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Maddox Summons
Leaders For Talks
On Special Session
By CHARLES > VUIOK
ATLANTA aTI - Gov Lis
ter Maddox sururv.-wd :• > teg-
Islative leaders so meet with
him today for strategy satis on
a sperial General Assembly ses
sion wh’ch he now Is expected
to call for June 2.
An authoritative source says.
In fact, that the orders from
the governor calling the session
for that date already have been
cut.
The governor's Senate floor
leader, Frank Coggin mean
while, said Maddox’s office
asked him to keep his schedule
clear for a meeting with the
chief executive Friday morning.
Also expected to attend the
meeting were Rep. Tom Mur
phy of Bremen, Maddox’s House
lloor lender; Rep. Janies Paris
of Winder, assistant administra
tion floor leader in the House,
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Friday, May 16, 1969
and others.
Legislative leaders said
• Thursday that Maddox has in
: dicated be would Include a beer
; tax increase of about two and a
half certs per can in his call.
Tlie governor wants the legis
lators to come back and raise
more money for cities and coun
; ties so that ad valorem tax pay
ers can be given some relief,
and lor education.
He also is expected to ask for
,! increases in sales, cigarette and
I gasoline taxes in the special
, | session.
House Speaker George L.
Smith said in Macon Thursday
! night that he, too, now expects
a, special session to be called,
bur dops not, expect it to ac
complisn much.
In 8n Interview before a
speech at Mercer University,
j Speaker Smith said he felt leg
' islators, for the most part, feel
i they "satisfied theLr constitu
-1 ants during the regular ses
| ston” and that a special ses
sion would be fruitless.
Special sessions of the legis
lature are limited to the pur
pose, or purposes, for which
they are called.
In the program the governor
presented to the regular session,
I he as-ced for tax increases to
| finance a sl.l billion budget.
i Rut the lawmakers passed less
I than 850 million In new taxes
and cut the budget to some
I 5833 tndlion.
Girl, 12, Raped
In Classroom
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UPI)—
A 12-year-old girl was raped
Thursday by three of her sixth
grade clas-mates in a class
room closet Just a few feet
from where her teacher was
cp~-' icttng lessons.
The girl told police four boys,
ages Hal 12, forced her into
a closet, com manded her to
disrobe and three of the boys
raped her.
The teacher said she heard
the commotion inside the closet
and tried to rescue the girl but
the closet was apparently
10-ked from the Inside. The
teacher said she summoned the
school's principal who helped
her open the closet door.
The girl wa taken to the
veterans hospital In Sr. Anto
nio where doctors confiimed
she was raped.
T’j four boys were suspend
ed from school and ordered to
report to Juvenile authorities.
Spalding Okays
Allotment Lease
The referendum to decide whe
ther or not Spalding County far
mers could sell or lease their
1970 cotton allotment was appro
ved by an 85 percent majority of
cotton producers who cast bal
lots.
This means that cotton produ
cers In Spalding County may
lease or sell their cotton allot
ment to another Georgia farm
er. By doing this, he receives
payment on his allotment from
the receiving farmer and Is able
to use this land In any manner
he sees fit.
The 1970 Cotton Allotments
can be leased or sold after the
National allotment Is establish
ed and during a period set by the
Washington Office.
Baton Contest
Set At Gordon
BARNESVILLE — The official
National Baton Association Miss
Oeorgla Majorette Pageant and
Twirling Contest of 1969 will be
held in Alumni Memorial H a 11
at Gordon Military College, to
morrow. The contest will begin
at 9:00 a.m.
The winner in the Miss Majo
rette Pageant will represent Ge
orgia in the Miss Majorette of
America contest. Lanny McAl
ister, Gordon band director, and
Miss Shirley Ross, Georgia-Ala
bama coordinator of this event,
are coordinating plans for the
contest.
IN MEMORIAM
In fondest memory of our
loved one, Jo Ann Lovin Dil
gard, who passed away so
suddenly two years ago, to
day, May 16th.
Precious Darling we miss
you so much. It seems so long
since wc have seen your love
ly smile, or heard your
cheerful voice.
It seems that we cannot ac
cept the fact that It Is death
that has really separated us
so long.
As we view the beautiful
roses of spring everywhere,
the buds, the petals, they
open wide then suddenly they
are shattered and gone only
the memory of their beauty
which reminds us.
Near a shady wall a rose
once grew,
Budded and blossomed In
God's free light.
Watered and fed by mornng
dew,
Shedding Its sweetness day
and night.
As it grew and blossomed
fair and tall.
Slowly rising to loftier
height.
It came to a crevice in the
wall.
Through which there shone
a beam of light.
Onward it crept with added
strength,
With never a thought of
fear or pride;
It followed the light through
the crevice-length
And unfolded itssclf on the
other side.
The light, the dew, the
broadening view,
Were found the same as
they were before;
And it lost itself in beauties
new,
Breathing its fragrance
more and more.
Shall claim of death cause us
to grieve
And make our courage faint
or faU?
Nay, let us faith and hope
receive;
The rose still grows beyond
the wall.
Scattering fragrance far and
wide.
Just as it did in days of
yore,
Just as it did on the other
side.
Just as it will forevermore.
You will always live in our
hearts and our memories of
you shall never fade. God
bless you and keep you safely
till we meet to part never
again.
Husband—Paul Dllgard
Children—Danny, Debbie,
Melissa,
Parents—Mr. and Mrs. J, C.
Lovin, Sr.,
Brothers—Johnny Lovin,
Joseph Lovin,
James Lovin.
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About Town
rummage sale
The Full Temple Assembly of
God Church will sponsor a
rummage sale Saturday begin
ning at 9 a.m. In the Rural-Ur
ban Center.
MOTHER - DAUGTHER
The First Christian Church will 1
have Us Mother-Daughter ban
quet Monday In the Memorial I
Room beginning at 7 p.m. It will j
be a covered dish affair.
AMERICAN LEGION
The regular meeting of t h e
American Legion, Barnett-Har
ris Post 15, will be held Monday
night at 7:30 p.m. at the Post
home on the Jackson road. Sgt.
B. G. Williams of Ncwnan will
be the guest speaker. He Is with
the Department of Public Saf
ety.
Stork Club
LITTLE MISS ALLEN
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie H. Allen
of 440 Turner street, Griffin, an
nounce the birth of a daughter
on May 15 at the Griffin-Spald
ing County Hospital.
MASTER BRADLEY
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Br- 1
adley of Route One, Griffin, an- j
nounce the birth of a son on May
16 at the Griffin-Spaldtng Coun-’
ty Hospital.
Revival Begins
Sunday At
Rehoboth Church
Rehoboth Baptist Church will
begin revival services Sunday, j
May 18 will continue ‘hrough
May 23.
T7ve Rev. Garnic A. Brand of |
Atlanta, state church training sc
cretary, will be the guest evan
gelist.
Services will begin each night (
at 8 p.m. with the pastor, the;
Rev. J. V. Chambers In char- 1
ge of the song service.
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Billy McDaniel, Vernon Ritchey, Jerri Roda, and Gene Robbins Jr. talk over pro
duction of “The Mousetrap”, a mystery being presented this week by the Griffin
Footlight Players. The show is being staged at Mez-Art studio on the Bucksnort
road. Curtain time is 8:30 each night with performances scheduled tonight and
tomorrow night.
Funds Sought
To Improve
Navigation
ATLANTA (UPI) — Members
of a House subcommittee say
they will travel to Washington
to try to get federal aid to im
prove navigation on the Apa
lachicolo River in south Geor
gia.
Reps. Earl Davis of Colum
bus and Willis Conger of Bain
bridge, who asked the commit
tee to intervene, said lack of
navigation is hurting the eco
nomic growth of their inland
port cities.
Members of the House sub
will confer with Sens. Richard
Russell and Herman Talmadge
and Congressmen Matson
O'Neal and Jack Brinkley on
the problem.
Ex-Griffinite
Dies In Texas
Mrs. Ella Grace Castleberry,
75, died Thursday night in Dal-!
las, Tex., where she had resid
j ret lor the past four years with
i her daughter. She was a former
resident of Griffin, malting her 1
home here at 715 West Quilley.
She is survived by a daughter,
' Mrs. Lillian Sparks of Dallas, •
a son. J. R. Castleberry |
of Griffin; a sister, Mrs. Myr
tice Shirley of Griffin; a brother,
C. O. Aaron of Thomaston; two
I grandchildren and several great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Castleberry’s body is
being sent to Grifiin and will ar-1
rive here at noon Saturday. Fu
neral services will be held Sun
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from
Haisten's Chapel. Burial will be
jin Oak Hill cemetery. Halsten
I Funeral Home Is in charge of j
! arrangements.
ASKS HELP
WASHINGTON (U P I) —
Health Secretary Robert H.
Finch has asked the American
Hospital Association to help
find alternatives to hospital
care. But. he refused Thursday
to back down from an
administration decision — op
posed by the AHA —to cut sllO
million in funds for hospitals
under Medicare and Medicaid.
After meeting with AHA
officials, Finch said: "Only by
limiting hospital admission to
j those who need this intensive
l degree of care and by limiting
i the length of stay to what is
medically needed, can we hope
! to control rapidly rising hospi
tal costs.
Miss Mitchell
Dies Thursday
Miss Linda Mitchell died
Thursday evening at her resi
dence, 304 South Eighth street.
Miss Mitchell suffered a frac
! tured hip in 1965 and had been
in declining health since that
time. She had been seriously ill
for the past four months.
A native of Talbot County,
Miss Mitchell was the dau
ghter of the late James Evans
Mitchell and the late Mrs. Cath
erine Adeline Peacock Mitchell.
She had resided in Griffin for
51 years. While she was a
member of the Baptist church in
Reynolds, Ga., Miss Mitchell at
tended the First Baptist Church
here.
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Ella Mae Echols and Mrs.
Adair Chunn, both of Griffin; a
brother, J. Ralph Mitchell of
Griffin; nieces. Mrs. Harold
McKneely, Mrs. Ralph McLean,
Mrs. H. L. Cochran, all of Grif
fin, Mrs. Mrs. Carlos Summers,
Mrs. Harvey Ward, both of
Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. John
H. Bradley of riainfield, N.J.,
and a nephew, C. M. Mitchell
of New Orleans, La.
. I Funeral services will be con-
I ducted Saturday afternoon at 3
i o’clock from Haisten’s chapel.
f The Rev. Bruce Morgan, Dr.
1 Dolma Hagood and the Rev. For-
J rest Buchanan will officiate and
; burial will be In Oak Hill ceme
| tory. Miss Mitchell’s body will
1 remain at Haisten Funeral
j Home.
Griffinite’g
Mother Dies
Mrs. Cora Brantley, mother of
Dr. Blake Brantley of Griffin,
died yesterday at a Sandcrsvtlle
hospital.
Funeral services will be held
| tomorrow in the chapel of Mayo
; Funeral Home at Sandcrsvtlle
j beginning at 11 a.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Brantley Sr.
■ made their home at Tennllle,
; Ga.
1 j Dr Brantley is head of the
"Horticulture Department at the
' Georgia Experiment Station in
■’ Griffin.
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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 yesterday:
Robert Whiteside, Mrs. Odj’ne
Acton. Mrs. Geneva Kimbell,
Mrs. Beulah Anthony, Mrs. An
nette Smith. Mrs. Willene Ste
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Linda Nixon, David Trice. Terri
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Bostwlck, Gwendolyn Stodghtll,
Mrs. Clarice Allen.
The following were dismissed:
James Lively, Mrs. Katherine
Mitchell, Mrs. Mary Lou Ward,
Charles Matthews, Mrs. Bonnell
Mullins, Mrs. Verna Sparrow,
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Griffin has enlisted in the Mar
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