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Monday, Feb. 5, 1968 Griffin Daily News
IOOF To Honor
Mote Boggs Here
Warren Lodge No. 20,
1.0.0. F. and Lodge 12 Rebe
kahs will honor Mote Boggs,
long-time leader in Odd Fellow
activities Friday night, 7:30 in
the Rural-Urban center at the
courthouse.
All Odd Fellows, Rebekahs
and friends of Mote Boggs have
been Invited.
Present at the meeting will
be Chester Shelton, Cornelia,
Ga., Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge 1.0.0. F. of Geor
gia, and Mrs. Q. J. Renfroe,
Macon, president of the Grand
Assembly of Rehekahs of Geor
gia.
Boyce Sims, Noble Grand of
Warren Lodge will be master
of ceremonies. Mrs. Inez Hand
is Noble Grand of the local Re
bekahs.
The program has been ar
ranged by Ed Stallings, Wells
Howard, both past Grand Ma
ters of the Georgia Grand
Lodge, O. A. Davis, past Noble
Grand of Warren Lodge and
Boyce Sikes, current Noble
Grand.
Mr. Boggs has been active in
Odd Fellow work for nearly
half a century and is consider-
About Town
WOMEN OF MOOSE
Women of the Moose will meet
Tuesday night at 8 p m. at the
Moose Lodge.
Mrs. Knowles
Buried Today
Mrs. Elsie Hunter Knowles
Os 361 North 14th street, widow
of the Rev. J. B. Knowles, died
early Sunday morning at the
Griffin-Spalding Conuty Hospi
tal where she had been a patient
Mrs. Knowles, a native of Ri
verview, Ala., had made her
home in Griffin for 72 years.
She was a member of Hanlei
ter Methodist Church.
Survivors include four daugh
ters, Miss Mattie Lou Know
les, Miss Bernice Knowles, Mrs.
Annie Maude Dickson, all of
Griffin, and Mrs. Thelma Dun
can of Smyrna: two grandchild
ren, Miss Mary Jane Dickson
and Bill Duncan of Smyrna.
Funeral services were conduc
ted this afternoon at 3 o’clock
from the chapel of Pittman
Rawls Funeral Home. The Rev.
Newton Scott and the Rev.
Fred Kendrick officiated. Burial
was in Oak Hill cemetery.
Maid Charged
In Larceny
Katie Mae Wilson, 23, of 628
East Broadway, Griffin, has
been charged with larceny of ap
proximately SIOO from a home
where she was working as a
maid.
Mrs. Herman L. Lisle of 1333
West Poplar street, Griffin,
made the charge in a complaint
to the Griffin palice department.
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THE CHURCH OF CHRIST
669 South Hill Street
Invites You To Hear
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C.E. McGaughey
February 5-11 7:30 P. M.
Evangelist McGaughey has preached in Canada,
England, Ireland, Scotland and nearly every state
of the U. S. A. You will be greatly blessed by hear
ing this eminent and esteemed preacher.
ed “Mr. Odd Fellow’* through
out the state.
Georgia has always been
prominent in the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. At one
time the late Judge Robert T.
Daniel, was Sovereign Grand
Master.
Hospital
The following were admitted
to the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital over the weekend:
Mrs. Patsy Perkins, Mrs. Iris
Smith, David Langston, Mrs. C.
R. Mullins, Ray Clark, Robert
Collins, Sherry! Thomas, Mrs.
Carrie Miller, Hollis Murphy,
Charlie Bland, Ray Kimbrell,
Armand Rivers, Mrs. Fannie
Knox, Mrs. Marietta Head, Mrs.
Rosa Holmes, Mrs. Minnie Un
derwood, Mrs. Sandra McDan
iel, Kenneth King, Miss Pamela
Jones, T. J. Harper, Mrs. Addie
Barlow, Mrs. Yvonne Austin,
Joseph Evans, Shelia Thurman,
Mrs. Leila Wilson, Mrs. Frances
Askew, John Watts, Mrs. Floy
ce Barnes, Miss Vera Madaris,
Mrs. Bessie Hilley, Keith Lewis,
Ronald Miley, Mrs. Gloria Coat
es, Steven Smith, Mrs. Gleane
Rider, Mrs. Lucille Parks,
Mrs. Irma Klmbell, Mrs. Bar
bara Washington, Troy Ballard,
Richard Jones, Tracy Rawls,
Joseph Roda, Luther Stanley,
Mrs. Nancy Mcßride, W. J. Wil
liams, Steven Smith, Horace Jo
nes, William Johnston, Zollie
Ison, Roy Bridges, Ernest Ev
ans, Mrs. Senath Ausenbaugh,
Mrs. Jean Reid, Tara Taylor.
The following were dismissed:
Travis Jimmerson, Thomas
Butler, Miss Willie Hunt, Arthur
Hahn, Mrs. Margaret Feltman,
Eckley Morris, Clifford Fisher,
Sr., Sandy Abbott, Mrs. Ludie
Mae Wynn, Lucile Boone, Clark
Chambers, Bobby Whitehead,
Mrs. Betty Griggers, Deborah
Askew, Mrs. Margaret Salter,
John Buchanan, Mrs. Maggie
Goddard, Mrs. Carol McGuffey,
Mrs. Delphia Dean, William
Perdue, Mrs. Annie Pearl Little,
Miss Donna Mostiler, Lynn
Acker, Melvin Powe, Mrs. Br
enda Yost, Mrs. Mary Gunter,
Mrs. Barbara Shivers, Mrs. Inez
Snyder, Mrs. June Allen, Wil
liam Whitfield, Marcus And
rews, Mrs. Lee Harwell, Mrs.
Cecil Walker, Mrs. Patsy Hale,
Armand Rivers, Samuel Clark,
Ray Clark, I. S. Baily, Sr., Hu
lette Williams, Barron Cumming,
Ray Redding, Mrs. Agnes Sing
letary, Mrs. Mary Lou Biles,
Mrs. Zoa Goolsby, Mrs. Sherryl
Butler, Mrs. Minnie Underwood,
Mrs. Estelle Spruce, Alicia Prit
chltt, R. J. Phillips, Mrs. Martha
Pulliam, William Parson, Harry
Banks, Howard Ballaid, William
Thrash, Kenneth King, Lindsey
Laney, Mrs. Brenda Hughley,
James Harvey.
Man Arrested
Trying To Sell
Impact Wrench
James W. Kent, 25, of 163 Sp
alding street, Griffin, has been
charged with larceny of an im
pact wrench from Corley’s Am
erican Service Station.
Police arrested Kent over the
weekend when he tried to sell
the wrench, valued at $165.
A warrant has been taken by
the owner of the station charging
him with larceny of the wrench
on Jan. 25.
Boat Show Set
In Atlanta
The sixth annual Atlanta Boat
Show sets sail in the new At
lanta Civic Center Exhibition
Hall Feb. 9 and continues for
a 10-day program.
More than 200 boats will be
shown as well as a multitude
of campers, motor homes, ma
rine engines, accessories and
other displays of interest to the
outdoorsman.
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Stork Club
MASTER WILLIAMSON
Mr. and Mrs. Walter James
Williamson of 210 Morris street,
Griffin, announce the birth of a
son on January 31 at the Grif
fin-Spalding County Hospital.
MASTER MILEY
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Mi
ley of 818 West Broad street,
Griffin, announce the birth of a
son on February 1 at the Grif
fin-Spalding County Hospital.
LITTLE MISS SMITH
Mr. and Mrs. James Daniel
Smith of Route One, Griffin, an
nounce the birth of a daughter
on February 2 at the Griffin-Sp
alding County Hospital.
MASTER PERKINS
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Donald
Perkins of 128 Searcy avenue,
Griffin, announce the birth of a
son on February 2 at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital.
MASTER McBRIDE
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mcßride
of 1476 Beatty street, Griffin,
announce the birth of a son on
February 4 at the Griffin-Spal
ding County Hospital.
MASTER REID
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Reid of 222
Bourbon street, Griffin, announ
ce the birth of a son on Febru
ary 4 at the Griffin-Spalding Co
unty Hospital.
Griffinite’s
Brother Dies
Mr. J. Max Edwards of 488
Burlington road, N.E., Atlanta,
died In a private hospital on
Sunday.
Mr. Edwards was a native of
Lovejoy and was employed by
the Ford Motor Co., for 35 ye
ars.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. J. Max Edwards of Atlan
ta; one daughter, Mrs. Thomas
C. Johnson of Decatur; one bro
ther, John Edwards of Griffin;
one sister, Mrs. Eva Atkinson
of Atlanta, and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were conduc
ted this afternoon from the gr
aveside at 3 o’clock in the Rest
haven Memorial Gardens, De
catur. The Rev. John Nichol
officiated. A. S. Turner and Sons
Funeral Home of Decatur was
in charge of plans.
Burford Named
Serviceman
Jerry Burford was promoted
to Central Georgia EMC serv
iceman for the Griffin-Spald
ing County Area to fill the va
cancy created by the death of
Mack Wilkes, former service
man for this area.
Burford began working at the
co-op in June, 1960 as a
groundman from which he was
promoted to apprentice line
man, second class lineman, and
first class lineman.
He has worked since the age
of 13, his first job being
with Colonial Stores. He was in
the Navy reserve, serving two
years active duty.
Burford, a native of Butts
County and son of Paul Bur
ford and the late Mrs. Burford,
is married to the former Bren
da Jones of Prospect Communi
ty in Jasper County. They have
two children, JaNina, age five,
and Jay, age two.
Man Charged
With Burglary
James Venson Zachery of 305
East Quilley street, Griffin, was
arrested over the weekend and
charged with house burglary by
the Griffin Police Department.
Zachery is charged with a
burglary at the home of Roger
Hicks, 530 North Third street,
on January 19. A radio and por
table record player were taken
in the burglary.
Zachery is being held in city
jail.
Burglars Take
Portable TV
A 17-inch portable television
set was stolen from the home of
Andrew Riley, 736 Experiment
street, Griffin, over the weekend
in a house burglary.
Details of the burglary were
not available from the Griffin
Police Department.
Dianne Barnes
Wins Door Prize
Miss Dianne Barnes of Route
Four, Griffin, won the door pr
ize, a S2OO tape recorder, given
away Saturday during open hou
se at the State Farm office at
523 East Taylor.
The office is operated by Ral
ph Gatlin and Dick Hyatt.
Miss Barnes is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Barnes, Jr.
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Some May Need
Additional
Tax Forms
Georgia taxpayers may not
find all the tax forms and
schedules they need to file
their 1967 Federal income tax
return in the package they re
ceived in the mail from the In
ternal Revenue Service.
Ernest T. Woodruff, the local
representative of Internal Rev
enue said today that it is not
possible for the IRS to know in
advance which taxpayers will
need Schedule B to report in
come from pensions or annui
ties or who will need Schedule
D to report gain or loss from
the sale of property.
Mr. Woodruff advised that
now is the best time for tax
payers to make sure they have
all the records and tax forms
they may need.
Most widely-used forms can
be obtained at banks and post
offices. Any forms, schedules
or instructions not available at
these locations can be obtained
by writing to Distript Director,
Internal Revenue Service, P.O.
Box 1642, Atlanta, Georgia,
30301.
Those who filed an income
tax return last year should
have already received in the
mail a Form 1040 or Form
1040A and filing instructions.
Persons who did not receive
them should obtain the forms
and instructions they need.
Mrs. Mitchell
Os Jackson Dies
JACKSON — Mrs. Ruby May
Carter Mitchell, 75, widow of
Mr. Carl H. Mitchell, of Jack
son, died at the Westbury Nurs
ing Home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Mitchell was a member
of the Sardis Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sons,
Roy Mitchell and Eugene Mit
chell, both of Jackson, and Da
vid Mitchell of McDonugh: four
daughters, Mrs. Frances Ste
wart, Mrs. Watson Jones, both
of Covington, Mrs. Adrian Luns
ford of Jackson and Mrs. Al
Morgan of Miami, Fla.; three
sisters, two brothers, 13 grand
children and seven great-grand
children.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Tuesday afternoon from
the Sardis Baptist Church at 3
o’clock. The Rev. Bill Thomas,
the Rev. Bill Stone and the Rev.
Theodore Terry will officiate and
burial will be in the church ce
metery. Haisten Funeral Home
of Jackson is in charge of plans.
Funeral Today
For Mrs. Allen
Mrs. Lillie Steele Allen, wife
of Wyatt Allen of North Hill ex
tension, died Saturday afternoon
at her residence following an ill
ness of five months.
Mrs. Allen had resided in Spal
ding County for 40 years and was
employed at Lowell Bleachery.
She was a member of the Vine
yard Baptist Church. Mrs. Allen
was a native of Henry County.
Survivors include her husband,
two sisters, Mrs. R. A. Fannin
of Griffin and Mrs. A. C. Babb
of McDonough; two brothers,
C. C. Steele and Ira W. Steele,
both of Griffin.
Funeral services were conduc
ted this afternoon at 3:30 o’clo
ck from the Vineyard Baptist
Church. The Rev. Wiley Virden
and the Rev. J.J. Shelley of
ficiated. Burial followed in Grif
fin Memorial Gardens. Haisten
Funeral Home was in charge of
plans.
YEMEN BATTLE
CAIRO (UPI) — Republican
forces in Yemen defeated a
Royalist force occupying posi
tions west of the capital
Sunday, the semiofficial Middle
East News Agency (MENA)
said today. MENA said Royalist
commanders were fleeing to the
borders and Republicans
claimed to be in full control of
the main road into the capital.
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Mayor Stewart
To Report On
State Os City
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Mayor Kimsey Stewart will
deliver the annual State of the
City address to the Exchange
Club of Griffin at its noon
meeting Tuesday. For more
than 30 years the club has fea
tured this annual report on city
affairs at its first meeting in
February.
Mayor Stewart, who succeed
ed Carl Pruett as mayor, will
also discuss soxne of the prob
lems that face the city and will
tell of long-range plans to solve
them.
Other members of the city
commission and City manager
Jack Langford, chairman of
the county commission, and
superintendent of Griffin Spald
ing Schools will be among in
vited guests.
Mrs. Palmisano
Buried Today
Mrs. Hattie Knowles Palmis
ano, wife of Leon Palmisano,
died at her residence, 511 Brook
wood Terrace, late Saturday ni
ght. While she had been ill for
several months, her death came
unexpectedly.
Mrs. Palmisano had made her
home in Griffin since 1947 and
was a member of the First Bap
tist Church. She was a native of
Lanett, Ala.
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Agata Johnson of Griffin;
two sons, John Palmisano of Gr
iffin and Leon Palmisano, Jr., of
Tokyo, Japan; four sisters, Mrs.
A. M. Federline of Spartanburg,
S.C., Mrs. Aubrey Gay of La
nett, Ala., Mrs. George E. Mor
ris and Mrs. A. S. McHenry,
both of Albuquerque, N.M.; one
brother, Jolrn Knowles of Albu
querque, N.M.; grandchildren,
Mrs. David Archer, Mrs. James
Ramsey, both of Atlanta, Bill
Johnson, Jr., of Athens and Tal
na Fay Johnson of Griffin; and
seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduc
ted this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock
from the chapel of Haisten’s Fu
neral Home. The Rev. Douglas
C. Winn officiated. Burial ser
vices were conducted from the
West Point, Ga., cemetery this
afternoon at 4 o’clock.
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Woman Held
In Shooting
Os Husband
A Barnesville man is in fair
condition at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital today after be
ing shot in the right side Sunday
night at a trailer park on Dutch
man road by his wife.
Deputy Sheriff Davis Peeples
said Warren Mitchell, 24, of Bar
nesville avenue, Barnesville, was
shot by his wife, Mildred, at
John Hardin’s trailer in Melton
Trailer Park on Dutchman road.
Peeples said the Mitchells ap
parently had separated Sunday
and he came to the trailer court
in Griffin to spend the night with
some friends.
Peeples said:
Mrs. Mitchell came to the trai
ler park about 11:30 Sunday ni
ght and called her husband out.
She shot at him twice with a
pistol. One of the bullets struck
him in the right side.
Mrs. Mitchell returned to
Barnesville after the shooting
and turned herself into Lamar
County Sheriff J. C. Waller.
She is being held, but no char
ges have been made against her.
The shooting incident was in
vestigated by Deputies Peeples
and Tommy Whaley.
Den One
Makes Tour
Os Griffin News
Cub Scout Den One of Pack 18
visited the Griffin Daily News of
fice recently. The members were
taken on a tour by James Ste
wart. Communications was the
theme for the Cub Scouts for Jan
uary.
Members making the trip were
Don Byous, Jimmy Fain, Tim
White, Richard Gossett, Chris
Carden, Chris Martin, Vern
Stephens, Terry Husley, and
Danny Coker.
The Den mothers are Mrs. Ja
mes White and Mrs. Roy Car
den. Mrs. Elbert Stephens as
sisted Mrs. Carden on the trip
for Mrs. White.
Six People Injured
In Griffarea Wrecks
Six people were injured in ac
cidents in the Griffarea over the
weekend. Three were injured in
an accident at Memorial drive
and Harlow avenue in Griffin.
Injured in the accident on Me
morial drive were: Virginia
Ford, 27, of Route One, Haw
kinsville, Ga., who suffered bru
ises; Irene Wilson, 34, of 315
Bernard drive, Warner Robins,
Ga., who suffered bruises; and
Senath Ausenbaugh of Dawson
Springs, Ky., who suffered a
broken nose and bruises.
Mrs. Ausenbaugh was admit
ted to the Griffin-Spalding Coun
ty Hospital. The others were tr
eated in the emergency room.
Four cars were involved in
the chain-reaction accident. Dri
vers were listed as James C.
Voss, 21, of Birmingham, Mich.,
Robert H. Ingalls, 63, of Route
One, Richmond, Ohio, Leslie C.
Dawson, 22, of Robins Air Force
Base, Ga., and Jesse B. Ausen-
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Ky.
Damage was estimated at $!,-
340. Ausenbaugh was charged
with failure to have his car
under control.
Robert Guy Whipple, 20, of De
catur, suffered lacerations to his
head and leg in an accident 10
miles north of McDonough on
Georgia 155. Herschel Lee Duke
/of Route Three, McDonough,
suffered multiple body bruises.
Whipple and Duke were list
ed as drivers of cars Involved.
Damage was estimated at S4OO.
Benjamin D. Standard, 79, of
Route Two, Hampton, suffered
abrasions to his head in an ac
cident north of Hampton on U.
S. 41 in Henry County.
Drivers were listed as Russell
O. Flemen, 45, of Jonesboro, and
Edwin L. Gossett, 54, of Route
Two, Hampton. Damage was
estimated at $2,150.