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VENIN Vs
By Quimby Melton
Several students at Griffin
High have been assigned “Gris-
* fin” as the subject for a term
theme. Several have interview
ed Good Evening, among others,
in gathering material for the
» essays.
Recently one asked us why our
City was named Griffin and for
whom it was named.
«
Tilts city of which we all are
so proud was named for Gener
al L. L. Griffin, who built the
t first railroad from Macon to the
city. It was later continued on
to what is now Atlanta. General
Griffin envisioned what is now
the City of Griffin as the met
’ ropolis of the Piedmont area,
believing that some day a rail
road from Augusta, running west
to the Alabama border, would
» cross the Macon — Chattanoo
ga railroad at this point. So he
bought land, laid out the city,
end Griffin was born in 1840.
, The story of why the east-west
railroad did not come through
Griffin is another story.
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•
Recently a friend sent us a
clipping from the Monroe (La.)
Daily Morning World that told
t of the origin of the name Grif
fin. Griffin, this article said, was
of Welsh origin and at one time
was spelled Griffud or Gruffyd.
The original Welsh name has a
• Latin derivation that means
"red head” or “red haired”.
It’s also Interesting to note
, that it was a Cyrus Griffin
<1748-1810) a noted jurist of his
time who was the President of
the Continental Congress in 1788.
• British history lists many Grif
fins. One is mentioned in the
Doomsday Book, and the Roy
alty Lists, contain the names of
t Ralph Griffin, who married Al
ice, sister of Richard de West
on in 1184.
Tne earliest coat of arms of
• the Griffins is a heraldic crea
ture — half eagle, half lion. This
is the same “Griffin” that with
some variations has been used
, as the symbol of Griffin ever
since.
Brushing up on the history of
the Griffin emblem, looked it up
• in the dictionary, found the
same definition, “head and
wings of an eagle and the body
of a lion.”
• And we found something else
of interest in this dictionary —
“Griffin, a city in West Geor
gia, population 21,735 (1960 cen-
• sus).”
We have an idea that not too
many names of cities, the size
of our city, are mentioned in the
» dictionary.
One might list the dates that
• led to the founding of the City of
Griffin:
1839 — Bartholomew Still con
veyed 800 acres of land to the
, Monroe Railroad, of which Ge
neral Griffin was president;
1840 — General Griffin auction
ed off the first lots in the new
town;
’ 1841-42 — People began build-
ing homes and stores;
1843 — The Georgia Legisla
ture authorized a charter for the
• city;
1844 — The people accepted
the charter;
1845 — Griffin organized its
i first municipal government.
And Griffin was on its way!
« The original city limits lay
within a triangle. The northern
boundry was along what is now
Tinsley street; The southern bo
undry was what is now Poplar
street, known in early times as
Boundry street, The eastern bor
der w r as a block beyond what
is now First street; and the
• western boundry a block beyond
Ninth street.
The original map shows Broad
, Way (spelled as two words) was
280 feet wide. After the railroad
was completed it was divided in
to what is now known as Broad
street (south of the railroad)
’ and Broadway (spelled one
word) to the north.
General Griffin was far sight
, ed in his plans for the city and
laid out land for schools, a court
house, and parade grounds. He
also set aside land for the “lead
ing” churches of that day.
General Griffin envisioned a
great and growing city. Could
he visit Griffin today, though he
• would find many changes, no
doubt he could say "I told you
so. My faith in Griffin was not
misplaced.”
INSIDE TODAY
Budget Study. Page 2.
Warth Ruling. Page 2.
Obscene Movie. Page 2.
Hospital. Page 3.
Funerals. Page 3.
Stork Club. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Billy Graham. Page 4.
Television. Page 4.
Bloodmobile. Page 5.
Woman’s Page. Page 8.
Hijacks. Page 9.
Astronauts. Page 10.
Peace Talks. Page 10.
Newnan Heroes. Page 10.
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Andrew Whalen, Jr. was sworn in as judge of the
Griffin Judicial Circuit this morning by Got. Lester
Maddox. The former district attorney took the oath
in the governor’s office at the State Capitol. He suc
ceeds Judge John H. McGehee, who resigned.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Cloudy and a little
warmer with chance of showers
tonight and Thursday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Esti
mated high today 45, low today
33, high Tuesday 36, low Tues
day 33. Total rainfall .11 of an
inch. Sunrise Thursday 7:37 a.
m., sunset Thursday 6:11 p.m.
City Approves
Plan Ordinance
Griffin city commissioners ap
proved an ordinance for the city
to participate in an area plan
ning and development commis
sion Tuesday night.
Spalding County Commission
ers expect to approve a resolu
tion for the county’s participa
tion.
Six counties attempting to get
the organization set up include
Spalding, Lamar, Henry, Fay
ette, Butts and Newton.
An organizational meeting was
held here last week and Griffin
was picked as the temporary
headquarters.
The group picked the tempor
ary name to be Upper Piedmont
Area Planning and Development
Commission.
Tom Lane, Spalding purch
asing agent; and Homer Davis,
assistant city manager for Gris-
Viet Veteran Wants
To Thank Mystery Man
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Grant, Jr.,
121 Realty street, are looking
for a man in a green Corvair
with a shaggy dog.
They want to thank him for
helping to save their son’s life.
Sp. 4. George Grant, 20, of Gr
iffin was shot in the leg Saturday
afternoon in a hunting accident.
He, Bill Handley, 19, of East Mc-
Intosh road, and Wendell Scott,
17, of 211 West Cherry street,
were hunting west of Griffin off
Highway 16.
Grant’s weapon accidentally
fired, hitting the Vietnam veter-
GRIFFIN
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872 Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, January 29,1969 Vol. 96 No. 24
Sports. Page 12.
Kidnap Trial. Page 13.
Tax Break. Page 13.
Quit Smoking. Page 14.
Constitution. Page 14.
Holidays. Page 14.
Pueblo. Page 16.
Eric Hoffa. Page 16.
Ray Cromley. Page 18.
Bruce BioSsat. Page 18.
Vietnam War. Page 20.
Want Ads. Page 22.
Comics. Page 23.
DC Violence. Page 24.
Commentary. Page 24.
Bolton Suggests Change
In Parole Board Makeup
By CHARLES S. TAYLOR
ATLANTA (UPD—Atty. Gen.
Arthur Bolton recommended to
day a qhange in the method of
selecting members of the State
Board of Pardons and Paroles
to remove the board from polit
ical influence.
In a final report to Gov. Les
ter Maddox on his Investigation
fin; were named to a temporary
board to help get the commis
sion going.
In other action Tuesday night,
the city commissioners:
—Put on second and final
reading an ordinance to grant a
Community Antenna System
(CATV) franchise to Griffin
Coaxial Company.
—Approved Light and Water
Department supply and equip
ment purchases totaling $37,057.
—Approved Light and Water
Department charge-off list to
taling $1,353.69 for the first six
months of the current fiscal
year.
—Heard from a group interes
ted in developing more tennis
courts at Municipal Park. Speak
ing for the courts were Frank
Jolly, Bill Moore, Henry Walk
er, Morgan Harvlll, and Bill
Simmons.
an in the left leg.
His two companions carried
him as far as they could. When
they could go no more, Handley
left Grant with Scott and head
ed for the highway. He flagged
down the man in the green car.
told him his plight, and the man
went into the woods to help.
He helped get the wounded yo
ung man to his (Grant’s) car
and his two companions drove
him to the Griffin-Spalding Hos
pital.
Grant is being treated there
Iraqi Agent Shoots
Syrian Diplomat
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Col. Claude Christopher was sworn in as District
Attorney for the Griffin Judicial Circuit today. He
was given the oath of office by Gov. Lester Maddox.
Col. Christopher succeeds Andrew Whalen, Jr.
into the operations of the con
troversial board, ordered by
Maddox in May 1967, Bolton
said the only way to insulate
the members from political in
fluence would be through a con
stitutional amendment, which
could be voted on by the people
in the general election of 1970.
He did not go into details.
“I most earnestly urge that
you give serious consideration
to proposing such an amend
ment or back same in the event
it is introduced in the General
Assembly,” Bolton said in his
letter to the governor.
“Certainly, inis snould be the
opportune time as it would not
affect the present governor and
would become effective prior to
the election of the next govern
or of this state.”
Bolton said he has “certain
ideas” as to the exact nature of
such a constitutional amend
ment, but he did not spell them
out.
The attorney general said he
did not mean to imply criticism
of any appointment to the
board "and I have personally
reviewed the board for over two
decades, and I sincerely believe
that this board cannot and will
not ever operate in a proper
manner until the member selec
tion process is revised to
further remove and insulate the
membership from the faintest
taint of political involvement or
political obligation.”
Bolton praised board chair-
now.
During the fighting in Vietnam,
he was in a unit which was al
most wiped out during a battle.
He came through without a sc
ratch.
He said be thought it ironic to
come through battle and come
home to be injured in a hunting
accident.
The young soldier wants to find
the man in the green car with
the shaggy dog and thank him.
Grant says he might have bled
to death without the help of the
“mysterious Good Samaritan.”
man J. O. Partain Jr. and the
board for implementing many
of the recommendations he
made in a report Dec. 13, 1967,
but added that no future boards
would be bound by what this
board does.
United Fund
Directors
Are Elected
Six new members were elect
ed to a two-year term on the
board of directors for the Spald
ing United Fund.
They were: Jake Cheatham,
Frank Jolly, Robert Rice, Jer
ry Savage, Jim Strong and Hen
ry Walker. •
Holdover directors who have
another year to serve include:
Frank Thomas, Bob Scroggins,
C. A. Knowles, Gene Robbins,
Jr., Kimsey Stewart and Ben
Christie.
‘Marches’
Start Tonight
The first of three “Mothers
Marches” will be held tonight,
according to Mrs. Ed Dingier,
chairman.
Another will be held Thursday
night and the final one will be
Friday night.
During the three nights, vol
unteers hope to call at every
house in the city and county and
ask for contributions to the Mar
ch of Dimes.
London Quads
Expected To Live
LONDON (UPD — Doctors
said today that quadruplets
born to Mrs. Ann Randal, 24,
were in good condition and are
expected to live.
The babies, two boys and two
girls, were delivered Tuesday
night by Caesarian section
prematurely. Mrs. Randall, an
art teacher who had been
childless in her four years of
marriage, had undergone fertili
ty treatment.
Incident Adds
To Mideast Threat
By WILBORN HAMPTON
United Press International
A Syrian diplomat was shot
and wounded today in Baghdad
by an Iraqi intelligence agent,
the Syrian Foreign Ministry
announced in Damascus. The
shooting added the threat of
inter-Arab strife to a Middle
East already gripped in a new
crisis.
New spy trials were reported
under way in Iraq despite
worldwide protests and warn
ings that the hangings of nine
Jews Monday could lead to
Israeli reprisals and the possibi
lity of a new conflict in the
Middle East.
The Foreign Ministry identi
fied the wounded diplomat as
Abdel Karim Sabbagh, political
attache at the Syrian Embassy
in the Iraqi capital. It said he
was shot while riding in a car
through the Baghdad streets
and that Syria had strongly
protested the incident.
The reported shooting empha
sized the division within the
Arab Baathlst (Arab Renais
sance) Party, the most cohesive
political party in the Arab
world. Rivalries in the party
centering on elements backing
or opposing Egyptian President
Gamal Abdel Nasser have led to
a series of political convulsions
in both Syria and Iraq.
The new tension between
Syria and Iraq coincided with
start of the new “spy trials” in
Baghdad. Reports in Cairo said
those on trial were “imperia
lists” but Israeli officials said
earlier 60 to 65 Jews faced
immediate trial on espionage
charges.
“Imperialists” could refer to
any force seeking to overthrow
the Iraqi government of Pre
mier Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr in
the nation that has seen nothing
but political turmoil since the
monarchy was overthrown in
July, 1958, and King Faisal II
was slain.
One of the great upheavals tn
Iraq’s ruling Baath Party came
in 1963 when dissident Baathists
attempted a coup and were
deported. Within a few months
there were coups and attempted
coups in both Iraq and Syria.
A new warning of the dangers
facing the Middle East came
today from President Charles
de Gaulle of France who told
his weekly cabinet meeting in
Paris that the Mideast will
lapse into bloody chaos unless
the Big Four powers find a joint
peace solution.
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Peanuts Arrive
Spalding County Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert helped unload 800 cases of peanuts Tues
day morning at the Spalding County jail. The peanuts will be sold by School Safety
Patrolmen to help sponsor the annual trip to Washington, D. C., May 13-18. The
peanuts will be distributed to School Patrolmen beginning Monday. The peanut
sale will last two weeks. Sheriff Gilbert is coordinating plans.
Nasser emphasized the grow
ing Mideast tension in a speech
today to an Arab solidarity
conference in Cairo when he
said the six-day Arab-Israeli
conflict of 1967 was the
“prelude to a war which is not
over yet.”
Pope Paul VI, who appealed
unsuccessfully to the Baghdad
government not to execute 14
convicted spies, nine of them
Jews, told his weekly general
audience at the Vatican today
the hangings "can perilously
exasperate the very delicate
situation” in the Mideast. He
said the executions smacked of
racism.
Lead To War
Both the United States and
Britain issued appeals to the
Israeli government not to carry
out reprisal attacks against
Iraq or the 10,000 to 20,000 Iraqi
troops stationed in Jordan since
the 1967 June War. The fear
was that reprisals could lead to
another war.
The fear of severe Israeli
reprisals stemmed from a
speech Monday by Israeli
Premier Levi Eshkol who told
the Knesset (parliament) in
Jerusalem "the Lord shall
avenge their blood.” Iraq
immediately placed its armed
forces on a full alert.
The new spy trials in Iraq
were announced Tuesday in
Baghdad by Information Minis
ter Abdullah Salum who said
more of the trials would be held
soon. He did not identify the
defendants or say when the
trials would take place. Israel
has charged that 65 persons
face trial and possible death
sentences.
A New Trial
The semi-official Egyptian
news agency, the Middle East
News Agency reported in Cairo
today the mass trial already
had started. It said the
defenants were accused of
spying for the Central Intel
ligence Agency of the United
tates.
UPI correspondent Gerry
Loughran, in Beirut, Lebanon,
said the emphasis at the
current trials may shift from
the emphasis oh “Israeli
espionage” to efforts by “im
perialists”—meaning the United
tates—to overthrow the pre
sent regime. It was noteworthy
that Egypt also announced the
trial of two Egyptians as
“imperialist agents.”
Westberry Says
Stanley Using
Chain Gang Style
ATLANTA (UPD—Dr. James
Wesberry, a member of the
Governor’s Penal Reform Com
mission, told a House commit
tee today that State Corrections
Board member John Stanley
was running his Jefferson Coun
ty prison camp “according to
old-time chain gang methods.”
Wesberry, testifying during a
hearing before the House State
Institutions and Properties
Committee on a resolution to
impeach Stanley, said, “He’s
probably not up on modern
penology” but that he (Wes
berry) wanted no part of Im
peaching Stanley.
Dillard Munford, chairman of
the prison commission, then
told the committee that if it did
not take action, “our work
would have been certainly a
waste of time.”
Munford said he would rather
see Stanley resign than im
peached but "he was responsi
ble and something’s got to hap
pen to him.”
Wesberry said he visited the
camp where Stanley is warden
and although he objected to
many conditions he found there,
“I questioned bringing any at
tack on Stanley himself.”
It appeared almost certain
that Rep. KU Townsend's im
peachment resolution was head
ed for defeat.
Country Parson
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“A child learns from his
parents to respect, people—
which means parents should be
worthy of respect.”
Copyright 1969, by Frank A. Clark