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*• Griffin Daily News
Thursday, April 4, 1968
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Hospital
The following were admitted
to the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital Wednesday:
Mrs. Carmen Rainey, Clarence
Allen, W. T. Mcßroom, Mrs. Eu
nice Yates, Tommy Smith, Mrs.
Laverne Henderson, Mrs. Fran
ces Milam, Mrs. Lillie Fambro,
Mrs. Lula Pitts, Mrs. Lizzie
Russell, Hattie Mae McGhee,
Mrs. Mamie Favors.
The following were dismissed:
Michael Ridgeway, Stacy Am
mons, Willis Hunt, Whitaker Has
ting, Mrs. Florence Reeves, Da
nielle Cole, Mrs. Kay Phillips
and baby, Gordon Scott, Mrs.
Jean Lovick, Mrs. Sara Millen,
Mrs. Brenda Parks and baby,
D. O. Williams, Donald Crowder,
Paul Johnson, Gregory Thomas,
Miss Willie Dean Scott.
About Town
GMC DANCE
A dance will be held Saturday
night, April 6, at 8 p.m., in the
Alumni Memorial Hall at Gor
don Military College, Barnesville.
The theme will be “Dogpatch
Freak-out”, with Tee Fletcher
and The Sixpence furnishing the
music. Tickets may be purchas
ed ahead of time at a discount
or at the door. Students from
Griffin High and the surround
ing area are invited.
RUMMAGE SALE
The Womans Missionary Co
uncil of West Griffin Congrega
tional Holiness Church will spon
sor a rummage sale Saturday
from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 135
North Hill street.
Revival Services
Being Held At
First Assembly
The Rev. Claud E. Johnson,
pastor of the First Assembly of
God Church, said that the chur
ch is in a week of special gospel
services with the Rev. and Mrs.
Cecil O. Barham from Bloom
ington, Calif., the evangelists.
Rev. Barham has travelled ex
tensively in evangelistic work
through out the southwestern
part of the United States in ev
angelistic work and in Mexico.
Rev. Barham is pastor of the
Faith Assembly of God in Bloom
ington, Calif., the church that
he and his wife started in April,
1961. They have served as pas
tors continuously since.
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LPN Class
Will Open
Here April 15th
The next Licensed Practical
Nursing class will open at Grif
fin Tech April 1, according to
director Edwin V. Langford.
He noted there still is a criti
cal need for nurses and LPNs,
despite extensive training pro
grams that have been pushed in
the South in recent years.
The South averages 198 nur
ses per 100,00 population and
the national average is 319 per
100,000, latest reports indicate,
Mr. Langford said.
LP Nurses perform such duties
as giving medication, treatments
blood pressure and helping with
personal hygiene of patients.
They provide nursing care for
newborn babies, mothers, hand
icapped, chronically 111, aged
and with more complicated diag
nostic procedures and treat
ments.
Applicants for the class must
be physically fit, emotionally
stable, able to accept responsi
bility and interested in a nurs
ing career. They must have at
least two years of high school,
be between 17 and 50 years of
age and make an acceptable sc
ore on the admission test.
Full information may be secur
ed from Griffin Tech.
Spring Schedule
For Art Classes
Is Announced
The Griffin Recreation Depart
ment announces Its spring sche
dule for art classes, for young
people 10-years and up and ad
ults.
Young people 10 years and up-
Beginners art class-April 8
through May 27, from 3:30 until
4:30 p.m. Monday afternoons for
eight weeks. Fee is one dollar,
materials furnished.
Adults oil painting character
study-April 1 through May 20
for an eight week course. Regis
tration fee, $2.50. 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Young peoples ceramics class
from 3:30 until 5:30 p.m. One
dollar registration fee.
Adults ceramics-Every Tues
day from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.
and every Thursday night from
6:45 until 9:30 p.m. Registration
fee for new students, two dol
lars.
For further information on
any classes please contact the
Recreation office, 228-8405.
Griffinites Attend
Wash, Wear Seminar .
Representatives of Crouch’s
and Belk Matthews of Griffin
attended a Wash and Wear Semi
nar in Jackson sponsored by
the Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation.
Attending from Spalding Coun
ty were Mrs. Mary Futral, Mrs.
Sara Colwell, Mrs. Myrtice Fu
tral, Mrs. Myrtice Hammond,
Mrs. Hattie Walker, Mrs. John
Bell, Mrs. Bertha Alexander,
Mrs. Willie Biles, Mrs. Irene El
-1 lis and Mrs. Mildred Bell.
Property
Transfers
The following property trans
fers have been recorded in the
office of Superior Court Clerk F.
P. Lindsey at the Spalding Co
unty Courthouse:
Searcy-Murray Realty, Inc. to
Walter L. Flournoy, a lot in He
len C. Jones Subdivision; Nath
aniel and Shirley Royals to H.
and Pellie Davis, a house and
lot on Peachtree street in Ex
periment: James M. Joiner to
Marvin Lee and Albert S. Bar
nett, a house and lot on Oakdale
drive.
William H. Shapard to Luther
A. and Lizzie B. Shepard, a lot
on Park street; Robert H. Sm
alley, Jr. and Mary King Smal
ley to Scott H. and Mary S. Se
arcy, a lot in Forest Hills Sub
division; Monroe d’Antignac to
Louis W. Goldstein, four houses
and a store and eight-tenths of
an acre on Pimiento avenue.
Harold R. and Hazel E. Hoch
to William G. and Polly Ann
Hoch, a lot on Highway 92; Le
wis R. Simonton to Harvey L.
Brooks, two houses and lots on
15th street; Otis D. Blake, Jr.
and Andrew E. Blake to Carl
ton R. Morris, seven lots in Bl
ake Subdivision.
James Monroe Bedsole Estate
to Clyde Crowder, two lots in
Searcy Subdivision, Horace
Larance Coleman to Larry A.
and Marsha M. Huckaby, a hou
se and lot in Akin Subdivision;
Edward Shirah to Mrs. Avery
K. Fallin, a lot on Kilgore road.
Dianne Coates to S. E. L. Po
well, Jr., a lot on Irvin avenue;
Mrs. Bernice C. Street to Mrs.
Ida M. Pye, a house and lot on
West Solomon street; R. M. Sik
es to Mrs. Bernice C. Street, a
lot in Kendrick Subdivision; Ro
bert B. Brown to Newton M.
Penny, portion of four tracts on
Dewey Lane.
Griffin Girl
Dies Following
Heart Surgery
Little Miss Carala Montez
Ellison, four years old, died
Wednesday at Emory University
Hospital in Atlanta after under
going open heart surgery.
Survivors include her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Ellison;
a brother, Samuel Ellison; gr
andparents, Mrs. Ruble Myers
of Valdosta and Mr. and Mrs.
L. H. Ellison of Dothan, Ala.
Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock
from the Liberty Hill Primitive
Baptist Church in Lamar Coun
ty. Elder C. L. Waldrip and El
der R. M. Torrance will offici
ate. Burial will be in the chur
ch cemetery. McDonald Chapel
is in charge of arrangements.
In lieu of sending flowers the
family requests that contribu
tions be made to the Heart
Fund.
Eight Street
Church Plans
Sunrise Service
Sunrise services will be held
at the Eighth Street Baptist
Church on Easter Sunday mor
ning, beginning at 6 a.m.
The sermon will be given by
the Rev. O. H. Stinson. The fol
lowing ministers will participate
on the program also. Rev. Stin
son of Mount Zion Baptist Chur
ch, the Rev. Smith of the Rising
Star Baptist Church, the Rev.
Hatchett of the Archair Baptist
Church and the Rev. Black of
Mt. Pleasant Baptist ChurZch.
Other ministers wishing to take
part in this city-wide service are
asked to be present also. Offi
cers from the various churches
are asked to take part in the
prayer service.
There will be a combined cho
rus of choir members from the
various churches, the Rev. M.
M. Solomon announces.
Car Stolen Here
Recovered Today
A car stolen from the Thomas
ton Mill parking lot Wednesday
night between 7 o’clock and mid
night was recovered this morn
ing in Monroe County.
Police said the car, owned by
C. L. Hester of 1445 Tower st
reet, Griffin, was discovered this
morning about 8 o’clock four mi
les north of Forsyth off Georgia
42.
Labor Office
Employes Will
Attend Institute
Three employees of the Grif
fin office of the Georgia State
Employment Service will attend
the Labor Department’s 25th tr
aining institute April 18-20 at
Jekyll Island.
Manager Mac Mclntyre, Noah
Roberts, and Everett G. Phillips
will hear addresses by Commis
sioner of Labor Sam Caldwell;
Asa Kelly, director of the State
Department of Corrections;
William H. Burson, director of
the State Department of Fa
mily and Children Services, and
Julian O. Colquitt, regional dir
ector of the U. S. Employment
Service.
The Griffin Office will main
tain normal operating hours Ap
ril 18 and 19.
Miss Edna Baker
Dies Wednesday
Miss Edna Baker of Atlanta
died Wednesday night at Craw
ford W. Long Hospital where
she was admitted on Monday.
Miss Baker, a native of Zebu
lon, was the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Baker. She
was a teacher in the public sc
hools until her retirement.
She is survived by four sis
ters, Miss Elizabeth Baker of
Bloomfield, N.J., Miss Annie
Mae Baker, Miss Ruby Baker,
both of Zebulon, and Miss Pau
line Baker of Atlanta; and one
brother, Harris M. Baker of Mi
ami, Fla.; and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral plans will be announ
ced by Haisten Funeral Home
of Griffin.
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CHILDREN KILLED %
CASERTA, Italy (UPD—A
train struck and killed three
children Tuesday as they
dashed across tracks near San
Cipriano on their way home
from school. Police said the
children, aged >, 11, and 12,
waited until one train passed
but failed to hear the approach
of another one coming from the
opposite direction.
POSSIBLE REPUBLIC
LISBON (UPD—A newspaper
quoted Prime Minister lan
Smith of Rhodesia Tuesday as
saying his country will decide
this year whether to become a
republic, severing last ties with
Britain. Smith, in an interview
with the newspaper Diario
Popular, said the issue would be
resolved when the government
presents a new Rhodesian
constitutional late this month.
He mentioned no date.
SELL GOLD
ZURICH (UPD—Swiss ban
kers expect South Africa will
soon start selling gold on the
European free market, banking
sources said today. One Zurich
banker said he felt South
African gold would appear as
long as free market prices were
higher than the Central Bank
rate of $35 an ounce. It was still
not clear whether South Africa
would sell on the London, Paris
or Zurich market.
Mr. Tyus
Buried Today
Funeral services for Mr. Le
wis Calhoun Tyus of 102 Stafford
avenue, Barnesville, were con
ducted this afternoon at 3:30 o’-
clock from the chapel of Hals
ten Funeral Home in Barnes
ville. Dr. Howard Ethington of
ficiated and burial was in Green
wood cemetery.
Mr. Tyus died Wednesday mor
ning after an extended illness.
VISIT OUR
LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT
DISPLAY
| THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
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The Following Griffin Equipment Dealers
Akins Feed and Seed Co. Griffin Sales & Service
Cobb Ford Tractor Co. Piedmont Equipment Co.
Griffin Lawn & Garden Serivce Jim Pridgen Hardware
Wesley's Machinery Company
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Moving Toward a Century of Service
Chartered 1889
Member F. D. I. C.
Stork Club
MASTER FLOYD
Mr. and Mrs. John Floyd, Sr.
of 162 Spalding street, Griffin,
announce the birth of a son on
April 4 at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital.
Funeral Friday
For Mrs. Bass
Funeral services for Mrs.
Ruth Arrowsmith Bass of 125
East Tinsley street who died
Wednesday morning will be con
ducted Friday afternoon at 3
o’clock from McDonald Chapel.
The Rev. Wiley Virden and the
Rev. Delma A. Hagood will of
ficiate and burial will be in Oak
Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Bass’ body will remain
at McDonald Chapel.
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Murphy Named
To Advisory Post
Walter Murphy, director of the
Flint River Regional Library,
has been appointed to serve as
a member of the library advi
sory committee to the Public
Services Division of the Geor
gia State Department of Educa
tion.
BZZZZ!
LOS ANGELES (UPD —Delta
Airline employes quickly called
the bomb squad Wednesday
when they heard buzzing noises
coming from a foot locker
unloaded from a plane at
international airport.
Inside they found a battery
operated massage machine run
ning wide open.
Fayette
Sheriff
Won’t Run
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. —
Hugh Stinchcomb who is in his
20th year as sheriff of Fayette
County has announced he will
not seek reelection. He took of
fice in January 1949.
In a statement to the people
of Fayette County, Sheriff Stin
chcomb said: “. . .As most of
you know, I have been in fall
ing health for the past five ye
ars, having had four heart at
tacks. ...”
“Twenty years is long en
ough,” he said.