Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current, December 28, 1967, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextE good VENIN vF By Quimby Melton "What’s in a name? That whi ch we call a rose by any other name will smell as sweet”, so sang Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliette. The origin of proper names has always been of Interest to Good Evening. We know of course that the name "Smith” was first given to someone who worked with metals: “Baker” one who baked bread; “Farmer” an agricultural worker; and “Shepherd” one who tended sheep. Even longer and more complicated names often origi nated because of the vocation of an early member of the fam ily. We find such names as Gold- SMITH, and HindenßEßG, meaning one’s forebears worked with gold or lived in mountain ous country. Good Evening’s proper name, Melton, originally was “Middle ton” meaning that ancestors on his parental side came from Middlesex, or Middletown in En gland. "Middleton” was shor tened to Milton and then some ancestor, who either did not write too plainly or was too lazy to dot the “i” caused the name to be changed to Melton. Inci dentally Melton cloth, a warm woolen cloth, originated in the town of Middlesex, England, so our ancestors evidently were textile workers. — <• — Out in Murray, Utah, there Is a newspaper man, Jim Crowell, who has a page one column "Here’s a Point,” who recent ly captioned his column with "Some Newspapers Have Cur ious Names.” Brother Editor Crowell begins his column by asking “What of a Star that never twinkles or a Sun that never shines; a Quill you can’t write with or a Post you can’t lean on? There are such names of newspapers. “Out of rank curiosity, we’ve been studying names of newspa pers like ours published in towns from Hackensack to Hemet and Savannah to Seattle. While the results of our survey are hard ly earth-shaking, they’re rather interesting. “At least to we of the news paper fraternity. They demon strate in many cases, genuine ingenuity in selection of a name. Not a simple title like News (which, incidentally, is the most common) or Times (it’s second) or Heram (third.) "Early newspaper publishers chose names that meant something at the time, such na mes as the Venice Gondolier in Florida. Or the Lumber City Log in Georgia. "In Oakland, lowa, it’s the Ac orn and in Lexington, Mass., the Minute Man. "Here are some unusual nam es we have stumbled on: "The Putnam Patriot, the Or ange Peal, the East Greenwich Pendulum, the Alpine Avalan che, the Hart Beat, the Hereford Brand, the Nome Nuggett, the Tombstone Epitaph, De Queen Bee, Yellville Mountain Echo, Steamboat Springs Pilot, Keys Keynoter and Beeville Bee. "Democrat, by the way, is a popular newspaper name, par ticularly in the South. Arkansas alone has 19 newspapers with that monicker. But the original ity champion must be in Linn, Mo., where the official title is The Unterrified Democrat! "As a concession to what must’ve been a political squab ble of years gone by, Elkton, wh ich is in Maryland’s Cecil Coun ty, has two opposing papers. One is the Cecil Democrat, the other — nope, you missed it! Not the Republican, but the Ce cil Whig! “The Sun outshone the Star as a newspaper name, our figures point out. And further in the or der of popularity, the totals ran about like this; News, Times, Herald, Journal, Tribune, Sun, Democrat, Press, Star, Sentinel and Courier. Country Parson “We seem to think others would agree with us if they had the same facts—forget ting that many opinions are not based on fact.” INSIDE TODAY Cordele Autopsies. Page 2. New Prosperity. Page 2. Tight Money. Page 2. Hospital. Page 3- Stork Club. Page 3. Funerals. Page 3. About Town. Page 3. Rev. Phillips. Page 3. Editorials. Page 4. Television. Page 4. B’lly Graham. Page 4. Woman’s Page. Page 6. City Aid. Page 8. Military. page 9. Sports. Pages 10, 11. igl B JEMKMF / MbKI jr ' BBsßb ■ JI ..x IB 4'. • ■ v- m ‘ S A 4'- f B'«-. ~ JM ■mm me fJB (Griffin Daily News Staff Photo) George H. (Red) Turner unloads a package from his truck. After 47 Years On Job ‘Red’ Turner To Retire From Railway Express By JAMES STEWART George H. (Red) Turner will retire from the Railway Express Agency Dec. 31, completing al most 47 years with the company. Turner, who was 65 in May, is being retired by the company and not because he wants to. "I love my work. I love the people I have worked with and it h a s been a pleasure working with everyone.” He told the Griffin Daily News of some of the experiences he has had with the company: “When I went to work for the company, there were 24 trains running through Griffin each day. We worked all but two of them. Now we don’t work any of the trains. All of our freight is delivered to Griffin from Atlan ta by truck. “We had 15 employes here at the station and everyone had to stay busy to keep up with the freight. “All of the freight from Grif fin was loaded from the trains on four-wheel floats and then on wagons for delivery to differ ent businesses around town. “Almost everything coming to Griffin was handlde through Railway Express because there were no trucks at that time. I have seen times when there would be as many as 500 ham pers of beans to be delivered to Griffin businesses. “Many items, including fish, drugs, ice cream and meats, were received from Florida. One time Kell Company received 100 barrels of fish. We had to deli ver the barrels on wagons. Each one weighed about 250 pounds. “There have been many tim es that I have delivered two wa gon loads of produce and meats to Rogers Store on Taylor street at night. “Everything back then was delivered by horse and wagon. We didn’t get our first truck here until 1924. “The first truck was a Ford that the company rented for S6O a month. We went back to horse and wagon after the rented tr- DAIJJV W* NEWS Doily Since 1872 Griffin, Go., 30223, Thursday, December 28,1967 Vol. 95 No. 305 Want Ads. Page 14. Legals. Page 16. TRICK TRUCK SALINAS, Calif. (DPI) — Truck driver Duane Alphonse, 34, Torrance, Calif., was cited Wednesday for driving an overweight vehicle. Police were puzzled when the 15-foot trailer of his truck went under a bridge with a 14% foot maximum clearance with only its exhaust pipe broken and roof scraped. uck and back to company tr ucks in 1924. “We had to re-ice meats, ice cream, fish and other perishab les when they would come throu gh. Drugs and fish were shipped in wooden boxes. It is seldom now that we get anything ship ped in a wooden box. “We always got a thrill of see ing some of the 'wild animals be ing shipped to circuses. We got a big kick out of just watching them. “One time there was a lion and fresh meat in the same car. When we opened the door, the lion had almost broken out of its cage and we had to nail its cage back together before the meat could be unloaded. “Once I took a tent to a house about 12:30 or 1 o’clock on Christmas morning so Santa Cl aus could deliver it to a little boy. The tent had been ordered for some time, but came in on a late train and I delivered it so Santa could put it under the tree. “One time a train came in that had a buzzard caught on the fr ont of it. Some of the men ar ound town decided to play a joke on a young lawyer who had not been married too long and so they boxed it and I delivered it- to him. “He did not want to accept the box because he had not ord ered anything, but finally did. “The young lawyer got sore about it. People spread the word about the buzzard and he got long distance calls, letters and telegrams about it. “After about two or three days he threatened action against the men here and I had to go tell him it was meant as a joke by some of his friends in town. “Back in the days when we delivered by horse and wagon our limits were the tracks on East Solomon and West Griffin School. Now we deliver from Hampton to Zebulon. “I have not made plans for f GRIFFIN Ship Jumping Sailors Said Headed To Sweden my retirement. I like to hunt and fish and do a little bowling, but most of all I like to work with my flowers and vegetable gar den. “Last year I had 96 varieties of roses. In addition to the ros es, I also have other flowers. “It won’t take me long to cat ch up on my fishing and hunt ing, but I can always work with my flowers.” Mr. Turner started work with the company in January of 1920. He was “a little over 17” then. During his first 45 years, he missed only five days for sick ness. Turner said his many years with the company were due to good health and few accidents. He said the worst accident he had was when a little boy ran into the side of his truck on Nor th Ninth street. The little boy had gotten out of a truck his fa ther was driving and ran into the side of the REA truck. Sunday Closing Hearing Friday A request for an injunction restraining 27 establishments from doing business on Sunday will be presented to Judge John H. McGehee in Spalding Super ior Court Friday morning. Sol. Gen. Andrew Whalen, Jr., petitioned the court for a hear ing after he was presented af fidavits charging the stores were violating a Sunday closing law. Drug stores, grocery stores, de partment stores and discount sto res were among those cited. The exact time of the hearing Friday was not definite, since it will depend on how much other court business is handled. But the hearing was expected to come up about 10 o’clock. Political Asylum To Be Requested STOCKHOLM (UPI) — Four young American sailors who deserted their ship in a Japanese port will arrive here from Moscow Friday morning, a spokesman for the Swedish Cpmmittee for Vietnam said today. The sailors are Richard Baily, 19, of Jacksonville, Fla.; John Barilla, 20, of Catonsville, Md.; Michael Lindner, 19, of Mount Pocono, Pa., and Craig Ander son, 20, of San Jose, Calif. A spokesman for the Swedish committee said the Americans would arrive at Arlanda Inter national Airport aboard a commercial airliner. They will seek political asylums and have requested help from the committee, the spokesman said. A press conference is sche duled at the airport shortly after the arrival of the four Americans, the pacifist group said. The sailors jumped ship in Japan and fled to Russia where they showed up in a television program last. month and den ounced the Vietnam war and urged American soldiers fight ing in Vietnam to desert. They left the aircraft carrier Intrepid in the Japanese port of Yokuhama Oct. 23 and after appearing on television they announced their intention to go to Sweden. Two weeks ago they asked for Finnish transit visas but the Finnish embassy refused to grant them any as they had no U.S. passports and no visas to a third country. The sailors will stay in Stockholm with members of the committee, the spokesman said. A spokesman for the Swedish Foreign Office said that “we know nothing about this.” Pike Soldier Dies On Leave From Vietnam S-Sgt. Charlie Harvey Perkins, 38, of Pike County died in Ha waii while on rest leave from Vietnam. He had been in Viet nam since July. He is survived by two daugh ters, Miss Kathy Perkins and Miss Linda Perkins, both of Grif fin; his father, Harvey Marcel lus Perkins of Barnesville; five sisters, Mrs. George Ragan of Atlanta, Mrs. John Buffington of Zebulon, Mrs. Paul Richards of Columbus, Mrs. B. H. Hanes of Barnesville and Mrs. James St. anley of Griffin; and several nie ces and nephews. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Haisten Funeral Home of Barnesville pending the arrival of the body. Weather: FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA — Partly cloudy and colder tonight. Friday variable cloudiness and cool. LOCAL WEATHER — High today 45, low today 39, rainfall .98 of an inch; high Wednes day 52, low Wednesday 29. NO OBSTRUCTIONS SACREMENTO, Calif. (UPI) —California is spending $1 million to install sign poles and light standards that will col lapse when hit by vehicles along freeways. “Since some people come to grief off the roadbed, we are going to see if we can help them avoid catastrophe by making sure shoulders and the adjacent roadsides are compa ratively smooth and free of obstructions,” said John Legar ra, state highway engineer. (NEA Telephoto) Wood Automobile THE WONDER MATERIAL for this custom-built car. David Ross, 21, of West Georgia College in Carrollton, Ga., spent 2| years fitting the plywood body to a Volkswagen chassis, then proved the vehicle’s roadworthiness by driv ing to New Orleans. City Board Announces Appointments Mayor Kimsey Stewart today announced appointments for 1968 to city boards and commiss ions. | Herbert Bolton was appoint ed to a term, to expire Dec. 31, 1971, on the Industrial Building Authority. Other members of the board are Felton Rainwater, Le wis Murphy, Emmett Powell and chairmen of the City and Coun ty Commissioners. Russell Smith was reappoint ed to the Board of Education- Area Vocational-Technical Sc hool System. The term will ex pire Dec. 31, 1972. Other mem bers of the board are C. T. Par ker, Richard Charnigo, Carl Richardson and Arthur Cope land. Individual appointments for 1968 are: Robert H. Smalley, Jr., city attorney; Claude Done hoo, tax collector; Tom E. Le wis, judge of police court; H. H. Hammond, auditor; and the Rev. J. K. Kelley, city chaplain. Other appointments are: Board of City Tax Assessors: E. G. Harper, Carl Pruett and C. T. Parker. Hospital Authority: Alyn R. Jones was reappointed for a four-year term to expire Dec. 31, 1971. Other membere are Dr. W. R. Gilbert, Jim Doughtie, and Commissioner Otis M. Sni der, Jr. Zoning and Planning Board: Ronald Smith was named to a five-year term to expire Dec. 31, 1972. Other members are George Bell, William D. Prid gen, Joe Buffington and Chester Golden. Board of Zoning Adjustment: Ray Barron was reappointed to a five-year term to serve with carry-over members Otis Blake, Jr., Jim Mankin, W. A. Gregory and E. G. Harper. Housing Authority: Felton Ra inwater was reappointed to a five-year term expiring Dec. 31, 1972, and Dan Boyd will fill an unexpired term of the late En nis Parker. Other members are Carl Cartledge, Homer Gris som, and T. T. Blakely. City Recreation Advisory Bo ard: Layman Hattaway, Pres ton Bunn, Mrs. Katherine Ar nold, Mrs. Thelma Newton, Leon Hubbard, Chester Jones and Otis Weaver, Jr. Fairmont Recreation Advisory Board: Robert T. Jones was appointed to serve with Horace Fuller, Jr., Mrs. Rossie Connal ly, Mrs. Elnora Milner and the Rev. O. H. Stinson. Board of Appeals on Condem nation Under the Building Code: Gerald Bilbro, John Oxford, Cooper Mills, Hollon Mobley, and George Addison. In SNCC Newsletter FBI Checks Threat Against LBJ Car By HENRY P. LEIFERMANN ATLANTA (UPI) — The FBI said today it was investigating an article in a black power newsletter, advocating violent attacks on President Johnson’s limousine as a Vietnam war protest. The article, appearing in the current issue of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Com- Fighting In Viet Heats Up After Holiday By THOMAS CHEATHAM SAIGON (UPD—U.S. and allied troops killed at least 148 Communists in a series of lightning attacks throughout South Vietnam Wednesday, mili tary spokesmen reported today. At least 19 Americans died and another 121 were wounded as the pace of fighting increased sharply, with both sides swinging back into actimn after the brief Christmas lull. Four U.S. helicopters were shot down during the day. In Saigon, U.S. authorities disclosed 166 Americans were killed and 1,397 wounded in combat during the week ending last Saturday. In the previous week, 187 Americans died in action. The toll brought total U.S. combat casualty figures for the war to 115,983—including 15,812 killed, 99,305 wounded and 866 missing. Allied Casualty Report Other allied forces reported 20 killed and 34 wounded during the week. The officials said U.S. and allied forces reported killing 826 Communists last week, com pared with 1,174 for the week before. The total, however, did not include Communists killed by South Vietnamese forces. South Vietnamese troops were credited with killing 697 Com munists last week. Government casualties for the week were reported as 234 killed, 629 wounded and 26 missing. In the biggest battle Wednes day, American Paratroopers flown in by helicopter and supported by planes and artille ry, killed at least 31 Commu nists in a nine-hour clash in the jungled coastal lowlands near Tuy Hoa, about 250 miles northeast of Saigon. Further north, South Vietna mese troops reported killing at least 54 Communists in two separate actions. Units of the Ist Infantry Division, chasing remnants of the 816th Viet Cong main force regiment, reported killing 14 Wednesday. On Tuesday, the government sol diers killed 203 of the Commu nists in a daylong battle in sand dune and bamboo thicket country about 12 miles south of the Demoilitarlzed Zone. mittee (SNCC) Newsletter, ad vocates the attacks as part of a strategy to make President Johnson “afraid to leave the White House.” An FBI spokesman said fed eral authorities had been ad vised of the article, written by Julius Lester, a field secretary for the militant Atlanta - based SNCC, and that it was being "looked into.” He declined to elaborate. Lester, who recently returned from a trip to North Vietnam and Cuba wrote that to “resist is to make the President afraid to leave the White House be cause he will be spat upon wherever he goes to tell his lies. “His limousine will find the street filled with tacks and thousands of people who will surge around it, smashing the window and rocking the car un til it is turned on its side,” he wrote. The article also urged Viet nam war demonstrators to adopt tactics including resisting arrest until “there is no other choice but death.” Stanley Wise, executive direc tor of SNCC, said the Lester article did not mean SNCC en dorsed the tactics. “We will al low him (Lester) to publish anything he thinks he should, and we are not about to stop short in discussing methods of dissent,” he said Wednesday. Wise charged the President was “already” afraid to leave the White House. “The high policy people in this govern ment don’t make speaking en gagements in large cities. John son just talks to military bases,” he said. In the same issue, SNCC said it “reaffirms its political oppo sition to Zionism,” a charge it made in the last SNCC news letter in August. The statement drew severe criticism from Jews who said the militant black power organization had become anti-Semitic. • The current newsletter also discounted the resignations from SNCC of actor Theodore Bikel and author Harry Golden, who issued statements shortly after the organization’s anti - Israel charges, saying they had pulled out of the organization. “SNCC in a policy decision of 1966 became an all-black organ ization, the newsletter said. It said Bikel and Goldon, both Whites, were removed from membership roles at the time along with all other Whites, Another article in the news letter, by SNCC Chairman H. Rap Brown, called on Negroes in the United States to “prepare yourself psychologically” for guerilla war in South Africa. “Those of us who have been trained to fight in Vietnam, for example, and do not want to fight and live in this country, may very soon have to form a Black International and return to Africa to fight or die for the liberation of the mother coun try,” Brown wrote.

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Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current, December 28, 1967, Image 1