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By Quimby Melton
The American Legion will hold
its National Convention in Atlan
ta this year. This convention will
begin Friday and will draw
one of the largest crowds Atlan
ta has ever entertained, and pro
bably one of the largest crowds
ever to attend a national conven
tion, for this one will celebrate
the 50th birthday of The Legion.
The State of Georgia and the
City of Atlanta will join the Ge
orgia Department of the Legion
as hosts to the gathering of vet
erans.
There are many Legionnaires
in Georgia and surrounding sta
tes who have never been able to
attend a national convention, but
now that one is being held clos
er to their homes, will Join the
crowds in Atlanta. To them,
Good Evening, who has been
fortunate enough to attend sev
eral national conventions, says,
“You’ll have the time of your
life, and you will be impressed
with the great work the Legion
is doing in a wide program de
dicated "to God and Country.”
And, of course, if one “loves
a parade” — and who doesn’t?
the parade, always a highlight
of the program, bids fair to out
shine every other parade ever
held in Atlanta.
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Griffin with two American Le
i gion posts has always played an
important part in the Legion's
history. One of the posts, Bar
nett-Harris, was one of the first
I posts organized in Georgia in
1919. Individual posts are num
bered and Barnett-Harris is No.
15 in Georgia.
The Griffin Posts and Auxili
’ arles have furnished many lead
ers, in fact it was a Griffinlte,
the late Judge W. H. Beck, Sr.,
who was one of the men who
r met in Augusta in 1919 and ac
cepted the charter to organize
, the Legion in this state.
Members of the Legion and
Auxiliary in Griffin have served
as District and Department Com
manders; as National Executive
Committeemen, as Department
Adjutant, as National Vice-Com
► mander and State Auxiliary Pre
sident. Many Griffin Legionnair
es are planning on attending
the convention in Atlanta. There
i will be others who wish they
could go up and Join “the boys”,
but who for one reason or t h e
other will be unable to do so.
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One, unfamiliar with the fine
program of the American Legion,
can get an idea of the high type
it is by reading the Preamble to
the Constitution of the organiza
tion. It reads:
For God and Country, we as
sociate ourselves together for
the following purposes:
To uphold and defend the Con
stitution of the United States of
America;
To maintain law and order;
To foster and perpetuate a
one hundred percent American
ism:
To preserve the memories and
incidents of our associations in
the great wars;
To Inculcate a sense of indivi
dual obligation to the commun
ity, state and nation;
To combat the autocracy of
both the classes and the masses;
To make right the master of
might;
To promote peace and g o o a
will on earth.
To safeguard and transmit to
posterity the principles of jus
tice, freedom and democracy;
To consecrate and sanctify our
comradship by our devotion to
mutual helpfulness.
It is under this banner more
than 4 million American veter
ans of all wars march and stand
for what is best for this nation
' we love.
Falls Trying
- To Steal Bible
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UPD—
A 20-year-old rope-climbing
burglar apparently fell early
• today from the Widener Libra
ry of Harvard University while
attempting to carry away the
$1 million Gutenberg Bible.
Police said they found Vido
K. Aras of the Dorchester
section of Boston lying on the
ground nearly unconscious in
the library’s interior courtyard.
Above the young man was
hanging a 40-foot rope attached
to a mezzanine winwow.
Authorities said the famed
Bible was in a knapsack beside
Aras. He was taken to
Cambridge Hospital with lacer
ations and a possible skull
fracture, apparently sustained
in a fall from the rope.
Aras was charged with
breaking and entering and with
possession of burglary tools.
' The Gutenberg Bible dates
from 1455 When it was prepared
by Johann Gutenberg, the
inventor of the printing press.
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Mrs. Melin Elected
Spalding Homemaker
Mrs. J. B. (Joan) Melin of
Route Four, Jackson Road, has
been named Spalding Homemak
er of 1969. She will represent the
county in the Southeastern
Fair’s Homemaker state compe
tition this fall
Mrs. Melin was one of the Six-
Help?
Griffinites who want to s e n d
money to victims of Hurricane
Camille may mail such contribu
tions to the Griffin Red Cross
Office. The office said it has had
a number of inquiries about how
to help.
The office said that clothing
for victims is not needed at pre
sent.
They said cash contributions
get top priority.
Checks may be made to Am
erican National Red Cross for
Disaster Relief-Camille, Box 541,
Griffin.
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ATLANTA — Sen. Herman Tal
madge who underwent surgery in
the Atlanta Hospital shows off
a get well card he reeeived from
fellow Shriners.
th District County winners pick
ed by Judges who met in Griffin
yesterday.
She was nominated by the Gr
iffin Junior Woman’s Club.
When the Griffin Daily News
telephoned, her yesterday after
noon to tell her of the selection,
she declared “Oh! Really?” She
was busy in the kitchen of h e r
home making fresh apple pies
and minding her three children.
Her husband works at the Ge
orgia Experiment Station as a
research assistant in agronomy.
They have a large cattle farm
which they operate on Jackson
road.
Mrs. Melin is a "partially re
tired” school teacher. She taught
six years the second grade at
Crescent. Mrs. Melin earned her
degree in elementary education
at Tift College at Forsyth.
She is active in the First Bap
tist Church where she sings in
the choir and handles a primary
choir group. She is active in the
Ringgold Community Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Melin’s three
children are: Jeffrey, nine mon
ths; Joni, 5, and Johnny, 7.
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GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, August 20, 1969
Local Weather
LOCAL WEATHER — Esti
mated high today 89, low today
72, high yesterday 88, low yes
terday 70. Total rainfall. 33 of
an inch. Sunrise tomorrow 7:04,
sunset tomorrow. 8:09.
261 People
Make Trip
To Bloodmobile
A total of 261 people went to
the Red Cross Bloodmobile yes
terday and donated 223 pints of
blood.
It was the best record since
Dec. 21, 1965 when the Cuban
crisis spurred donations.
Lee Roy Claxton, chairman of
the donor program, said 35 per
sons were first-time donors. He
said the Dundee family of mills
sent 90 people to the blood bank.
United Cotton Goods sent 24.
The next visit of the bloodmo
bile will be Oct. 24.
NEWS
Camille Toll
May Hit 1,000
Rescuers
Continue
Slow Search
By WILLIAM L. VAUGHN
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss.
(UPD—Rescuers carried out a
slow search today in mud and
rubble for hundreds of bodies
believe buried in the debris left
by Hurricane Camille, whose
190-mile-an-hour winds spread
destruction across a 600-square
mlle area.
Officials said 163 bodies have
been found so far. They
predicted the final death toll
would be much higher—possibly
1,000.
Rescue work also involved
killing of hundreds of snakes,
some of them poisonous,
washed into the area by
floodtides.
Col. Miller Dent, Mississippi
Civil Defense director, said
there were large areas in Pass
Christian and Long Beach
rescue teams were Just begin
ning to explore three days after
the disaster.
Wade Guice, Harrison County
Civil Defense director, said “I
wouldn’t be surprised if we
have a thousand casualties.” In
his area, which Includes Pass
Christian, Gulfport and Biloxi—
the hardest hit towns—“We are
now finding them (bodies) in
groups.”
More than 200,000 Homeless
Mississippi Gov. John Bell
Williams said “som e estimate
the death rate could go above
500 and possibly reach 1,000.”
More than 200,000 persons
were homeless from Alabama
to Louisiana. Some towns were
virtually wiped out by Camille
and the giant tides she brought.
Williams said the damage
could run “in excess of SSOO
million and, perhaps, go beyond
$1 billion.”
Williams accompanies Vice
President Spiro T. Agnew on a
helicopter Inspection of the
area today. Angew is making
the tour on orders from
President Nixon, who already
has declared the Mississippi
coast a disaster area and
authorized $1 million in relief
funds.
The Red Cross said it was
caring for more than 40,000
refugees in shelters in the
disaster area.
Robert M. Pierpont, national
director of Red Cross Disaster
Services said the organization
has counted nearly 2,000 homes
destroyed and another 2,000
with major damage.
(UPI)
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss — Os-
Helals fear when rubble like this
Bjifc. ? Pass Christian is cleared,
many more bodies will be found ,
victims of Hurricane Camille.
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Man Being Held
In Knife Death
Aubrey Rickman of 1442 Ex
periment street, Griffin, has
been charged with murder in
the Monday knife death of Clo
mer Conger of 662 West Poplar
street.
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Television. Page 4.
Wheeling It. Page 5.
Tom Haggai. Page 5.
Woman’s Page. Page 6.
Hospital. Page 7,
Funerals. Page 7.
Stork Club. Page 7.
Sports. Pages 8. 9.
Global View. Page 10.
Doctor. Page 10.
Forget Defender. Page 14.
Family Lawyer. Page 16.
Food. Page 18.
Watch Food. Page 19.
Comics. Page 21.
Want Ads. Page 22.
Kidnap. Page 23.
Space Station. Page 24.
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Wants Heart Back
CAPE TOWN, South Africa
(UPI) —The widow of Clive
Haupt, the colored mlllhand
whose heart was transplanted
to Dr. Philip Blaiberg, wants
the heart returned.
“I don’t want it preserved in
a bottle,” Mrs. Dorothy Haupt
said Tuesday. "I want to make
sure the heart is properly
buried. I am not going to rest
until I get back my husband’s
heart.”
Doctors planning to cut apart
the heart for a study by the
world’s medical experts de
clined comment.
Dr. Christiaan Barnard, who
performed the surgery that
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A warrant charging Rickman
with murder was taken by Spal
ding County Sheriff Dwayne Gil
bert.
A coroner’s inquest conducted
yesterday afternoon by Coroner
E. E. Chappell ruled that Con
ger died of knife wounds to his
face and uecx. Sheriti Gilbert
had said that Conger died of a
loss of blood at the scene of the
cutting.
Conger was slashed about the
face and neck at a house off
North Hill street extension Mon
day.
Rickman had left the house
and returned to Griffin. He was
picked up by Griffin police and
turned over to Sheriff Gilbert.
He is being held in Spalding Co
unty Jail.
The coroner’s jury, which met
for one hour, recommended that
Rickman be held for grand Jury
investigation.
More Dutch students
THE HAGUE (UPI) -
Enrollment of students at Dutch
universities rose by 9 per cent
in the year from April, 1968,
to a total of more than 85,000.
enabled Baliberg to live longer
than any other heart transplant
patient until his death Sunday,
said dissection of the heart
would provide study at medical
institutions all over the world.
Mrs. Haupt said when she
asked about the heart at Groote
Schuur Hospital, staff members
told her to come back next
week.
“At this stage I have no
comment to make,” said Dr.
James G. Thompson, chief
pathologist at the hospital.
Haupt, 24, died after a stroke
suffered at a beach at False
Bay in Cap eTown Jan. 1, 1968.
Inside Tip
Haggai
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Hampton People
Are Victims
Os Collision
JONESBORO, Ga. (UPD—A
head-on collision between a
tractor-trailer and an automo
bile near here took the lives of
four persons Tuesday afternoon
and critically in]ured a fifth.
The bodies of the victims
were badly mangled, according
to Clayton County police. They
were identified today as Roose
velt Eugene McDaniel, 35, of
McDonough; Mildred Johnson,
Billie Ruth Johnson, 16, and
Willie Mae Johnson, 34, all of
Hampton. Police said they did
not know if the Johnsons were
related.
Listed in critical condition at
Grady Hospital in Atlanta was
Brances Brown, 16, of near
Hampton.
Police said the car occupied
by the five victims was travel
ing north on the South Express
way. The vehicle crossed over
to the southbound lanes and col
lided with the truck. The driver
of the truck leaped to safety as
his vehicle burst into flames.
The Country Parson
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“A fellow who can’t resist
temptation needs nosey
neighbors with strong con
sciences.”
Copyright 1969, by Frank A. Clark