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Griffin Daily News
5,000 Brave Weather
To Honor Two Heroes
NEWNAN, Ga. (UPI) — New
nan’s two Medal of Honor win
ners returned home Wednesday
for a tribute that included
praise from Gov. Lester Mad
dox: “All of this country must
have a great feeling of pride
and respect.”
Air Force Lt. Col. Joe Jack
son and Marine Major Steven
Pless, waived to some 5,000 per
sons on a cold, wet and foggy
day, as they returned home for
a parade in honor of their hero
ism.
The two Newnan natives,
among four of the most recent
Medal of Honor recipients, are
the first two servicemen of the
Vietnam War to win the na
tion’s highest honor for heroism
from the state.
“I know that all of the citi
zens of Newnan and Coweta
County and all of Georgia and
all of this country must have a
great feeling of pride and re
spect for these two natives,”
said Oov. Maddox in ceremon
ies following the mile - long
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Thursday, Jan. 30, 1969
parade.
Some 50,000 persons had been
expected to turn out for
the ceremonies, but the weather
kept many from participating in
the out -of - doors tribute.
Temperatures dipped to 35 de
grees.
"Along with Col. Jackson,
I’m very grateful to each and
every one of you for hazarding
the cold out here today,” said
Maj. Pless.
“I’m very grateful to you. I
sit here with a great feeling of
humility and pride. I say God
bless you,” Pless told the
crowd.
“It's indeed an honor to ap
pear here today as part of the
ceremonies,” said Col. Jackson.
“I feel greatly honored indeed
to be part of them.
“It’s with a great deal of
pride that I see so many faces
that have turned out in this bad
weather to pay respect to our
armed forces and to our men in
uniform.”
In addition to Marine Corps
and Air Force bands sent to
participate in the ceremonies,
each of the services were rep
resented by generals, Maj. Gen.
Marion Carl of the Marine
Corps and Air Force Brig. Gen.
James A. Bailey.
Mr. Clay Smith
Dies Wednesday
BARNESVILLE — Mr. Hubert
Clay Smith of 299 Spencer street,
Barnesville, died Wednesday
morning at Emory University
Hospital where he had been a
patient for two and one half
weeks.
Mr. Smith was the band direc
tor at Gordon Military College,
a position he had held since 1933.
A lifelong resident of Barnesvil
le, Mr. Smith was graduated
from Gordon High School, Gor
don Military School and attend
ed the Cincinnatt and Wesleyan
Conservatories of Music. He
was a member of the First Bap
tist Church in Barnesville and
a member of the Griffin Lodge
No. 1207 of Elks.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Frances Durand Smith; two
sisters, Mrs. John S. Manley and
Mrs. Lucille S. Yarbrough, both
of Griffin; one sister-in-law,
Mrs. Nelle B. Smith of Barnes
ville; and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were conduc
ted this afternoon at 2 o’clock in
the chapel of Haisten’s Funer
al Home of Barnesville. Dr. Ho
ward Ethington officiated and
burial was in the Zebulon Street
cemetery.
City To Observe
Defense Week
Mayor O. M. Snider Jr. has
signed a proclamation calling on
Griffinites to observe National
Defense Week, Feb. 12-22.
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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
to the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital Wednesday:
Jack Teal, Mrs. Peggy
Bates, Shelia Thompson, Elmer
Russell, James Thaxton, Mich
ael King, Mrs. Annie Jackson,
Carol Clay, Mrs. Julia Torbert,
James Nunnally, Mrs. Fannie
Cody, Mrs. Geraldine Mathis,
Mrs. Fay Curry, Forest Cole
man, John Glass, Mrs. Savan
nah Stonaker, Joel Lynch, Mrs.
Nadine McGee, Mrs. Mary Ison,
Mrs. Roberta Thompson, Mrs.
Virginia Williams.
The following were dismissed:
Walter Lawrence, Mrs. Jackie
Lynch, Douglas Gatlin, David
Horne, Mrs. Rosa Gresham and
baby, Mrs. Minnette Crowder,
Colby Lewis, Mrs. Odessa Gos
sett, Mrs. Carrie Purvis, Hor
ace Gatlin, Mrs. Callie Walker,
Scott Searcy, Jerry Smith, Mrs.
Evelyn Jordan, Mrs. Dorothy
Hogan, Ralph Pollard.
Judge McGehee
Denies New
Smith Trial
Ronald Smith, who was con
victed of murdering Charles
Vaughn of Griffin, has been
denied a new trial by Judge
John H. McGehee.
Smith’s attorney, Reuben
Garland of Atlanta, is now ex
pected to appeal the case to the
Georgia Supreme Court.
Grand Jury
Meets Monday
The Spalding County Grand
Jury will meet Monday morning
at 9 o’clock in the courtroom for
the start of the February Term
of Spalding County Superior Co
urt.
There will not be a civil ses
sion of court. The criminal ses
sion will begin Monday, Feb. 10,
at 9 a.m. in the courtroom.
Judge Andrew Whalen Jr. of
the Griffin Judicial Circuit will
preside.
- Grand jurors drawn for the
February Term are:
Kimsey R. Stewart, Frank A.
Thomas, Oscar Calloway, E. A.
Hayes, George S. Haley, V. R.
Ridgeway, Harvey H. Sanders,
David Lee Walker, D. B. Seor
cy, Jr., Earl E. Millican Jr.
Horace Fuller, Roy C. White,
George Sibley, Marion Jas
per Blackwell, Phil Ogletree, V.
Ray Howard, H. L. Steele, Otis
Head, F. L. Bartholomew Jr.,
Eddie Lee Maines.
J. B. Foster, Perry T. Wynne,
Carl E. Pruett, T. J. Byars, Til
man T. Blakely Jr., Herbert A.
Bolton, James Thompson, Jack
D. Tinley, Frederick D. Badger
Jr.
Head Working
On Bloodniobile
Raymond Head, Griffin bus
inessman, has been appointed to
the Red Cross Bloodmobile com
mittee here to coordinate school,
church and civic club programs.
He will work with such gr-s
oups in recruitment of blood do
nors.
The next visit of the bloodmo
bile is scheduled Tuesday, Feb.
4. It will be at the Cheatham bu
ilding of the First Baptist Chur
ch from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m.
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Phone 227-2561
G. R. Robinson, Mgr.
Griffinites
Praised
For Help
An Orlando, Fla., man held
high praise for Griffinites and
their desire to be “involved”
when he had car trouble near
Griffin last Saturday morning.
In a letter, John W. Hastings
said his car balked on the way
into Griffin and refused to go
further. On checking he found
that the battery was drained.
“Our first introduction to Grif
fin friendliness was the driver
of a pickup who took me to the
nearest phone,” he wrote. He
said the next was with a local
car dealership.
He wrote that the shop of dea
lership was closed, however, he
was assured that help was on
the way.
“Back to the car I went. Traf
fic was beginning to thicken and
before I got to the car, I was
actually deluged with offers to
help and on getting into the car,
my wife told of the many Grif
fin drivers who already had of
fered assistance,” Hastings said.
“In these days of non-lnvolve
ment, it was a most heart-war
ming experience to find a com
munity where so many were so
anxious to be of help to a stran
ger,” he said.
Hastings said the mechanic
was soon on the Job and without
a grumble at having his day off
interrupted, he fixed the car and
had them on their way.
“We will always have fond
memories of Griffin and its won
derful people,” he concluded.
Property
Transfers
The following property trans
fers have been recorded in the
office of Superior Court Clerk
F. P. Lindsey at the Spalding
County Courthouse:
James E. and Billie Sue Hoo
per to Mrs. Katie P. Whitley, a
house and lot on Highway 16;
Petty Bregman and others to H.
S. Andrews and others, two par
cels on Grandview drive; Frank
D. and Joyce J. Hazel to Betty
S. Vaughn, a house and lot on
Terrace street.
Mrs. Lena S. Bennett to Char
les T. and Joyce P. Hopkins,
a tract on Jackson Highway; L.
G. Daniel to Louie William Da
niel, a store building on North
Hill street; J. C. and Evelyn
Parker to Terry Hatchett, two
houses and lots on Crescent ave
nue.
Tommy Joe and Linda Gail
Blalock to Francis D. and Mary
F. Hamrick, six acres in Cabin
District; Robin M. Wheaton, Jr.
and Howell Wheaton to First
National Bank of Griffin, a hou
se and lot on South Sixth street.
Nathaniel H. Bailey to John F.
and Lurline A. Clark, a lot in
Forest Hills; Bobby C. Wall to
Charles T. Courtois, a lot in
Wesley Hills; Charles M. Jack
son to David V. Dodson, two
tracts in the Fourth Land Dis
trict.
Everette E. Goodson to Frank
lin Ray Goodson, a lot in the
Fourth Land District; Mrs. Myr
tle M. Norman to Milton C. Cook
a house and lot on Bell street;
V. T. Bailey to Milton C. C o o k,
three lots in W. A. Mintz Subdi
vision.
Honorico and Polly P. Ciordia
to Robert L. and Marcia K. Ro
senfeld, a house and lot on Syl
van lane; Sam E. Cobb to Tay
lor Collier, a lot in Vineyard He
ights; Clinton Ray Crawley to
Eugene Maddox, a lot on Ken
nedy drive.
Webb Follin, Jr. to Robert B.
Stephens, 67 acres in the Third
Land District; Joseph W. Har
rell to Harold W. and Patricia
H. English, 10 acres in the Third
Land District; J. T. Lawson to
James P. Wilson, three houses
and lots tn Searcy Estates; Ja
mes P. Wilson to J. T. Lawson,
a house and store building in Se
arcy Estates.
Game Dispute
Brings Police
The Griffin Police Department
was called Wednesday night to
investigate a disturbance fol
lowing a basketball game at
Fairmont High.
The disturbance arose after
Booker High beat Fairmont.
Many Fairmont supporters felt
Fairmont won the ball game.
The windshield in a police car
was smashed while police were
investigating the disturbance
and trying to calm the crowd.
FOOD TOWN
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About Town
WEEKEND REVIVAL
The Rev. Bonnie Ison will hold
revival services, beginning Fri
day night at 7:30 p.m., at the
Emmanuel Holiness Evangelis
tic Center, located on Richard
son road. Services will be held
each night through Sunday. Mrs.
Anne Perry is the pastor.
CANCER SOCIETY
Board members of the Spald
ing County Unit, American Can
cer Society, will hold their next
meeting Monday, Feb. 3, at noon
at the Holiday Inn. Dr. O. R.
Butler will preside. Plans for
the Education-Funds Crusade
Month, in April will be discuss
ed at this meeting.
Girl Scouts
To Attend
Nutrition Meet
Two Girl Scouts, Betsy Taylor
of LaGrange and Carol Reynolds
of LaFayette, Ala., will repre
sent the Pine Valley Girl Scout
Council in the seventh annual
meeting of the Georgia Teenage
Nutrition conference in Macon,
Jan. 31-Feb. 1.
Approximately 15 delegates
from 14 state youth organiza
tions will attend the conference.
The conference is sponsored by
the Georgia Nutrition Council.
Featured on the program will
be the Georgia Peanut Princess,
Miss Georgia Teenager, Mrs.
Georgia, representative of the
Seventeen Magazine and well
known athletes.
Miss Taylor and Miss Rey
nolds will also work with other
members of the Pine Valley Girl
Scout Council planning follow-up
activities for their organization
during the remainder of the
year.
Organizations to be presented
at this year’s conference inclu
de: Georgia Association of Fu
ture Homemakers of America,
Georgia Association of Distribu
tive Education Clubs of Amer
ica, Girls Scouts of the U.S.A.,
Future Business Leaders of Am
erica, Boy Scouts of America,
Future Farmers of America,
Tri-Hi-Y, Hi-Y, Allied Medical
Careers Clubs Inc., Georgia As
sociation of Library Assistants,
Camp Fire Girls, Inc., Georgia
District of Key Club Internatio
nal, Georgia Girl’s Clubs and
the Georgia 4-H Clubs.
Faith Baptist
Bus Schedule
To Be Resumed
Faith Baptist Church will re
sume its church bus schedules
Sunday, according to the pas
tor, the Rev. Eugene Calhoun.
The bus will leave the church
on Sundays at 9:15. It will go up
East Mclntosh to Ninth, down
to Lakewood and to North Side,
through Camp Stephens; up to
Jackson street and back to East
Mclntosh and on to the Highland
Mill village. The bus will go up
the old Atlanta Highway, to the
Dobbins Mill road, back to Nor
th Hill extension, and through
to the Katherine road and to the
church.
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Jackson Lamb of Atlanta, oper
ator of a statewide cattle busi
ness, will speak to the Optimist
Club Tuesday night. The ladles
night meeting will be held at Lu-
Ann’s Restaurant beginning at
7:30.
Moose Ball
Will Benefit
Dimes March
Griffin Chapter 1288, Women of
the Moose, will sponsor a March
of Dimes dance on Saturday ni
ght. This is an annual event of
the Auxiliary. Proceeds will be
turned over to Bob Simpson,
chairman of the March of Di
mes Campaign in Spalding Co
unty.
Mary Durham, junior regent,
is chairman of the event and will
lead the March.
WE WE OUR, WTO W GROUND...
not because it’s Groundhog Day.
What we’re after is the first rustling
of spring fashion. It’s arriving
now and you can eye it
in all its glory at > • • •
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‘Solved’ Rate I
Was 69 Pct i
The Griffin Police Department I
has solved another case.
Instead of clearing 60 percent I
of the crimes in Griffin by ar- 1
rests, the department has actual- J
ly cleared 69 percent, which is *1
double the national average.
The department Issued its
annual crime report last week. J
The report showed the depart
ment cleared 60 percent of cri
mes in Griffin.
However, a recheck of figur- •
es showed the department inves
tigated 911 cases last year and
cleared 634 of them which me
ans 69 percent of the cases were •
solved.
“Last year was one of the best
we’ve had,” Chief Leo Blackwell
. said this morning. “Our men*
work hard at crime prevention,
and when we have a crime, they
■ work hard to solve it.”
i Stork Club
LITTLE MISS ADKINS *
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adkins
of 1317 Lincoln road, Apartment
A, Griffin, announce the birth of «
a daughter on Jan. 27 at the Gr
iffin-Spalding County Hospital.
LITTLE MISS PARKS
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Mr. and Mrs. Willie James
Parks of 1255 Edgewood avenue,
Griffin, announce the birth of a
daughter on Jan. 30 at the Gris- #
fin-Spalding County Hospital.
MASTER TINLEY
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Ashley Tin
ley of 1239 Everee road, Griffin *
i announce the birth of a son on
I Jan. 29 at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital.