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Griffin Daily News
Weather Summary
It’s Official: I
July Was Hot Month
By HORACE D. WESTBROOKS
Local Observer
The month of July had 22 dayi
at 90 degrees and upwards, the
most recorded In any July dur
ing recent years. Last year had
only eight days on the 90-degree
plus, while 1965 had only two
days at 90 plus. The year IMS
had 21 days in the same range.
July of 1964 and again in 1967,
no maximum readings occurred
in the 90 degree range. Our re
cords show that no such read
ings exist since 1879.
Three days during this July
reached 96 degrees, while only
four days managed to hit the 90-
degree mark. The highest max
imum reached this year was in
June, when two days reached 98
degrees. So far in 1969, we have
recorded 35 days at 90 degrees
or above.
On July 29 the minimum drop
ped to 66 degrees, which match
ed th« previous record set in
1911. The next day the minimum
reached 64 degrees, which came
within one degree of the old re
cord In 1933.
The maximum temperatures
for the 31 days Just ended was
91.5 degrees, while the minimum
readings were 69.9 degrees, giv
ing the month an average of 80.9
degrees, which is the highest av
erage in several years. The
month ended with 1.2 degrees
above the normal 79.5.
As is the usual case when
temperatures are above normal,
rainfall for July was only 3.08
inches, 2.26 Inches below the nor
mal 5.34 Inches. For the first
seven months of 1969, the total
rainfall amounts to 28.69 inch
es, 3.68 Inches below the nor
mal 32.37 Inches of rain.
The average temperatures for
the first seven months is now
1.71 degrees below the annual
average, which indicates that
und<r normal circumstances,
the remaining five months will
have below normal temperatur
es, and precipitation should be
above normal. August is already
about five degrees below nor
mal, and the rainfall is 1.47 fn-
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Barbecue: a steak-out.
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Father: ‘‘What happened to ;
waterproof, shockproof, unbreak- ,
able watch we gave you?”
Son: “I lost It.” I
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A single lady we know says, .
“Whenever I meet a man who •
would make a good husband . . .
he Is." ,
♦
Heredity is something every .
man believes in—until his chil
dren start bringing home their ,
report cards . . .
To be a gentleman is an as
set, but it's a handicap in a
traffic jam.
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Don’t be handicapped I Come
to American Service Center
for a tune-up to bring your car
up to par.
AMERICAN SERVICE
CENTER
Ceraer es 6th A Taylor St.
REVIVAL CONTINUES
AT
SUNNYSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Willard MacAllaster, Evangelist
Doug McClung - Chorister
Sedvices Begin at 8 P. M.
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ches for the first four days, near
ly one Inch above normal. Au
gust is usually a “warm” mon
th, since it Is only three-tenths
of one degree below the July
average of 79.5 degrees.
Continuing our comparision
between the Atlanta Weather
Station and Sunny side: their
average temperature was two
tenths of one degree higher
than Sunny Side. This is under
standable, since conditions ar
ound the weather station proper
have more '‘radiation” than ei
ther Sunny Side or Griffin. The
station at Sunny Side is well in
the clear from trees and shad
ing, In comparslon to the sta
tion when ft was located in Grif
fin.
There is considerable con
crete paving around the Atlan
ta Airport, which has some
significance on the temperatur- I
es recorded there. Certainly, the
Airport Weather Station is not
comparable to the average up
town Atlanta area. Again, there
Is quite a difference between the
location at Sunny Side than when
the station was located at 415
West Slaton avenue in Griffin.
Our new location affords vis
ual observation to the west, sou
th and east, and we can obser
ve the movement of any thun
derstorms in the area. We can
see the reflections overhead
from Griffin at night, since the
elevation here is 59 feet higher
than In Griffin. We could obser
ve the thunderstorm on July
23rd, when we estimated that the
entire Spalding County area had
some rainfall.
Claxton, Gregory
Elected To Posts
With Chamber
Dr. Lee Roy Claxton of Clax
ton’s Pharmacy has been elect
ed treasurer of the Griffin Area
Chamber of Commerce by t h e
directors of the organization. Dr.
Claxton will serve the unexpired
term of Bill Pridgen who recent
ly moved from Griffin.
Prior to the election, Dr. Clax
ton was serving as a member of
the board of directors and also
as a chairman director.
A vacancy on the board left by
Pridgen’s moving was filled by
the directors with the election of
W. A. “Bill” Gregory. Gregory
is the senior partner of the ac
counting firm of Gregory it
Hinson. In previous years, he
has been active on the Cham
ber board and committees.
Woolworth Sales
Show Increases
F. W. Woolworth Company an
nounced that sales for June of
this year showed more than a 12
percent Increase over Uh a t
same month of last year. Sales
for the first six months of this
year also increased by more
than 13 percent over last year.
June sales this year totaled
8172,142,104 and were $153,261,-
071 for the same month last
year. The 818,U1,033 increase
was 12.3 percent.
Sales for the first six months
of this year totaled $949,346,715
compared to $833,858,246 for the
same period last year.
The Increase was $115,488,541
or 13.9 percent.
Mother, Daughter
Perish In Fire
DALTON, Ga. (UPI) — A
mother and her 2 - year -old
daughter perished in a fire that
destroyed a house trailer early
today.
Investigators Identified the
victims as Mrs. Jewell Griggs
Ridding, 41, and her daughter,
Paula.
John W. Wermescher has been
promoted to advertising udmin
strator—in charge of advertising,
art, and reproduction facilities
for Southern States, Inc. of Ham
pton, Ga. Southern States is a
subsidiary of Gulton Industries
of Metuchen, New Jersey. He
came with Southern States in
September of 1968 as a technical
and ad copy writer. He holds a
fugree in Industrial Manage
ment from the University of Cin
cinnati and has a strong back
ground in sales. He and his wife
and two children are residents
of Stone Mountain, Georgia.
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' Won PROGRAM: Marvin Jenkins,
2 i ■chairman of the Memorial Mark-
x | er Committee: Dorothy Gill,
kJ J ■chaplain, and Ann Fletcher.
¥ ? « B jMV F of VFW Auxiliary ;
* Nixon, senior vice eomman
’ / and Ed Brown, command-
of Griffin Post 5148 of VFW,
Bt, ; 'VWL on the program which
1 / Bihonored Gold Star Mothers and
t • • » WFathers. The program was held
ft. \ First United Methodist
■ ■Church Chapel.
Hanes Acquires Hospital
Stock In Bali ,
Thp fnllnwintr wptp ndmHfprt
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —Wil
liam B. Cash, president of Han
es Corporation, and Sam Stein,
chairman of the board of The
Bali Company, Inc., announced
an agreement in princlle where
by Hanes will purchase, at an
approximate recent market pr
ice, all of the stock of Ball own
ed by Mr. Stein, amounting to
approximately 42 per cent of the
outstanding common shares.
Mr. Cash also stated that Ha
nes has entered into other arran
gements with Mike Stein, Pre
sident of Bali, permitting Hanes
either to purchase additional
shares from Mike Stein and his
family or to sell him part of the
shares purchased by Hanes.
Mr. Cash stated that Hanes’
purchase of Bali shares will be
for purposes of investment and
is without any agreement con
cerning the future relationship
between the two corporations.
Mike Stein is expected to join
the Hanes Board of Directors,
and Hanes will expect to have
representation on the Ball Bo
ard.
Mrs. Marchbanks
Dies In Maryland
Mrs. June Fergurson March
banks of 7312 Olive street, Lan
ham, Md., died Monday morning
in Bethesda, Md.
She was a native of Thomas
ton, Ga., making her home there
until moving to Maryland eight
and one half years ago.
Mrs. Marchbanks is survived
by her husband, William J.
Marchbanks, U. S. Army, four
daughters. Miss Mellanie March
banks, Miss Lesia Marchbanks,
Miss Sandi Marchbanks and
Miss Julie Marchbanks, all of
Lanham, Md.: a brother, Joel
S. Ferguson of Woodbury; an
aunt, Mrs. Bonnelle Brown; and
an uncle, Sandy Morgan, both of
Griffin.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Thursday afternoon at 3
o’clock from McDonald Chapel
in Griffin.
Bagby Asks:
Build Stockyard
In French Quarter
ATLANTA (UPI) — With the
kind of thinking currently be
hind "ill-conceived” federal wa
ter projects, "a strong case
could be made for constructing
a stockyard in New Orleans’
historic French Quarter,” Geor
gia Game and Fish Director
George Bagby said Monday.
Bagby made the remark at a
public hearing called by Interi
or Secretary Walter J. Hickel to
test reaction to present prac
tices in formulating water re
source projects.
“For decades state game and
fish agencies have fought a los
ing battle against a flood of ill
conceived federal water proj
ects that have many times done
irreparable harm to fish and
wildlife values—all in the name
of progress,” Bagby said.
He said federal reasoning that
any project should pay for it
self in money instead of bene
fits could build the case for the
French Quarter stockyard.
The stockyard probably would
pay for itself, Bagby said, but
it would cover the area with an
unpleasant odor and destroy an
irreplacable American land
mark.
“It is common for agencies
planning a water resources
project involving a dam to
count the value of recreational
activities that will be created
by the lake as one of the bene
fits of the project, while mini-
to the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital yesterday:
Mrs. Betty Crittenden, Jam
es Crampton, Arthur Cannedy,
Lovedid Holomback, Eva Mae
Green, Mrs. Clara Gardner,
Mrs. Maudie Taylor, Mrs. Judy
Sutton, Miss Lucile Rowan,
Douglas Davis, Kathleen Calla
han, William Strickland, Thomas
Jones, Miss Donna Pack, Barron
Bevil, Leon Dickens, Mrs. Rosa
Maddox, Carl Price, Mrs. Mary
Turner, Mrs. Dorothy Vaughn,
Mrs. Pearl Padgett, Mrs. Rou
mania Corley, Mrs. Kate Hart,
Lonnie Harper, Freddie Palmer,
Joseph Wilder, Joe Coleman,
John Ambles, Mrs. Carrie Beth
une.
The following were dismissed:
Mrs. Rose Marie Cook, Mrs.
Mary Lee Tuggle and baby,
Mrs. Dorothy Goodman and
and baby, Mrs. Annie Worthy, -
Mrs. Ema Goen, Benjamin Hale,
Mrs. Mattie Weldon, Miss Lillie
Mae Lifsey, Mrs. Lula M. Dear
ing, Mrs. Landice Hale, Mrs
Nina Jones and baby, Mrs. Mar
tha Ellenwood, Mrs. Hazel Eas
sey, Mrs. Ollie Mae Williams
Mrs. Mamie Collier, Ja m eii
Redding, Jimmy Prather, Lynn
Gatlin, Mrs. Grace Kent, Ru
fus Jewell.
Girl Scout
Troop Visits
Radio Station
Junior Girl Scout Troop Three
visited radio station WKEU re
cently. They were given a tour
of the building by Allen Marsh
all.
I Those present were Mairy
Ann Williams, Debbie Martin,
Roxanne Melton, Jan Melton,
Judy Ogletree, Deborah Ogle
tree, Yvonne Johnson, Carla
Gamer and visitor, Sandi Mel
ton. Mrs. Martha Ogletree is
leader and Mrs. Gail Melton is
assistant leader.
Two Men Killed
MACON, Ga. (UPI) — Two
men were killed on busy Inter
state 75 near here early today
when their car struck the rear
of a truck they were trying to
pass and then flipped over.
Investigating officers said
both men were thrown from the
automobile.
The victims were identified as
Slim D. White, 47, of Rt. 1, El
co, Ga.. and Donald W. Terry,
21. of Oak Hill W. Va.
The accident happened about
3 a.m. some eight miles south
of Macon.
fried
READY WHEN YOU ARE
mizing or completely ignoring
recreational or aesthetic values
that will be destroyed by dam
ming a trout stream or channel
ing a warm water river,” he
told the hearing.
He added that the Soil Con
servation Service is actively
ushing channelization projects
in the Southeast despite scien
tific studies showing such action
destroyed 90 per cent of the
game fish population in Coastal
Plains streams of North Ca
rolina.
Rites Wednesday
For Mrs. Reid
Mrs. Julia Reid of Griffin died
Sunday at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital following an ex
tended illness.
She is survived by two broth
ers, Will Reid of Brunswick ano
Butler Reid of Chicago, Hl.; t
sister, Mrs. Fannie Sinkfield; 8
niece, Mrs. Mary Jones; and a
nephew, Anthony Ellis, Jr., all
of Griffin.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock from the Springhill Bap
tist Church. The Rev. J. W
Bloodsaw will officiate and bur
ial will be in Rest Haven ceme
tery. Friends may visit the fam
ily at the home of Mrs. Mary
Jones, 858 Scales street. Mil
ler's Funeral Home is in charge
of arrangements.
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Gleason Plans
To Wed Secretary
VUM (UPl)—The Great One
is in love.
“It's true, he’s very much in
love,” a spokesman for comedi
an Jackie Gleason said Monday.
He confirmed that Gleason
wants to marry Beverly McKit
trick, a Miami executive secre
tary, as soon as he can get a
divorce from his estranged first
wife, Genevieve. The Gleasons
have been separated since 1954.
Gleason met Miss McKittrick
about three months ago, shortly
after he broke up with his long
time companion, Honey Merrill.
In addition to being, in Glea
son’s words, “warm congenial,
personable, modest and a good
listener,” Miss McKittrick is de
scribed by friends as an avid
golfer.
Gleason plays golf almost
dally at the Country Club of
Miami, where he has a lavish
home. He met Miss McKittrick
at the club.
Gleason’s divorce suit, filed
last October when New York
State made separation grounds
for divorce, is being contested
by Mrs. Gleason. The suit is
now pending in a New York ap
peals court.
Nuclear energy is expected
to supply about 36 per cent of
U.S. electricity by 1980, com
pared with less than 1 per cent
now.
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Outgoing Chairman
Raps Gen. Hershey
By STEVEN A. COHEN
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (UPI)
The outgoing chairman of the
National Selective Service Ap
peal Board and a board
member who resigned last
month charge that Selective
Service Director Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey runs roughshod over
the supposedly independent
board.
In fact, the member who
resigned, Dr. Kenneth W.
Clement of Bratenahl, Ohio,
believes Hershey should be
retired and replaced by a
civilian since “for some time
now, he has been unable to
distinguish between himself and
the Selective Service.”
Judge Henry J. Gwiazda of
New Britain, the outgoing
appeal board chairman, said
Hershey’s bur eauor » t i<:
maneuvering and meddling in
the board’s activities impeded
justice in many draft cases and
was aimed at reducing the
board to a rubber stamp for
Hershey's policies.
"We are not only undei
General Hershey’s thumb, we
are actually subject to him,''
Gwiazda told UPI in an
interview.
Gwiazda, who has submitted
his resignation from the board
at the request of President
Nixon, said Hershey, 75.
appointed director in 1948 by
President Harry S Truman, has
Cobb County Conrt
Has Say On Sales
ATLANTA (UPI) — A U. S.
Court of Appeals ruling that
Cobb County can determine
what goods can be offered for
sale on Sunday could have far
reaching effects in Georgia.
The ruling left standing a
Cobb policy which follows the
guidelines of the state law
allowing only "necessary” items
to be sold and, in effect, keeps
closed a number of large retail
discount houses.
Authorities in populous Fulton
and DeKalb counties said they
will reappraise their own stand,
which places no restrictions on
most Sunday business opera
tions, if the Cobb decision is up
held in later appeals.
The court, in a 2-1 decision,,
upheld Monday a 1968 ruling by
U. S. District Judge Newell Ed
enfield that denied a motion to
widen an earlier injunction
against “prohibiting the dis
criminatory enforcement of the
Georgia Sunday closing law.”
Edenfield’s ruling backed up
Cobb Dist. Atty. Ben F. Smith,
who had set down a list of
items that cannot be sold on
Sunday because they are not
"necessities.”
Plaintiffs in the action, which
Largsst
j ’•"•t
used his position to quash board
options which, by executive
order, are supposed to be
independent of the director of
the selective service system.
Most intolerable has been th
board's inability to appoint an
executive secretary—who must
not be affiliated with the
military, Gwiazda said.
The executive secretary of
the National Selective Service
Appeal Board is the key man,
according to Gwiazda, responsi
ble for running the board’s
Washington office and, most
important, for funneling infor
mation about the draft appel
lant to the three board
members whose final decision
carries the weight, of the
President.
Gwiazda said Hershey had
offered him Col. Francis S.
Drath and Col. George J.
Wendel—both of the Selective
Service staff to brief the cases.
Wendel, according to Gwiaz
da, had even gone so far as to
say he “could only brief the
cases part time,” because he
had commitments to the
Selective Service System.
Gwiazda pointed out that the
Universal Military Training and
Service Act of 1948 requires
that the board be civilian and
completely independent of the
Selective Service System—and
the director of the eSlective
Service.
was begun in 1967, are Zayre of
Georgia, Inc., the S. S. Kresge
Co., which owns the K-Mart
chain, and the Gibson Discount
Center.
About Town
KIWANIS CLUB
Donald B. Sauls, regional man
ager for Beltone Hearing Aids
will present the program this,
week for the Griffin Kiwanis:
Club on Wednesday, at 12:15 p
m., at the Elks Club. “How We
Hear” is the title of his talk. Dr
Ira Slade, Jr., is program chair
man.
CLASS REUNION
The Spalding High School gra
duating class of 1936 will have
its annual reunion at the C i t j
Park on August 10th. A picnic
lunch will be served at 1 p.m.
All teachers, class members and
their families are urged to at
tend.
79th Annual Session
Indian Springs Camp Meeting
Flovilla, Ga.
August 7-17
Evangelists: Dr. Roy Nicholson
Dr. Warner P. Davis
Rev. Billy Key
Song Leader: Clay Milby
Preaching at 11 a. m., 3 and Bp. m.
Admission Free - No Gate Fees
YOU ARE INVITED!
Legion Post
Members
Honored Here
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C. B. “Pete” Burke, Depart
ment Senior Vice-Commander of
the American Legion, was speak
er at the American Legion Post
15, honoring two Legionaires *
for their achievements to t h e
Legion.
F. A. Goodrum, sergeant-at
arms, was cited for his outstan- »
ding leadership over the years
in achieveing membership goals.
Post 15 received a plaque at the
recent state convention in Sa- ,
vannah for exceeding the 1969
goal. The national commander
signed a resolution recognizing
Mr. Goodrum's work in the
field of membership. He is cre
dited with signing 100 members
for five consecutive years.
Henry Holliman, past common
der of Post 15, was cited for*
his outstanding achievement for
the two years he served is com
mander. Under his leadership
and guidance, the Post building t
underwent changes making it an
attractive and suitable Legion
hall. Mr. Holliman accepted in
behalf of Post 15, “the Post of t
distinction award 1968-69” for su
perior service to the American
Legion, the community, state
and nation.
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Stennis Wants
Rights Act
In North, Too •
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Mis
sissippi Sen. John Stennis Mon
day introduced an amendment •
to the Civil Rights Act of 1964
which he said would make
school desegregation guidelines
apply as strictly in the north •
as in the South.
Stennis said his amendment
“would require as a matter of
law that compliance be nation- ,
wide regardless of the history
of the law in any area with ref
erence to public schools.”
With Georgia's Sen. Richard
B. Russell’s backing, Stennis ar- *
gued that “despite the fact ra
cial segregation in schools is ex
tensive in the north as in the
South. HEW (the Department of ‘
Health, Education and Welfare)
has done little to correct it in
the north while concentrating a
strong effort in the South.” •
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just sprinkle FASTEETH on your
plates. FASTEETH holds dentures
firmer longer. You can bite harder, *
eat faster, feel more comfortable.
FASTEETH is alkaline—won’t sour.
Dentures that fit are essential to
health. See your dentist regularly.
Get FASTEETH at all drug counters.
PEACHES
FOR SALE
ELBERTAS FOR
FREEZING.
Bring your container—
Pick your own.
Southern Fruit
Distrubutors
Tea mon Road
Phone 227-5563