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By Quimby Melton
The month of December is in
tself one of the strangest para
ioxs of the year. For it is in this
nonth, when good will and
riendship and a desire to help
he unfortunate should prevail,
hat the swindlers, the flimflam
irtists seem to emerge in great
trength to prey on the public.
The flimflam scheme is not
united to the long practiced
scheme of the confidence man,
vho “has found a wad of money
md wants to share it with you, a
stranger, if you will prove your
lonesty by letting him have
some money of yours to hold a
short while.” Other schemes
hat seem to fit in with the
Christmas Spirit are numerous.
Some take the form of “ap
jeals” that seem so bonifide one
will find it hard to resist them.
They all have beautiful names
- “Feed the Starving Child
ren”, “Remember the Boys in
Vietnam,” etc. They ask contri
butions, none of them tell how
much of one’s contribution will
actually reach the “starving
children” or a “Boy in Viet
nam.” Nothing is said about
overhead — salaries of the
collecting set-up of the group.
Not only has Good Evening
received many such appeals but
some of them have asked him
“as a public service” to run a
coupon in the paper soliciting
funds from all our readers. If
we were to do this it would mean
that we were endorsing that or
ganization without knowing
anything about their program.
There are enough local or
ganizations, or national or
ganizations with local repre
sentatives whom we know, that
can be trusted to take contribu
tions that one may see fit to give
and see they are properly spent.
For instance every church has
its program. Our lodges, our
clubs, also have aid programs.
So let’s not be a sucker and fall
for the person or organization
that is out to fleece the public,
camouflaging their plan with a
name that causes one to have
confidence in them.
This morning got a “request”
from an organization which
presented “an opportunity to
make this a Merry Christmas
for Our Boys in Vietnam”. Not
only did they want a contri
bution but they wanted us to run
a large advertisement “as a
public service” which contained
a coupon for one to sign and
send with a contribution.
Now there is no one in Griffin
who would rather see every
“Boy in Vietnam” and the girls
who are there too, have a Merry
Christmas than this old-timer.
Incidentally the organization
specified that the advertise
ment should be run not later
than Dec. 9th — that’s today —
or it would be too late to
“remember the Boys in Vietr
nam by Christmas.” Now had
we felt inclined to endorse the
“campaign” we certainly would
have made a thorough in
vestigation before doing so. It
would seem that this organiza
tion should not have waited so
late to ask us to help them.
We intend to send Christmas
cards to the men whose ad
dresses we have; and we sug
gest you do the same. Your
church, for instance has ad
dresses of men from the church.
Good Evening does not wish
to awaken in the minds of any
suspicion as to the genuine mo
tive back of everyone who ap
proaches them with a sug
gestion as to how they can make
this a Merry Christmas for
others. We just want to suggest
that everyone be wary of
strangers who suddenly seem to
have an interest in them, and
have suggestions as to how we
can make this a Merry Christ
mas for others.
We prefer, as no doubt most
people prefer, to make con
tributions to local organiza
tions, or to organizations from
out of town through their agents
here whom we know and in
whom we have confidence.
It is a paradox; But it seems
that Christmas, the season for
good will and love, is a time
when flimflam operators seem
to swarm like termites.
Debbie McSwain
Is Proud Os Griffin
Because - -
I am proud of Griffin because the people care
in Griffin. They really do want to fulfill your needs
and wants.
Some people say Griffin is a dull town, but you
get what you want out of it. In other words “you
get out of a town what you put in.”
The educators in this town really go to a lot of
trouble to make provisions for an abundant life.
I love Griffin because it is my kind of town.
Debbie McSwain
Student at Spalding Jr. High
Won't you help promote community pride?
Complete this in 100 words or less, mail it to the
Griffin Daily News, Griffin, Ga., and we will pub
lish it. Response has been so great that the series
will continue through December instead of ending
with November as originally planned.
“I am proud of Griffin because • • . "
Nixon Plans New
Report On Viet
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Pres
ident Nixon said today he plans
to make a new report to the
nation on the Vietnam War in
two or three weeks, apparently
at the same time he announces
more troop withdrawals.
The President intends to
make a special address to the
American people just at Christ
mastime as a followup to his
previous Vietnam situation
report Nov. 3. Press Secretary
Ronald L. Ziegler said the
speech, on radio and television,
will not be as long as the first
which ran 32 minutes.
Nixon told a news conference
Monday night he would make
public the third phase of the
gradual troop withdrawal in
two or three weeks, and said
Family And Children Services In Spalding
Unwed Mother Care
One Os Four Services
(SECOND OF FOUR)
The Spalding County Depart
ment of Family and Children
Services has a special Child
Welfare Division to deal with
the problems of children.
“Our staff strives con
tinuously to develop our ser
vices and other community
resources to strengthen family
life and improve conditions for
any neglected, abandoned or
abused child whose parents are
incapable of providing an
emotionally or physically
healthy home,” said Mrs.
Margaret Hite, child Welfare
Suupervisor.
FOUR SECTIONS
The program contains four
major sections: adoption, foster
care, protective services, and
assistance to unwed mothers
and their babies.
Os all the Child Welfare Ser
vices, adoption of parentless
children has undergone some of
the most sweeping changes.
“Recently, the State relaxed
its regulations on adoption to
enable more adults to qualify as
adoptive parents,” said Mrs.
Hite.
MORE APPLICANTS
She added that because of the
new regulation, there are now
more applicants than children.
“The average waiting period
for adoption is about eight
months,” a caseworker said.
“However,” Mrs. Hite con
tinued, “we are now begining to
make some placements directly
from the hospital in the case of
unwed mothers who wish to give
their babies up for adoption.”
The new program of hospital
to-home placement is proving
very successful according to
GRIFFIN
DAILYfNEWS
Daily Since 1872
his timetable for getting out of
the war was on target.
Today, he met with 35
members of Congress who
visited the White House to give
him petitions signed by 363,000
persons supporting his policy of
gradual disengagement, and
told them he planned a fresh
Vietnam report “so the Ameri
can people will know what the
facts are.”
Some Opposition
The President told his con
gressional backers that he
recognized there was some
opposition to his policy but said
this was partly due to “a lack
of information as to why we’re
there, how it is going and what
our goals are.”
He added: “I am confident
an informed American people
will back a policy for a just
Deace.”
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marriages of families with pro- I
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child welfare caseworkers.
CHILD MATCHED
“Each child is matched to
prospective parents according
to physical traits as well as
background by the district
offices of the Department of
Family and Children Services
located here,” Mrs. Hite said.
For children who are hard to
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 1969
Shake-Up Os Principals,
New Zone Plan Okayed
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“Silence can make you ap
pear smart — talking re
veals what you’re not think
ing about.”
Copyright 1969, by Frank A. Clark
place with adoptive parents,
such as teenagers, Child Wel
fare provides for boarding care
or foster homes.
NO PROFIT
“Foster parents are not
payed a profit to keep foster
children in their home, but do so
simply for the pleasure of
having children around them,”
Gov. Maddox Says
Tax Plan Would
Aid State’s Aged
ATI,ANTA (UPI)—Gov. Lester
Maddox told Georgia’s senior
citizens today that his tax revi
sion proposal would benefit
them through either a tax de
crease or the prevention of an
increase.
Maddox, speaking at a hear
ing of the Senate subcommittee
Mrs. Hite said.
The Department of Family
and Children Servicess provides
money, as in the case of depen
dent children, only for the
child’s expenses such as food,
clothing, and medicine.
“An average of $2.10 a day is
payed to the foster parent for
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on aging, reminded his elderly
audience of his proposed one
cent increase in the sales tax,
which was defeated in a special
session last summer but likely
will be brought up again in
1970.
His plan would divert the ex
tra revenue to local govern
ments “to provide the services
and facilities required without
further jeopardizing the limited
income family’s chances of
holding onto the home which
they love and which they have
earned the right to keep.
“To keep such a tax increase
from further cutting into the in
comes of those with limited
resources, such as many elderly
and retired citizens,” he said,
“I will recommend that a
reasonable tax credit be given
persons in this category which
either reduces the amount of
tax they are now paying under
the 3 per cent system or, in any
case, prevent their tax burden
from being increased.”
State Authorized
To Regulate Most
Atomic Project
ATLANTA (UPI)-Gov. Les
ter Maddox today signed an
agreement with the Atomic En
ergy Commission giving Geor
gia the power to regulate most
atomic energy projects in the
state.
AEC Commissioner Wilfred
Johnson said Georgia was the
22nd state to assume responsi
bility of making rules for nucle
ar industries. He said 11 of the
22 were located in the South,
which prompted Maddox to re
ply, “This is the region where
the action is” in nuclear mat
ters.
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GHS To Have
Co-Principals
A shake-up in school principal
assignments and a new zoning
plan were among the things ap
proved by the Griffin-Spalding
Board of Education at its
December meeting last night.
Supt. D. B. Christie said de
tails of the zoning plan could not
be announced until the proposal
is approved by the U. S. Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare (HEW).
He said he plans to take the
plan to officials in Atlanta soon
and seek its approval.
It has a neighborhood con
cept, Supt. Christie said. No
student will be bussed by a
school, he added.
LESS BUSSING
The plan, if approved, may
mean less bussing, Supt. Chris
tie said.
The school board voted to
change the name of the present
Fairmont High building to
Spalding Junior High Unit 111,
effective at the end of this
school year. The building will
house seventh graders be
ginning in the fall. Present high
school students in the building
will be transferred to the pre
sent Griffin High campus.
Assignment of principals for
the 1970-71 school year were re
commended by Asst. Supt.
Tommy Jones and approved by
the board as follows:
Atkinson, Frank Touchstone;
Beaverbrook, Charles Mobley;
Crescent, Russell Gray; East
Griffin, Robert Nix; Fourth
Ward, John Andrews; Jackson
Road Elementary School, Mrs.
Gladys Harden; Moore, Clar
ence Bush; North Side, Ronald
Ellison; Orrs, Frank Gregory;
Third Ward, Joe Akin; West
Griffin, Franklin Akin; Spald
ing Junior High I, (ninth
grade), Mrs. Margie West,
supervising principal; Spalding
Junior High II (eighth grade)
William Walker; Spalding
Junior High 111 (seventh grade)
Laymon Hattaway, principal,
Tommy McGhee, assistant
principal.
A co-principalship will be set
up at Griffin High with Bill Cody
and C. W. Daniels serving as
principals. Asst. Supt. Jones
will serve in a supervisory and
coordinating position to the co
principals.
Mrs. Nelle Presley was ap
pointed assistant principal at
Griffin High School.
OTHERS
Other appointments were:
Herman Nelson, director of
maintenance and transporta
tion; Miss Nelle Tanner, curri
culum director; Eugene Kier
bow, Title One Director; John
Lovin, visiting teacher; D. T.
Smith, director of food services.
These changes in personnel
will be effective at the be
ginning of 1970-71 school year.
The board voted to name the
elementary school under con
struction on Jackson road as the
Jackson Road Elementary
School.
EQUIPMENT
The board approved a resolu
tion permitting the board to as
sume responsibility for pur
chase of some equipment for the
school. Supt. Christie said this
would save the system some
money because the system
wouldn’t have to pay the
Georgia Education Authority
for this service.
Eugene Kierbow, visiting
teacher, reported that atten
dance was the best ever for the
month of November.
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Resignations were accepted
from: Mrs. Frances Boggs,
Orrs first grade; Mrs. Carole
Sellers, Atkinson first grade;
Mrs. Eloise Edwards, Spalding
Junior High II social studies;
Mrs. Verlon Foster, Moore
fourth grade.
ELECTED
The following were elected:
Miss Beautye Middlebrooks,
Spalding Junior High II social
studies; Miss Margaret Bell,
Orrs first grade; Mrs. Mary
Garrett, Atkinson first grade;
William Mullis, Atkinson sixth
grade.
A joint committee composed
of student council members
from Griffin High and Fairmont
High suggested four names,
colors and mascots for the
board’s consideration when it
takes up the re-naming of the
local high school.
The following names,
mascots and school colors were
suggested by the committee;
Griffin High Bears, forest
green and gold.
Memorial High Mustangs,
brown and gold.
Spalding Senior High Spar
tans, burgandy and gold.
Farrin High Falcons, blue
and gold.
No action was taken on re
naming of the school.
Lt Galley
Asks Charges
Be Dismissed
FT. BENNING, Ga. (UPI)-
Attorneys for Lt. William L.
Calley Jr., asking for dismissal
of 110 murder charges, contend
ed Monday that widespread pub
licity has killed any chance for
a fair trial in a U. S. military
court.
Calley, of Miami, Fla., is
charged with the murder of 109
civilians in the South Vietna
mese village of My Lai and the
killing of another civilian a few
months earlier in 1968. He is
scheduled for court-martial at
Ft. Benning at an undetermined
date.
Maj. Kenneth Raby, repre
senting Calley, said in his mo
tion for dismissal that his cli
ent’s “rights and privileges un
der the Constitution...have been
prejudiciously and substantially
impaired” by the “overwhelm
ing, uncontrolled and wide
spread articles, accounts and
pictures carried by the world
press, television and radio.”
This publicity, Raby contend
ed, has resulted in a “vast
amount of public passion.
“Since members of the mili
tary jury are Army officers,
they may be directly influenced
by statements made by public
officials concerning the My Lai
incident,” the motion stated.
The motion said the secretary
of the Army must act in the
case should Calley be convicted,
and his statements would have
a “prejudicial effect” on the
military jury. Army Secretary
Stanley R. Resor has expressed
“shock and dismay” over the
alleged My Lai massacre.
Should Calley receive the
death penalty, the motion said,
it would require the approval of
President Nixon, whose state
ments on the incident should
disqualify him from acting.
The President, at his news
conference in Washington Mon
day night, emphatically con
demned the alleged massacre,
and added: “I’m going to do
everything I possibly can to see
that all the facts in this inci
dent are brought to light and
that those who are charged—if
they are found guilty—are pun
ished.”