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CBIITS
116 West Solomon Street Phone 227-5515
2
Thursday, Feb. 15, 1968
Resolution
Drawn For
Constitution
ATLANT A(UPI) — A resolu
tion was proposed in the House
Wednesday, calling for a new
State Constitution to be drawn
by both a revision commission
and a convention.
The resolution provided for
creation of a 20-member revis
ion committee to propose a new
constitution by April 1, 1970.
Under the proposal, the new
document would go into effect
July 1, 1971.
The present Constitution was
adopted in 1945 and since then
has had more than 500 amend
ments.
Once the committee study is
complete, the resolution pro
vides for a constitutional con
vention elected from the 10 con
gressional districts to handle
the proposal and provide a new
document by the fall election of
1970.
Gideon To
Speak At
Kincaid Sunday
Robert Ridgeway, a Gideon,
will speak at the 11 a.m. worship
service Sunday at the Kincaid
Memorial Methodist Church.
Mr. Ridgeway is a member
and deacon of the East Griffin
Baptist Church.
An offering for Gideon work
will be taken at the door follow
ing the service.
Mrs. Goddard Os
Barnesville Dies
Mrs. Nellie Mac Goddard of
Barnesville died Wednesday
morning at the Upson County
Hospital in Thomaston.
She was born in Upson Co
unty but had lived In Lamar Co
unty for a long number of years.
Mrs. Goddard was a member of
the First Baptist Church in Bar
nesville and a retired employe
of the William Carter Co.
Her survivors include two dau
ghters, Mrs. N. B. Ridley and
Mrs. C. B. Lanier, both of Mia
mi, Fla.: one son, John B. God
dard, Jr., of Barnesville; two
sisters, Mrs. Ed Lifsey of West
Point and Mrs. Frank Sims, Sr.,
of Warner Robins; two brothers,
Zach Thompson of Thomaston
ana Alva Thompson of Fort Pi
erce, Fla.; and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were conduc
ted this afternoon at 3 o’clock
from the First Baptist Church in
Barnesville. The Rev. Howard
Ethington and the Rev. Hilton
Gillespie officiated and burial
was in Greenwood cemetery.
Hubbard Funeral Home of Bar
nesville was in charge of plans.
Grass Fires Causes
Damage To House
The Griffin Fire Department
answered two alarms on Wed
nesday morning.
Firemen were called at 10:56
a.m. to a grass fire at 506 East
Broad street. No damage was
reported.
A grass fire set a house on fire
at 817 Scale street, the residence
of Jessie May Brown. Firemen
answered the alarm at 11:44 a.
m. and reported slight damage
to the outside wall of the house.
This morning at 9:12 a.m. the
Fire Department was called to
221 North Third street, the resi
dence of Frank Lyons. Consider
able damage was reported to one
room and its contents. Cause of
the fire was undetermined.
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Veep
Jasper N. Dorsey, a native of
Marietta, has been named to
succeed Frank T. Smith, a na
tive of Griffin, as Georgia vice
president and general manager
of the Southern Bell Telephone
Co. Smith has been elected vice
president in charge of public re
lations with the new South Cen
tral Telephone Co. with head
quarters in Birmingham, Ala.
Hospital
The following were admitted
to the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital Wednesday:
Russell Morgan, Harrington
Gilbert, Paul Gill, David Parks,
Miss Cheryl Walker, Lee Elli
son, Roosevelt Jordan, Mrs.
Lilia Garner, Mrs. Myra McCre
less, Mrs. Frances Flynt, Mrs.
Shirley Chambers, Grady Ox
ford, Aubrey Goddard, Perry Gl
anton, Charlie Evans, Clyde Wil
cher, Mrs. Rose Mclntyre, Mrs.
Doris Steele, Miss Callie Sey
mour, John Joiner, Hosie Mor
gan, Mrs. Josephine Partain,
Tonya Mercer, Mrs. Linda
Hicks, Lamar Young, Charlie
Craddock, Carrie Williams.
The following were dismissed:
Mrs. Lillie Ruth Stewart, Mrs.
Daisy Patrick, Debbie Nations,
Linda Rucker, Roy Crouch, Mrs.
Bessie Dingier, Mrs. Lucille
Parks, Robert Collins, Newton
Ison, Mrs. Aurelia Lanier, Mrs.
Kathryn Knight, Mrs. Mary
Shepherd, Mrs. Sarah Crump,
Washington Thornton, Joseph
Roda, Larry Smith, Henry Ri
ley, Martha Owens, Boyd Book
er, Mrs. Pines Davis, Dianthia
Ross. Mrs. Elizabeth Laster,
Mrs. Mary Jane Evans, Donald '
Cook, Noel Barnard.
Stork Club
MASTER HICKS
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hicks of
530 North Third street, Griffin,
announce the birth of a son on
February 14 at the Griffin-Spal
ding County Hospital.
22 States
Registered For
Rotary Project
Everett Beal of the Griffin Ro
tary Club reported today that
22 of 50 states have been iden
tified thus far as home states
of persons now residing in Griff
area.
Area citizens who are nativ
es of states other than Georgia
have been asked by the Rotary
Club to help determine how many
of the 50 states are represented
by persons now living in Griff
area.
The first person registering for
each state is extended an invi
tation to be honored at a spec
ial Rotary Club luncheon to be
held March 7. The Club plans
to present gifts to each person
being honored plus a special gift
to the person representing from
the state furtherest from Geor
gia and also the oldest living na
tive Griffinlte.
Mr. Beal said his committee
was particularly interested in
whether Griffin has natives from
Wyoming, North Dakota, Idaho,
Utah, Nevada, Hawaii and Alas
ka.
Ex-Griffinite
Named To Vestry
Os Tenn. Church
Mrs. James R. Williams of
Morristown, Tenn., has been el
ected to the vestry of All Saints
Episcopal Church in Morristown.
She is the first woman to be na
med to the vestry.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams and
their two children, Alan, four,
and Lynn, one, moved from Gr
iffin to Morristown last July. He
is production manager for a
plant in Newport, Tenn.
Before moving to Morristown,
Mrs. Williams was a member
of St. George's Episcopal Chur
ch in Griffin. She served on the
Board of Women.
Mrs. Williams was named "out
standing young woman of t h e
year” in 1966 in Griffin. She was
secretary-treasurer of the Spal
ding County Human Relations
Committee and club woman of
the year in 1966 in Griffin.
Mrs. Williams is the first wo
man to be elected to the vestry
of an Episcopal Church in the
Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee.
A motion passed at the January
meeting of the Diocese and Mrs.
Williams was elected to the ves
try at All Saints on Feb, X
Witness
Continued from page onj
m. and taken to the jury room.
It took seven minutes to sel
ect the alternates.
All jurors are men. Eight are
White and four are Negro. The
alternates are White.
Jurors not selected were dis
missed until Friday morning at
9 o’clock.
The 12 jurors, who will hear
the Smith trial are:
Albert Daniel, Jr., grocer;
Dick B. Spangler, architect;
Wyman P. Merritt, textile em
ploye; George Tereshkovich,
horticulturist; Homer Sigman,
auto dealer; George T. Flewell
yn, textile employe; James H.
Scott, assembly worker; Willie
Stanford, carpenter; H. Wilbur
Smith, textile man; W. H. Br
own, textile employe; Jeremiah
Dewberry, waiter; M. C. Grubbs,
carpenter.
The alternates are Alvin A.
Edwards, assembly plant work
er; and Robert L. Groves, engin
eer.
The jury, including alterna
tes, was closeted under guard in
the jury room and remained
there until the courthouse was
cleared of spectators, who
showed up for the night session.
The jury was taken to the Ci
vil Defense Center on the North
Expressway where it will be qu
artered while court is not in ses
sion.
Several special deputies were
sworn to guard the jury.
Judge John H. McGehee inst
ructed deputies not to allow the
jury to have communications
with anyone at any time, day or
night.
The deputies were instructed
not to allow the jury any radio,
any TV and copies of any news
papers which contain any arti
cles about the Smith case or tr
ial.
“If they need clothing, you
must get it for them,” the jud
ge told deputies.
“You will remain with the jury
at all times. I do not want a
mistrial in this case,” Judge Mc-
Gehee told deputies.
The defense had 20 strikes and
the state 10 in the selection of
the jury. The defense was aw
arded four additional strikes for
alternates. The state had two.
The defense struck the first
two men called. The third was
sworn and taken immediately to
the jury room to await selection
of 11 others.
The state excused the fourth
and fifth prospective jurors.
The seventh was sworn. The
defense struck the eighth, ninth
and tenth.
The 11th and 12th were sworn.
The process continued until 40
prospective jurymen were call
ed.
The last juror selected was M.
C. Grubbs, number 40.
It took one hour to select the
12 men.
At this point, Reuben Garland,
leading counsel for Smith, re
quested that deputies, who are
witnesses in the case, not be al
lowed to accompany the jury.
He also requested that Sheriff
Dwayne Gilbert not be permit-
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ted to accompany them.
Judge McGehee granted the
request and told the court that
if additional deputies were need
ed they would be sworn.
The full jury returned to the
court room at 9:40 p.m. They
were administered the oath by
Sol. Gen. Andrew Whalen, Jr.
They returned to the jury room
while the selection of alterna
tes took place.
It took seven minutes to sel
ect the alternates. Alvin A. Ed
wards was designated alterna
ted number one and Robert L.
Groves number two alternate.
About Town
ROTARY CLUB
Ladies Night will be held by
the Griffin Rotary Club on Fri
day night at the Elks Club, at
6:45 p.m.
DOUGHNUT SALE
The Highland Methodist MYF
will sponsor a doughnut sale
Friday at three bank parking
lots beginning at 4 o’clock. The
parking lots will be Commercial
Bank & Trust (downtown), Fir
st National and the Commercial
branch on the North Express
way.
Kle Klub To
Hold 2nd Annual
Sweetheart Ball
On Saturday cveing, Feb. 17,
the Kle Klub will hold its second
annual sweetheart ball at the
Elks Club. The dance will be
held from 8 to 12 p.m. with the
“Sixpence” Band playing for the
ball.
The highlight of the evening
will be the election of the Kle
Klub Sweetheart of 1968. Only
senior boys and girls are eligi
ble for this honor. A member
must be present at the dance to
receive the honor, otherwise it
will pass to the next boy or girl
receiving the highest number of
votes. Miss Jan Williams, Teen
Board chairman, asks that all
members cast their ballots for
the “sweethearts” before 5 p.m.
Friday.
Members and non-members
are asked to purchase their tic
kets in advance as tickets are
limited. Tickets will be sold at
the door, only if any are left.
Tickets may be purchased from
the following Teen Board mem
bers: Jan Williams, Dick Bunn,
Emelle McLaurin, Frank Tho
mas, Latham Hill, Mike Charni
go, Ann Sullins, Judy Hill, Peg
gy Jones, Kim Beatty, Bill But
ler, Karin Thomas, or at Reev
es Cleaners.
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