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VENIN VT
By Quimby Melton
Weekend Notes:
More than likely it was purely
a coincidence:
Sunday morning at the 11:00
o’clock “preaching” the minis
ter at the First Methodist Chur
ch chose as his sermon topic
“What May We Expect to Find
in the Church” and preached a
sermon that in the vernacular of
days gone by was a “stomped
down good sermon.”
Then came the evening service,
at the same church. This was a
union service of the five uptown
churches, held to welcome the
Rev. Bruce Morgan, new pas
tor of the First Baptist Church.
The new pastor, as is the custom
at union welcoming services, de
livered the sermon.
His topic, coincidentally, was
a followup of the morning to
pic. It was “The Best of Things
in the Worst of Times.”
He, too, delivered a "power
ful” and a “challenging” ser
mon.
Displaying a remarkable know
ledge of history, of literature,
and of faith, he pointed out that
every century might be called
"the worst of times”, and that
“evil days” would continue as
long as there is a world, but that
today, as always, there was
need for true Christians to live
and witness for the Master.
Both those Sunday sermons,
which Good Evening was fortu
nate to hear, were ones we wish
everyone in our community —
and especially our younger folk
—could have heard.
They were challenging to one
and all to witness and to tell
the story of The Master.
Incidentally, Sunday evening,
about 7:30 o’clock, marked the
end of summer, and the coming
of fall.
The cycle of time moves on.
Soon the trees atop our moun
tains and in the valleys, will
turn into a blaze of glory. Their
very beauty will attest the fact
that even in “evil days” there is
beauty in God’s world. Soon will
come winter, when all nature
falls asleep, then the glorious sp
ring and the resurrection of a
sleeping world.
“While the earth remaineth,
seed-time and harvest, and cold
and heat, and summer and win
ter, and day and night shall not
cease” (Genesis 8:22). We sug
gest one turn to Ecclesiastes,
read 3:1-8, for another descrip
tion of the seasons and time.
Speaking of time:
The calendar shows this to be
1968 A.D. But to many this is the
year 5,729.
For to our Jewish bretheren
that year began Sunday at sun
down. The Jewish New Year will
continue for 10 days. This period
Is known as Rosh Hashanah”,
"the days of awe”; but more
commonly called “the high holy
days.”
Observance of the Jewish New
Year reaches the climax on the
Day of Atonement — Yom Kip
pur.
During Rosh Hashanah the
New Year's greeting is “Sha
lom” — or Peace. Regardless of
whether one considers this year
to be 1968 A.D. or 5,729, this
greeting “peace” is one all shou
ld wish to others.
May we finish today’s column
by once again calling attention
to Wednesday — the day when
Spalding County voters will go
to the polls, in a runover race,
and select the man who will be
come junior member of our
three-member Board of County
Commissioners.
Not a single one of the more
than 15,000 registered voters
should consider this of minor im
portance. Everyone should
make it a point to cast his or her
vote.
Vote as you please,
But please vote!
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Floyd Howard and some of his Troop Five Scout members demonstrate first aid
at the Scout-O-Rama. (Other pictures on page 12.)
Scout-O-Rama
Success Hailed
Several thousand people who
visited the Scout-O-Rama Satur
day at the Spalding Fairgrounds
called it a success. Scout lead
ers here who staged the first
fair said its success laid the
foundation for future Scout-O-
Ramas which would be plan
ned annually.
The opening ceremony began
with a reading on the American
Flag and its heritage by Henry
F. Smith and concluded with the
raising of the flag by Eagle Sc
outs Steve Howard and Craig
Chambley of Troop Seven.
The playing of the national an
them was performed by the
members of the Griffin High Ea
gle Band led by Richard Turner.
Cub Packs, Scout Troops and
Explorer Posts of both districts
performed games, demonstra
tions and stunts. The judging
team from the Chattahoochee
Council, Columbus, Ga., judged
each booth and event. The re
sults of the judging was as fol
lows:
Troop 1, St. George Episcopal
Church, John Carlisle, S.M., ar
chery, blue ribbon.
Post 1, St. George Episcopal
Church, Sam Cecil, leader, hik
ing, blue ribbon.
Troop 2, First Baptist Church,
Steve Squires, S.M., Lost booth,
red ribbon.
Troop 4, First Methodist Chur
ch, Sam Bunn, S.M., God and
Country booth, red ribbon.
Troop 5, Midway Church, John
ny Wells, S. M., first aid, blue
ribbon.
Troop 7, Dundee Community
Association, V. Ray Howard, S.
M., survival, blue ribbon.
Troop 9, Dundee Mill Inc., Ha
rold F. Johnson, S. M., Tr. Site
and Cooking, red ribbon.
Troop and Post 10, Thomaston
Mills and American Legion, J.L.
Tarleton, S. M., canoeing dis
play, blue ribbon.
Pack 12, American Legion Post
15, George Ziesenhene, leader,
pinewood derby, blue ribbon.
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE EXPERIMENT STATIONS |
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DAIUft NEWS
Daily Since 1872 Griffin, Go., 30223, Monday, September 23,1968 Vol. 95 No. 227
Troop 13, Optimist Club, John
Reid, S.M., monkey bridge, blue
ribbon.
Pack 14, Fourth Ward P.T.A.,
Ronald Ellison, leader, Cub
Pack display and games, blue
ribbon.
Pack 16, Sacred Heart P.T.G.
Mrs. Virginia Andrews, Mrs.
Margaret Barnwell, den moth
ers, fishing booth, blue ribbon.
Pack 18, Beaverbrook P.T.A.,
Willie Alford, leader, Cub Pack
display and games, red ribbon.
Troop 40, First Presbyterian
Church, John R. Allison, S.M'.,
concession booth, blue ribbon.
Troop 60, Hampton Kiwanls
Club, Jim Ansley, S.M., signal
tower, red ribbon.
Pack 60, Hampton Jaycees,
Glenn Spell, leader, Cub Pack
display and games, blue ribbon.
Troop 61, adventure in Faith
Sunday School Class, Stockbrid
ge Methodist Church, Perry
Hinton, S.M., troop sites and
cooking, blue ribbon.
Pack 70, Crescent road P.T.0.,
Mrs. Ed Gilchrist, D.M., cub
display, blue ribbon.
Troop 77, Southside Commun
ity Center, Ed McKemie, S.M.,
bucking bronco, blue ribbon.
Troop and Post 78-Hanle!ter
Methodist Church, Verner Jim
erson and Taylor Kitchens, lea.
ders, Indian village, blue ribbon
Troop 79, First Christian Ch
urch, Thomas Stephens, S.M.,
demonstration camporee skills,
red ribbon.
O. A. Booth, Spalding Lodge
324, Ini-To Lodge, Lodgb Secre
tary Bill Jones in charge, blue
ribbon.
The first place winner of t h e
Pinewood Derby was Tim White
of Pack 18, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James White. The Scout-O-Ra
ma Committee expressed thanks
to all adults and boys participa
ting in this show and to the Ki
wanis Fair Association.
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)
This is one of the two signs that have been erected on the campus of the Georgia
Experiment Station in Griffin. This one is in front of the Stuckey building.
Another like it has been erected at the Food Science building facing the North
Expressway.
GRIFFIN
Truck Wheel
Lock Rim
Injures Man
John B. Smallwood, 30, suffer
ed broken ankles and arm injur
ies this morning when a lock ririi
broke on a truck wheel and hit
him.
Smallwood had repaired a
tire at the Riley Sanders farm
in Lamar County.
The tire had been inflated to
90 pounds pressure when the
lock rim broke and hit Small
wood.
He was admitted to the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital where
surgery was to be performed
this afternoon.
Country Parson
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“A good man isn’t likely
one who has done no wrong
—he’s one who’s done some
good.”
14 Injured In
Griffarea Wrecks
Four Hurt
In Collision
On By-Pass
Fourteen people were injured
in traffic accidents in the Griff
area over the weekend, accord
ing to the State Patrol and the
Griffin Police Department.
Gertrude Stephens, 74, of 112
Blanton street, Griffin, was sha
ken up in accident Saturday on
West Taylor street near Eighth
street. She was treated at the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospi
tal.
Jessie B. Stephens, seven, suf
fered bruises to his right leg in
the same accident. He also was
treated at the hospital.
They were passengers in a car
driven by Rosa Stephens, 28, of
428 Circus street, Griffin. Anoth
er car was driven by Paul Rich
ard Pryor, 17, of 222 West Pop
lar street, Griffin.
Police estimated damage at
$l9O.
Four people were injured in an
accident six miles south of Grif
fin on Georgia 333.
Jessie Permon Anderson, 30,
of Gainesville, Fla., suffered la
cerations to his mouth. He was
the driver of one of the cars in
volved. Essie Anderson, of Gai
nesville, Fla., suffered lacera
tions to her head. Walter (Red)
Berry of Barnesville suffered la
cerations to his head and contu
sions. Wesley Penley of 525
Lane street, Griffin, suffered br
uises.
All were treated at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital. Berry
was admitted.
The other driver was listed as
Richard Shivers, 39, of 49 Ter
racedale court, Griffin. Damage
was estimated at $1,700.
Two people were injured in an
accident eight and half miles
east of Jackson on the High
Falls road.
Donna Jean Turner, 20, of Rou
te Three, Jackson, driver of the
car, suffered lacerations to her
mouth. Edna Copeland White of
720 Maple drive, Griffin, suffer
ed hip injuries.
Both were treatel at the Syl
van Grove Hospital in Jackson
and Edna C. White was transfer
red to Emory Hospital in Atlan
ta.
Damage to the car was esti
mated at SI,OOO.
Two people were injured in a
one-car wreck six miles south of
Forsyth on 1-75 in Monroe Coun
ty.
Brenda Johnson, 18, of Deca
tur, suffered lacerations to her
back. William David Oursler, 18,
also of Decatur, suffered lacera
tions to his face. Both were tr
eated at a Macon hospital.
She was listed as driver of the
car. Damage was estimated at
SI,OOO.
Two peoople were injured in
a wreck a mile and a half south
of Locust Grove on Georgia 42 in
Henry County.
Bobby West, 20, of Locust Gr-
Contlnued on page twelve
Shop Dedication
Planned Thursday
The Griffin Area Chapter for
Retarded Children will dedicate
its Way-To-Earn sheltered work
shop here Thursday afternoon
and hear a talk by the executive
director of the President’s Com
mittee on Mental Retardation
that night.
The dedication program will
be held at the workshop on Ha
milton boulevard near East Grif
fin. A number of city and coun
ty officials, school personnel and
public health workers will be am
ong the special guests participa
ting in the dedication ceremony.
The sheltered workshop is for
older mentally retarded child
ren who have completed the
training offered at the Play-To.
Learn School. The Play-to-Learn
school is in the St. George’s Ep
iscopal Church educational build
ing.
The sheltered workshop is still
in the developing phase and the
sponsoring organization expects
it to continue to grow.
A number of organizations and
individuals have contributed mo
ney and other materials to its i
development. i
The public has been invited to i
attend the dedication. i
Parents with children eligible 1
to enroll in the workshop pro- ]
gram may make applications by
writing to Box 323, Griffin. i
David B. Ray, Jr., the execu- :
tive director of the President’s :
Russians Said
Tacking’ Talks
By JAMES O. JACKSON
PRAGUE (UPD—Czechoslo
vak Communist Party sources
said today a new hitch had
developed in the scheduled
Czechoslovak-Russian talks in
Moscow. They said the Russians
were trying to pack the
Czechoslovak delegation in their
favor but had run into
resistance.
At the same time, military
sources said units of the Soviet
occupation army has begun
preparations for the winter and
ordered the evacuation of the
Czechoslovak army’s huge Milo
vice Barracks near Prague to
make room for the Russians.
The Czechoslovak leaders had
expected to go to Moscow last
week for talks with the Kremlin
leaders but the talks were
postponed several times and
currently have been set for
Tuesday. Now it appeared they
would be held later this week.
The party sources said the
Kremlin wanted to bring to
Moscow a delegation of Czecho
slovak Party and government
leaders who would agree to a
thorough purge of political and
intellectual ranks.
Instead they hit a stone wall
of Czechoslovak unity and have
been unable to force the
necessary changes in the
delegation’s makeup.
The delegation as constituted
last week included party
Secretary Alexander Dubcek,
Pr esident Ludvik Svoboda, Pre
mier Oldrich Cernik, Slovak
Party chief Gustav Husak and
Cut Budgets,
Maddox Directs
ATLANTA (UPI) — Gov. Les
ter Maddox told his department
heads today their 1970 budget
requests would force an “impos.
slble” S4OO million tax increase,
and he told them to submit
realistic figures.
"I don’t know if we can get
the first dime increase,” he
said. “If we can’t every depart
ment is going to have to share
in a SSO million cutback.”
Maddox told newsmen follow
ing a meeting with state depart-
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David B. Ray, Jr.
Council on Mental Retardation,
will arrive in Griffin Thursday
afternoon. He will talk Thursday
night in St. George’s Parish Hall
beginning at 8 o’clock. The pub
lic is invited.
He will discuss what’s being
done in the United States for the
mentally ill and what a commu
nity like Griffin can do.
Presidium members Zdenek
Mlynar and Josef Spacek.
The party sources said it was
not clear if further changes
were contemplated but it was
obvious the original delegation
would back Dubcek so solidly
they would reject Soviet conten
tions that those persons named
on a Soviet purge list were
"counter-revolutionaries.”
High Falls Lake
To Be Lowered
The Department of State Parks
announces that effective Oct. 1,
the lake at High Falls State
Park will be drawn down to ap
proximately eight feet below the
normal level.
The primary purpose of t h e
lake drawdown is in cooperation
with the State Game and Fish
Commission’s recommendations
on maintaining a balanced con
dition in fish population and to
reduce the catfish population in
the lake.
Simultaneously, at the time of
the drawdown of the lake, the
Parks Department will accom
plish the construction work on
the swimming area, diving
dock and beach in connection
with the visitor’s center and
bathhouse building presently un
der construction.
The drawdown will start Oct.
1, 1968, and drawdown level will
be maintained until March 1,
1969.
ment directors that budget re
quests received so far totaled
S3OO million more than antici
pated income.
This increase, coupled with
Maddox’s pledge to give cities
and counties SSO million more
as well as provide a safety
cushion for the budget, would
bring the deficit to S4OO million.
"I don’t want a tax Increase,
but I want progress,” said Mad
dox.
“I’m asking you to go back
Forsyth Marine
Convicted In
Vietnam Slaying
DA NANG, South Vietnam
(UPI) — A 21-year-old Marine
from Georgia was convicted of
unpremeditated murder today
in the torture slaying of a Viet
namese civilian.
Marine Lance epi. John D.
Belknap of Forsyth, Ga., was
sentenced to two years in pris
on, a dishonorable discharge,
forfeiture of all pay and re
duced to the grade of private
by a general court-martial at
the Ist Marine Division head
quarters.
He was convicted after plead
ing guilty to murdering a man
named Ho Cam on May 6 “by
means of hanging him by the
neck, cutting his throat with a
knife, stabbing him with a
knife, then throwing him into a
stream, shooting him with an
Ml 6 (rifle) and detonating gren
ades on or near the said Ho
Cam.”
The plea of guilty brought an
automatic conviction from the
court, composed of three ma
jors, two lieutenant colonels and
one colonel.
Belknap testified, In spite of
the guilty plea, that all he did
was to kick a chair from under
the man when he was hanging
and then kicked him in the
chest.
A pretrial agreement had re
moved two additional charg
es of murder and set the maxi
mum sentence at 15 years in
prison, dishonorable discharge,
forfeiture of pay and reduction
in grade.
Belknap is one of seven Ma
rines charged in the murder of
five Vietnamese civilians during
a patrol operation 1V 2 miles
east of Hue. Lance Cpl. Denvil
Allen, 24, of Lebanon, Ind., was
earlier sentenced to 20 years in
prison for the same incident.
The defense presented "a
multitude of letters” from the
family and friends of Belknap.
The entire police force of his
home town signed a letter say
ing he was an “outstanding cit
izen” and had never been in
trouble.
Superiors* Praise
His former squad leader, pla
toon leader and company com
mander all defended his charac
ter, saying he was "a good Ma
rine.”
Belknap took the stand in his
own defense to recite a pathetic
biography of a proud Marine.
Both of his parents work in
factories, he said, and their
combined income is less than
$6,000 a year. He said he tried
to work his way through col
lege, but dropped out to join the
Marines.
“I just wanted to be a Ma
rine because I’d always heard
it was the best,” he said.
He stood rigid before the of
ficers, his voice loud but
choked, his eyes watering and
close to tears.
“I don’t really know how I
did it, but I would like to make
a personal appeal to the court,”
he said. “I admit I was wrong
and I am sorry. I never thought
I would ever be involved in
something like this. I would like
for you to take into consid
eration all my attorney has
brought out here, and give me
a chance.”
and look at your budgets again.
I must be honest with you.”
‘‘They’re going to have to
cut,” he said later.
Maddox said he had not yet
received budget requests from
the legislature or the courts,
but the Health Department had
asked for a 90 per cent in
crease, the university system
seeks a 50 per cent Increase,
and the Education Department
wants a 25 per cent bigger
budget.