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Griffin Daily News
Spotlight On
YOUTH
Griffin High
Big Ballot Set
For Next Tuesday
W FRANK THOMAS
Jeff Allen and Don Braddock
were the top candidates in Tues
day's Student Body Presidential
Primary. The four juniors who
qualified for the honor were Ja
mes Black, Jeff Allen, Don
Braddock and Anne Sullins. All
four had effective campaigns
and most every student will ag
ree that any one of them would
make a good president. The big
day will come next Tuesday, Ap
ril 2, when GHS students will
decide between Jeff and Don.
Griffin High senior, Randy
Harrison, was honored on Mon
day night at a banquet at the
First Baptist Church. Randy
was chosen by his fellow var
sity athletes as the senior boy
best exemplifying Christian liv
ing. The Christian Athlete Aw
ard is sponsored annually by the
Brotherhood Association of the
First Baptist Church. Randy is
a member of the Griffin Eagle
baseball team.
The twenty-third Annual Geor
gia Youth Assembly convened
today in the legislative halls of
the state capitol. Representing
GHS at the three day mock ses
sion of the Georgia General As
sembly are the following: Don
Braddock, Mike Charnigo, Don
na Forrester, Sandra O’Brien,
Van Oildag, Frank Thomas, and
Vera Ann Zager.
Reporters who will cover the
events are Robbie Holmes and
Laura Ann Thornton.
The fifth issue of the Eagle’s
View was distributed on Tues
day.
Griffin High’s STAR Student,
Tommy Eidson, was honored at
the sixth District STAR Student
Banquet Tuesday night at Spal
ding Junior High Unit 11. Tom
my is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Eidson.
GHS Students were saddened
this week by the resignation of
Coach Chris Jones. Coach Jon
es has been both teacher and
friend, as well as one of our fi
nest coaches. Griffin will surely
miss his towering frame, but we
wish him well as he goes to con
tinue his education at the Uni
versity of Georgia next fall.
The GHS baseball team de
feated Dudley-Hughes Vocation
al School of Macon by a score
of 1-0.
The GHS tennis team will
journey to Athens for a match
on Monday.
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Thursday, March 28, 1968
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Griffin High is very proud of
its students who were chosen
for the 1968 Governor’s Honors
Program. This eight-week edu
cational program is held during
the summer months on the Wes
leyan College Campus. The gift
ed students include Gene Loefer,
in math; Susan Pyron and Rob
bie Holmes in English. Alterna
tes are Kim Beaty, in music,
and Don Braddock in drama.
GHS winners of the Central
Georgia Electric membership
Corporation (REA) essay con
test are as follows: Carolee Al
len, first place; Ralph Gaskins,
second place; Cindy Martin, th
ird place. Judy Robertson won
honorable mention.
Today marks the end of three
days of quarter tests. Tomorrow
is an end-of-quarter holiday
for students, while the teachers
grade the tests and prepare re
port cards.
Spalding Junior High
Students Geared For
Council Election
By NEVA HENDERSON
Tuesday, April 2, will be an
important day at Spalding Jun
ior High. It is the day student
council president for the school
year 1968-69 will be elected.
Those students who have
chosen to run are Susan Ahl,
Tommie Allen, Beth Barron,
Kirk Blackmon, Bob Crouch,
Douglas Davis, Dot Dempsey,
Matt Flowers, Chris Freeman,
Debra Inglett, Becky Mabry,
Martha Massengale, Marsha
Montgomery, John Montgo
mery, George Peurifoy, Lamar
Potts, Janet Rawls, Terry Shaw,
Jackie Shell, Chip Smith, Jackie
Snell, and Dickie Spangler.
If one student does not receive
a majority of the votes cast, a
run-off election will be held
Thursday, April 4, between
the two students with the high
est number of votes.
The candidates are chosen on
a basis of merit. Anyone wish
ing to be considered as a candi
date must set a good example
for students, show leadership
and show interest in the well be
ing of students and school. He
must also have a “C” average
or better.
Miss Bobbie West, a freshman
GHS Students
Leave For
Mock Assembly
By ROBBIE HOLMES
Eight Griffin High School stu
dents left for Atlanta today to
attend the 1968 Georgia Youth
Assembly. They will return Sat
urday.
The Youth Assembly is a mock
session of the Georgia General
Assembly. It is sponsored by the
state Y.M.C.A. Students from all
over the state serve as delegat
es; introducing bills, debating on
them, and voting on them. Other
students serve as press repre
sentatives, reporting on the As
sembly to the news media in
their home towns.
Those attending the Assembly
from Griffin are Don Braddock,
Mike Charnigo, Donna Forres
ter, Sandra O’Brien, Van Oldag,
Vera Ann Zager and
Frank Thomas. Robbie Hol
mes and Laura Thornton are
serving as press representativ
es.
The bills which will be intro
duced to the Youth Assembly this
year cover a variety of subjects.
Traffic safety, education, and
mental retardation are especial
ly prominent subjects. Although
Griffin High students did not
author any bills this year, they
will be participating in the de
bate and contributing their share
In addition to attending the
session of the Assembly, the de
legates will attend a banquet
and reception Friday night. Pr
ess representatives will be tak
en on a guided tour of the Atlan
ta Journal-Constitution building.
at the University of Georgia, re
ceived teacher experience last
week in Mrs. Caldwell’s classes.
In her senior year she will do
student teaching for one quarter
She plans to graduate from the
University in 1971. Miss West is
the daughter of Mrs. Margie
West, principal of Unit I.
Miss Diane Park, teacher of
grammar school music, presen
ted a marimba concert to stud
ents in chapel Friday. The de
votional was given by Marsha
Montgomery and Susan Ahl,
members of Mrs. Blackstock’s
Intramural Club.
The eighth grade girls basket
ball team held a banquet at Rus
sell’s Restaurant March 15.
Each girl received a basketball
charm. During the banquet the
girls elected three best-all-round
players. They are Margaret
Malcom, Cindy Jones, and El
eanor Walker. Each one receiv
ed a small trophy.
The sixth district STAR stu
dent and teacher banquet was
held at Spalding. There were
154 guests present.
Try-outs were held Wednesday
for track and baseball teams.
Mr. Jenkins will coach the tr
ack team and Mr. Ison will co
ach the baseball team.
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HOLLYWOOD PALS, Sen.
George Murphy (R-Calif.)
gets vote of thanks from
“Lassie" after dog and
television show received
special citation from Senate
for educational work on be
half of fight against air and
water pollution.
College News
DIANE GROVE
Diane Grove of Griffin has
been named to the dean’s list
for the winter quarter of 1968 at
Georgia Southwestern College,
Americus.
ROBERT P. LOVELADY
Robert P. Lovelady has been
named to the second quarter
dean’s list at West Georgia Col
lege, Carrollton. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. George Love
lady of 527 North Ninth street.
CONSTANCE SNELL
Jamie Constance Snell has
been named to the dean’s list
for the winter quarter at Middle
Georgia College, Cochran.
CHERYL AKINS
Cheryl Akins, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Ralph Akins of Rou
te four, Griffin has been named
to the dean’s list for the winter
quarter at LaGrange College.
MARY ANN POLLARD
Mary Ann Pollard received
her master degree with high ho
nors in elementary education
this month from Florida Atlan
tic University in Boca Raton,
Fla. She has worked on her mas
ter’s while teaching the fifth gr
ade at Hortt Elementary Sc
hool in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Vinson Pollard,
661 Brook Circle, Griffin.
COLBERT MCLENDON
Colbert McClendon of Locust
Grove, has been named to the
dean's list for the winter quar
ter at Georgia Southwestern Col-
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lege.
TOMMY GREER
Tommy Greer, a freshman at
West Georgia College, was a
member of the debate team wh
ich won seven awards at the
36th annual South Atlantic De
bate Tournament. Greer’s team
took the first place negative de
bate team award, while the
team as a whole won the second
place trophy with an overall re
cord of 8-4. In individual compe
titions, the West Georgia Col
lege novice debaters won three
out of five events. Greer also
made the finals in the after-din
ner speaking competition. The
tournament was held at Lenoir
Rhyne College, Hickory, S.C.
Thirteen colleges from Georgia,
North Carolina and South Caro
lina participated.
GORDON WALLACE, JR.
Gordon Wallace, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wallace,
has been named to the Merit list
at Emory-at-Oxford. He gradu
ated from Griffin High School
in 1967.
HEDY WHITE
Hedy White of Griffin has
been named to the dean’s list at
Middle Georgia College for the
1968 winter quarter.
CECELIA ANDERSON
Cecelia Anderson, daughtter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Anderson
of Route three, Griffin, has
been named to the dean’s list
for the winter quarter at LaGr
ange College, LaGrange.
Fairmont High
Band Will Go To
Festival Friday
By JULIETTE GATES
And WANDA HEAD
The Fairmont High School
band, under the direction of
Mr. R. F. Tucker, will partici
pate in the district festival Fri
day which will be held in Jack
son, Ga. A high rating at the
district will enable the band to
participate in the state festival
in Albany, April 20, 1968.
The first Baseball game was
played Friday in Lithonia. The
Bears lost by a score of 5-0. The
Bears will play Henderson
High School of Jackson in jack
son Friday.
Third quarter exams were gi
ven Tuesday and Wednesday.
Students will be out of school
Friday while teachers work on
report cards.
The boys track team is pre
paring to participate in a trian
gular track meet against LaGr
ange and Newnan in April.
This coming P.T.A. meeting
Tuesday night April 2, will ag-
PEACE VISIT
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (UP)
—Peace Corps Director Jack
Vaughan arrived today for a 24-
hour visit. He was accompanied
by Walter Orrington, in charge
of the Peace Corps in Africa,
and Fred Pillsbury, a newsman
from the Boston Globe.
aln be devoted primarily to the
distribution of and discussion of
report cards. All parents are
urged to attend. The meeting
will be held at 7:30 in the gym.
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ZURICH, Switzerland (UPD—
King Constantine and Queen
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royal family.
FARNHAM COMMON, En
gland (UPD—Forty children at
a local junior school have made
their first million . . . dots, that
is.
Their teacher set them the
task so they could visualize
what a million meant.