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Griffin Daily New*
Friday, February 2, 1968
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Joe Preston
Preston Joins
First Baptist
As Music Leader
Joe Preston has arrived in Gr
iffin to assume his duties as min
ister of music at the First Bap
tist Church.
He has graduated from the
Southern Seminary in Louisville,
Ky., where he majored in vo
ice. While in graduate school,
he had two years experience as
a music therapist at Central
State Hospital at Anchorage,
Ky. He has more than eight ye
ars experience in music minis
try and has served churches in
Texas, Indiana and Georgia.
A native of Eatonton, Ga., Mr.
Preston graduated from Putnam
County High where he made an
outstanding academic and ath
letic record. He studied at Bay
lor University in Waco, Texas
and received his AB in 1963 in
English, religion and church mu
sic. He received his MA degree
in comparative religion in 1985.
His wife’s name is Brenda.
FLYING HIGH
HOPKINTON, Mass. (UPI)—
Town employe Francis Lockhart
today receives a wage boost of
166 per cent, and would you
believe it—he wanted more.
Lockhart’s job is to raise the
flag each morning at the town’s
common memorial. He also
lowers it at sunset.
Last year Lockhart was paid
15 cents a day for his chores.
But after high level negotiations
with town finance officers, he
will now receive 40 cents a day,
or SIBO annually.
He had sought a wage of 50
cents a day.
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7
3 Griffinites
Elected To
Scout Council
Mrs. James Skinner, Mrs. Ja
net Mitchell and Frank Jolly
were installed at the Pine Val
ley Girl Scout annual council
meeting on Monday night. The
meeting was held in the Parish
House of St. George’s Episcopal
Church.
Mrs. Skinner was elected as a
board member and will serve as
chairman of the personnel com
mittee. Mrs. Mitchell was elec
ted for a second term as secre
tary and Mr. Jolly was elected
for a second term as treasurer
and chairman of the finance
committee.
The Council voted unanimous
ly to extend the jurisdiction of
the Council to Include Coweta
County Council.
A framed scroll was present
ed to George Hightower by the
Rev. Richard O. Flinn, a board
member from Carrollton. This
scroll was in appreciation for the
outstanding work Mr. Hightower
has done in heading a limited
campaign for funds to build a
dining hall, a staff-troop house
and unit house on the Council
camp property at Meansville.
Announcement was made at the
meeting that the contract has
been awarded to Jones Construc
tion Company of Griffin.
A presentation of the new "Pi
per Project" was given by Mrs.
Robert Wilson and her Troop
No. 274.
At the close of the meeting an
engraved plaque was presented
to Mrs. Henry Keller in appre
ciation of her outstanding ser
vice to the Council during her
three years as president.
A large representation from
the 14 counties enjoyed the fel
lowship hour, hostessed by Mrs.
Skinner, Mrs. Haskell Conkle,
Mrs. Eva Miles and Mrs. Janet
Mitchell.
Stork Club
LITTLE MISS WILLIAMS
Mr. and Mrs. Walter James
Williams of 210 Morris street,
Griffin, announce the birth of a
daughter on January 31 at the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospi
tal.
MASTER YOL’NG
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Roy
Young of Route Two, Griffin,
announce the birth of a son on
February 1 at the Griffin-Spald
ing County Hospital.
MASTER PELT
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Aldine
Pelt of Route Two, Griffin, an
nounce the birth of a son on Fe
bruary 1 at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital.
‘Missions’ Night
To Be Observed
At Kincaid
"Missions Famiiy Night” will
be held at Kincaid Memorial
Methodist Church Sunday night.
The youth and junior fellow
ships will meet for recreation
and programs at 5 p.m.
At 6 p.m. there be a covered
dish supper with the families of
the church bringing the food.
A program on the missionary
work of the Methodist church
will be presented at 7 p.m. The
program will include two film
strips: "The Gospel” and "The
Mission”.
"Missions Family Night” is
sponsored by the missions com
mission and is being held at the
close of the “Church-wide mis
sion study”.
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Dr. Freeman
First Methodist
Starts Special
Mission Study
The third annual church wide
missions study will begin Sun
day at the First Methodist Chur
ch.
Children, youth and adult gr
oups will be set up for the four,
part series. The studies will be
conducted on the four February
Sunday evenings.
The adult study will center on
the theme of “Christ and the
Faiths of Men.” The youth de
partment’s theme will be "Your
Personal Mission.”
The first sessions will begin
each Sunday night at 5:15 and
stop for a snack supper at 5:50.
After the second session of stu
dy, there will be a brief inter
mission. The evening’s schedule
will end with an inspirational
service in the church sanctuary
from 7:10 until 8 p.m.
Dr. Ross Freeman, assistant
dean at the Candler School of
Theology at Emory University,
will be the inspirational speaker
Sunday night.
Leading in the first session’s
study will be Mrs. E. A. Nealy.
A drama section will be presen
ted by Mrs. Ashley Hurt, Ray
Simonton and Miss Diane Park.
The mission study is sponsor
ed by the Commission on Mis
sions with Mrs. Jewell Doe as
chairman. Members of the
commission have been planning
the study for several months. It
is one of the commission’s ma
jor projects each year.
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Rev. and Mrs. Ferguson
Revival Begins
Sunday At
Nazarene Church
The First Church of the Naz
arene, corner of Melton and Sp
ring streets, Griffin, will begin
revival services Sunday, Feb.
4-11. The Rev. David L. Ash
is pastor.
The Rev. and Mrs. Edward R.
Ferguson of Vicksburg, Mich.,
evangelist and singer, will con
duct the revival services. Their
theme is “Earnestly Contending
for the Faith”.
Services will be held each ev
ening at 7:30 p.m.
PENNY WISH
REDDITCH, England (UPI)—
Joseph Gayle offered to pay his
debt to the local council to the
last penny. TTrursday he did just
that.
He rolled up to the town hall
with a sack filled with 13,598
pennies to settle the 56 pounds
13 shillings and twopence (135.62
dollars) bill « court had ordered
him to pay for repairs to his
council-owned home.
“I did it as a protest against
the way the council went aboue
getting the bill settled,” he said.
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Sponsored by Wesleyan Service Guild, Highland Methodist
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA
Ships Collide
In Sea Os Japan
WASHINGTON (UPI)-A
U.s. destroyer had a “minor
collision” with a Russian
merchant ship In the Sea of
Japan, the Defense Department
said today. No injuries were
reported.
The Pentagon said the USS
Rowan collided with the Soviet
merchant vessel Vislobokov at
1:53 p.m. EST Wednesday 95
miles off Pohang, South Korea.
The American destroyer re
ported a three-foot hole was
torn in its hull above the water
line. The Russian ship signaled
“damage to my stern two
meters in length.”
The Defense Department said
the 3,500-ton Rowan was on an
easterly course when the
aecident occurred and had the
right of way over the Vislobo
kov, which was on a southerly
heading.
The Rowan, commanded by
Cmdr. Loren I. Moore of Wheat
Ridge, Colo., is 350 feet long
and has a crew of 250 men. The
Vislobokov Is 511 feet long and
displaces 10,000 tons.
Hospital
The following were admitted
to the Griffln-Spalding County
Hospital Thursday:
Mrs. Judy Young, Mrs. Linda
Miley, Hulette Williams, Fred
Preston, Miss Donna Mostller.
Mrs. Betty Heath, Debbie Ham
montree, Mrs. Dorothy West
bury, Howard Biles, V. S. Phil
lips, Mrs. Barbara Shivers, Wil
liam Thrash, Lindsey Laney, R.
J. Phillips, Howard Ballard,
Mrs. Betty Jo Pelt, Mrs. Sheryl
Butler, Holly Folds, Sam Rid
ley.
The following were dismissed:
Lillie Ingram, Mickey Clark,
Mrs. Catherine Eller and baby,
Robert Bunn, Miss Nancy Kelly,
Mrs. Frances Wilson and baby,
Miss Pollie Williams, Mrs. Wan
da Putman, Mrs. Ellen Roberts
and baby, Mrs. Alice Biles, Mrs.
Helen Busbln, Mrs. Lois Lovick,
Mrs. Vicki Ballard, Harold In
gram, Aubrey Goddard, Edwin
James Pittman, James Bridges,
Eddie Brown, Jr., Mrs. Bernice
Forehan, Willie Hunt, Ron Al
len, Larae Pritchard, Mrs. He
len Ward, Mrs. Rosa Willis.
Funeral Today
For Mr. Suffridge
JACKSON — Mr. Harry Suf
frage, 74, of 142 Mimosa Lane,
Jackson, died Wednesday night.
He was a retired eleotrician.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. George Antonio of Warner
Robins; two sons, John E. Suf
frage of Macon and Frank Suff
rage, APO New York, N.Y.; and
two grandchildren.
Funeral services were con
ducted from the graveside In tne
Jackson city cemetery this af
ternoon at 3 o’clock. The Rev.
Ray Donehoo officiated. Hals
ten Funeral Home of Jackson
was in charge.
Cattlemen
To Meet At
Callaway
Georgia cattlemen and
their wives will gather at Calla
way Gardens on Feb. 4 for the
annual convention of the Geor
gia Cattlemen’s Association.
Many outstanding beef cat
tle experts are to be on the pro
gram to discuss betterment pro
grams for the rapidly expand
ing beef cattle industry in Geor
gia.
Dr. Jack Tuttle of Bamesville
is president of Georgia Cattle
men’s Association with J- B. Cl
ark, Donalsonville, first vice
president: R. G. Daniell, Met
ter, second vice-president; Bob
Blalock, Woodbury, treasurer;
and Dr. O. E. Sell, Griffin,
state director.
Youth will be featured at the
noon luncheon on Monday by
4-H and FFA speakers, announ
cement of essay contest winner
and the "Queen” contest.
Griffin Hospital Care
Association, Inc.
(Sponsored and approved by
the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.)
Paid claims in the amount ol
$8,024.70 during the month
of December, 1967.
F. L. BARTHOLOMEW, JR.
iecrelary
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NOT A FLYING CAR, but the Russian Maxi under a
Soviet TU-104 aircraft in Moscow. The new auto has slid
ing doors enabling the occupants to enter or leave in the
tightest of parking spaces. Back seats fold into a bed.
Mrs. Caunada
Dies Thursday
Mrs. Sally Garrett Cannada of
703 North 18th street, widow of
Mr. John Clifford Cannada. died
Thursday night at Brightmoor
Nursing Home after a lengthy
illness.
Mrs. Cannada was a retired
employe of Rushton Mills. She
was a member of Oak Hill Bap
tist Church.
Survivirs include two sisters,
Mrs. J. F. Norton and Miss Gay
nelle Garrett, both of Atlanta;
and several nieces and nep
hews.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Saturday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock from Oak Hill
Baptist Church with the pastor,
the Rev. Robert M. Lloyd offic
iating. Burial will be in Oak
Hill cemetery. Mrs. Oannada’s
body will remain at Haisten Fu
neral Home,
Escape from the kitchen!
February 'T'iSn
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Hot and fluffy light! Deli
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Escape from the kitchen. Let the Colonel do the Cookin’! Special for
February only . . . buy a Bucket of hit, golden crisp Kentucky Fried
Chicken, and get all the trimmin’s FREE! The Bucket includes 15 pieces
of chicken, plus 10 hot rolls, plus a full pint of our hot cracklin’ gravy.
Remember . . . this month only, buy the Bucket and get one pint of
mashed potatoes plus one pint of cole slaw FREE! See how easy meals
can be. Kentucky Fried Chicken.
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: KENTUCKY fried chicken
Potato Salad, pint 45c 103 GEORGIA AVENUE
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Quirks
ALL’S FAIR
SAN FRANCISCO (UPl)—The
sailors of the aircraft carrier
Oriskany have given fair
warning to San Francisco’s
single girls.
The big ship docked in San
Francisco Wednesday after a
rugged tour of duty in the
waters around Vietnam.
A huge makeshift sign on the
side of the carrier said: “We’re
here to make love, not war.”
FINAL JUDGEMENT
PARIS (UPl)—Felix Laurent
decided Wednesday he could not
longer stand the quality of
programs on France’s national
television network. So he obeyed
an impulse many TV viewers
must have had at some time or
another. He took his set to the
top of the Eiffel Tower...and
hurled It to the ground.
Students May
Have Income Tax
Refund Coming
Students who worked part-time
or during the summer may have
a refund coming on their 1967
Federal Income tax returns, Er
nest T. Woodruff, the local re
presentative of Internal Reven
ue, said today.
Students are required to file
a tax return If they earned S6OO
or more. If they earned less
than S6OO and taxes were with
held from their wages, they
should file a return In order to
obtain a refund of the tax with
held.
Unmarried students who earn
less than S9OO will not owe any
Federal Income tax. They are
entitled to claim the usual S6OO
personal exemption, plus a S3OO
minimum standard deduction.
Students are entitled to claim
their own personal exemption
when filing a tax return, Mr.
Woodruff said. Parents who fur
nish more than one-half the cost
of support for their child who Is
a full-time student may also cl
aim him as an exemption on
their tax return, unless the child
is married and is filing a joint
return with his or her spouse.
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Grimes Named
Zebulon Bank
Vice President
Dan M. Grimes, 43, has been
elected vice president of the
Bank of Zebulon, it was announ
ced this week by president J. J.
Edwards.
Mr. Grimes began his bank
ing experience in his home town
in 1950, with the Commercial
Bank of Cedartown. He was cas
hier when he left the bank in
1963 to accept the position of
vice president with the Citizens
Bank of Douglasvllle.
Mr. Grimes came to Zebulon
from Douglasvllle, where he had
served as executive vice presi
dent of the Citizens Bank since
1965.
Mr. Grimes graduated from
Polk County High School, North
west Georgia Business College
and the Banking School of the
South, Louisiana State Univer
sity.
He and his wife, Bettie, have
seven children. The family plans
to remain in Douglasville until
the end of the school term.