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December 30, 1967.
Toall Our Friendsand Neighbors:
These lines are written with all the emotions of two people who tonight
are retiring from Saul's, a business which has taken a lifetime to build.
For thirty-four years Miss Sadye has unlocked the doors at 103 South
Hill Street, in sunshine or rain, and greeted all comers with the sincere will
ingness to serve them with the finest quality styled merchandise, unques
tioned integrity and friendly service. I joined her almost thirty years ago
when we were married.
Many a child has grown up fully impressed and convinced that the
clothes and shoes he ar she was wearing were the gifts of Miss Sadye. Saul's
became a by-word to them at an early age. Now these young folks are bring
ing their grand-children to be fitted in all wearables and this has convinced
us that Father Time has marched on. We therefore decided to retire and be
gin a less demanding life while time still allows.
During our many years we have tried to do our share not only to operate
a successful business but to aid in the development of a better Griffin. Our
efforts were in all fields of community projects, civic, cultural and philan
thropic. We shared in the joys and sorrows of our many friends and then
were the recipients of the consolation and sympathy when we, too, had our
sorrows and happy tidings.
Now it's time to say thanks to all our friends for the many opportuni
ties that have been ours. We have been blessed with good friends and
neighbors not only in Griffin but also in all our surrounding communities.
We wish to express our sincerest appreciation to each and every one of you.
So we come to the end of another chapter in our Book of Life and look
forward to the years ahead where we can live and contribute to an even
Greater Griffin. We will make our home among our neighbors and join with
them in all the projects so necessary for the future growth of this area. So
once again our thanks to each of you.
Sincerely,
Werner and Sadye Widmann.
By MURRAY OLDERMAN
NEA Sports Editor
NEW YORK — (NEA) —lt
would be difficult to convince
the Baltimore Colts there’s still
truth in the old cliche, “One
game doesn’t make a season.”
But when the legend of 1967 is
finally Inscribed, there will be
a true assessment of their achie
vement in losing just one game
in 14 — and of the incomparable
performance of a 34-year-old
quarterback.
He has the scars of many phy
sical contacts and a bursitic
shoulder that crimps his chief
talent, throwing a football.
He is also the greatest of all
modern quarterbacks and has
been announced today by News
paper Enterprise Association as
the winner of the 1967 Jim Thor
pe Memorial Trophy.
The award signifies his rank
as the outstanding player in the
National Football League. To
appreciate how long John Unitas
has been the dominant force In
pro football, note that he won
his first Jim Thorpe trophy in
1957, when he was a sophomore
in the NFL.
The jury for this award Is com
posed of the 640 active players
on the 16 teams, polled by NEA,
and they awarded him this
year’s trophy with definitive
tributes.
“I don’t feel anyone is in a
class with John this year,” com
mented Bart Starr, the quarter
back of the Green Bay Packers.
“He has been superb all year
and the Colt’s record indicates
what he means to them.”
Bart has been the equally im
| pressive recipient of the Jim
, Thorpe trophy last year.
“No one close to Unitas,” said
Tommy Mason of their chief ri
vals and conquerors, the Los
Angeles Rams.
The NFL players voted for
three choices in numerical or
der, excluding teammates in
their balloting.
“I am leaving the first place
vote blank,” noted Lou Mich
aels, his Colt teammate, “be
cause I believe John Unitas sh
ould win it.”
The appreciation of Unitas by
his compatriots, the men he
plays with and against, has ne
ver been stronger.
Unitas’ only serious competi
tors were his aides in the NEA
all-pro backfield this year, also
selected by the players:
Leroy Kelly of Cleveland.
Gale Sayers of Chicago.
Johnny will be with them in
Los Angeles for the official pre
sentation of this trophy at the
all-pro party in CBS Television
City, Hollywood, on Jan. 18. It
will be filmed and shown natio
nally by CBS during halftime
of the Pro Bowl game in Los
Angeles on Jan. 21.
In winning this award, estab
lished in 1955 and now the most
prestigious honor in professional
football, Unitas added to the re
markable list of accomplish
ments for a man who once play
ed sandlot football for the
Bloomfield (Pa.) Rams at $7
a game.
He yielded the passing cham
pionship for 1967 to Sonny Jur
gensen of the Washington Red
skins, whp was fourth in the vot
ing, but he led all National Lea
gue passers in percentage of
completions, at 58.5. Only Jur
gensen surpassed his totals of
436 attempts and 255 comple
tions for 3,428 yards.
These figures now make Uni
tas the most prolific passer in
pro football history— and also
the most effective, surpassing
Y.A. Title’s old records this sea
son. In addition, every touch
down pass completed adds to the
record he already holds in that
career category.
This proficiency has also made
Unitas the first SIOO,OOO salaried
player in pro football. A new
three-year contract went into ef
fect this season.
As the Jim Thorpe Trophy will
attest, Johnny Unitas wasted no
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time in fulfilling the terms of his
obligation to produce for the
Baltimore Colts.
The final vote tabulations:
John Unitas, Baltimore, 482.
Leroy Kelly, Cleveland, 284.
Orange Bowl
Best On Paper
By CHARLES E. TAYLOR
MIAMI (UPI) — it’s going to
be the James Gang from Ok
lahoma against Bill Battle’s
Tennessee computer in Monday
night’s Orange Bowl game.
The latter days James Gang
is the University of Oklahoma
football team's defensive unit,
coached by round - faced Pat
James. And Battle is the young
coach of Tennessee's receivers
who applies his computer ex
pertise — his master’s degree
is from Oklahoma — to Volun
teer football.
The two teams clash at 8 p.
m. EST Monday to wind up, for
a national television audience
and a local full house of over
75,000, the big day of bowl
games. On paper, the 34th Or
ange Bowl is the best of the
day, matching second - ranked
Tennessee against the third
ranked Sooners. Both teams
have 9-1 season records.
The view of the 25 - year -old
Battle is that “football is a
guessing game — you guess
your play is going to work
against his. But you’re better
off if you know what he’s more
likely to do.”
That’s where his computer
comes in. Tennessee scouts
watching future opposition
teams each weekend translate
their notes into terms the com
puter can assimilate. The com
puter spits out statistics on
what the other team’s offense
and defense is likely to do, as
well as on the effectiveness of
the Volunteer plays.
It will have to do some fancy
figuring to crack the James
Boys, for there is a subtletly
: to what figures show about the
Lakers Slip By
Globetrotters
The Lakers beat the Globetrot
ters 31-30 Friday in the boys bas
ketball league.
The Kittens beat the Bunnies
17-14 and the Rebs stopped the
Tomboys 22-20 in the girls lea
gue.
Kenneth Hand scored 17 po
ints for the Lakers. Frankie
Goldstein and Mike Ward made
nine for the Trotters.
Elizabeth Shackelford scored
eight for the Kittens and Bever
ly Gatlin made seven. Debbie
Estes scored 10 points for the
Bunnies.
Pam Butler and Diane Will
iams scored six points for the
Rebs. Nancy Smith made nine
for the Tomboys and Denise Add
ington scored six.
Newton’s
Home Streak
Comes To End
Newton County’s long home
court winning streak has ended.
The spoiler was Wills High
School, who beat Coach Ronald
Bradley’s Rams, 59-41.
Earlier this week the Rams
tied the national home-court win
ning record of 129 straight seo
by the University of Kentucky.
The Rams were out to estab
lish a new record of 130 home
game victories.
However, Wills took a 23-16
lead hr the first half and won go
ing away.
Gale Sayers, Chicago, 164.
Sonny Jurgensen, Washington,
140.
Bart Starr, Green Bay, 76.
Fran Tarkenton, New York
45.
Oklahoma defense. It is, for in
stance, ranked but 42nd nation
ally in stopping the rush, and
17th nationally in pass defense.
Now consider the standing of
the Sooners in points surrend
ered per game: the best in the
land at 6.8 points. Even Bat
tle’s computer is going to con
clude that, however much ball
moving the Vols can do be
tween the 20 - yard lines, the
dirty work against the James
Gang is going to have to be
done near the goal, for that’s
where the Sooners make it
sticky.
James says of his defensive
unit: "We’re not big. Our over
all strength is quickness and
speed. Our strength is ability
and equipment to pursue a foot
ball. Our weakness is our size.”
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Saying hello to another New Year brings with
it the pleasure of greeting our friends, and
sending our thanks and best wishes to all. A
happy 1968 to each of you!
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Sat. & Sun., Dec. 30-31, 1967 Griffin Daily News
Georgia Wins
Triangle Title
By FRED McMANE
UPI Sports Writer
Georgia’s giant Bob Lienhard
grabbed 23 rebounds and scored
19 points Friday while leading
Georgia to a 62-56 victory over
North Carolina State and the
Triangle Classic title.
Lienhard, who has averaged
better than 27 points and just
over - 21 rebounds per game this
season, contributed his standout
performance despite being
weakened earlier in the week by
the flu.
With Georgia leading by only
two points the big center
blocked three shots and grabbed
five rebounds in the final
minute and a half as the
Bulldogs pulled away. Lien
hard’s all-around performance
earned him the tournament’s
most valuable player award.
Meanwhile, Lienhard’s old
nemesis, Lew Alcindor, was his
usual overpowering self as he
poured In 26 points to lead
UCLA to a 108-67 rout of St.
Louis in the semi-final of the
Los Angeles Classic.
The victory was the 41st
straight for the Bruins, who will
take on Wyoming in the
championship game tonight.
Wyoming, paced by Mike
Eberle’s 28 points, edged lowa
94-87 in double overtime in the
other semi-final game.
In other big games, second
ranked Houston moved into the
finals of the Rainbow Classic at
Honolulu with a 77-65 victory
over Marquette, third-ranked
Vanderbilt reached the finals of
the Sugar Bowl Tournament
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with a 73-63 victory over
Michigan State and fourth
ranked North Carolina moved
into the finals of the Far West
Classic with an 86-84 victory
over Utah.
Western Kentucky won the
Dallas All-Sports Classic by
defeating California 96-85.
Wildcats
Win Tourney
The Wildcats beat the Gunners
74-61 Friday to win the Men’s
Holiday Basketball Tournament.
Chris Jones scored 25 points
for the Wildcats and Randy
Manning made 22. John Herbert
scored 24 for the Gunners. John
Hammond made 22.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Mr. Parker
Frank Feltman wish to ex
press their appreciation to
the friends and relatives for
their many expressions of
sympathy shown during their
recent bereavement.
The family wishes to
especially thank McDonald
Funeral Home for their kind
ness.
The Feltman Family.
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