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By Quimby Melton
With millions of automobiles on
the streets and highways these
days, the book “Automobiles of
America’’ recently issued by The
Automobile Manufacturers of
America” was of interest to
Good Evening. “Since the dawn
of ‘the auto age’ ” states this
book “more than 3,000 makes of
cars have been made by some
1,500 companies.” Some were
electric, some were steam, most
were gasoline powered.
America’s first successful gaso
line-engine motor vehicle was in
operation on Sept. 21, 1893, in
Springfield, Mass. Frank Dury
ea, using designs drawn by his
brother Charles, built a single
engine “horseless” carriage.
In 1894 a car designed by El
wood G. Haynes of Kokomo,
Ind., was built by Elmer and
Edgar Apperson, with the help
of Jonathan Dixon Maxwell. Po
wered by a one-cylinder en
gine, the 820 pound car was dri
ven on the Pumpkinville Pike in
Kokomo on July 4 at the un
heard of speed of six miles an
hour.
In September 1895 the first
American company was formed
—“Duryea Motor Wagon Com
pany” — with the Duryea bro
thers heading it. The same
year Hiram Percy Maxim star
ted a “motor carriage” depart
ment for Pope Mfg. Co. bicycle
makers of Hartford, Conn.
It was in this year the first
motor vehicle race, in which any
of the contestants finished, was
run. The Chicago Times-Herald
sponsored it. It was run over a
snow-drifted course in Chicago
on Thanksgiving Day. The race
was first scheduled for Nov. 1
but was postponed to “allow con
testants to prepare their vehic
les.” The race was over a 55
mile course. There were six
•’starters” but only two finish
ed with the starting drivers. In
order to have a third place win
ner one of the "umpires” took
over driving a third car when
the driver collapsed from ex
haustion near the finishing line.
Good Evening was a very sm
all boy "at the dawn of the auto
age”, but he remembers well
some of the early makes that
clugged over muddy roads,
marked by deep ruts made by
wagon wheels. He even admits
to having been one of the b o y s
who would laugh and yell “get a
horse,” when some adventrous
driver would try to hit 10 or 15
miles an hour and skid into a
ditch. He also remembers when
the county government, over in
Newton County, passed a 1 a w
that when a motorist, driving
down the road meeting a wagon
or buggy, had to stop, cut off
the motor, and let it drive past,
The horse and the mule were
King of the Road.
There is considerable interest
in old cars these days with
many clubs being organized —
there is one in Griffin. Anyone
with an automobile made in by
gone days has a valuable re
lic. Especially is this true if one
should happen to have such
cars as one that was made, put
on the market and then withdr
awn within 12 months. A few of
these were The Alamobile, 1902;
The Bliss 1906; The Diamond-
Arrow 1907; The Colt 1908; and
the Ben Hur in 1917. There are
hundreds of other "one-year”
cars listed in the magazine.
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Good Evening in his earlier
days drove or owned many
long-forgotten autos such as a
"Model R” Ford; and Overland,
a Hupmobile, a Maxwell, an Es
sex, a Stutz “Bearcat”; a Chal
mers, and a Hudson “Super
6ix”.
He also remembers well when
Henry Ford in 1907 instroduc
ed the first Model T. and sold in
the 19 years it was manufactur
ed, more than 15,000,000 of what
was known as “Tin Lizzie.” It
was supplanted in 1928 with the
Model A.”
There has been no industry
with a more interesting history
than that of the automobile.
Maybe this column will start
some other old timers remem
bering the days when the auto
had to be cranked by hand, the
radiator got hot and had to be
stopped and allowed to cool ev
ery five or ten miles, and when
the drivers wore dusters and
goggles and the ladies scarfs to
keep their hair from blowing.
We wouldn’t want to go back
to those days, but how we wish
we had one of those cars to add
to our “assets” for many are
almost “worth their weight in
gold.”
Marines Kill
35 Commies
By WALTER WHITEHEAD
SAIGON (UPI)—U.S. Marines
carrying out an offensive sweep
on the plains southwest of Da
Nang killed 35 Communist
soldiers today in an assault on a
bunker complex, U.S. military
spokesmen reported. They said
the Marines suffered no casual
ties.
It was the only ground action
reported in South Vietnam
today, reflecting a lull in the
Communists’ six-week-old offen
sive.
In a series of eight skirmishes
Monday ranging from the
Demilitarized Zone to the
Mekong Delta U.S. and South
Vietnamese troops killed 159
Red soldiers.
15 Attacks
North Vietnamese and Viet
Cong gunners carried out 15
shelling attacks during the night
on Allied military installations,
but towns and cities were
spared. However, terrorists
threw a grenade into a wedding
party Monday at Giao Due, 60
miles southwest of Saigon,
killing three members of the
wedding party and wounding 20.
U.S. 852 s matched the lull in
the ground war. A spokesman
said the 852 s flew five missions
Monday night and early Tues
day against areas near the
borders of Cambodia and Laos.
Previously they had been
averaging about 10 missions a
day.
The Marine sweep southwest
of Da Nang was one of four
major offensive now under way
in South Vietnam to cut
Communist infiltration routes
from Laos and Cambodia.
Marines involved in today’s
fighting were part of Operation
Oklahoma Hills which cuts
across a Communist route from
Laos to the Da Nang area.
A spokesman said the Ma
rines captured both the jungle
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Ralph Slay
District Meet
Os Kiwanis
Here Thursday
Ralph E. Slay of Sandy Springs
governor of Georgia Kiwanis
Clubs, will be the speaker at the
12th Division’s meeting in Grif
fin Thursday night.
The meeting will be held at the
Moose Lodge beginning at 7 p.m.
It will be a ladies night meeting.
Some 150-200 Kiwanians and
their wives are expected to at
tend, according to Flynt Lang
ford, of Griffin. He is lieutenant
governor of the 12th Division
this year. This unit of the state
Kiwanis organization has 12
clubs with a membership of
450.
Langford, a past president of
the Griffin Kiwanis Club, said
this would be the official visit of
the Kiwanis district governor to
the division for the year.
Gov. Slay is an architect and
partner in the firm of Bathwell,
Jenkins, Slay and Associates,
Decatur. He is a graduate of
Georgia Tech where he earned
his BS degree.
A native of Alabama, he mov
ed to Atlanta in 1933.
Slay has been active in Kiwa
nis activities on the local club,
district, state and national levels
and held many offices.
Slay is expected to discuss Ki
wanis objectives during the cur
rent year and outline other goals
of the international organization
in his talk here.
GRIFFIN
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872
camp and an adjoining hospital
complex.
Gov. Maddox
To Veto Tax
On Mixed Drinks
. ATLANTA (UPI) —A bill that
would permit cities and counties
to levy a tax on mixed drinks
on a local option basis will be
vetoed, Gov. Lester Maddox said
today.
The measure was authored by
Rep. Quimby Melton JT. of
Griffin and cleared both the
House and the Senate during the
final days of the session. It
would have permitted cities and
counties to tax mixed drinks but
left open the tax that could be
levied.
Maddox’s plan to veto the
measure would be a hard blow
to the city of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Augusta and Richmond
County, Chatham County and
Savannah, Brunswick and Glynn
County and Liberty County,
which have legal sales of
mixed drinks.
The mixed drink measure was
the only one of three local option
tax bills sponsored by Melton
which got through the General
Assembly. The others woul
have permitted local option tax
es on hotel and motel rooms
and amusement ticket sales.
"I can’t go along with local
option under any circumstances,
Maddox said.
Bond Issue
Forum Set
The Griffin Area Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor a forum
Wednesday for discussion of the
city bond Issue.
The meeting to be held at the
Chamber of Commerce office
building beginning at 7:30 p.m.
and will be open to the public.
Ballot day on the $1,960,000
bond issue is May 2.
Russell Says Blockade
Would Halt The War
ATLANTA (UPI) —Sen. Rich
ard B. Russell said Monday
night that President Nixon could
end the Vietnam war within six
months if he would blockade
Haiphong and force North Viet
nam to negotiate.
The blockade should be ac
companied by threats to bomb
the city and rice fields, Russell
added.
In a far ranging speech, the
senior Georgia senator also said
he does not think the United
States should switch to an all
volunteer, mercenary army in
carrying on the Vietnam offen
sive.
"It would bankrupt the country
to try it and I don’t think It
would be a good idea anyway,”
Russell said.
Russell voiced his views in a
Booklet About
Bond Issue
Is Available
Any resident of Griffin, who
votes in the city, wishing a book
let on the May 2 bond issue may
have one by calling the city hall.
A spokesman for the city said
one would be mailed to any city
resident requesting it.
The city last week mailed a
booklet to every household ser
ved by city utilities. However, it
is possible some city residents
did not receive one. Those who
might have been missed may get
one simply by telephoning city
hall and requesting it.
The booklet outlines the bond
issue and has a letter from the
three city commissioners stating
why they believe It should piss.
Griffin, Go., 30223, Tuesday, April 8, 1969
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Fair to partly cloudy
and warmer tonight. Wednesday
partly cloudy and warm with
slight chance of showers.
LOCAL WEATHER — Esti
mated high today 77, low today
44, high Monday 73, low Monday
48. Sunrise Wednesday 6:19,
sunset Wednesday 7:05.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hall receive medals from Maj. Gen. Linvill.
INSIDE TODAY
Sports. Pages 2, 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Sen. Talmadge. Page 5.
Ray Cromiey. Page 5.
Bruce Biossat. Page 5.
Marine Defects. Page 5.
Chamber of Commerce speech
that marked his first public ap- 1
pearance in his home state since 1
announcing that he had started
cobalt treatment for lung can
cer.
He was given a standing
ovation, both when he walked
in and when he finished his
speech.
25 Crewmen Feared
Entombed In Ship
NEW ORLEANS (UPI) — <
Coast Guard searchers were
unable to locate any of the 25
missing crewmen of the sunken i
Formosan freighter Union Faith j
Monday, leading to speculation i
their burned bodies were
entombed with the stricken ship ,
in 120 feet of Mississippi River ,
water. ,
Cutters, planes and hellcop- ,
ters scanned a 90-mile stretch •,
downriver from the busy New
Orleans port where the ship
sank early Monday following a .
collision with a barge loaded ■
with 9,000 gallons of crude oil. ,
Twenty-six crewmen, all nation
alist Chinese, survived the
ensuing holocaust by leaping
from the fiery hulk Into the :
river or onto tug boats which
came to assist.
The Coast Guard plotted Its
search on the theory the five
knot river current would carry
any bodies toward the mouth of
the river. The search was to
resume early today.
"We’re taking surveys to find
out its (the Union Faith’s) exact
position,” said Bruce Sossaman
of the Army Corps of En
gineers. “Our fathometer read
ings show its in about 110 to 120
feet of water, with the top of
the hull about 56 to 60 feet
below the surface of the river.”
Sossaman said any diving
City, County Form
Recreation Board
Local News. Page 6.
Sirhan. Page 7.
Transplant. Page 7.
Want Ads. Page 8.
Comics. Page 9.
Society. Page 10.
“It’s about worth getting sick
to get a welcome like this,” the
71-year-old senator said.
Russell said the absence of
military control has been the
major difference between the
the United States and other
democracies In this hemisphere
and that there are inequities in
the draft.
operations to reach the ship
would be Initiated by its local
agent, Gulf Motor Ships Inc. A
spokesman for the firm would
not comment on any possible
salvage plans.
The 7,391-ton freighter, loaded
down with clothing, footwear
and plastic flowers from Japan,
collided with the oil barge
directly below the Greater New
Orleans Mississippi River
Bridge. The collision spread
burning oil over the river and
shot flames which licked at the
bridge superstructure 17 feet
overhead.
The river banks on both sides
of the downtown collision site
are lined with warehouses
loaded with millions of dollars
in cargo, much of It backloggefl
from the recent longshoremen’s
strike and much of It highly
flammable.
Shortly after the collision, the
drifting oil barges, still shooting
up flames, endangered sight
seers, wharves and numerous
ships moored in the port. The
barges, which had been under
tow by the tug Warren Doucet,
sank, however, without causing
further damage.
A four-man marine board of
investigation will convene
Thursday to determine the
cause of the mishap.
Vol. 96 No. 82
Griffin Hero
Awarded Medal
FORT MCPHERSON, Ga. —
The Bronze Star Medal with
“V” Device and the Purple
Heart have been presented post
humously to Private First Class
Charles W. Hall of Griffin, Ga.,
in Impressive ceremonies at this
headquarters.
PFC Hall’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Lonnie Hall who
reside at 631 Garrett Street, in
Griffin, received the awards for
their son from Major General R.
R. Linvill, Chief of Staff, Third
U. S. Army.
After graduating from Griffin
High School, PFC Hall entered
active duty in Griffin on March
12, 1968. He received his basic
training at Fort Benning, Ga.
and then was transferred to Fort
Dix, N.J. He went to Vietnam on
Sept. 26, 1968 with the 630th Ord
nance Company, 184th Ordnance
Battalion, and he died there on
Nov. 7, 1968 from wounds receiv
ed while at bunker guard when
the area was attacked.
Prior to his death, PFC Hall
had been awarded the National
Defense Service Medal, the Viet
nam Service Medal and Vietnam
Campaign Ribbon. The family
was presented Gold Star La
pel Buttons in recognition of the
fact that PFC Hall gave his life
while preserving American
heritage. The buttons were pin
ned on the family by General
Linvill.
In addition to PFC Hall’s par-
Israeli Jets
Strike Aqaba
Israeli jets hit the Jordanian
port of Aqaba with rockets
today .inflicting civilian casual
in reprisal for a Jordan rocket
attack against the nearby
Israeli port of Elath. Israeli and
Egyptian gunners battled for
five hours along the length of
the Suez Canal.
An Israeli foreign ministry
spokesman said in Jerusalem
Arab attacks on Elath and
across the Suez Canal were
timed to “influence the Big
Four power talks” on the
Middle East resuming today in
New York—talks Israel has
been cool to.
ents, the ceremony was attend
ed by his brother, James William
Hall of Griffin; his sisters, Mrs.
Betty Bankston and her husband,
Robert, of Centerville, Ga., Mrs.
Joyce Kempson of Concord, Ga.
and Mrs. Martha Robertson of
Griffin, Ga. His step-brother,
Mr. Lamar Ferguson of Griffin,
also attended.
‘Techdays’
May 12, 13
At Vo-Tech
“Techdays” will be held May
12 and 13 at Griffin Tech, accor
ding to announcements by the
school and the Griffin Area
Chamber of Commerce.
The state-wide coordinated
program gives prospective em
ployers an opportunity to inter
view students.
The program will begin at 9
o’clock each morning and con
tinue through 4 p.m.
Mac Garrison, chairman of the
Griffin Area Chamber’s Educa
tion Committee said employers
would be allowed an opportunity
to speak with students in groups
to present information about
their companies and that appro
priate facilities would be avail
able for conducting individual in
terviews.
Griffin Tech will have 139 gra
duates in June.
The occupational areas and
the number of graduates in
each are:
Accounting, seven; air condi
tioning and refrigeration, 10; au
tomobile body repair, nine, au
tomobile mechanics, 11; brick,
tile and stone masonry, seven;
carpentry and cabinet making,
five; clerical, 11; data process
ing operations, 16; drafting, 11;
electronics, eight; machine shop,
three; mechanical technology,
one; practical nursing, 17; radio
and tv repair, two; secretarial,
11; welding, 10.
The “Techdays” programs are
bsing coordinated statewide by
the Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce and is being hand
led at each vocational-technical
school by local Chambers of
Commerca. ,
Commissioners
Appoint Seven
On New Board
City and county commissioners
meeting together today appoint
ed a joint recreation advisory
committee of seven members.
They will serve through the
remainder of 1969.
The city commissioners appoin
ted three members, the county
commissioners three members;
and both boards made one joint
appointment.
The county appointees were
Otis Weaver, Jr., a commercial
traffic manager; Charlie Pitts,
an employe of Dundee Mills; and
Frank Touchstone, Jr., an ele
mentary school principal.
The city appointed Billy J.
Reeves, a dry cleaning firm op
erator; Chester Jones, owner of
Jones Garage; and Otis Head,
who operates a dry cleaning es
tablishment.
Henry Walker, superintendent
of Dundee Mills, was the joint
appointee.
The board will be called toge
ther soon and elect Its own offi
cers.
The joint board will replace
the present city recreation advi
sory board.
A separate golf committee was
set up by the city to advise on
operations at the Municipal Golf
Course. Appointed to the golf
committee were: Lamon Hatta
way, Preston Bunn, Mrs. Kath
erine Arnold, Mrs. Thelma
Newton and Robert Jordan.
The city and county commis
sioners said appointment of the
joint recreation advisory, board
would not affect the organiza
tion of Civic Youth, Inc.
This was formed by the old
city recreation advisory board
members so it could incorporate
and finance construction of the
Community Center at Municipal
Park.
The group borrowed the mo
ney for the building and Is pay
ing off the loan from lease mo
ney which the city pays each
year. When the debt is retired,
the building will become the pro
perty of the city.
The city and county, in form
ing the joint recreation advi
sory board, took another step to
day in setting up an overall com
munity program.
City and County Commission
ers have moved to cooperate in
a number of recreational pro
jects.
Their latest will be joint deve
lopment of the park on Quilley
street. Ultimately the city and
county plan to lease some 70 ac
res of land there for a park
development.
The first phase will be const
ruction of two baseball fields on
10 acres of land. Work already
is under way on the fields.
Recreation officials plan to
use the two parks In this sum
mer’s program.
Grady McCalmon, city re
creation director, will work with
the new joint recreation board
in planning and making policy
for community recreation pro
grams.
The city and county commiss
ioners met yesterday afternoon
and again this morning at the
Spalding County Courthouse to
work out the new board.
Country Parson
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"Some members seem to think
the only religious thing required
of them is to come to church.”
Copyright 1969, by Frank A Cis’ 1 ’