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By Quimby Melton
“The Story of Mary, Mother
3f Jesus” is published today on
page nine and takes the place of
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ng column.
first Baptist
Ministers
, ponder Offers
I Congregations in two states
f are interested in getting the
and the Director of Chris
\ tian Education from the Griffin
' First Baptist Church.
) The First Baptist Church at
I Spartanburg, S.C., will vote Sun-
Iday on extending an invitation
to the Rev. Alastair Walker,
pastor of the Griffin church, to
become its minister.
Rev. Walker preached at the
Spartanburg church Sunday ni
ght. The Pulpit Committee plans
to present him as a prospec
g five pastor to the congregation
Sunday for a vote.
The First Baptist Church at
IWhichita Falls, Texas, has ex
tended an invitation to the Rev.
Melvin Bradley, director of
Christian Education at the Grif
fin church.
The Rev. Bradley said he ex
pected to make a decision in a
few days.
State Approves Money
For School consolidation
The State Board of Education
has approved $1,013,100 for the
consolidation program in the
Griffin-Spalding School System.
The project will be included in
the next state school bond mo
ney.
The Griffin-Spalding school
board Monday night approved a
resolution authorizing the state
to include the proposal in its
next issue.
Supt. D. B. Chritie told the
local board a copy of the state
board’s minutes showed the
consolidation proposal had been
approved. He said, however, he
had not received any official no
tice from the state.
Chairman C. T. Parker of the
local board said that a record
in the minutes was sufficient ev
idence that the proposal had
been approved.
PLAN
Included in the plan is mak
ing the present Griffin High
campus a co-ed high school, the
Spalding Junior High campus
an all boys high school, and
Fairmont High a vocational sc
hool.
Two elementary buildings will
have to be constructed to take
care of students who will be shif
ted when two sub - standard
buildings are phased out.
The system proposed to build
one 20-classroom unit on the Sp
alding Junior High property and
another on property on Jackson
road which the system here vo
ted to purchase last month.
PROPERTY
The Jackson road property co
vers 24.686 acres and was pur
chased for $24,686. This was the
only money the local board had
to spend to qualify for the
$1,013,100 state consolidation
funds, Chairman Parker point
ed out.
In other action Monday night:
A committee was appointed to
handle the sale of part of the
Mt. Zion school property. The
former school building, now us
ed as a community house, will
be kept but some of the land will
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W ounded In V ietnam
Capt. Zenos A. Massey, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Z. A. Massey, of
Griffin, has been wounded in ac
tion in Vietnam and is a patient
at the U.S. 36th Evacuation hos
pital at Vung Tau, Vietnam.
He was wounded while lead
ing his company in an attack on
the Viet Cong on Nov. 22, Capt.
Massey told his parents in a let
ter received Monday morning.
"Don’t worry about me,” he
wrote. “I was wounded in the
leg and thanks to fine treatment
here at the hospital I have been
able to leave a wheel chair and
take on crutches.”
Then he told his parents that
among the first mail he receiv
ed on arriving at the hospital
was a package “from home.”
In the package was a small
Christmas Tree decked with
Christmas candy. “There are se
veral Vietnam and Australian
soldiers in the ward with me
and there are two small Vietnam
children that were somehow
hurt. I am sharing the candy
and the tree with them.”
Capt. Massey expressed hope,
“before long I will be able to re
port back to my outfit.” He ask
ed his parents to “wish my
friends there a Merry Christ
mas.”
Capt. Massey’s address is:
36th Evacuation Hospital,
Ward 3.
APO 96297 San Francisco, Ca
lif.
Capt. Massey’s company mo
ved into an area that was under
attack by the Viet Cong to help
be sold.
COMMITTEE
The committee will be made
up of W. G. Blakeney, chair
man; Russell Smith and Taylor
Manley. They will decide on a
property line for the sale and
get a fair market value estimate
for the school board.
The committee will make a
report at the January meeting.
Several people have expressed
an interest in buying part of the
Mt. Zion property from the sc
hool system.
The system will continue to le
ase the building to Mt. Zion as
a community house.
Application for a $225,000 op
erating grant under Title II
was approved. The Griffin-Spal
ding Board sponsors the pro
gram which covers six coun
ties. Headquarters has been set
up in the renovated Vineyard
school building.
TITLE HI
The Title 111 programs invol
ves in-service training for tea
chers as well as curriculum pl
anning, Mr. Christie explained.
Three people are working In
the program now. They are Ral
ph Gaskins, Mrs. Elizabeth Bo
wen and James Johnston. Two
more will be added, Mr. Chris
tie said.
The federal program is desig
ned to enrich curriculum and in
struction, Mr. Christie explain
ed. It is financed totally by the
federal government.
Supt. Christie reported the
high schools and junior high sc
hools in the system here have
been retained on the accredit
ing list of the Southern Associa
tion of Colleges and Secondary
Schools. He attended the organ
ization’s national meeting in Te
xas last month.
ELEMENTART
He reported elementary sc
hools in the system here proba
bly will be able to meet accre
diting requirements. Accredit
ing elementary schools is a new
service being offered by the or
ganization.
Mr. Christie said accrediting
membership costs would be In
creased with the new program
but that the services offered
make it well worth the money.
He reported that the Southern
Association has submitted an
accrediting standards revision
to be voted on by member
schools. Indications are that the
revision will be accepted.
Mr. Christie said that over the
long pull, the Southern Associa
tion hoped to increase stand
ards so that all teachers would
have to have a masters degree.
He said this was several years
away.
TELEVISION
Mr. Christie said the Georgia
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relieve Company D, which was
pinned down. The Viet Cong
pinned down both of the com
panies from 2 p.m. until after
midnight.
Both medics m Company D
were killed. Wounded Soldiers
were not evacuated until 1:15 on
the morning of Nov. 23.
The fighting was 90 miles from
Saigon in a coastal area.
Capt. Massey, a graduate of
Griffin High School, attended
the University of Georgia for a
year and enlisted in the Army
for two years. He asked to be
released to return to college.
He returned to the University
of Georgia and re-enlisted in the
Army shortly before graduation.
He listed Vietnam as his first
choice for overseas duty.
LIS SIDE
Local News- Pages 2, 3.
Editorials. Pages 4.
Postal Rates. Page 5.
Brooks. Page 5.
Society. Page 6.
Georgia News. Page 8.
Passports. Page 8.
The Story of Mary. Page 9.
Sports. Pages 10, 1.1
Tornadoes. Page 12.
Comment. Page 13.
Banks. Page 13.
Want Ads. Page 14.
Coimcs. Page 15.
Bruce Biossat. Page 16.
GOP. Page 16.
Educational Television' network
had made movies of several sc
hool programs here and taped
interviews with some school of
ficials. The program will be
shown on Channel Eight on Jan.
3 at 2:30 p.m. and on Jan. 4 at
2:15 and 7:45.
He invited board members and
the public to watch the pro
gram to see some of the work
being done in the school system
here.
Mr. Christie told the board ab
out one of the pilot programs the
system is developing. He said
that Spanish is being taught to
third graders at Third Ward.
Mrs. D. M. Baird, Spanish tea
cher, visits the class for 15 min
utes a day to guide teachers and
students in Spanish Instruction.
Mr. Christie said the results
have been impressive. Students
at this age have been found to
be responsive to language in
struction, he said.
The key to the program is the
use of educational television, he
said.
FINANCE
Under committee reports,
Chairman Parker said that re
venue from local sources was
beginning to come in and indica
ted no further loans would be
needed to meet expenses during
the current school year.
BUILDING
Gordon Futral, chairman of
the building committee, repor
ted that contracts had been
worked out with C. A. Kendrick
Construction Co. of Griffin for a
$414,109.90 building program.
Kendrick was low bidder but
some changes had to be made
in the program in order to bring
the cost within the amount of
money available.
Included in the program will
be construction of a library on
the Griffin High campus next to
the new science and math buil
ding, a cafeteria at West Grif
fin elementary, and a library
and cafetorium at Third Ward.
FACULTY
The board approved the fol
lowing resignations: Mrs. Anne
Herko, fifth grade, Beaver
brook; Mrs. Ellen Watson, third
grade, Beaverbrook; Mrs.
Annie P. Little, sixth grade,
Moore; Mrs. Nancy Christ
mas, first grade, Orrs; and Miss
Gloria Farrell, second grade at
West Griffin.
The following were elected to
the faculty: Mrs. Jean Davis,
fifth grade at Beaverbrook; Miss
Carol Brennan, third grade, Be
averbrook; Bobby Pierce, sixth
grade, Moore; Mrs. Martha
B. Miller, first grade, Orrs; and
Miss Alicia Johnson, fifth grade,
West Griffin.
GRIFFIN
Sen. Percy Survives
Mortar, Rifle Attack
641 Commies
Killed In
Bloody Battles
By ALVIN B. WEBB
SAIGON (UPI)—U.S., South
Vietnamese and South Korean
troops today reported killing at
least 641 Communists in deci
sive battles on the coast and on
the North Vietnam border.
American spokesmen reported
471 North Vietnamese were
killed by U.S. and government
troops in the six-day battle for
Truong Lam village that ended
in Allied victory Monday. The
Americans, who suffered 33
men killed and 147 wounded,
burned the fortress village’s
thatched huts under which the
Communists had built bunkers.
They left only the Buddhist
altar standing in the burned out
coconut jungle village which the
Communists used as a terror
center.
Near Saigon, Viet Cong
guerrillas ambushed govern
ment troops in the suburbs and
killed 12 today. Near the
Cambodian border, 90 miles to
the northwest, Communist fire
caught U.S. Sen. Charles Percy
and his wife, Loraine, visiting a
village where terrorists killed
255 civilians in a flamethrower
attack eight days ago.
The Percys escaped, the
Illinois Republican suffering
cuts and bruises on one hand
and both arms.
In major fighting, U.S.
Marines reported killing 54
Communists trying to build
positions on the southern edge
of the Demilitarized Zone
(DMZ) between North and
South Vietnam. The Leather
necks suffered 21 men injured
m the six-hour fight Monday,
spokesmen said. Military sour
ces said the action blocked an
apparent Communist attempt to
get a major battle under way in
the border zone.
Koreans Seize Headquarters
Near Qui Nhon, 250 miles up
the coast from Saigon, South
Korean troops reported killing
116 Communists in a three-day
battle that ended Monday with
the seizure of a 254-foot hill the
North Vietnamese used as a
raiding headquarters. Allied
casualties: “light.”
About 300 miles up the coast,
U.S. Army troops burned the
village of Truong Lam they
seized Monday after a six-day
fight that killed 402 North
Vietnamese and 28 Americans.
Another 140 U.S. troops were
injured in the fight for the
thatched-roofed hut village in
fested with communist bunkers.
The Gls left only the local
Buddhist altar untouched.
In Saigon, government offi
cials reported 380 South Vietna
mese troops were killed in
action last week—the highest
weekly death total for Saigon
troops in the war’s history. The
previous record was 379 killed
the week ending Feb. 21 1966.
Last week’s total was boosted
by action in the Mekong Delta
rice bowl where government
troops smashed two major
guerrilla battalions.
Communist Toll Reported
Government spokesmen also
reported 1 818 Communists were
killed by allied forces in South
Vietnam last week. U.S. casual
ties for the week will be
announced Thursday.
Just eight mies outside
Saigon today, guerrillas caught
a 35-man pacification team
apparently unarmed. The 12
dead included a lieutenant who
headed the effort to give
farmers security and Peaee
Corps type help in suburban Gia
Dinh province.
At Dak Son, where terrorists
killed Montagnard tribespeople
huddling in shelters last week,
Percy and his wife were caught
by five rounds of mortar and at
least 15 rifle shots, the
Republican ex-naval officer
said.
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First grade students at East Griffin Elementary
School showed expressions of surprise this morning
when they learned they would get to eat candy on a
Christmas decoration in the library. Mrs. Lucile
Chambers, librarian, shows the different candies to
(1-r) Susan Sowell, Joel Collier and Linda York. The
students will eat the candy during storytime next
week.
Heart Patient
Joking, Eating
CAPE TOWN, South Africa
(UPI) —Louis Washkansky, the
world’s first heart transplant
patient, calls the doctor who
takes his blood samples “Old
Dracula,” his nurses said today.
“He is always cracking jokes
and passing comments,” one
nurse said of their famous 55-
yea.r-old patient.
“Whenever the doctor comes
in to take blood samples, he
says, ‘Here comes old Dracula
again’,” another said.
Dr. J. C. W. Bosman said
Washkansky’s progress has
been “nothing short of fantas
tic” since Dr. Christian Barnard
transplanted a young woman’s
heart into his chest Dec. 3.
“What else can one say of a
man who eight days after a
heart transplant was eating
three meals a day, reading
books and listening to the
radio?” he asked.
Barnard said his surgical
team would perform two more
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“Many couples who
thought they couldn’t stand
to live with each other have
found living separated
worse.”
heart transplants “after the
holidays.” Barnard, who made
history by performing the
operation, said several mem
bers of his team were
exhausted and would be taking
vacations.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Fair to partly cloudy
and cool tonight, becoming a
little Warmer Wednesday.
LOCAL WEATHER — High
today 55, low today 43, high
Monday 63, low Monday 53, sun
rise Wednesday 7:32, sunset
Wednesday 5:35.
System Here To Check
‘School - In -The - Round’
The Griffin-Spalding County
School System will look into the
possibility of constructing a
circular-type classroom at Four
th Ward School.
Members of the board hope to
visit one in Newnan and talk
with school officials and teach
ers there to see how it is being
utilized.
The possibility of a classroom
in • the - round was brought
up Monday night when Gordon
Futral, chairman of the build
ing committee, made a report
on some additions to elementary
buildings being considered.
He showed the board a sketch
of a circular classroom and des
cribed briefly how it could be
used.
The circular addition could be
divided into four classrooms by
using movable walls, he pointed
Shells Hit Near
111. Lawmaker
By DANIEL SOUTHERLAND
SAIGON (UPD—Communist
guerrillas today attacked U.S.
Sen. Charles Percy and his
wife with mortars and rifles in a
jungle village of death far from
American troops.
A helicopter whisked Mrs.
Percy to safety immediately
after the first of five mortar
shells exploded, one within 15
feet of the senator, Percy told
newsmen.
The Illinois Republican
hugged the ground for 20
minutes with bullets whizzing
overhead. Then, gripping a snug
nosed revolver borrowed from a
companion, the former World
War H Naval officer crawled to
a rescue helicopter and also
whirled away with four civilian
aides to a U.S. base nearly two
miles away. One hand and both
arms showed bruises and some
blood, apparently caused when
Percy hit the dirt when the
attack came.
The Percys, touring Vietnam,
went unescorted to Dak Son,
near the Cambodian border and
90 miles northwest of Saigon, to
see the spot where eight days
ago guerrilla flamethrower
squads killed 255 men, women
and children in the war’s
greatest act of terror.
“I can assure you I never got
lower to the ground In my life,”
Percy later told a news
conference here, after a helicop
ter ride from Dak Son.
His wife barely missed the
moment of high danger.
Percy and his wife had just
landed by helicopter at Dak Son
when five mortar shells hit.
Percy said one round explod
ed within 15 feet of him.
Mrs. Percy had remained In
the helicopter. The pilot,
following standard military
procedure, whirled the chopper
away'. He flew Mrs. Percy to
Song Be, the district capital a
mile and a half away.
The pilot of Mrs. Percy’s
helicopter reported that the
senator’s party was under
attack.
From Song Be helicopter
gunships whirled aloft and
toward Dak Son.
One landed near Percy. The
senator and his party crawled
through dust.
Percy said they leaped aboard
the machine.
Percy’s wife, Loraine, told
UPI correspondent Kate Webb:
“I prayed.”
“I’m just so happy we’re all
here. It happened so fast—you
don’t see anything In that
jungle.
“It makes you realize they
can be visible and yet there
they (the Viet Cong) are all
around. No movies and no news
story can tell you that until
you’ve been there,” she said.
out. Then as many rooms could
be opened up to a central teach
er as might be needed, he said.
The circular classroom is es
pecially useful when team tea
ching is used, Mr. Futral said.
Supt. D. B. Christie said the
idea was the result of extensive
study made by a school system
in the west.
Mr. Futral said that if the cost
of the building was in line with
conventional classroom con
struction, then the school board
might like to consider it. He has
asked architect Gerald Bilbro
for some cost estimates.
Russell Smith, a member of
the building committee, said if
the circular construction cost
more than conventional, he wou
ld favor the conventional.
“It’s a case of having a steak
appitite and a hamburger pock-
Percy, relaxing in an open
necked blue shirt and dusty
khaki pants at the plush home
of a U.S. official, appeared
calm. He tried to belittle the
incident.
“This incident I consider will
be a very little incident in the
whole trip,” said Percy, making
an inspection visit to Vietnam.
Percy, considered a possible
candidate for the 1968 Republi
can presidential nomination,
said he had asked the U.S.
military not to assign him a
“chase bird.” A “chase bird” is
an armed helicopter that
usually hovers near visiting
VIPs. Percy said he “tried not
to interfere with military
operations.”
“We were not looking for
danger,” said the senator, who
found it.
Buyers Besiege
Paris, London
Gold Markets
LONDON (UPI)—A wave of
buyers besieged the London and
Paris gold bullion markets
today in a new threat against
the U.S. dollar.
A spokesman for the Swiss
Credit Bank said gold buying
was twice as high today in
Swiss banks as on Monday but
there were no early figures.
Dealers said the surge in
demand was the result of the
Basle meetings of nations
working the international gold
pool. The Swiss meeting ended
Monday. The group has worked
for years to keep the price of
gold stable.
France withdrew from the
gold pool last summer because
of the heavy drain on national
gold reserves.
One dealer said he felt the
scramble today was partly the
result of the secrecy that
surrounded the Swiss gold talks
and lack of what was resolvea
at the meeting.
In Paris, the turnover today
was 48.9 million francs ($9.8
million).
On Monday, when trading on
the Paris bullion market closed,
the volume was 14.3 million
francs ($2.86 million).
Tuesday’s volume in Paris did
not reach the record set Nov. 27
with $12.76 million.
Nervousness about a wide
range of currencies bolstered
the demand for gold.
etbook,” Mr. Smith said.
The building has $150,000 to
spend on 10 classroom additions
to Beaverbrook, Fourth Ward
and Crescent.
Two to four clasTooms
will be needed by next fall at
Beaverbrook, the committee re
ported. The board authorized
the committee to proceed with
plans for these additions if it is
necessary to get started on them
before the next board meeting in
January.
Mr. Futral indicated the build
ing committee was not in a pos
ition to make a recommenda
tion on construction at the three
schools at this point.
He wanted members of the in
struction committee to go with
the building committee and oth
er board members who wished
to Newnan to see the circular
classrooms.