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Social Security
Supplementary
Medical Insurance
The new year ushers in a new
opportunity for those already
over 65 to enroll for Suppiemen,
tary Medical Insurance. This is
the part of Medicare which helps
pay doctor bills and other medi
cal services outside the hospital,
'rhe deadline for enrolling for
this coverage is March 31. For
many people, this will be their
last chance to enroll. If you
wish to enroll now or have any
questions regarding this cov
erage, your Social Security Of
fice at 435 West Solomon Street,
Griffin, has the answers.
Q. My father paid a large doc-
Mr. Reeves Os
Jackson Buried
JACKSON — Funeral servic
es were held this afternoon at
4:30 o’clock for Mr. Joseph L.
Reeves of Route four, Jackson,
at Haisten Funeral Home cha
pel in Jackson. The Rev. Geor
ge Bostwick and the Rev. Joe
Faulkner officiated and burial
was in the Liberty Baptist Chur
ch cemetery in Butts County.
Mr. Reeves was killed Wed
nesday morning in as automo
bile accident near the Monroe-
Bibb County line on Georgia 87.
Funeral Today
For Mr. Brooks
JACKSON — Funeral servic
es for Mr. William Pierson “Pe
te” Brooks, of Route three, Ja
ckson were conducted this after
noon at 3 o’clock from the Hais
ten Funeral Home chapel in
Jackson. The Rev. T. R. Scott
and the Rev. Jimmy Smith of
ficiated and burial was in the
Liberty Baptist Church ceme
tery in Butts County.
Mr. Brooks was killed in an
automobile accident Wednesday
morning near the Monroe-Butts
County line on Georgia 87.
Mr. Cawthon
Buried Today
JACKSON — Funeral servic
es for Mr. Herman L. Cawthon
of Route Three, Jackson, were
conducted this afternoon at 2 o’-
clock from the Macedonia Bap
tist Church in Butts County. The
Rev. Bill Thomas and the Rev.
T. H. Wilder officiated and bur
ial was in the church cemetery.
Haisten Funeral Home of Jack
son was in charge of arrange
ments.
Mr. Cawthon was killed in an
automobile accident Wednesday
morning near the Monroe-Bibb
County line on Georgia 87.
Mr. Brooks
Buried Today
JACKSON — Mr. Thomas Gr
ady Brooks, 78, of Flovilla, died
Wednesday morning at a Macon
Hospital following a lengthy ill
ness.
Mr. Brooks was a retired far
mer and carpenter.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Mabel Maddox Brooks; se
ven daughters, Mrs. Powell Col
well of Griffin, Mrs. Spencer
Johnson of Indian Springs, Mrs.
W. H. Cauthen, Mrs. Albert
Johnson, both of Forsyth, Mrs.
Edward Melvin of Knoxville,
Tenn., Mrs. Byran Hutton of De
catur and Mrs. John King of
Marietta; two sons, James
Brooks of Flovilla and Harold
Brooks of Jackson; 18 grandchil
dren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduc
ted this afternoon at 2 o’clock
from the chapel of Haisten Fun
eral Home in Jackson. The Rev.
Ed Galloway and the Rev. Don
Harp officiated and burial was
in the Jackson city cemetery.
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tor bill last year, and died before
he filed a Medicare claim I was
told it would be necessary for
my mother to go to a lot of le
gal expense to get paid by Med
icare. Why? B. 8., Griffin.
A. The rules have changed.
Your mother can file for repay
ment under Medicare without
being appointed legal represen
tative. Check with your Social
Security office for details.
Q. Why is it so important to
file early for Medicare? I hear
your application can go back a
year. V.M , Griffin.
A. This doesn’t apply to the
medical insurance part of Med
icare. To get this protection at
age 65, you must file for it in
one of the three months before
your 65th birthday — the earlier
the better.
Q. My father failed to receive
his Social Security, check this
month. He believes it was stol
en. Can it be replaced? D. C.,
Griffin,
A Yes. Have him contact So
cial Security immediately. A re
placement check can be issued
and an investigation made of the
missing check.
Q. I will be 65 in February. I
plan to work through the end of
next year. If I sign up for So
cial Security now, won’t my ear
rings be frozen at the time I
sign up? I expect 1969 to be my
highest year. R. T., Griffin.
A. No. You should sign up now
for Social Security. Although
your earnings may not allow any
payment now, you can get Med
icare protection. Your benefit
amount will be automatically re
figured later to include your
1969 earnings.
Q. A friend of mine is planning
to apply for his Social Secur
ity next year. He is going to
a lot of trouble and expense get
ting himself a birth certificate.
Should I do this before I apply
for Social Security? C.H., Grif
fin.
A No. Your friend apparently
is getting what is called a "de
layed birth certificate" since a
record was not made when he
was born. There are a number
of old records which can be us
ed to prove your age when you
don’t have an "original” birth
certificate. I suggest you contact
your Social Security office to
find out exactly what might be
needed in your case.
Q. My wife and I both work. I
earn around $6,000 a year, and
she makes $3,000. I am told our
children could not draw Social
Security on my wife if anything
happened to her because I fur
nish the main part of their sup
port. Is this true? L. M., Griffin.
A. No The children could re
ceive survivors benefits on your
wife’s record if at her death she
had worked long enough to be
“insured” for Sociay Security
purposes.
If you have a question about
Social Security or Medicare,
write the Social Security Admin
istration at 435 West Solomon st
reet in Griffin. All Inquiries must
be signed and should Include ad
dresses.
Griff inite's
Father Dies
Mr. Jim' Grover Dove, 74, of
Bogart, Ga., died Wednesday at
his home.
Among his survivors is a dau
ghter, Mrs. J. C. Cleveland of
Griffin.
Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from the Calvary Baptist Chur
ch in Athens. Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
Bernstein Funeral Home of At
hens is in charge of arrange
ments.
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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
to the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital Wednesday:
Jack Teal, Luther Pruitt, El
len Hardy, H. P. Leverette,
Charlie Evans, Jesse Nutt, L. J.
Wyatt, Mrs. Lovette Davis,
Mrs. Clara Fuller, Horace Gat
lin, Mrs. Lizzie Gardner, Mrs.
Lizzie Dean. Mrs. Susie Butler,
Ben Haggood, Mrs. Nina Ander
son, Jerry Wilson, Terry Fam
bro, Mrs. Faye Vaugh, Mrs.
Louise Wallace, Arthur Pope,
Mrs. Peggy Jones, Mrs. Lillie
Jefferson.
The following were dismissed:
Mrs. Bessie Wilson and baby,
Jacqueline O'Dell, Miss Joanne
Daniels, Mrs. Annie Mae Hub
bard, Kathy Bowman, James
Whatley, Curtis C. Long, Len
don Smoot, Mrs. Missouria Min
ter, Lamar Hatchett, Susan Di
ane Butler, Miss Lola Williams.
Man Injured
In Wreck
Wednesday
A Barnesville man suffered
multiple injuries Wednesday
morning when the car he wa s
driving ran out of control on a
curve and hit a utility pole two
miles south of Orchard Hill on
U. S. 41 in Lamar County.
Luther E. Pruitt, 28, of Wash
ington Park, Barnesville, was
admitted to the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital. He suffered a
broken arm, ankle and rib injur
ies and lacerations to his face.
Damage to his car was estima
ted at SI,OOO. The value of the
utility pole was set at SIOO.
Mrs. Shirley Long of East
Mclntosh road, Griffin, was
shaken up Wednesday after
noon when the brakes on the car
she was driving failed and it
ran into a house at 308 West
Cherry street.
The car was at the intersec
tion of Ninth and Cherry street
when the brakes failed. Damage
to the car was estimated at S2OO
and at $25 to the porch on the
house.
Mrs. Long was examined at
the Griffin-Spalding County Hos
pital and dismissed.
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Rites Friday
For Mrs. Adams
Mrs. Esther Evans Adams,
wife of L. C. Adams, died Wed
nesday night at her residence,
1413 Tower street.
Mrs. Adams was a lifelong re
sident of Spalding County, dau
ghter of the late William H. Ev
ans and the late Annie Helms
Evans. She was a member of
the West Griffin Congregational
Holiness Church.
In addition to her husband,
Mrs. Adams is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. Lorene Cham
bley, Mrs. Kathleen Worthy,
both of Griffin, Mrs. Ruby Mar
shall of Atlanta and Mrs. Willie
Stults of Warner Robins; one
son, Curtis Adams of Atlanta;
one brother, Emmett Evans of
Warner Robins; three sisters,
Mrs. C. M. Stallings of Griffin,
Mrs. Ira Akins of Ben Hill, Ga.,
and Mrs. Cleone Harper of Car
rollton; 14 grandchildren, 22 gr
eat-grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ad
ams will be conducted Friday
afternoon at 3 o’clock from the
West Griffin Congregational Hol
iness Church. The Rev. Bobby
Ford and the Rev. Forest Bate
man will officiate and burial will
be in Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs.
Adams’ body was carried to the
residence today to remain until
the funeral hour.
AKC Sutton Dies
In San Juan
AKC Charles Richard Sutton,
38, U. S. Navy, died Monday in
San Juan, Puerto Rico, where
he was stationed. He died at the
military hospital there after a
short illness.
Mr. Sutton, a native of College
Park, Ga., had served in the
Navy for 18 years. He was the
husband of the former Miss
Mary Nell Holloway, whose par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hollo
way, Sr., reside at 1208 Lake
avenue. Mrs. Sutton has arrived
in Griffin and friends may visit
her at the Holloway residence.
In addition to his wife Mr. Sut
ton is survived by a daughter,
Miss Bonita Sutton; two sons,
Charles Sutton and Johnnie Sut
ton; his mother, Mrs. Eva Sut
ton of College Park; one broth
er, Dewey Sutton of Castro Val
ley, Calif., and one sister, Mrs.
Margaret McMichael of College
Park.
Funeral plans will be announ
ced by Haisten Funeral Home
pending the arrival of the body.
Center Offers
Knitting Classes
Two knitting classes will be
offered at the Griffin Commun
ity Center. One will be advan
ced and the other for beginners.
Registration for the 10-week
courses is being held at the Re
creation Department office. The
fee is $4.
The classes will begin on Jan.
13 and Jan. 14.
The advanced class will be
held on Monday from 9:30 to
11:30 a.m. The beginner class
will be held on Tuesday morn
ings.
Mrs. William DuPree will be
the instructor.
Good Czech Days
Before Bad Came
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
In Prague’s half-mile-long
Wenceslas Square in late July,
drivers abandoned their auto
mobiles. Buses stood askew,
deserted by passengers and
drivers.
Their occupants had rushed to
join thousands of others in
queues before plain wooden
tables to sign pledges of support
for the new liberal Czech
regime headed by Alexander
Dubcek.
Suddenly a roar went up,
running the length and breadth
of the huge square.
It was a spontaneous cheer
for a white-haired figure who
had leaped to a table top to
thank the people for their
support.
Those were the good days.
The figure atop the table was
Josef Smrkovsky, chairman of
the National Assembly, almost
as much a symbol of the new
freedoms as Dubcek himself.
Once more it was Smrkovsky
a few days later who addressed
a mass demonstration from a
balcony.
"Reason,” he said, “has
won.”
And again the crowd cheered.
This was after the Bratislava
meeting between the Czech
leadership and their five hard
lining partners in the Warsaw
Pact. No one knew it then, but
the bad days were about to
begin with the Soviet invasion
on the night of Aug. 21.
Stork Club
MASTER JONES
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jones
of 916 Lyndon avenue, Grif
fin, announce the birth of a son
on Jan. 8 at the Griffin-Spald
ing County Hospital.
Revival To Open
At North Griffin
Revival services will begin
Sunday at the North Griffin Con
gregational Holiness Church with
the Rev. Oscar Walker of Roch
elle, Ga., as the evangelist.
Services will begin each night
at 7 o’clock.
The Rev. J. J. Stephens is
pastor.
Fire Destroys House
In Lannar County
The Forestry Commission an
swered a woods fire and a grass
fire in Spalding County and a
house fire that extended into a
woods fire in Lamar County
Wednesday.
Approximately seven and one
half acres were burned in the
woods fire in Spalding County.
Rangers reported James What
ley and his family occupied the
house in Lamar County that
was destroyed.
They all resisted the Russian
sledge-hammer — Smrkovsky,
Dubcek, Premier Oldrich Cer
nik. President Ludvik Svoboda.
But Dubcek, still retaining the
gratitude of the Czech people, is
tired and the fire is gone. He no
longer is the figure so popular
even the Russians feared to
remove him as first party
secretary for fear of a general
explosion among the people.
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HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
The Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital Auxiliary will hold its
quarterly luncheon meeting in
the conference room of the hos
pital on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Re
servations for the luncheon must
be made by Friday, Jan. 10 with
Mrs. P. A. Bond.
JAYCETTES
The Griffin-Spalding Jaycet
tes will hold their regular
monthly meeting tonight at 7:30
p.m., at Bonanza Restaurant.
All members are urged to at
tend this important meeting.
RA Chapter Has
Mission Program
The Crusade Chapter of Royal
Ambassadors at Second Baptist
Church has a program on China
missionaries Wednesday night.
This was one in a series of
mission programs.
Attending the meeting were
Mike Cantebrry, Randy Griffith,
Jeff Griffith, Gary Stembridge,
Gary Brown, Ricky Purser, Ran
dy Crawley, Robin Greene, Bob
by Vining, Tim Stewart, Randy
Gatlin, and Terry Powell.
Doug Washington is the adult
advisor.