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Sat. and Sun., Dec. 28-29, 1968 Griffin Daily News
Wife, Five Children
Found Dead At Home
By DENNIS CONNOR
MARSHALL, Wis. (UPD—
Elwood Bodeman told deputies
he had no domestic troubles
•‘outside the usual family
difficulties.”
Said a neighbor today:
"Elwood was proud of his
family. Now what does he
have?”
Bodeman was at his job in
nearby Madison Friday when
deputies told him the bodies of
his wife and five of their
children had been found in his
father’s two-story frame house
outside Marshall.
It appeared, Sheriff Franz
Haas said, that Mrs. Elwood W.
Bodeman, 36, had strangled four
daughters and a son and then
killed herself.
But Coroner Clyde Chamber
land said that although the
death of Mrs. Bodeman ap
peared due to wounds to her
■wrists, there was also signs of
strangulation.
She was found in the corner
of a bedroom with a scarf
around her neck. Authorities
theorized she slashed her wrists
with a straight razor, then
closed the blade into the handle
and inserted it into the knot to
twist the scarf like a torniquet.
The children were in their
beds—Lynn, 9; Sara Jo, 8;
Gena, 7; Bradon, 5; and
Theresia, 2. They were all
strangled, Chamberland said.
The bodies were discovered
by an adopted son, Michael, 15,
who notified Bodcman's 76-year-
First Girl In
43 Years Born To
Hollingsworths
One Hollingsworth family in
Griffin has had a girl born in its
family, the first in 43 years.
All other children in tire family
have been boys.
The little lady was born at the
Griffin-Spalding Hospital Dec. 26
at 8:40 p.m. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey P. Holl
ingsworth, 103 Grady street, Gr
iffin.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth
have a son, Anthony, four years
old.
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old father Arnold. Authorities
said neither was implicated in
the deaths.
Elwood Bodeman told investi
gators his wife had been under
the care of a county welfare
caseworker and had emotional
problems.
He said the family had no
domestic troubles "outside the
usual family problems,” and
none that would provoke the
slayings.
Bodeman apparently left for
work without knowing his wife
and children lay dead in the
bedrooms. Authorities set the
deaths at somewhere between 1
and 5 a.m. Friday.
The couple had been married
about 11 years.
Woman Suspect
In Kidnap On
‘Most Wanted’
WASHINGTON (UPD—A 26-
year-old woman described by
associates as "sweet and
charming,” became the first
woman to be placed on the
FBl’s "most wanted” list.
Tire FBI Friday placed the
name of Ruth Eisemann Schler,
a Honduras - born biology re
searcher and oceanographer, on
its list of its 10 most wanted
criminals.
Miss Schier, who enrolled in
the Marine Science Institute of
the University of Miami last
fall, is a prime suspect, along
with Gary Steven Krist, in the
bizarre kidnaping of Barbara
Jane Mackie in Atlanta Dec. 17.
Miss Mackie, after being ran
somed for $500,000 was found
alive, buried in a coffin-like
box, in Gwinnett County, Ga.
four days after being abducted
from a motel near the campus
of Emory University.
Krist was arrested last Sun
day as he tried to elude search
ers in a Florida swamp. Most
of the ransom money was re
covered.
Miss Schier is the 284th fugi
tive to be placed on the FBl’s
top priority list since it was ini
tiated in March 1950. She is the
first female to appear on the
list.
The FBI said the 5-foot,
3-inch, 110-pound woman should
be considered armed and dan
gerous. She has small round
scar marks on her nose and
right cheek, and is a blonde
with green eyes.
Cousin Held
In Rape Os
Eight-Year-Old
CLARKESVILLE, Ga. (UPD
— A Murphy, N. C., man was
charged with criminal assault
Friday after an 8-year-old girl
was raped in a deserted house
near here.
Northeast Georgia lawmen
conducted a three-hour manhunt
before apprehending the sus
pect, Carhes Tosh, 20, a cousin
of the girl, in the Alec Moun
tain section of Habersham
County.
Sheriff Grady Crocker said
the alleged rape occurred in an
empty house next to the girl's
home, near Clarkesville. Au
thorities said Tosh had been
staying with his relatives while
looking for a house.
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Sugar Queen
Miss Susan Ann Garcia, Queen of the 1969 Sugar Bowl, displays a silver sugar
bowl which is the symbol of the New Year’s Classic. Miss Garcia is from Crowley,
La. and is the reigning beauty of the Southwest Louisiana City. She is also Miss
Louisiana Rice Queen. Miss Garcia is a junior at L. S. U., where she is majoring in
sociology.
ASC Signing
Dates Listed
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Chairman, W. S.
Mixon, Sr., today announced that
the sign up period for spring pr
actlces under the Agricultural
Conservation Program will be
gin Dec. 30, and continue throu
gh Jan. 31.
All Spalding farmers desiring
measures may file their applica
tion at the Spalding County AS
CS Office during the sign up
period.
Two practices have been add
ed to the 1969 program. They
are home gardens and planting
Christmas trees.
As available funds are limited,
farmers are requested to apply
for only what they actually need,
and plan to carry out. The 1969
Initial allocation for Spalding Co
unty is $16,922.
Rites Sunday
For Mr. Long
Funeral services for Mr. Floyd
Oliver Long will be conducted
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in
the Chapel of McDonald Chapel.
The Rev. Maero Butler and the
Rev. Harold Jones will offici
ate. Burial will be In Oak Hill
cemetery.
Mr. Long's body is at Mc-
Donald Chapel.
LOTS OF NOTHING
ROVANIEMI, Finland (UPI)
—Relays of Finns kept a
vacuum cleaner running in
November and December to
establish what they claim as a
new world record of 620'4 hours
of continuous cleaning.
FIRST THINGS FIRST
COTGRAVE, England (UPI)
—Parish authorities announced
this week that Sunday evening
services will be held earlier
from now on so as not to
conflict with the serialized
television version of “The
Forsyte Saga.”
FOOD TOWN
Lucky Register
Tape Numbers
for Friday
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Must be claimed 3 days
after purchase.
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Hospital
Visiting Hours: 11 a.m. - Noon;
2-4 p.m.; 7-8:30 p.m. Two visitors
per patient at a time.
The following were admitted I
to the Griffin-Spalding C o u n ty
Hospital Friday:
Bart E. Bridges, Mrs. Gloria
Roberts, Mrs. Agnes New, Mrs.
Dorothy Corley, Mrs. Eleanor
Meredith, Frederick Carl Wal
ton, H. H. Dearing, T. E. But
ler, Sr., Pruett Fuller, Walter
Golden, Cathy Wilkerson, Mrs.
Betty Sue Goins, Mrs. Elizabeth
Lyles, Ruth L. Skinner.
The following were dismissed:
Mrs. Clara Millikan, John
Millikan, Mrs. Lucille Cain, John
C. Carter, Mrs. Helen Bunn, Am
anda Ellis, Woodrow Nelson, Hu
bert Ray Chambley, Mrs. Stella
Brinkley.
Stork Club
LITTLE MISS BLEVINS
Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Ble
vins of 223 Holmes street, Bar
nesville, announce the birth of a
daughter on Dec. 28 at the Grif
fin-Spalding County Hospital.
Funeral Simday
For Mrs. Pless
Funeral services for Mrs. Ka
tie Mae Pless of 437 North Fifth
street will be held Sunday at 2
o'clock from the Piney Grove
Baptist Church. The Rev. Major
Monk will officiate. Burial will
be in the church cemetery.
Mns. Pless died Wednesday at
her home.
She is survived by her hus
band, Carl Pless: a daughter,
Miss Debbie Bibbs; her moth
er, Mrs. Lucy Sinkfield: four
sisters, Mrs. Geraldine Taylor,
Miss Bobbie Jean Sinkfield,
Miss Brenda Sinkfield and Miss
Linda Sinkfield, three broth
ers, Sam Sinkfield, Larry Sink
field and Toney Sinkfield.
Spalding Undertaking Co. is in
* charge of arrangements.
QUICK QUIZ
q —'When the Senate tries
the impeachment of a U.S.
president, who is the presid
ing officer?
A — The chief justice of
the United States acts as pre
siding officer.
Q — " Which is the oldest
military organization in the
United States?
A—The Society of the Cin
cinnati, founded by officers
of the Continental Army in
1783. George Washington
served as its first president.
Q —What phenomenon is
caused by bursts of protons
and electrons shot from the
sun?
A—The aurora borealis or
northern lights.
Q —When is Mars most fa
vorably located for telescopic
observation?
A — At intervals of about
two years and 50 days, Mars
and earth are on the same
side of the sun and closest to
each other. At such times
Mars is most favorably lo
cated for telescopic observa
tion.
Q —Can we see all the stars
in the vicinity of the sun?
A—There are about 30
stars within 15 light years of
the sun. Only seven of these
are bright enough to be seen
without a telescope.
Q —What bird is often
called the "rain prophet’’?
A—The American cuckoo.
Q —When did surnames be
come obligatory in England?
A—ln 1463, King Edward V
made a surname obligatory
for all his subjects. He sug
gested that they take unto
themselves a surname either
of some town, color, art or
science.
Q— What is the world rec
ord for a blue catfish, caught
by rod and reel?
A—ln 1959. one was caught
in the Missouri River weigh
ing 97 pounds and measuring
57 inches in length.
Q—What is the origin of
the Vietnamese people?
A—They are a mixture of
Mongolian and Indonesian
peoples.
Q —Does a notary public
have to have legal training?
A—No. In most states, any
responsible person can get a
commission as a notary public
on payment of a fee.
Q —What is the life span
for houseflies?
A —The average is 30 days
in summer.
Death Ends Hippie
“Night Os Terror’
SAN FRANCISCO (UPD— A
three-hour orgy of beatings and
sex attacks left a 19-year-old
girl dead in her Haight-Ashbury
apartment—her body covered
with lipstick-scrawled obsceni
ties.
Police picked up 11 suspects—
three of them girls and most of
them teen-agers—after a night
of terror Thursday for chunky
brunette Ann Jiminez, believed
to have come to- the hippie
neighborhood four months ago
from Seattle.
Homicide inspectors Bill Arm
strong and Dave Toshi said
"friends” of the slain girl
apparently wanted to "teach
her a lesson” over a pair of
black boots she had admired
and was suspected of having
stolen.
They dragged the girl down
stairs, her head bumping hard
on each step. Then they
stripped her and beat, kicked,
end raped her.
After three hours, the officers
Weekend Toll
Reaches Four
In Early Hours
By United Press International
■ Mrs. Peggy L. Caln of Bruns
wick, whose husband was killed
in a traffic mishap on U.S. 17,
died on the same highway to
day, to become one of four
early weekend fatalities on
Georgia roads.
Mrs. Cain, 42, a mother of
three, died after her car over
turned two miles south of Glyn
co Naval Air Station.
Her Navy husband died in a
wreck on U.S. 17 two years ago.
Two persons w’ere killed Fri
day night in a Forsyth County
traffic accident. The victims
w-ere James Palmer Teabe, 29,
of near Gainesville; and Robert
Quarells, 27, of near Dawson
ville. Tire accident happened on
Georgia 53 and involved two
cars.
Ira E. Carlan Jr., 38, of Com
merce was killed Friday night
on an Athens street when the
car he was driving went out of
control at a high rate of speed
and crashed into a service sta
tion, police said.
In addition, a Georgia man,
John Lewis Wallace, 39, of Riv
erdale was killed Friday night
In a two-car accident inside the
Chattanooga, Tenn., city limits.
Two Os Four
Escapees From
Laurens Caught
DUBLIN, Ga. (UPD—Four
prisoners overpowered a guard
at the Laurens County public
works camp Friday night, stole
a pistol and escaped in a pris
on truck. Two remained at
large today.
Two of the fugitives were
caught during the night at Ma
con and were returned to Dub
lin.
Still at large were Hugh
Bush, 22, of Rentz and Horace
Barfield. 27, of Toombs County.
They were believed armed and
considered dangerous.
The inmates held a knife on
a guard and locked him in a
cell. They broke into the office
of the work camp and stole
money and at least one gun.
They left the camp in a white
1963 pickup truck with the
words "Laurens County PWC”
painted on the doors.
Bush is 5-foot-8, weighs 137
pounds and has black hair and
brown eyes.
JIM PRIDGEN
HARDWARE
110 South sth Street
Griffin, Ga.
said, they carried her naked
body—covered with four-letter
words—back to her apartment.
When they could not revive her,
they called police.
A witness told police that
"there were 11 of them,
including the girls. She was
ganged up on by all of them—
all because of that pair of
boots.”
"They took turns—first the
chicks, then the guys. They cut
her hair ragged with scissors.
They shaved her. They kicked
her. They beat her. They made
her do things you wouldn't want
your worst enemy to have to
do.”
One of Miss Jiminez’s few
real friends, Liberty Mason, 23,
said Os the girl: "Really, she
was a misfit, I guess. She really
didn’t swing with the good
crowd, and she didn’t swing
with the bad crowd. Some of us
liked her, but she didn’t fit in.”
He also said that she "was
honest . . . she never took the
boots, I’ll tell you that.”
3 Florida Boys
Caught After
Stealing Extract
ROME, Ga. (UPD —Three
boys were arrested Friday night
on charges of stealing and
drinking vanilla extract.
A motorist spotted one of the
boys, a 12-year-old, lying un
conscious under a bridge after
having consumed extract ap
parently stolen earlier in the
day.
Rome police said they then
caught the other two boys, ages
13 and 15, in a supermarket
they had broken into. Police
said the boys were replenishing
their vanilla supply.
Police said two of the boys
were from Vero Beach, Fla.
Mr. Goodman Os
F ayetteville Dies
Mr. Looney Alexander Good
man of Route Three, Fayettevil
le, died early this morning at
the Griffin - Spalding Hospital
where he had been a patient two
weeks.
He was a retired farmer.
He is survived by a daughter.
Mrs. Lewis Outler of Griffin; a
daughter-in-law, Mrs. James H.
Goodman of Griffin; a sister,
Mrs. Effie Akin of Griffin; a bro
ther, Mr. Otis Goodman of Fay
etteville; three grandchildren,
Mary Jo Willoughby of Grif
fin, Donald Goodman of Ameri
cus and Danny Goodman of Gr
iffin.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at the
Pittman-Rawls Funeral Home.
The Rev. Forrest Buchanan will
officiate. Burial will be in the
Whitewater Baptist Church ce
metery.
The body Will remain at Pitt
man-Rawls Funeral Home until
the funeral. Friends may visit
the family at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Outlar, 1104 Me
riwether street.
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Mr. Mabbett, 38,
Will Be Buried
Mr. John R. Mabbett, Jr., 38,
of the County Line road, died at
the Griffin - Spalding Hospital
early this morning after being
admitted Friday,
He suffered a cerebral hem
orrhage July 18, 1965, and had
been confined to his home and
hospitals since then.
Death was attributed to a res
piratory failure.
His parents moved to Griffin
when he was 15 months old and
he had lived here since.
He attended Griffin High Sc
hool, McCallie Prep School at
Chattanooga, Emory University
in Atlanta and was a graduate
of Valdosta State College.
Mr. Mabbett was a member of
the First Methodist Church, the
Griffin Rotary Club, and Griffin
Elks Lodge 1207.
He was engaged with his fath
er, J. R. Mabbett & Son Pet
roleum Hauling Co.
Survivors Include his wife,
Mrs. Annie Jean Mabbett; a
daughter, Ann Mabbett; two
sons, John Mabbett 111, and Hen
ry Mabbett; parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Mabbett, Sr.
Funeral services will be held
from the graveside in Oak Hill
cemetry, new section, Sunday at
3 p.m. Dr. Delma Hagood will
officiate.
The family has requested that
in lieu of flowers, those desiring
may make a contribution to the
Heart Fund.
The body is at Haisten Funer
al Home.
Griffinite’s
Father Dies
Mr. Elzer Ivey, father of Mrs.
Eugene Higgins of Griffin, died
Friday at Roberta.
He was a lifelong resident of
Roberta.
Funeral services were held
this afternoon in the Roberta
Baptist Church. Burial was in
the Roberta cemetery.
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