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Griffin Daily News
Labor Office Here
Assists In Filling
2.233 Non-Farin Jobs
The Griffin office of the Geor
gia Department of Labor, man
aged by Mac Mclntyre, assisted
employers in this area in filling
2,233 non-farm Jobs in 1867.
Statewide non-farm employ
ment rose 41,100 in 1987, the fir
st year of the administration of
Commissioner of Labor Sam
Caldwell. In addition 30,301
farm Jobs were filled.
The average weekly earnings
of manufacturing workers in the
state at the close of 1987 was
$91.84, an increase of $4.08 over
1966.
During 1967, 5,418 unemployed
workers in the Griffarea were
paid $752,140 in Job insurance
after losing their Jobs through
no fault of their own.
At present, there are 488 un
employed workers receiving un
employment benefits in the Griff
area.
The Griffin office serves Spal
ding, Henry, Butts, Lamar, New
ton, Pike and Upson Counties.
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Friday, February 16, 1968
It is at 122 East Poplar street.
Tills information is contained
in the 1967 edition of the depart
ment's annual report, which was
presented by commissioner
Caldwell to Gov. Maddox and
the General Assembly.
In an optimistic forecast for
1968, Mclntyre predicted that
Georgia’s rising employment
and wages will be reflected in
the Griffarea for the seventh st
raight year.
"The Labor Department will
increase the emphasis on job tr
aining and special assistance to
the under-educated, unskilled
and handicapped,” he said, "to
place them in gainful employ
ment as soon as possible.”
"The business olimlate in this
area looks favorable, meaning
more Job openings throughout
the year. The department’s step
ped-up training programs will
provide the skilled workers to
fill those positions," he said.
Voters League
To Be Organized
In Griffin
The League of Women Voters
of Georgia will hold an informa
tion and organizational meeting
in Griffin Wednesday morning,
at 10 a.m., at the home of Mrs.
Bruce Smith, 210 Hillandale.
Mrs. J. C. Lynch of Dalton, or
ganizational chairman of the
state board, and Mrs. Mather
of Atlanta, also of the state bo
ard, will be In Griffin to give in
formation and the purpose of the
League. The League of Women
Voters of Georgia is affiliated
with the League of Women Vot
ers of the United States.
All interested persons in Grif
fin and surrounding areas are
invited to attend and if possible,
contact Mrs. Smith at 227-0270,
prior to the meeting on Wed
nesday.
Mr. Scoville
Speaks To
Griffin DE Chib
Warren Scoville, vice-president
of the First National Bank In
Griffin, spoke at the regular
monthly DE Club meeting.
Cameron Smoak, president of
D.E. Club, called the meeting
to order. The devotional was gi
ven by Margaret Sorrells.
Chip Clouse introduced Mr.
Scoville. Mr. Scoville discussed
the importance of education. He
stressed the fact that It was ne
cessary to stay in school and try
to continue one's education in
college to be able to succeed In
business. He told of the banking
system and Its importance.
Griffinite’s
Sister Dies
Mrs. W. F. Mobley, 78. of Ten
nell, Ga., died early Thursday
morning at a Sandersville, Ga.
hospital. She was the sister of
Mr. B. D. Joiner of Griffin.
Funeral plans were incomplete
today.
IN MEMORIAM
In memory of Mr. Sam
Thotnas who passed away
February 16, 1967,
One year has passed since
that sad day,
God saw fit to call you away.
’Twas hard, so hard to give
you up,
But we know that He knows
best.
Until memory fades and life
departs,
You live forever in our
hearts.
Wife, Lucile Thomas,
Children, Geraldine,
Christine and Shirley Ann.
HEW Apologizes
To Fayette
School Board
WASHINGTON — Federal
compliance officers from Heal
th, Education and Welfare
(HEW) apoligized Thursday for
charging that Fayette County
school board acted in bad faith.
But the federal officials would
not delay enforcement of action
against the school district.
F. Peter Libassl, director of
the HEW civil rights office apol
ogized to Fayette school offic
ials in a letter to Rep. John J.
Fly nt, Jr. who had represent
ed the school board in Its dis
pute.
Fayette is In Rep. Flynt’s
Sixth District.
Libassl apologized for any re
marks which may have "impug
ned the character of Fayette
officials and urged the district
to get on with desegregation.
He Invited Fayette officials
to submit a new desegregation
plan. Should an adequate plan
be submitted, the enforcement
would be ended, he said.
Mrs. Gay, 93,
Dies Thursday
Mrs. Leila Abrams Gay, 93,
died unexpectedly Thursday
night at Brlghtmoor Nursing
Home where she had resided for
the past three years.
Mrs. Gay, the widow of Mr.
William M. Gay, Sr., was a
member of the Brooks Me
thodist Church.
Survivors include two daugh
ters-in-law, Mrs. Annie Ray
Mask Gay of Brooks and Mrs.
Marie Gay of Macon; six grand
children, Mrs. E. B. Spradlin of
Brooks, Crawford Hewell of Fay
etteville, William M. Gay. Jr., of
Clearwater, Fla., Mrs. Garland
Peyton of Decatur, Mrs. Marie
Hinley of Nashville, Tenn, and
Harold Gay of California.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Saturday afternoon at 2
o’clock from the chapel of Hais
ten's Funeral Home. The Rev.
Ed Cook and the Rev. Bobby
Partridge will officiate. Burial
will be in the County Line Chris
tian Church cemetery In Digby.
Mrs. Gay’s body will remain at
Halsten’s.
Stork Club
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Jones
of 817 Sunset drive, Griffin, an
nounce the birth of a son on Fe
bruary 15 at the Griffin-Spald
ing County Hospital.
Attorneys
Continued from page one
Mr. Garland asked Mr. John
son: "Are you sure of your tes
timony?”
POSITIVE
“I'm positive," Mr. Johnson
answered.
Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert earlier
testified that a weapon was tak
en from mill pond number five
in East Griffin.
The sheriff said that Eddie Coe
found the weapon and handed it
to him.
He identified the weapon as
the one he carried to Atlanta for
examination by Dr. Howard, as
sistant director of the State
Crime Lab.
Dr. Howard was called to the
witness stand.
AUTOPSY
He testified that he performed
the autopsy on the badly decom
posed body of a man presumed
to be Charles Vaughn and later
identified as Charles Vaughn.
He identified three pictures he
made of the body.
He described in detail the
condition of the human body.
He testified that the hands
were tied behind the back and
the feet were also tied and dr
awn up behind the back.
He testified that he removed
the rope. The rope was brought
into court.
Dr. Howard said there were
four bullet holes in the back of
the skull and two bullet wounds
in the area of the right shoulder
blade.
He said the multiple wounds
in head and chest were made
while the victim was still alive.
He testified that all wounds
were inflicted from the rear.
BULLET
He testified that he found one
bullet in the body and took it
back to the crime lab.
He testified that three other
bullets were delivered to him in
Atlanta by Sheriff Dwayne Gil
bert. He testified that nine cart
ridge cases were brought to him.
He identified a pistol brought
to him for comparison. He testi
fied that he conducted firearms
tests on the weapon.
Dr. Howard said that the bul
let removed from the body and
the three delivered to him by
Sheriff Gilbert were fired from
the weapon delivered to him by
Sheriff Gilbert.
He testified that nine cartrid
ge cases were all fired from the
sama weapon.
Dr. Howard also identified
some paint samples and said he
had made tests on them.
Mr. Garland made a motion
that all of Dr. Howard’s testi
mony be stricken from the re
cord on the grounds that there
was no connection with the testi
mony and the defendant.
Judge John H. McGehee said
that he would rule out the testi
mony if it was not connected in
any way with the defendant.
He further stated: "It it is not
connected, I will not hesitate to
direct a verdict of not guilty.”
Sheriff Gilbert preceeded Dr.
Howard on the stand.
He gave a step by step ac
count of his investigation.
He described the scene where
the body was found.
He said a piece of tin and de
bris covering the body was re
moved by him and placed aside
and later brought in for exami
nation. He said that Dr. How
ard was called and came to the
scene but that the doctor did not
arrive until after the body was
removed.
He requested specialists from
the FBI to photograph tire tr
acks.
He testified that some cartrid
ge cases were removed the
night the body was found at the
Dutchman road trash dump.
He said the investigation the
following morning included the
removal of all lose dirt, trash
and debris in the area of the bo
dy. He said that it was collected
and placed in bags.
He said the U. S. Army was
summoned to come to the scene
with a mine detector in an attem
pt to locate bullets In the
ground. He said none were
found.
He said the debris collected
was spread out in the parking
lot at the county jail and the
mine detector was used to go
over it.
three bullets
"Three bullets were found in
the debris," he said.
The sheriff testified that some
teeth were also found in the de
bris.
He testified that some car
keys removed from the body at
the Griffin-Spalding Hospital by
Dr. Howard were used by him
to crank the car at Mr. Vaughn’s
house.
He identified the 7.65 mm pis
tol as the one taken from mill
pond number five. He said it fir
ed .32 caliber bullets.
Mr. Garland made a motion
for a mistrial on grounds of a
whispered conservation between
Sol. Gen. Whalen and the sher
iff, who was still on the stand.
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Pancake Sale
Kiwanis Club president Wayman Hutson, Jesse Eidson and Floyd Howard are
set for the club’s annual pancake sale to be held Saturday at the Rural-Urban center
in the basement of the Spalding County Courthouse. Funds from the sale will be do
nated to the Griffin-Spalding School Lunch Program to purchase lunches for needy
children. The Kiwanis Club will pay all expenses of the pancake sale. Pancakes and
sausage or bacon will be served throughout the day.
The motion was overruled.
PISTOL FOUND
Sheriff Gilbert said that the
pistol was pulled from the lake
by Eddie Coe. He said the pis
tol remained in his custody un
til it was carried to the state
crime lab for examination.
Mr. Garland did not question
Sheriff Gilbert at this point.
Assistant Griffin Police Chief
Bobby Joe Conner was re-called
to the stand. He told of taking
Dr. Kirby Starr, a Griffin den
tist to Atlanta.
Following the Thursday after
noon recess, Eddie Coe was
called.
He told of raising a gun from
mill pond number five.
He identified the gun in court
as one similar to the one he rais
ed from the lake.
He testified that he made
some scratches on the gun with
a knife.
He testified that he saw no
such markings on the weapon
handed to him in court.
Sheriff Gilbert was re-called.
He was asked if the pistol in
court was the one handed him
by Mr. Coe. He said that it was.
He said he saw Mr. Coe put
the markings on the weapon and
that the markings were still on
it.
Mr. Gariana asaeu the sheriff
if he knew more about what Mr.
Coe did and what Mr. Coe knew
himself. The sheriff said he saw
the markings put on the weapon
and they were still on it.
Dr. Kirby Starr testified that
he positively identified the body
as that of Charles Vaughn, who
was a patient of his.
Mr. Garland did not question
Dr. Starr.
Church Here
To Honor
Hilton McGhee
Emmanuel Tabernacle on Nor
th Hill street extension will ho
nor Hilton McGhee, son of the
Rev. and Mrs. Hoyt McGhee, In
services Sunday.
Sunday has been declared "Hil
ton McGhee Day" at the church.;
He has not missed a service
at the church since it was organ
ized.
A native of Griffin, McGhee is
18-years-old. His father is pastor
of the church.
Services Sunday will be: Sun
day School, 10 a.m.: morning
worship, 11 a.m.; young peoples
meeting. 6:30 pm. and even
ing worship, 7:15 pm.
Griffin Native
Presented Award
Maurice Hilliard, president
of the Roswell Jaycees, was pre
sented the club’s distinguished
service award for 1967. He is a
native of Griffin, the son of Mrs.
M. H. Hilliard, Sr., and the
grandson of Mrs. J. C. Nutt, both
of Atlanta and both former
Griffinites.
Heart Fund
Chairmen
Are Announced
Leonard Erwin, chairman of
the 1968 Heart Fund in Spalding
County, today announced division
chairmen so rthe current cam
paign:
They are:
Mrs. Annie George Stansell, vice
chairman; Warren Scoville, tr
easurer; Dr. Tom Lipscomb,
professional; Tommy Jones, ed
ucation; P. A. Bond, govern
ment: Brack Pound, commer
cial and industry; Sam Martin,
special gifts; Mrs. John Herbert
and Mrs. Frank Gold, business
district: Mrs. Jo Mills, Heart
Sunday (Feb. 25).
Larry Webb
Fund Started
Larry Webb, former Griffin
High star basketball player, re
mained in serious condition to
day at Crawford Long Hospital
in Atlanta. He underwent a se
ven-hour operation a few days
ago for removal of a brain tu
mor.
Ed Crawford, Spalding juven
ile probation officer, said he
would sponsor a fund to help
the family meet medical expen
ses.
He said contributions could be
mailed to him in care of the Sp
alding Courthouse.
Crawford said the family has
requested that flowers not be
sent to the hospital but that
cards would be welcomed.
FOOD TOWN
Lucky Register
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for Thursday
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Community Singing
7:30 P. M.
SATURDAY NIGHT
FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH
East Mclntosh Road
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EMMANUEL TRIO
and the Faith Baptist Church Choir
and Congregational Singing.
PUBLIC IS INVITED
Rev. Gone Turkott, Pastor
Sponsored by
Faith Baptist Church Choir
Hospital
The following were admitted
to the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital Thursday:
Mrs. Velma Weaver, Janet
Reeves, James Fields, Mrs. Gr
ace Jones, Otto Biles, Mrs. Vir
gie Jenkins, Mrs. Lucy English,
Mrs. Bennie Harrison, W. G.
Preston, Mrs. Janie Dean, Mrs.
Bertha Hambrick, Mrs. Martha
Faulkner, James Fulford, Mrs.
Opal Compton, John Washing
ton, Mrs. Tinie Penland, Jack
Boyd, Mrs. Mary Redding, Miss
Peggy Patrick, Mrs. Carlene
Bridges, Fred Washington.
The following were dismissed:
Charles Perkins, Mrs. Mattie
Parker and baby, Mrs. Pat Jon
es and baby, Gordon Tingle, Jack
Scott, Mrs. Bessie Vaughn, Mrs.
Minnie Driver, Wayne Byars,
Wadie Barkley, Mrs. Carlene
Bridges, Duane Evans, John
Watts, Mrs. Doris Harris, Pa
mela Barnes, Henry Whitner,
Linda Newsome, Mrs. Julie
Arnold and baby, Mrs. Annie
Ruth Chapman, Mrs. Minnie Wr
ight and baby, Mrs. Barbara Ga
saway, Henry McClendon, Mrs.
Janie Fambro, Roy Wells.
Rev. Whittington
Revival Speaker
The Rev. H. L. Whittington of
Atlanta will conduct revival ser
vices at the Mriwether Street
Church of God Feb. 18-25.
Week night services will begin
at 7:30 but the Sunday night ser
vice will begin at 7 o'clock.
The Rev. Arnold F6rd is pas
tor of the church.
IN MEMORIAM
In loving memory of our
precious Mother and Father,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Barris.
Mother passed away 4 years
ago February 16 and Father
29 years ago February 17.
Mother and Father, our
house is sad and empty since
God called you to share His
home.
Our memories of you are
cherished but we feel so
alone. If we had all the world
to give we would give It Yes,
and more too, to hear your
voice and watch your smile,
and see you come walking
through the door again.
Sadly missed by
Children,
Grandchildren and
Great-Grandchildren.