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By Quimby Melton
A Griffin woman, highly res
pected by all who know her,
has become so alarmed over the
dark picture being painted in
Vietnam and Korea — and what
loyal American citizen is not? —
has suggested that President
Johnson issue a call or a Nation
Wide Day of Prayer.
The dangers halfway round
the world, coupled with increas
ing disregard for law and order
here at home, certainly is en
ough to make us all worry.
And as this good woman says
“Prayer— fervent and sincere
prayer — can bring about results
nothing short of miraculous.”
No doubt there are thousands
of Griffin people, young and
old, who are praying, and have
been praying that God in H1 s
Mercy will help us find away
to bring sanity back to the wor
ld.
No doubt many of our minis
ters will this Sunday call atten
tion to the importance of “fer
vent and sincere” prayer on the
part of all.
Last night Good Evening was
fortunate enough to be invited
to attend, and have a part in,
the program of the meeting that
honored Mote Boggs, long-time
Griffinite, whose activities here
over the years, both as a mem
ber of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, as a member of
the church, and as a singer of
unusual talent, has meant so
much to the community.
Hats off to such citizens as
Mote Boggs.
Good Evening, a member of
Warren Lodge No. 20, 1.0.0. F.,
was given the honor of telling
something of what Mote Boggs
had meant to the community,
and to tell what are the basic
principles on which the order
was founded. As he prepared his
talk he was more Impressed,
than ever before, that such or
ganizations as the Odd Fellows
and the Masons, basically have
the same ideals and seek to in
culcate these into the hearts and
minds of members.
Faith in God, brotherly love,
a firm belief in truth and hones
ty; charity, the dignity of man,
and justice for all make up a
foundation that cannot be sha
ken.
Would that today all men
everywhere would have these
high ideals engraven in their he
arts; for if such was the case
there would be peace and har
mony throughout the world; pe
ace and harmony that would
wipe out all selfishness, hatred,
suspicion, greed end neglect of
the unfortunate and we would
have universal peace and har
mony and good will that “sur
passeth all understanding.”
Such organizations as the Odd
Fellows seek to improve and ele
vate the character of man. Such
would lead to making God’s wor
ld a better world, with indivi
duals seeking to know God’s will
and following God’s will, right
the wrong, help the helpless,
console the brokenhearted, st
rengthen the weak, help the un
derprivileged, share generous
ly God’s blessings, and promote
true brotherhood of man, with
all becoming true sons and heirs
to the riches of God.
If such were the case there
would be no need for Americans
to be offering their lives in wars
that threaten everything we hold
dear and true. There would be
no riots and pillage and hatreds,
no disregard for law and order.
And our churches would be fill
ed with people who come to wor
ship, praise and thank God Al
mighty.
As we pray tomorrow —let’s
pray that God in His Mercy will
make such a world possible,
even in our day and time — if
God so wills.
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Grand Master Chester Skelton, (1) of the Georgia Grand Lodge Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, congratulates Mote Boggs, past Noble Grand, and long
time degree team captain of the order on being awarded the jewel of honor for
his service to the fraternity.
Court Opens
Here Monday
The criminal session of Spald
ing Superior Court will open
Monday with a heavy docket sc
heduled to be handled at this
term.
Judge John H. McGehee will
preside.
In addition to a number of in
dictments handed down by t h e
Grand Jury last week, some
cases that were carried over
from the October term of court
also are scheduled to be tried.
Ronald Lee Smith, 23, is sche
duled to go on trial Tuesday
morning at 9 o'clock.
Smith, along with his wife,
Carol Jean Smith, were Indicted
for murder in connection with
the shooting death last June of
Charles L. Vaughn.
Sol. Gen. Andrew Whalen
said this morning that he hoped
to start the trial of J. B. Prit
chard of Griffin Immediately
following the Smith case.
Pritchard was indicted by a
Spalding Grand Jury on charges
of robbery by use of an offen
sive weapon and forgery.
The solicitor expects a routine
court day Monday. He will call
all cases and Judge John H.
McGehee will accept pleas.
Maddox To Probe
"Silk Stocking Crowd’
By DON PHILLIPS
ATLANTA (UPD — Gov.
Lester Maddox is vowing to
sift through the appointment
and contract records of former
Govs. Carl Sanders, Ernest
Vandiver and Marvin Griffin
just in case anything was off
key then.
The Maddox probe is an ap
parent slap at “the silk stock
ing crowd” he accuses of pres
suring his latest appointee to
the Pardon and Parole Board
out of consideration.
Maddox also revealed Friday
that he has made up his mind
who he will name to fill the
vacancy on the three-member
board, a vacancy he wanted
filled by Dr. William R. Dyer,
a Moultrie chiropractor.
The governor refused to say
who his nominee Is, but prom
ised to announce it Monday or
Tuesday.
“Os course, it won’t please
some people,” Maddox said.
“What they want me to do is
appoint a qualified person who
doesn't know Lester Maddox.”
Maddox would not disclose
whom he will name to the
"blue ribbon” panel that will
help Atty. Gen. Arthur Bolton
in the investigation of the past
10 years in government in
Georgia.
"Nobody's got any strings at
tached to Lester Maddox, ex
cept God and my conscience.
None of these special Interest
DAILY # NEWS
Daily Since 1872 Griffin, Go., 30223, Sat. and Sun., Feb. 10-11, 1968 Vol. 96 No. 35
Odd Fellows Pay
Tribute To Boggs
Mote Boggs, known throughout
Georgia as “Mr. Odd Fellow,”
was presented a jewel of honor
by Grand Master Chester Skel
ton of the Georgia Grand Lod
ge of Odd Fellows, at a testimon
ial dinner in the Griffinlte’s ho
nor Friday night at the Rural
Urban center.
The meeting was sponsored by
Warren Lodge No. 20, and No
ble Grand Boyce Sims was mas
ter of ceremonies. Rebekah Lod
ge, the sister organization of the
Odd Fellows, was co-sponsor of
th meeting. Mrs. Q. J. Renfroe,
president of the Georgia Assem
bly of Rebekahs, was among the
out of town visitors. Mrs. Inez
Hand is Noble Grand of the Gr
iffin Rebekahs.
Past Grand Master of Geor
gia J. E. Stallings opened the
meeting with the invocation. An
other Griffin Odd Fellow who is
a past Grand Master Os the Gr
and Lodge of Georgia, Wells Ho
ward, welcomed the guests and
introduced the speaker, Quimby
Melton, Sr., who told of Mote
Boggs’ many contributions to the
community and state as well as
to the fraternal order.
After presentation of the jewel
of honor Mr. Boggs, in a happy
response, told many interesting
things about Griffin as he had
groups got me into office.
We’re free to act and we’re
going to act,” he said.
Maddox predicted the investi
gation would save the Gorgia
taxpayer $1 million a month
for the next five years.
The governor had first of
fered to accept the resignation
of Dyer even before the Sen
ate confirmed his appointment.
That move was to be followed
by a special investigation into
Dyer’s contacts with Honey
well Inc., and the state com
puter contract Honeywell got
shortly after hiring Dyer as a
“marketing consultant.”
Thursday, however, Dyer
showed he was as angry as
the governor and turned down
the Parole Board offer and any
other state appointment that
would require him to live in
Atlanta.
Dyer said the "world’s great
est propaganda machine” ex
ists in the city and its "half
truths” prompted his once-and
for-all resignation.
In another development in
the Parole Board scandal, it
was learned that Sen. Paul
Broun of Athens will not press
for the resignation of Mrs. Re
becca Garrett, the second Pa
role Board member cited for
abuse of office in an investiga
tion by the attorney general.
Some senators said they had
been assured Mrs. Garrett
would resign if legislative pres
sure were eased.
5-STAR WEEKEND EDITION
GRIFFIN
known it for more than 50 years,
and a past Noble Grand of War
ren Lodge, the Rev. Jeff Gra
ham, closed the meeting with
prayer.
Rebekah Lodge No. 12 served
refreshments.
Uneasy Calm
Settles On
Orangeburg
ORANGEBURG, 6.C. (UPD—
An uneasy calm, enforced by
more than 1,000 South Carolina
National Guardsmen and police,
returned to this college town
today following three days of
racial violence.
Gov. Robert E. McNair
imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew
after three teenage Negro
students were killed and 36
other persons wounded.
Guardsmen and police stood
watch throughout the night —
primarily at the campuses of
South Carolina State College
and adjoining Claflin College.
It was at these two schools
the students were killed and
wounded. Rioting broke out
Tuesday after Negro students
were refused admittance to a
bowling alley.
Curfew Enforced
Guardsmen began enforcing
the curfew as the sun set
Friday, sealing off roads near
the SCSC campus and placing
two armored personnel carriers
near the school’s entrance.
Spray guns loaded with crowd
dispersing chemicals pointed
toward the campus from atop
the armored vehicles.
The deaths of two SCSC
students and one high school
student in a battle between
police and Negroes marked
“one of the saddest days in the
history of South Carolina”
McNair said earlier Friday as
he announced the “state of
emergency” and curfew.
President M.M. Nance Jr.
urged the 1,500 students at State
to take a “cooling off”
weekend and go home. Most
did. Bus stations reported a
heavy demand by students
buying tickets home.
$15,000 Worth
Os Jewelry Taken
From Store
NEWNAN, Ga. (UPD —The
owner of a jewelry store stop
ped at his shop before a
planned hunting trip early to
day and found he had been rob
bed of more than $15,000 in
watches and rings, police said.
Fred Morgan, owner of the
store, said he discovered the
robbery about 5 a.m.
Police said Morgan listed a
mong the missing items four
trays of rings, two trays of di
amonds, two trays of princess
rings, 60 other rings and 30
watches.
Soviet Made Jets
Poised In North
Pilots Bombing
Red Airfield
See ‘Beagles’
By EUGENE V. RISHER
SAIGON (UPD—Soviet-made
jet bombers capable of hitting
U.S. positions in South Viet
nam’s northern provinces are
poised on North Vietnamese
airfields, U.S. spokesmen said
today.
U.S. officials said the twin
engine 1L27 “Beagles” were
seen by pilots bombing the Phuc
Yen Airfield 17 miles north of
Hanoi Thursday.
The pilots said their bombs
landed “on or in close proximity
to” one of the bombers, and two
similar planes were seen
nearby. The spokesmen said
they believed the North Vietna
mese possessed six of the
bombers.
The Beagle, first produced by
the Soviets in 1950 and roughly
comparable to the obsolete
American 866, can deliver up to
6,000 pounds of bombs at speeds
of up to 550 miles an hour, the
spokesman said.
Can Hit U.S. Targets
Their 1,000-mile range would
permit raids against the U.S.
troop positions south of the
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
where North Vietnamese troops
are massed for an expected
attack.
Today, however, the Commu
nist forces sent only harassment
patrols against the vital Marine
fortress at Khe Sanh. Their
gunfire sent a giant Cl3O
transport exploding into the
base runway, military spokes
men said.
The holocaust that resulted
when its cargo of eight tons of
fuel ignited temporarily closed
the runway, only means of
resupply for the 5,000 U.S.
Marines entrenched against an
estimated 20,000 North Vietna
mese troops believed prepared
to assault the base in South
Vietnam's northwest corner.
There were no survivors,
officials said, and the plane
carried no passengers. The
normal crew for a Cl3O is five
men.
Attacks Continue
In South Vietnam’s three
major cities, holdout Viet Cong
guerrillas kept up a series of
attacks on U.S. and government
positions.
Infiltrators blew up a govern
ment ammunition dump at the
edge of the huge Tan Son Nhut
Anr Base. Allied fighter-bombers
struck back.
Elsewhere in the city, troops
and police stymied guerrilla
attempts to capture several
radio transmitting stations,
including one only a few
hundred yards from Indepen
dence palace, officials said.
Slayings Checked
For Atlanta Links
ATLANTA (UPD — A police
lieutenant said today detectives
stumped for more than two
years in the mysterious dlsap
pearace of a young housewife,
Mrs. Mary Shotwell Little,
were checking a bizarre South
Carolina double murder for links
with the case.
“There’s enough involved that
we can’t afford to overlook it,”
said Lt. C. J. Strickland of the
Metropol Fugitive Squad.
He referred to the deaths of
a young woman and a teenaged
girl at Gaffney, 8. C., this week.
Strickland said the slayings also
were similar to the May, 1967,
murder of Diane Marie Shields,
another unsolved murder police
think may be related to the Lit
tle case.
Miss Shields, a receptionist
secretary, was strangled with a
rope or wire, as were the South
Carolina victims, Strickland said
Miss Shields had been beaten
on the face and side of the head,
ns had the Gaffney murder vic
tims, he said. Miss Shields was
found dead in the trunk of her
Vance On Way To
Seoul For Talks
WASHINGTON (UPD—Pres
idential troubleshooter Cyrus R.
Vance was en route to Seoul
today for talks with President
Park Chung Hee on recent
provocative North Korean acts
against South Korea and the
United States.
In a terse announcement
Friday of Vance’s mission, the
White House said the talks
would “deal with the grave
threats to the Republic of Korea
caused by the recent North
Korean hostile acts against the
Republic of Korea and the
United States.”
U.S. relations with South
Korea have become increasingly
strained since Jan. 23 when
North Korea seized the U. S.
intelligence ship Pueblo and its
83 crewmen in the Sea of
Japan.
South Korea Miffed
South Korea objected to the
United States holding private
talks with North Korea about
the incident. Park’s government
also was miffed that the United
States appeared to put return of
the ship and crew ahead of
South Korea’s own grievances
against the Communists, which
include hundreds of border
incidents and an attempt last
month on Park’s life.
Vance, a former deputy
Rites Sunday
For Griffin Gl
Killed In Saigon
The remains of Pfc. Warren
Eugene Kenerly who was killed
in Vietnam Jan. 31 were to ar
rive in Griffin early this after
noon.
Pvt. Kenerly was serving with
the U. S. Army Military Police
when he was killed on patrol in
Saigon.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Glenda Wheeless Kenerly,
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Taylor Kenerly, a sister, Miss
Janice Kenerly; two brothers,
Tommy Kenerly and Charles Ke
nerly, all of 58 Bleachery street.
Experiment.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Sunday at 4 p.m. from
the DeVotie Baptist Church
where he was a member.
The Rev. A. C. Stephens will
officiate. Burial will be in Grif
fin Memorial Gardens with full
military honors.
The body will remain at Hais
ten Funeral Home until time for
the funeral.
automobile parked in East Point
a suburb of Atlanta.
What happened to Mrs. Little
never has been determind since
she vanished in October, 1965,
after shopping at Lenox Square.
Her bloodstained auto containing
part of her clothing was found
the day after she disappeared, in
a parking lot at the shopping
center.
The Little case was linked to
Charlotte, N. C., her home town,
when a oil company credit card
in Mrs. Little's possession was
used early on the morning aft
er her disappearance, and later
that day at Raleigh.
Gaffney is on Interstate 85
leading from Charlotte to Atlan
ta.
The Gaffney bodies were found
Thursday after a mysterious tel
ephone call to a Gaffney news
man. The victims were Mrs.
Nancy Carol Parrts, 20, and
Nancy Christine Rhinerart, 14,
both of Gaffney. Mrs. Parris
was found face down under a
bridge and the young girl was
found in a nearby brush pile.
defense secretary, was called in
by President Johnson to oversee
the deployment of federal forces
in the Detroit rioting last year
and to mediate a peaceful
conclusion to the dispute
between Greece and Turkey
over Cyrpus.
Besides the Pueblo incident
and North Korean border
violations, Vance also will
discuss with South Korea
leaders Johnson’s request to
Congress for SIOO million in
special military aid to South
Korea during the current fiscal
year.
Personal Representative
Vance, acting as Johnson’s
“personal representative,” left
New York late Friday, accom
panied by several unnamed
government officials.
It was learned meantime that
the Pueblo was able to take
evasive action and destroy some
secret intelligence - gathering
equipment before it was seized
by North Koreans, who fired a
shot across her bow. Previous
information from defense offi
cials indicated a slight change
in the Pueblo’s position during
its boarding and seizure was
probably due to drifting.
State Department officials
said they expected the U.S.-
North Korean negotiating ses
sion at Panmunjom to “come to
grips” soon on the issue of
returning the ship and crew.
They also said there was no
confirmation that North Korea
had moved the Pueblo crew to a
site about 10 miles north of the
truce village of Panmunjom.
The move was reported in the
South Korean press.
Senate Okays Bill
For Newcomers Vote
Btf MARCIE RASMUSSEN
ATLANTA (UPD — Georgia
voting lists, already open to
18-year-olds, appear likely to
be opened to new residents in
the state to let them vote in
presidential and gubernatorial
elections without a waiting pe
riod.
The Georgia Senate passed
legislation Friday granting
such voting rights to newcom
ers who register to vote at
least 14 days before election
day.
The measure differed from a
House-passed bill that put a
three-day minimum for resi
dence, but the minor difference
was expected to be accepted
by the House. Gov. Lester Mad
dox was expected to approve
the change.
The ballot bill requires such
voters to be registered in anoth
er state when they move to
Georgia.
A second election law ap
proved by the Senate Friday
requires all candidates to an
nounce their intentions of run
ning at least 60 days before
voting day.
Democrats want the law be
cause they say Republicans
wait until Democrat primaries
are over 55 days before the
general election and then de
cide if the Democratic nomi
nee should have GOP opposi
tion.
Two other election law
changes approved by the Sen
ate were designed to speed
voting on election day. One al
lows voters to be split into pre
cincts if they are waiting in
long lines at the end of regular
voting hours.
The other requires counties
using the "votamatlc” cards to
have one voting machine for
every 300 voters, twice as
many as required under pres
ent law.
The Senate also approved a
speed control bill allowing city
Slaton Says
Atlanta Crooks
Battle Syndicate
ATLANTA (UPD—The chief
prosecutor for Atlanta and met
ropolitan Fulton County says a
Florida - based crime syndicate
has been foiled in trying to
take over the city’s rackets by
the city’s own resident crooks.
Fulton Sol. Gen. Lewis R.
Slaton told a civic club Friday
that local underworld figures
are the police force’s main
source of tips on attempts by
the crime organization to move
into Atlanta.
Slaton said local racketeers
don’t want the big-time crime
chiefs moving into their terri
tory.
“The result Is that they are
more than willing to supply the
police with information regard
ing attempts by any of the big
time crime syndicates to oper
ate here,” Slaton said.
Slaton said the Florida-based
operation, reportedly. working
out of Miami and Tampa, had
tried to gain control of loan
sharking, extortion, gambling,
burglary and shoplifting activi
ties in Atlanta.
He added that power strug
gles among local criminal lead
ers appear to be preventing
emergence of a powerful crime
organization among the city’s
own hoodlums.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Fair and much colder
tonight. Sunday fair and cold.
Windy Sunday.
LOCAL WEATHER — High
today 48, low today 30, high
Friday 50, low Friday 27, sun
rise Sunday 7:28, sunset Sun
day 6:21.
and county use of radar de
vices under strict safeguards
against creation of speed traps.
Tlie House has approved a
similar measure. Gov. Maddox
vetoed a radar bill last year
because he said it lacked safe
guards against speed traps.
The Senate bill would make
it a misdemeanor if local offi
cials continue using radar tim
ing devices once their radar
permit is revoked by the state
for improper use of radar.
The Senate also approved
creation of a special commit
tee to Investigate competitive
bidding systems for purchase of
gasoline to be used by the
state.
Maddox signed into law Fri
day the first statewide legisla
tion of the 1968 General As
sembly. The bill Increases
workmen’s compensation bene
fits from an average $37 a
week to SSO a week.
Three Teens
Killed In
Dalton Wreck
DALTON, Ga. (UPD—Three
teen-agers were killed on U. S.
41 near this north Georgia town
today in a pre-dawn wreck in
volving two cars and a motor
cycle.
The victims were Identified
as Jerry Webb and David Joe
Smith, both of Resaca, and Con
nie Davis of Dalton. All three
were in their late teens.
Two other persons injured in
the collision were hospitalized
in Dalton. They were identified
as A. B. Overby of Tunnel Hill
and Sandra Porter of Dalton.
The extent of their Injuries was
not immediately determined.
The wreck occurred about 4
a.m., three mUea aoutb of here