any passenger can supply us
with an elastic band.”
Connor Sees
Need For
Textile Quotas
PINEHURST, N. C. (UPD —
Former U. S. Secretary of Com
merce John Connor said the ev
idence in favor of some type of
textile quota was “persuasive”
as North Carolina textile manu
facturers ended a meeting here
Friday.
Connor said "textile import
quotas, as determined on some
reasonable basis to fit the over
all needs of both foreign and
domestic manufacturers in the
orderly development of U. S.
textile markets, are needed in
the broad public interest.”
"If the U. S. government can
arrive at no suitable diplomatic
conclusions with other nations,
I think we could consider new
ground rules for textile imports
on a unilateral basis by force of
congressional action,” Connor
said.
Later in the day, Sen. Sam
Ervin Jr., D-N.C., blasted those
who support civil disobedience.
“No man has the God-given
right to disobey any law he
deems unjust,” Ervin said.
“It’s time society and the vic
tims of the crime received pro
tection instead of the crimin
als.”
In a final business session,
the association elected officers.
Charles H. Reynolds of Spindale
became president, Thomas W.
Boyland of Salisbury became
vice president, and Thomas In
gram of Charlotte was named
secretary-treasurer.
Bids Asked On
Lamar- Spalding
Paving Project
The State Highway Depart
ment has called for bids for
paving nearly six miles on the
Liberty Hill-Haven School road
north of Barnesville. It also
calls for construction of a brid
ge in the same project.
The project is to begin about
seven miles north of Barnes
ville and rim north into Spalding
County.
. Bids will be opened Oct. 27 at
II a.m. in the State Highway De
partment in Atlanta.
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ENTERTAINER MARTHA RAYE had to be carried
off the stage after collapsing from heat exhaustion
while entertaining American troops at Camp Davis in
Vietnam. She was hospitalized. She recovered and
said the show would go on.
New Battle Rages
In Mekong Delta
By EUGENE V. RISHER i
SAIGON (UPD—Three Amer
ican infantry companies, in the .
heaviest ground fighting in (
weeks, killed nearly 100 Viet
Cong in a bitter Mekong Delta ,
battle that raged for more than (
eight hours, a U.S. spokesman
said today. '
The fight broke out 41 miles (
southwest of Saigon and just 14 ,
miles west of the main ‘
American delta fortress at Dong ,
Tam.
The spokesman said 73 Viet
Cong bodies were counted by (
mop up troops following the .
eight hour fight. But battlefield .
commanders estimated the ■
Communist death count was at
least 100, and possibly more.
Three Americans were killed ,
and 23 wounded.
Air Attacks '
Over North Vietnam, U.S. 1
warplanes streaked back near ;
the Communist Chinese border 1
for the fourth straight day, :
bombing highway and railroad
targets. Military sources said ;
that rail traffic from China, :
temporarily at least, has been i
completely choked off.
Giant 852 bombers early ;
today once again raided Com- :
munist gun positions in the
Demilitarized Zone and just 1
above it in North Vietnam.
The Air Force released i
photographs showing some re- :
suits of the massive bombing 1
that has forced a potential :
‘The General’
In US Custody
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (UPD
— The General, Civil War loco
motive noted for' changing
hands, is today in the “protec
tive custody” of a team of fed- ,
eral marshals.
A battery of deputy marshals
and lawyers, led by U. S. Mar
shal Harry Mansfield, attached
The General Friday evening.
The marshals “relieved” Ham
ilton County and Chattanooga
police officers of the guard of
the old engine with a federal
notice of attachment.
The local officers had been
guarding the engine since it
was seized by Chattanooga city ;
officials armed with a chancery
court order Sept. 12.
The General had been on its
way to a museum in Kennesaw,
Ga., via Chattanooga when it <
was seized and held at the
Louisville and Nashville Rail- i
road yards.
The railroad had decided to
Communist invasion force to
withdraw and take with them
guns that had been hammering
U.S. Marine outposts south of
the frontier.
The pictures showed North
Vietnamese troops using aban
doned villages for gun sites.
And it showed a solid mass of
craters in areas where pictures
of the same areas in mid-July
showed only an occasional
crater pockmarking the land
scape.
Run Into Reds
The Mekong Delta fight
erupted early Friday afternoon
when a company of infantrymen
from the U.S. Army’s 9th
Division, sweeping the myriad
rivers and canals in armored
boats, ran into the Communist
force.
The Viet Cong, fighting from
bunkers, hedgerows and palm
trees lining the river banks,
poured in small arms, automa
tic weapons, mortar and recoil
less rifle fire.
The American unit called for
artillery, air strikes and rein
forcements. Two more compa
nies of troops whirled in by
helicopter and took up blocking
positions to hit the Communists
from behind and from the side.
The fighting continued
through the rest of the day and
until after dark. Then the Viet
Cong managed to break up and
slip away, hiding among the
hamlets and villages jammed
into the heavily populated delta.
give the old iron horse a home
in Georgia instead of returning
it here after a tour. The engine
has been in Chattanioga for
some 70 years.
A U. 6. District court suit
was filed Thursday by Georgia
in an attempt to force the city
to give up the train. The court
room dispute promises to be a
lengthy affair.
Two deputy marshals will
guard the General on a 24-hour
basis, according to Asst. U. S.
Atty. Thomas Williams, who al
so said he would insist that the
locomotive be insured for “its
antique value.”
Over a century ago, a Union
Anny force operating behind
Confederate lines hijacked the
engine. After a hot chase on
tracks running from Kennesaw
toward Chattanooga, Confeder
ate soldiers in another engine
recapturd it.