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By Quimby Melton
Congratulations Tommy Eld
con STAR student at Griffin
High. Not only does this senior
have a splendid scholastic re
cord, making the highest grade
on the college board examina
tion at G.H.S.; but, he is an all
round young man, a star on the
Varsity football team, playing
center on the offense and 1 i n e
backer on defense; he takes a
lead in many activities at the
school and at his church.
STAR Eidson has chosen Mrs.
Taylor Manley, who taught him
mathematics when he was at
tending Spalding Junior High
three years ago. We imagine it
is difficult for a student to look
back over his or her “schooling”
nnd pick out the teacher he, or
she, believes had the greatest
Influence on them. It is quite an
honor for a teacher to be nam
ed STAR teacher.
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There were two items about
automobile dealers in Thurs
day’s paper of special interest
to Good Evening.
One was the announcement of
the transfer of the F. L. Bartho
lomew Buick Agency to the Kim
brel Buick-Opel Co.
There are several angles to
this story of personal interest.
First: Seth Kimbrel, who will
be general manager of the new
agency, was a carrier boy for
the Griffin Daily News for sev
eral years when he was a boy;
Second: The F. L. Bartholo
mew Buick Co., was organized
by “Mr. Frank” Bartholomew,
who moved to Griffin, from Cor
dele in 1926, shortly after Good
Evening hpd moved here. When
he came here and bought the
Buick agency we renewed a
friendship that dates back to
1913-14 when "Mr. Frank” was
president of the Cordele Base
ball Club, and Good Evening was
boy-editor of the Americus Tim
es Recorder, Americus also had
a team in the Class D league,
and rivalry between Americus
and Cordele was red hot. Good
Evening spent more time "co
vering” the ball games than he
did reporting any other feature
of the news.
So when “Mr. Frank” came to
Griffin, we two baseball fans
held many bull sessions when
we talked about Dave Gaston,
and Rip Reagan, ana Charlie
Wahoo, and Otto Jordan, who
were managing clubs in the old
Georgia State League.
We often spoke of “Baby” Wil
der, a diminutive left hander
from the University of Georgia,
who playing with Cordele, was’
sold to Philadelphia, and of a
catcher, Dick Manchester, Am
ericus sold to Cincinnati.
Time and time we laughed
about “Salome Ellis” of the
Americus team.
Playing in the big league he
had broken his leg early in the
season and had recuperated
chiefly on a diet of beer, gain
ing such weight that, when he
reported for spring practice, he
was tola to go home and get rid
of at least 50 pounds, and who
came to Americus, under the
alias John Ellis and who hit
nearly .750 in that Class D lea
gue most of his hits being home
runs over the shallow right field
fences that characterized parks
in the league, were dicussed
over and over by “Mr. Frank”
and Good Evening.
Then, too, when Mr. Frank
rich in years was called to the
Big League, his widow and
grandson “Sonny" Hunt took
over the agency. “Sonny” was
a small bay when his father,
the late Dallas Hunt, moved
here and we have seen him
grow into manhood. He has lived
across the street from our
home much of his life and has
been a mighty good neighbor.
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Speaking of the automobile in
dustry, there was a picture in
Thursday’s paper showing Troy
J. Smith of Spalding Motor Co.,
being presented a plaque in re
cognition of his 27 years as an
Oldsmobile dealer.
We wish Troy Smith as many
years as the Oldsmobile dealer
in Griffin as Frank Bartholo
mew had as Buick agent here.
Griffin Is blessed with the
fine type men we have who sell I
and service automobiles. '
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Jack Moore (1), and Mrs. J. R. Beville (r) crown Carl
Thomas at Auxiliary ball.
Mrs. J. R. Thomas
Auxiliary Queen
Mrs. J. R. Thomas, was selec
ted by the members of the Grif
fin-Spalding County Hospital Au
xiliary to reign as queen of the
Regency Ball held Friday night
at the Elks Club.
The highlight of the evening
was the coronation ceremony
with the 1967 king, Jack Moore,
presenting the secptre and crown
to the 1968 king, Carl Richard
son.
Ronnie Kelley presided as the
master of ceremonies and intro
duced the members of the Aux
iliary honor court as follows:
Mrs. George Tereshkovlch, Mrs.
Maryon Williams, Mrs. Gene
Adams, Mrs. E. Y. Roberts, Mrs.
Homer Grissom, Mrs. Carl
Beckham, Mrs. A. T. Montgo
mery and the auxiliary presi
dent, Mrs. Tom Howie.
Mrs. Thomas, widow of the for
mer Health center director here,
entered the ballroom attired in
a white and silver sequin for
mal. She carried an arm bou
quet of American Beauty red
roses.
Mrs. Jim Beville, 1967 queen,
crowned the new queen. Follow
ing*' the grand march the king de
clared the ball officially opened.
Music was furnished by the
Blue Knights and in the dining
room by Tommy Wal
ker and his Steps of Rhythm.
Mrs. Joe Brannon and Mrs.
L. H. Beck welcomed the guests
upon arrival. Mrs. Carl Ridley
and Mrs. Ivan Taylor presided
over the guests book, “The
Members of the Realm”, In whi
ch each guest Inscribed his
name. The regency table held a
black marable and gold five br
anched candelabra with burning
tapers. The ballroom was deco
rated with gold and green swags
suspended in deep drapes from
the ceiling and regency mirrors
encased in circles of miniature
boxwood greenery.
The buffet dinner featured a
continental couisine. Mrs. Mor
ris Goldstein served as general
chairman for the regency ball.
Two-Inch Snow
Covers Griffin
Two Inches of snow fell In Gr
iffin Friday afternoon and night,
according to Weather Observer
Horace Westbrooks.
It was the fourth snowfall of
the season.
Westbrooks noted that exactly
one month ago today, Jan. 24,
an inch of snow fell In Griffin.
On two other occasions this win
ter, traces of snow have been
recorded here.
Mr. Westbrooks said that ris
ing temperatures would mean
a short life for the snow here.
He expected most of it to be gone
by this afternoon.
DAILY
Daily Since 1872 Griffin, Ga., 30223, Sat. and Sun., Feb. 24-25,1968
Mrs. Robert Simpson, decora
tions chairman; Mrs. Don Jack
son and Mrs. William Lloyd, tic
kets and reservations: Mrs. Carl
Beckham, orchestras; Mrs. Jim
Beville, foods committee.
The proceeds from the annual
ball are used by the Auxiliary
for an elected project of hospi
tal improvement. Some 465 In
vited guests attended.
Five Injured
In Griffarea
Wrecks Friday
Five people were injured in
wrecks investigated by the Grif
fin State Patrol Friday.
Tim Glenn Kent, 16, of 174 Pop
lar street, Griffin, suffered la
cerations to his left arm and
face in an accident at Peachtree
and Tank streets in Experiment.
Kent and John Reginald Low
ry, 42, of 701 North avenue, Grif
fin, were drivers of cars invol
ved. Damage was estimated at
S6OO.
Four people were injured in
an accident one mile south of
Barnesville on U. S. 41 in La
mar County.
The injured were Robert Fr
ank Jackson, 53, of Atlanta, Er
nest Edwin Walker of Austell,
Madaline L. Jackson, 52, of At
lanta, and Anglyn Walker, 34, of
Austell.
Jackson and Walker were dri
vers of cars involved. Damage
was estimated at $1,600.
BIG FIX
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (UPD—
Five months ago police reported
the theft of an unmarked
detective car from the munici
pal parking lot.
Friday they found it—in a
garage where a city employe
took it for rpalrs.
Country Parson
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“A wasted life is just a
collection of wasted days.”
5-STAR WEEKEND EDITION
GRIFFIN
(Jim & Joe’s Photo)
Richardson and Mrs. J. R.
Sixth District
Pharmacists
Will Meet Here
According to Bentley Adams,
Jr., Thomaston, president, the
Sixth District Pharmaceutical
Association, will hold a dinner
meeting at 7:00 p.m., Wednes
day, March 6, 1968, at the Grif
fin Elk’s Club, Williamson road,
Griffin.
Following dinner, W. L. Norris,
Warner Robins, president of the
Georgia Pharmaceutical Asso
ciation, will bring the members
information on the association’s
93rd annual convention to be
held April 21-24, 1968, at the Au
gusta Town House Motor Inn,
Augusta.
Election of Sixth District Offi
cers for the year 1968-69 will be
held at the meeting, and nomina
tions will be presented for the
1968 Bowl of Hygela Award, wh
ich is made annually to the
pharmacist In the state who has
made the greatest contribution
to community service.
Counties comprising the Sixth
District Pharmaceutical Asso
ciation are: Bibb, Butts, Car
roll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette,
Heard, Henry, Jones, Lamar,
Meriwether, Monroe, Pike, Sp
alding, Troup, and Upson.
Minnesota Men
Charged With
Bad Checks
Three Minnesota men were ar
rested in Griffin Friday and
charged with uttering a ficticious
check.
James George Klick, 18, of
Long Prairie, Minn., Dennis Rus
sell Holm, 19, of Rockford,
Minn., and John Lyly Bodeker,
25, of South Haven, Minn;, were
arrested when Klick tried to cash
a check at a local grocery store.
The check was made out to
James Klick and was signed
with the name John A. Tabor.
The owner of the store called
a local bank the check was dr
awn on and found that there was
not an account for John A. Ta
bor. He called police.
Police arrested Klick in the st
ore and Holm and Bodeker in a
car in the store parking lot.
Checks on banks in Perry, Ga.,
and Kentucky were found in the
car.
They are being held in city
jail.
SAFETY FIRST
HOUSTON (UPD—With the
advent of heart transplants, a
local newspaper columnist said
he had received a suggestion for
a new traffic safety sticker. It
would read:
“Drive carefully—they are
waiting for your heart.”
Tonkin Commander
Has No Doubts
About Ship Attacks
Says Mission Was
Routine, Aboveboard
By DONALD H. MAY
WASHINGTON (UPD — The
commander of the two U.S.
destroyers in the 1964 Gulf of
Tonkin has no doubts whatever
that his ships were attacked by
North Vietnamese patrol boats
and that his mission was
routine and above board.
The Tonkin incident led to the
first U.S. bombing raids against
North Vietnam and overwhelm
ing congressional approval of a
resolution requested by Pres
ident Johnson in support of his
war policy.
Critics of the war, particular
ly the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, have questioned the
administration version of what
happened that fateful night.
Chairman J. William .Ful
bright has accused the adminis
tration of suppressing informa
tion that casts doubt on whether
the destroyers actually were
attacked. Others say the U.S.
destroyers provoked the North
Vietnamese into attacking
them.
Das No Doubt
Capt. John J. Herrick, 47, of
Warren, Minn., who was aboard
the destroyer Maddox and in
charge of both it and the
destroyer Turner Joy, told
United Press International in an
interview Friday that there
could be “no doubt” his ships
were attacked.
Capt. Herrick denied a charge
by Sen. Wayne Morse, D-Ore.,
that the mission of the U.S.
ships was to “stimulate” North
Vietnamese radars or radios
into activity.
“I don’t know how you would
stimulate an electronic reac
tion,” he said, adding that his
ship carried only "passive”
radio equipment and could only
listen.
The naval officer, now sta
tioned in the Norfolk, Va„ area,
denied that a secret Navy
message made public this week
by Sen. Wayne Morse, D-Ore.,
was an order to his ships.
Three Functions
The message as published by
Morse, said: "The above patrol
will (A) clearly demonstrate
our determination to continue
these operations. (B> Possibly
draw NVN (North Vietnamese
Navy) PGMS (patrol boats) to
northward away from area of
34A-Ops. (C) eliminate Desoto
patrol (Maddox and Turner
Joy) interference with 34A
Ops.”
The designation “34A-Ops”
was the code name of South
Vietnamese naval bombardment
of some North Vietnamese
islands.
Morse on Wednesday said the
cable had been sent by Adm.
Thomas Moorer, then U.S.
naval commander in the Paci
fic, to the Maddox.
But Capt. Herrick and admi
nistration officials said Moorer
actually sent it to his superior,
Adm. U.S. Grant Sharp, com
mander of all U.S. forces In the
Pacific area.
There had been a suggestion
after thle Maddox Inttia
encounter with Communist pa
trol boats Aug. 2 that the
destroyer patrols should leave
the area. Adm. Moorer’s cable
recommended to Sharp that the
patrols be moved in location but
that they be continued for the
three purposes he outlined.
Not Approved
Officials said Sharp sent the
message to the Joint Chiefs of
Staff in Washington, who did
not approve It. Whether they
disapproved It or merely did not
act on It was not clear. They
said it never became an order.
Copies of the message were
sent for informational purposes
to both the Maddox and Turner
Joy. Capt. Herrick said he
doesn’t really remember receiv
ing it and would not have been
Impressed by It since it was not
an order.
Other points made by the
captain:
—There was never any doubt
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about the ships, he said, that
firings. The only boubts, he
firings. The only douvts, he
said, were over how many
torpedoes had been fired.
—lt “never occurred to me”
that the destroyer patrol might
be acting as a “decoy” or
luring North Vietnamese boats
north, he said, and it was not
the case. He said he had heard
the term 34A or “34Alpha”.
which was used to describe
South Vietnamese naval bom
bardment of North Vietnamese
islands, “but I had no prior
knowledge of what they did.”
Did his ships “provoke”
attacks on themselves?
Sunday Cruise
“No,” the captain said, “as
matter of fact it started out as
a sort of a Sunday cruise.
People were waving at junks as
they went by. Everything was
serene until the afternoon of the
second of August.”
This was the day of the first
attack involving only the
Maddox.
“We were cruising in our
assigned patrol tracks in the
vicinity of Hon Me Island,”
Capt. Herrick said. “It was
mid-day. A very nice day.
Personnel were topside sunbath
ing and enjoying themselves.
“We got a report of a radar
contact. I think three pt-boats
and a small oiler is what it
appeared to be. They proceeded
south. We paid them very little
mind. We expected both navy
and junk traffic up there...”
He said that an hour or two
later the boats appeared to be
on an “Intercept course” at
speeds of 40 to 50 knots. The
Maddox sounded general quar
ters and got up more steam.
“They continued to close. We
began to surmise that their
intent was hostile.”
The Maddox radioed the
Aircraft Carrier Ticonderoga,
which dispatched planes.
Salvo Fired
Capt. Herrick authorized the
skipper of the Maddox to fire a
warning shot If the boats came
within 10,000 yards. They did
and the warning salvo was fir
ed,” he said.
“They continued in without
hesitating at all, and we
commenced fire to hit.”
The captain said torpedoes
were fired by the patrol boats
and “we observed one passed
close to Maddox.” He said the
boats turned under the destroy
er’s stem and fired machine
guns. The planes from the
Ticonderoga were authorized to
open fire and did. The incident
ended with one boat apparently
dead in the water, and another
of the boats apparently tawing
the third.
Capt. Herrick said the Aug. 4
incident began late in the day.
The ships had been patrollng
along the coast and were
heading out into the center of
the Tonkin Gulf. They intercept
ed a radio message Indicating a
planned attack, then picked up
radar contacts which seemed to
be some boats “waiting to
spring a trap on us after
nightfall.”
Course Changed
The same precautions were
taken—general quarters and
firing up additional boilers to
make more steam—and the U.S.
ships changed course.
“We wanted to determine if
these people were just sitting
there or if they were going to
follow us.”
Darkness was falling and It
became a cloudy, overcast
night. From here on, what Capt.
Herrick observed were through
the eyes and ears of radar and
sonar.
“As we changed the course
the boats repositioned, or closed
on us, and we tracked them on
In. There seemed to be some
boats which tracked up to 40
knots and others farther away
at slower speeds.
South Viets
Clinch Win
By EUGENE V. RISHER
SAIGON (UPD—South Vietna
mese troops blasted through a
gate of the Imperial palace
today and won the 25-day battle
for Hue.
Grimy U.S. Marines held back
and watched as the government
forces stormed the palace
against light resistance. But the
Leathernecks and other allied
troops sweeping through the
two -mile- square “forbidden
city” surrounding the palace
fought a series of fierce battles
with pockets of Viet Cong and
North Vietnamese troops.
According to official figures
the battle for the old city cost
482 allied lives, including 119
Americans. The Communist
forces paid for their 25 days in
the palace with 4,423 lives, the
officials said.
At Khe Sanh, the U.S. Marine
base in South Vietnam’s vital
Real Trouble Over,
Lt. Gov. Smith Says
By MARGIE RASMUSSEN
ATLANTA (UPD — Lt. Gov.
George T. Smith predicted to
day that the Georgia Senate
will pass its version of the
state’s next budget by Wednes
day night—after a fight in the
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee.
“All the fighting will be done
in committee,” said Smith who
added, “the real trouble is
Elementary
Accrediting
Studied Here
Elementary schools in the Gr
iffin-Spalding County System con
tinue to be in good standing in
their affiliation with the South
ern Association of Colleges and
Schools.
This is one of the nation’s lead
ing accrediting organizations.
New certificates of affiliation
have been sent to elementary sc
hools in the system here.
The high schools and junior
high schools in this system con
tinue on the Southern Associa
tion’s accredited list.
The system here hopes to
make application for accredita
tion of its elementary schools
in September, according to Supt.
D. B. Christie.
Only recently has the Southern
Association begun offering ac
crediting status to elementary
schools.
Mr. Christie said he believes
elementary schools here can be
brought up to Southern Associa
tion standards.
One area that concerns the
superintendent is that of library
standards. He said that 10 books
per student are required. Mr.
Christie believes this can be
met.
Two elementary areas that
have been under study in the
system here are art and physi
cal education. Mr. Christie be
lieves rrequirements in these
two phases of elementary edu
cation can be met also.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Fair and colder to
night. Fair to partly cloudy
Sunday with little temperature
change.
LOCAL WEATHER — High
today 46, low today 30, high
Friday 38, low Friday 30, snow
fall two inches; sunrise Sunday
7:14, sunset Sunday 6:33.
northwestern corner, North
Vietnamese gunners launched
their biggest artillery and
rocket barrage and followed it
with a battalion-sized ground
attack at the base perimeter,
U.S. spokesmen said.
The Americans struck back
with heavy blows from 852
bombers which flew seven raids
in the jungle hills surrounding
the base providing cover for a
Communist force estimated by
U.S. intelligence at more than
,16,000.
The spokesmen said the eight
engine bombers dropped hun
dreds of tons of bombs on a
road link used for North
Vietnamese artillery convoys.
In other air action U.S.
fighter-bombers flew 60 mis
sions against the city of Vinh a
main headquarters for North
Vietnamese troops just north
the Demilitarized Zone (DMZJj
over” once the 32-man finance
group gives its approval to the
bill.
Smith also predicted that the
Senate version w’ill be quite
similar to the $858.1 million
budget passed by the House.
“I frankly don’t think there
will be any change in the
amount the House cut — there
will be at least that much
cushion,” the lieutenant gover
nor said.
The committee adjourned Fri
day for the weekend after hear
ing a plea that an extra SIOO,-
000 be thrown into the kitty to
pay for more auditors.
Smith feels that any changes
will be in the form of cuts
rather than additions, but not
to the extend called for by the
eight Republican state senators
who have said they have
enough votes to kill the budget
if wholesale reductions don’t
take place.
"There will be attempts to
cut it more, but not any across
the-board reductions like some
Republicans have suggested,”
Smith said.
State Auditor Ernest Davis
told the committee Friday that
six more men would enable his
department to make deeper
studies of other agencies with
an eye to improving efficiency
and saving money.
Davis also said that the state
could save $500,000 by ending
retirement contributions for
teachers whose salaries are
paid by the federal government
or other non-school agencies.
Senate sources indicated Fri
day there may be at least one
addition to the budget. The
Senate may restore $200,000 of
the $480,000 the House cut from
the State Planning Bureau to
keep the bureau in operation
for fiscal 1969.
Gordon College
Newspaper Wins
Press Awards
The Red and Black, student
newspaper of the University of
Georgia, Athens, and The Re
veille, Gordon Military College,
Barnesville took top honors in
general excellence at the 40th as
nual Georgia Press Institute aw
ards banquet in Athens Friday
night.
Bob Westerbeke of the Reveil
le at Gordon won the Best Edi
torial award in the junior coll
ege division.
C. C. Olson of the Reveille
staff won the Best Sports Story
award.