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By Quimby Melton
Those who have not as yet
completed their Christmas
shopping, (and who has?) and
who are puzzled as to what to
give someone they want to sur
prise with an unusual gift, may
be interested in a story pub
lished in a nationally-circulated
newspaper. The story is written
by a woman who spends much
of her time searching the
markets of the world for un
usual merchandise. She tells of
several items that would make
unusual Christmas gifts.
So, if you are puzzled about
what to give someone you wish
to surprise by the very novelty
of the gift, maybe one of these
suggestions, lifted from the ar
ticle, may help.
First, if you are looking for an
unusual gift for a child in the
three to eight year bracket, how
about a small electric powered
one passenger auto. They begin
at S2OO.
Or, you might want to im
press the receiver with a
swanky briefcase type travel
case. These are on the market
beginning at $199.00.
And, if the person you want to
remember is a fresh air en
thusiast and likes to sleep with
the window wide open tight by
the bed — give him or her a sa
tin comforter filled with down —
Cost $l5O to $350.00. (Personally
we prefer an electric blanket or
an old fashioned wool blanket —
for two reasons, first they don’t
cost as much, and secondly a
satin down-filled comforter has
a habit of sliding off the bed and
onto the floor if one moves
around in the bed while asleep.)
Here’s the one that takes the
cake! If you have a friend who
is remodelling the home or is
building a new home, why not
surprise him or her with a
special custom-built bathtub
made of fiber glass, with exotic
and colorful decorations
lamanated in the glass. They
can be made of any size and any
shape and the price will be bas
ed on how “unusual” is the tub.
(Wonder if one could add to the
specifications of the custom
built fiberglass tub something
on the bottom that would pre
vent one slipping on a bar of
soap, and breaking their neck?)
Good Evening has many
friends whom he would like to
“remember” in a special way
this Christmas. But he will not
have time to order any of those
above “unusual” gifts.
Christmas Day is just two
weeks from today. That leaves
eleven shopping days to go.
Local stores are now opened at
night, on Wednesday af
ternoons, and still have plenty
of the very things one will want
to give and the very things one
would like to receive.
It will pay all to study the ad
vertisements in the paper and
then Shop Griffin Stores.
Owen Is Named
President
At N. Georgia
Dr. John Owen who has been
director of agricultural ex
periment stations in Georgia
since 1966 has been named
president of North Georgia
College at Dahlonega.
The University System of
Georgia Board of Regents nam
ed him to the post yesterday.
The appointment is effective
July 1, 1970.
The Georgia Experiment Sta
tion in Griffin has been one of
those under his direction.
Dr. Curtis Jackson is the resi
dent director of the Griffin sta
tion.
Dr. Owen has been a frequent
-Visitor in Griffin since his ap
pointment to head the agricul
tural stations in 1966.
The Board of Regents made
no mention of his successor.
Dr. Owen is a native of Sa
vannah and is 47.
Volunteer Program Here First In State
(Last of Four)
General assistance is the
term used to describe those ser
vices provided by the De
partment of Family and Child
ren Services which cannot be
categorized into the broad areas
thought of as welfare by state
and federal agencies.
“We often find needy cases
that do not fall under any of the
federal or state sponsored pro
grams we administrate, but are
in grave need of help,” a case
worker said.
Emergency Relief is a joint
effort of Spalding County and
the United Fund to meet this
need.
NEED HELP
“Because Griffin is a textile
town, families come here with
no money to find work. But even
if they are hired, it will still be
two weeks before the man re
ceives his first paycheck and
the family must have a place to
stay and something to eat,” said
Mrs. Jo Mills, director of Spald
ing County Department of
Family and Children Services.
“Because they have sufficient
income on paper, these people
cannot qualify for food stamps,
so the county steps in and helps
them buy food through a direct
grant until they can get on their
feet,” she said.
Mrs. Mills continued,
“Disability cases must wait
some time for the state review
team to make a recommen
dation concerning their eligi
bility, and this program pro-
Betty Goude
Is Proud Os Griffin
Because - -
I am proud of Griffin because of the wonderful
people who live here.
On numerous occasions we have heard of fam
ilies who have lost everything they owned. Also of
people who have had to have very rare operations.
The people of Griffin open their hearts and help
these families in every way they can.
That’s just one of the many reasons I am proud
to be a Griffinite.
Mrs. Betty Goude
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 - - - ”
Maddox Takes
Second Term
To Court Today
ATLANTA (UPI)-Gov. Les
ter Maddox asked the courts to
day to throw out a provision of
the Georgia Constitution which
keeps him from seeking reelec
tion.
Maddox charged in his suit
that the provision robs his sup
porters of the right to vote for
the candidate of their choice
and therefore should be de
clared unconstitutional.
Houston White, attorney for
Maddox, argued that “the guts
of this case” are that a consti
tutional right cannot be denied
even by a vote of the majority.
“Any restriction on the right
to vote for the candidate of
choice strikes at the heart
of representative government,”
White said.
Fulton Superior Court Judge
Osgood Williams, who is hear
ing the suit, said the one man,
one vote rule had been well es
tablished by court decision, but
added, “The question is whether
or not it is applicable here.”
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for their needs until the state
and federal grants can be ap
proved.”
CHILDREN
The emergency relief pro
gram also cares for children in
boarding homes after they
reach the point where state and
federal funds are cut off case
workers said.
In an effort to humanize the
public assistance program to a
Defendants pointed out that
the restriction was adopted in
1941 by about 20,000 votes. Wil
liams said at the time it was
approved, “a lot of people did
not have any vote.” He cited
restrictions on voting by Ne
groes.
LBJ Visits At White House
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI White House Reporter
WASHINGTON (UPI) -For
mer President Lyndon B.
Johnson made his first return
visit to the White House today
since leaving office and spent
two hours at breakfast with
President Nixon.
The former Chief Executive,
in the east for a Washington
wedding Saturday afternoon
and New York conferences with
his publishers, seemed almost
reluctant to join in what once
would have been a setting
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, Dec. 11, 1969
Family And Children Services In Spalding
greater extent, the state re
cently required the formation of
volunteer programs in all
Georgia Counties.
All Georgia Departments of
Family and Children Services
must, by the first of the year
have an current volunteer pro
gram in one of the three follow
ing areas: transportation,
homemaking, or tutorial.
FIRST IN STATE
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tailored to his taste crowds
on the north portico of the
White House.
After breakfast, Nixon escort
ed Johnson onto the portico,
jammed on one side by early
morning tourists and on the
other side by White House
reportersand photographers.
When Nixon called Johnson’s
attention to some of his former
acquaintances in the White
House press corps, the former
President managed a faint
smile, nodded his head to the
first in the state to have an on
going volunteer program,”
Mrs. Mills said.
The Spalding County program
is transportation; however all
programs (tutorial and home
making) will begin operation
within the next year a case
worker said.
“The volunteer serves a three
fold purpose; to relieve case
workers of certain time con
summing tasks so they may
spend more time providing
specialized help, to meet cer
tain unmet needs such as tutor
ing school age children and also
adults who wish to return to
school, and to give individual
citizens a chance to see for
themselves what public assis
tance’s high points as well as
short comings are by actually
working in the programs,” Mrs.
Mills said.
ADVISORY
Along with the volunteer pro
gram, a welfare advisory com
mittee has been formed to serve
the district which is made up of
both interested clients as well
as non-clients.
Additionally, the referrals to
the cancer clinics in LaGrange
and Atlanta along with other
miscellaneous services are
provided by the department.
“It is gratifying to look back
and note some of the services
that have contributed to the
Jury Ponders
Korndorffer Suit
group in general and proceeded
on down the steps to a waiting
government limousine.
Johnson departed without a
word to reporters about his
visit with Nixon.
Johnson arrived at the White
House promptly at 8:30 a.m.
EST and was escorted to the
first floor family dining room,
according to members of the
Nixon staff. There he and
Nixon talked for two hours over
breakfast.
Nixon and Johnson last met
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progress of those asking for our
help,” said Mrs. Mills.
“We must, of course, mention
at San Clemente, Calif., late in
August.
Johnson semed to have put on
noticeable weight since August.
His hair appeared greyer than
when he was in the White
House and he was facially
ruddy.
Nixon’s press secretary, Ro
nald L. Ziegler, said the two
hour meeting centered primari
ly on foreign policy, including
Vietnam, but included some
conversation on the problems of
putting together a domestic
that without the help of our
allied agencies, our friends who
shared our mutual interest of
budget.
The conversations touched on
a broad range of topics, Ziegler
said, including U.S.-Soviet rela
tions, the strategic arms
limitation talks in Helsinki; the
treaty to prevent the spread of
nuclear weapons; and the
Washington visit three weeks
ago of Japanese Prime Minister
Eisaku Sato.
Ziegler said Nixon “feels its
important for the President to
maintain good contact with
former presidents.”
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Decision
May Take
Two Days
NEWNAN, Ga. (UPI)-A jury
resumed deliberation today in
the damage suit of Dr. William
Komdoffer against the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital Au
thority and several individuals.
Federal Judge Albert J. Hen
derson sent the eight women
and four men on the jury to
their homes Tuesday night after
they had discussed the evidence
for about three hours.
A spokesman in the federal
court clerk’s office predicted it
might take “another day or
two” before a verdict is
reached.
The suit, the second Korndof
fer filed in connection with the
hospital, asked $485,552.69 in
damages.
Korndoffer, formerly of Grif
fin and now of Dickinson, Tex.,
charged that the hospital and
others conspired to take busi
ness away from his private clin
ic.
Individuals named as defend
ants included Dr. A. S. Fitz
hugh, Dr. Alex Jones and Jack
L. Moore.
Last month, a jury awarded
Korndoffer $17,988.90 as the re
sult of a breach of contract suit
against the hospital authority.
In that suit, the doctor al
leged he had been wrongfully
dismissed from his part-time
position as a pathologist for the
hospital.
***^l2-11
“Don’t give a man the
shirt off your back until
you've rolled up its sleeves
for him.”
Copyright 1969, by Frank A. Clark