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By Quimby Melton
“One month ago I was In
Washington where a group of
young people staged a demon
stration protesting the war in
Vietnam; that demonstration
was in sharp contrast to this one
today, where you patriotic young
Americans are assembled to
have a part on the ‘One Nation
Under God’ program. I congra
tulate you, you are an inspira
tion to me”, were the opening
remarks of Lt. Gen. J. L. Thro
ckmorton, commanding general
of the Third U. S. Army when
he spoke at the early morning
chapel service at Griffin High
School.
If the auditorium filled audien
ce, made up almost entirely by
young students, was an Inspira
tion to General Throckmorton,
It was quite evident, at the con
clusion of the program, his ad
dress was an inspiration to his
audience.
At the conclusion of the pro
gram fully 90 percent of those
present filed up to the stage,
shook the general’s hand and
thanked him for his address.
Good Evening stood by the gen
eral and was impressed with the
remarks of the young people as
they shook his hand. As Good
Evening stood by the side of the
general some, after shaking his
hand, grabbed this old timers
hand and shook it too. And as
we write this column, already
our right hand is beginning to
swell, so many young folk shook
it so firmly. We imagine the
general, arriving back at Fort
McPherson for appointments
there, has a badly swollen hand
by now, for the hundreds of
handshakes — we estimated ful
ly 900 shook his hand — were so
firm and so sincere, he, no dou
bt, has felt the effect of this.
Good Evening has attended
many chapel services at GHS
but we have never seen such a
demonstration of Thanks and
actual adoration on the part of
so many.
Thank you, General, for being
with us.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving
Day.
We certainly have much for
which to be thankful; and high
on the list is the fact that we
are Americans and enjoy the
many benefits of being so.
But we must not take freedom,
liberty and justice, for granted.
We must defend them, with our
lives if necessary.
Christmas is still a month
away, but the other evening
Good Evening had a unique
Merry Christmas greeting.
It came in this manner: Using
Southern Bell’s direct dialing
sought to reach my niece who
lives in Charleston, South Caro
lina. Heard the phone ringing
and then a voice that did not
sound in the least like that of my
niece answered, so asked poli
tely "What number is this plea
se?” The strange voice gave me
her number digit for digit. This
puzzled me so I asked are you
in Charleston, South Carolina?
and was told "no I’m in (and
he gave the name of a town I
had never heard of) Vermont.”
Then it dawned on Good Even
ing that possibly he had dialed
the wrong zone — which he had.
Intending to dial 803 had care
lessly dialed 802.
The party in Vermont then ask
ed “from where are you calling”
Told him Griffin, Ga. "How’s
the weather down there? It’s
snowing up here.” he added. We
chatted a few moments then the
Vermont party concluded con
versation with this:
"Have enjoyed talking with
you and just so your call, for
which you will have to pay won’t
be in vain, may I, a Vermont
‘Damn Yankee’ wish you, a ‘Ge
orgia Cracker’ a Merry Christ
mas.”
Returning the Christmas wish
es, hung up the phone, then mak
ing certain we were dialing the
correct number, including zone,
got our niece end had another
pleasant conversation.
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Lt. Gen. Throckmorton was greeted by ROTC cadets
and Maj. Augustus Pelt, ROTC Commander.
Don’t Take Pride In Country
For Granted, General Says Here
US Troops Storm
Hill In Vietnam
SAIGON (UPD—U.S. troops
today charged out of a clearing
stacked with American dead
and stormed with fire and steel
to the edge of a North
Vietnamese fortress atop Hill
875 in the battle of the Central
Highlands.
Military spokesmen said a
record 1,290 North Vietnamese
had been killed in the three
weeks-old campaign at a cost of
one-fifth that number of Ameri
can dead.
About 600 Gls hurling hand
greades and shooting flame
throwers stormed almost 400
yards through Communist de
fenses and reached bloody
ground only 25 yards short of
the fortress, UPI combat
correspondents Alvin B. Webb
Jr. and Thomas Cheatham
reported.
Yule Shopping
Starts Friday
Forty -two Griffara mer
chants will open their annual
after Thanksgiving sales Friday.
This event starts the Christmas
shopping season in the Griffin
area.
Hie merchants have been busy
for months with preparations for
the season. They have stocked
their stores with all sorts of mer
chandise and are prepared to
make Griffin the shopping cen
ter of the Middle Georgia area
this season.
Some stores will begin Christ
mas shopping hours this week.
These include staying open Wed
nesday afternoons through the
shopping season. In addition to
that, some will keep their stor
es open on Friday nights to pro
vide more shopping time for the
Griffin area.
Santa’s annual visit to the Gr
iffin area will be delayed until
next Wednesday, Nov. 29, when
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Their drive freed survivors of
a lost paratrooper battalion
trapped and ravaged since
Sunday below the hilltop bas
tion.
U.S. jets striking every two
minutes hammered the fortress
with tins of flaming napalm and
250 and 500 pound bombs. U.S.
helicopters arrived in strength
for the first time in the
survivors’ clearing to begin
ferrying out the dead Ameri
cans.
In Saigon, U.S. spokesmen
reported the latest Communist
death toll in the duel, 280 miles
north of the capital, for control
of the strategic mountains near
the Cambodian border. The
Communist death toll surpassed
the 1,286 Red troops killed In
the la Drang Valley campaign
of November, 1965.
he will ride into town on a
Christmas parade float.
One of the largest and most
spectacular parades ever stag
ed in Griffin is planned next
week. Eight bands and more
than 60 floats will be featured.
Thousands of visitors are ex
pected to come here for the ev
ent.
Christmas lighting and other
decorations were being put up
downtown this week in prepara
tion for the season.
Most of the decorating will be
finished for the opening of the
shopping season Friday.
Merchants participating in the
After Thanksgiving sale are:
Goode-Nichols Furniture Co.,
Crouch’s, Whitmire Jewelry,
Store, The Bonnie Shop, Jim
Pridgen Hardware Co., Ira Sl
ade Clothing Co., Belk-Matt
hews, Cain’s Furniture, Saul’s,
Morrow-Powell Clothing Co.
Smith-Roberts Co., Jerri-Don’s
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ROTC color and honor guards greeted Lt. Gen. Throck
morton. He is escorted to GHS auditorium by Maj. Pelt
and a ROTC cadet.
Thanksgiving
Union Service
Set Thursday
A Thanksgiving union service
will be held Thursday morning
at 10 o’clock at St. George’s Ep
iscopal Church. The Rev. Or
ville Wright, pastor of First
Christian Church, will be the
speaker.
Churches to participate are
First Baptist, First Christian,
First Methodist, First Presby
terian, Sacred Heart Catholic
and St. George’s Episcopal.
Ministers from each of the
churches will have a part on the
program. Choirs from the chur
ches will sing.
Some Griffinites will be tra
veling out-of-town for visits with
Fashions, Elaine’s Style Shop,
O. B. Turner’s Texaco, Jones-
Harrison Furniture Co., RBM
Motors, Fashion Shops, Fashion
Shoes, Purser Furniture Co.
Dick Slade-The Gentry Shop,
Economy Auto Stores, Spalding
Gas Co., Claxton’s Pharmacy,
Firestone Stores, JoAnn Shops,
Sears Roebuck, Roberts Cloth
ing Co., Hobbs Pharmacy.
Sigman Rambler, Collins
Mens and Boy’s Wear, Cartled
ge Furniture Co., Hensley Of
fice Equipment Co., Carden and
Grubbs Furniture, Rhodes Fur
niture Co.
Ma Hannah’s Bakery, Willis
Quick Tire, F. W. Woolworth
Co., Easterwood Shoes, Diamond
Jewelry, Griffin Hardware Co.,
The Furniture Shop, Butler’s
Shoes.
Firms cooperating with sales
event are Griffin Daily News,
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friends and relatives during the
holidays.
A large number of college stu
dents will be returning to Grif
fin for a few days with parents
and friends.
Students in the Griffin-Spald
ing School System will get
Thursday and Friday as Thanks
giving holidays. They will re
turn to classes Monday.
The holiday weekend began
this afternoon at 6 o’clock and
will end Sunday night at mid
night.
Traffic is expected to be ex
ceptionally heavy during the hol
idays. Public Safety Diredtor
Col. R. H. Burson has warned
motorists that every available
trooper will be on duty. They
will be aided by revenue agents
and game wardens in an effort
to keep traffic fatalities to a
minimum.
The Public Safety Department
has predicted 28 people will die
in Georgia accidents. It has pre
dicted 280 injuries in 520 acci
dents.
Sgt. Hamp Holcombe of the
Griffin State Patrol said every
available trooper, license exa
miners, revenue agents and
game warden will patrol the five
county area, A plane from New
nan will patrol the Griffarea.
Griffin Police Chief Leo Black
well said officers will be station
ed at major intersections if ne
cessary to handle the traffic. He
said most of the traffic in Grif
fin will be passing through the
city.
Sgt. Holcombe and Chief
Blackwell urged Griffinites to
drive with caution and "look
out for the other fellow."
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Mostly cloudy with
scattered showers and thunder
showers early tonight, becoming
partly cloudy with little tem
perature change tonight and
Thursday.
Legislature
Will Hire Own
Budget Sleuths
ATLANTA (UPI) — The Gen
eral Assembly will hire two
budget sleuths "with absolute
allegiance’’ to the legislature to
check the state’s financial trans
actions, a joint House - Senate
committee decided Tuesday.
The Legislative Service Com
mittee, headed by House Speak
er George L. Smith, authorized
state auditor Ernest Davis and
the chairmen of the House and
Senate Appropriations commit
tees to pay about $15,000 each
to two certified public account
ants who would act as budget
sleuths.
The action killed an earlier
plan to set up a separate bud
get analyst’s office.
Smith, meanwhile, named a
five - member subcommittee to
make recommendations on an
nual, rather than biennial ap
propriations and possible
changes in the legislative cal
endar that would be needed
under such a system.
Named to the committee were:
Rep. Robin Harris of DeKalb
County, chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee; Sen. Bob
Smalley of Griffin, chairman of
the Senate Judiciary Committee;
Rep. Quimby Melton, Jr., of Gr
iffin, chairman of the House
Ways and Means Committee;
Rep. James Floyd of Trion,
chairman of the House Approp
riations Committee; and Rep.
Lamar Plunkett of Bowdon,
chairman of the Senate Appro
priations Committee.
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ences in our churches is that
some are carpeted and some
are not.”
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Bob Scroggins (r) Exchange president, presented Free
dom Shrine to Reggie Griffin (1), GHS student body
president.
Freedom Shrine
Presented To GHS
By JAMES STEWART
The Griffin - Spalding School
System was presented a "Free
dom Shrine” by the Exchange
Club of Griffin in a ceremony
this morning at Griffin Hign
School.
Lt. Gen. J. L. Throckmorton,
commander of the Third Army
with headquarters at Ft. McPh
erson in Atlanta, was the speak
er.
The Freedom Shrine, which is
composed of 28 historical docu
ments, was presented by Bob
Scroggins, president of the Ex
change Club. It was accepted
by Reggie Griffin, president of
the Griffin High student body.
PRIDE
“Pride in an event such as
this, pride in one’s own patriot
ism, and pride in one’s nation
should never be taken for gran
ted. Being able to demonstrate
our pride and faith in our na
tion is in itself a manifestation
of freedom,” Gen. Throckmor
ton said.
He also said:
"History shows that when lib
erty become license for anybody
to do anything at any time, then
freedom from want becomes
freedom from work — freedom
of worship becomes freedom
from worship — freedom of
speech becomes freedom from
truth — freedom from fear be
comes freedom from duty.
TWO SIDES
“Just as there are two sides
to every story,, so there are two
sides to freedom. It can either
be used responsibly for good
or abused indiscriminately to
the detriment of our nation.
"Patriotism, such as is being
demonstrated here today, is a
very real protector of freedom.
We must not allow it to become
an outmoded virtue. We must
not give in to indifference, cas
ualness and cynicism which will
make it something to ignore.
"We must believe in our de
mocracy, we must live democr
acy and we must be prepared to
defend it.”
Gen. Throckmorton was intro
duced by Quimby Melton, Sr.,
a member of the Griffin Ex
change Club for 42 years.
ON STAGE
Dignitaries on stage for the
presentation included Atty. Gen.
Arthur Bolton, State Reps. Qu-
imby Melton, Jr. and Clayton
Brown, State Sen. Bob Smalley,
Griffin Judicial Circuit Judge
John H. McGehee, Mayor Carl
Pruett, County Commission
Chairman Jack Moss, School
Board Chairman C. T. Parker,
School Superintendent D. B.
Christie, Princpal Bill Cody and
several members of the Griffin
Exchange Club.
WINNERS
Charlie Smith, an Exchange
member, announced that Caro
lee Allen had won first in the
“What ‘One Nation Under God’
Means To Me” essay contest.
Don Braddock was runner-up.
Eugene McCrary won the es
say contest at Fairmont High
and Lutricia Coggins was run
ner-up.
Junior high winners already
announced included Tim Scott,
first, and Bobby Hunt, second,
at Spalding Junior High; Debo
rah Pyron, first, and Richard
Garland, second, at Kelsey Jun
ior High.
Following the program several
hundred students filed by to
shake hands with Lt. Gen.
Tnrockmorton and thank h1 m
for coming.
He had planned to fly to Grif
fin in a helicopter and land on
the practice field, but was for
ced to come by car because of
bad weather. He was greeted by
an honor guard and color gu
ard of the Griffin High ROTC.
The presentation at Griffin
High today climaxed the obser
vance of "One Nation Under
God” week in Griffin. Charlie
Smith of the Exchange Club ser
ved as chairman of the commit
tee handling the week.
No Paper
Thursday
The Griffin Daily News
will observe Thursday as
a Thanksgiving holiday
and will not publish a
paper on that day.
Regular publication will
be resumed Friday.