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Thursday, Feb. 13, 1969
Griffin Daily News
Mrs. Martin
Dies Wednesday
Mrs. Annie L. Martin of 724
East Broadway died Wednesday
at a hospital in Milledgeville.
She is survived by her hus
< band.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by McDowell United
Funeral Home.
CLEARANCE SALE
Further reductions!
DRESSES $5
Every fall and winter & A
dress in stock! ! ! M 11
Were to $25 XU
SKIRTS
$5
Entire Winter
Stock!
RAINCOATS loss
SLIPS (disc, styles) ■■■ ■ ■ 288
BLOUSES 388
SCARFS 88c
Entire Stock LAY ‘ A * WAY
COATS
ENSEMBLES charge
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CARPET SALE
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CARPETS Os Griffin
116 South 6th Street Phone 228-8843
Locally Owned and Operated by Bill Landrum
Children Playing With
Matches Cause Fire
The Griffin Fire Department
answered a call at 11:27 a.m.
Wednesday morning to 1256
Edgewood avenue, residence of
Ada Hammond.
Children playing with match
es caused the fire and firemen
reported damage was to con
tents of one room.
Owner of the building was Joe
Burson.
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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:
Mrs. Virginia Stockhammer,
Jerom Hightower, Bridget Jack
son, Wallace Pryor, Horace Gat
lin, Joycelyn Stringer, Mrs. Rel
la Castile, Mrs. Minnie Hagan,
Mrs. Bernice Pritchett, Claude
Durham, Howard Payne, Junior
Clanton, Miss Lucy Barnes,
Alvin Parker, Mrs. Rebecca
Harry, Mrs. Gertrude Rivers,
Mrs. Elizabeth Eddins, Forrest
Watson, Mrs. Paula Foster, Mrs.
Pauline Head, James Ogletree,
Mrs. Myra Searcy, Mrs. Diane
Moss.
The following were dismissed:
Harold Ogletree, Mrs. Rosa
Reeves, Tracey Chislon, Edward
Blackburn, Jr., Wayne York,
Mrs. Jewel Stewart, Mrs. Rach
ael Kilgore and baby, Mrs. Jo
anne Johnson and baby, Mrs.
Vicki Sumner and baby, Homer
Howard, Mrs. Mary Sands, Mrs.
Nancie Whitehead, Mrs. Glenda
Dunn, Mrs. JoAnne Gilbert,
Mrs. Mary Ison, Mrs. Nina Mes
ser.
Griffin Will Be
‘Star Community’
The city of Griffin will be sal
uted on WSB radio Feb. 21, 1969
as the “7-50 Star Community.”
The station will highlight the
many interesting and outstand
ing features of the city through
out the day. Salutes will be
broadcast between 3-3:30 a.m.,
6-6:30 a.m., 8:30-9 a.m., 10-10:30
a.m., 2-2:30 p.m., 5-5:30 p.m.
and various other times through
out the day. Attention will be fo
cused on historical, industrial,
business, recreational and oth
er proud accomplishments of the
community.
Power Sewing
To Be Offered
At Griffin Tech
The Power Sewing class for the
spring quarter will begin on
March 4 at Griffin Tech. The
course will extend over a 13
week period with classes from
8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Monday
through Friday. To be enrolled
in the class, students must be
over 16 years of age, in good
health and have a certain degree
of mechanical and manual skill.
Students must also pass the
admission test given at the sc
hool. The next test will be gi
ven Feb. 22, 1969, starting at 9
a.m.
The school provides a job pla
cement service to assist the gra
duates in finding jobs. There are
many job opportunities for per
sons with training. The cost of
attending the Power Sewing
Class is sls for the 13 week tr
aining period plus $2.50 for in
surance. Persons interested in
enrolling may contact Griffin
Tech, Phone 227-1322 or write P.
O. Box 131, Griffin.
DCT Students
Make Plans For
Area Contests
The February meeting of the
Griffin High D.C.T. Club met
Wednesday morning In the Grif
fin High cafeteria. The meeting
was called to order by the presi
dent, Scott Moore.
The devotion and treasurer’s
report were given by Marsha
Reeves, treasurer, and the sec
retary, Pam Sawyer, led the gr
oup in prayer. Sixty members
were present. The annual em
ployee-employer feanquet was
planned for March 31, at the Gr
iffin High Cafeteria.
Lemuel Watkins, coordinator,
presented the program. He dis
cussed the rules of the area con
tests to be held in Atlanta on
March 21. The contests In which
Griffin High DCT students will
enter are: outstanding student,
job manual, Job interview, pub
lic speaking, cosmetology and
candidate for opening and clos
ing ceremonies team. Winners
of the area contests will partici
pate in the state contests held at
the state leadership conferen
ce in Atlanta.
Diane Lovelady, a DCT stu
dent, spoke to the group on the
procedures of a job interview.
Hooper Named
Plant Engineer
Jim Hooper, mechanical engi
neer of the plant engineering de
partment of the Southwire Com
pany in Carrollton has been pro
moted to plant engineer of
Southwire International Corp. In
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
He is the husband of the for
mer Billie Sue Ellis of Griffin.
He will be Joined in San Juan by
his wife and children, Jimmy,
Jo, Max, Beth and Joey.
Hooper has completed an ad
vanced course in hydraulics and
pneumatics.
He Joined Southwire in the
summer of 1968.
Textbook Bill
Is Introduced
ATLANTA <UPI) — A bill to
force recognition of minority
groups in textbooks used in
state schools has been intro
duced in the House by a Negro
representative
Atlanta Rep. Ben Brown pro
posed a bill that would require
instruction on contributions of
Negroes and other ethnic
groups in compulsory history
courses, and would direct the
State Board of Education to
screen proposed textbooks to
prevent use of any that do not
recognize contributions of those
groups to the development of
the nation and the state.
Among other bills dropped in
the legislative hoppers was one
by Sen, Leroy Johnson of At
lanta to constitutionally author
ize the legislature to set a min
imum wage law covering all
employes in the state not
covered by federal minimum
wage laws.
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Mr. Anderson
Dies Wednesday
Mr. Ernest Ray Anderson, 92,
died at the Westbury Medicare
Home in Jenkinsburg Wednes
day afternoon.
Mr. Anderson was a retired
barber and had made his home
at the Griffin Hotel until he was
admitted to the Westbury Home
in November. He was a native
of Kentucky but had lived in this
community for several years.
He is survived by four nieces,
Mrs. J. C. Deane, Mrs. Ruby
Koon, both of Jacksonville, Fla.,
Mrs. Martha Woolsey of Dallas,
Tex., and Mrs. Lewis gangster
of Pomona.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Friday morning at 11
o’clock from the chapel of Hais
ten Funeral Home. Burial will
be in the County Line cemetery
at Birdie.
Griffin Man’s
Condition Fair
After Blackout
A Griffin man was in fair con
dition this morning at the Grif
fin-Spalding County Hospital af
ter blacking out while driving an
automobile on North Ninth street
Wednesday.
James Gary Ogletree, 25, of
172 Poplar street, Experiment,
was not Injured when the car
ran off the road and into a ut
ility pole. Damage was estima
ted at $75.
Ogletree told investigating
troopers of the Griffin State Pat
rol that he blacked out while
driving. He was admitted to the
hospital for observation.
Brownies
Make Tour Os
Telephone Co.
Brownie Scout Troop 93, spon
sored by the Pilot Club of Grif
fin, toured Southern Bell Tele
phone Company recently.
Those attending were Robin
Scott, Lylene Scott, Pam Scott,
Debra Howell, Windy Feltman,
Kim Smith, Jennifer Barrow,
Marsha Taylor, Kim Boswell,
Darlene Holman, Donna Hug
gins, Mrs. Bob Feltman, Mrs.
Jerry Barrow, Mrs. Chester Sm
ith and Kristi Smith.
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GOSPEL SINGING
A gospel singing will be held
Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. at
the North Griffin Congregation
al Holiness Church. The Rev. J.
J. Stephens is pastor.
FOOTLIGHT PLAYERS
The Footlight Players will
meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. at St.
George’s Episcopal Church to el
ect officers for the 1969 season
and to begin work on the spring
production. All present and past
members, as well as any other
persons interested in joining the
group, are invited to attend
this important meeting.
Stork Club
MASTER EVANS
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Evans,
Jr. of Route Five, Griffin, an
nounce the birth of a son on Fe
bruary 11 at the Griffin-Spald
ing County Hospital.
LITTLE MISS HARRY
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Reid
Harry of One Emory street,
Hampton, announce the birth of
a daughter on February 12 at the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospi
tal.
Sanders’ Backing
Picks Up Steam
BLUE RIDGE, Ga. (UPI) —
Former Gov. Carl Sanders has
received heavy support in his
as - yet unannounced campaign
for a second term in the gov
ernor’s chair.
U.S. Rep. Phil Landrum of
Jasper gave his support to
Sanders, who is almost certain
to run in 1970, in introduc
ing him at a rally for Howard
Simmons, a Democrat seeking
the District Four House post in
a special election Feb. 18.
“From what I have been
reading and hearing lately, Carl
hasn't had enough,” Landrum
said. “And in my judgment,
the people of Georgia haven’t
had enough of him.”
GRANTED RIGHTS
CHICAGO (UPI) — Michael
Kurivlal has won a divorce, but
was granted daily visitation
rights.
Judge Hyman Feldman said
Kurivial could visit his former
wife every day to walk "Dude,”
but he has to pay $5 a week
extra to feed the 50-pound dog.
BAD OfN NERVES
LONDON (UPl)—Offices that
are excessively quiet can be
bad on workers’ nerves, envir
onmental expert Roy Waller
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Over one ton (2,000 pounds)
to choose from
Claxton’s Pharmacy
131 West Taylor Street
said in a speech today. He
recommended piping in artifi
cial background noise so em
ployes cannot overhear conver
sations and be distracted.