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Memorial to the first trans-continental telephone call at Jekyll
Island. Jekyll was part of hookup on January 25,1915 call.
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GEORGIA
JEKYLL ISLAND, Georgia
(PRN) — Its fame as the
one-time m ill ionaries’
hideaway and currently as
Georgia’s noted public beach
resort have eclipsed Jekyll
Island’s role in one of the
nation’s early communica
tion’s achievements -- the first
transcontinental telephone
call.
In this era of rapid
communications around the
world and even from the
moon, few remember that
historic January 25, 1915,
when the nation was linked
coast to coast by telephone.
Standing primly on the
greensward in what was the
millionaries’ village of Jekyll’s
hideaway days and looking a
bit like an out-of-the-way pay
phone is the memorial to the
first transcontinental
telephone call. Inside the solid
plexi-glass housing is a wall
phone of the 1915 era.
The unusual marker was
erected in 1965 on the 50th
anniversary of the historic
phone call between Alexander
Graham Bell, inventor of the
telephone, at AT&T’s office in
New York, and Thomas A.
Watson, his former assistant in
the San Francisco office of the
Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company. The
3,400-mile telephone
conversation was a milestone
in the second decade of the
20th century.
Participating in the east
coast part of the
multi-transcontinental call
were the White House in
Washington, D. C., and Jekyll
Island, where Thomas Vail,
president of AT&T was
recuperating from a fall. In the
multiple-hookup, President
Woodrow Wilson talked with
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WE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY
DEC. 29th FOR INVENTORY.
SHOP DEC. 30th & 31st.
AFTER INVENTORY SALE
BEN-FRANKLIN 5-10
110 West College Street
Griffin. Georgia
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Dr. Bell and Mr. Watson and
then conveyed his
congratulations to Mr. Vail at
Jekyll. The AT&T president
listened to the telephone calls
from his Jekyll residence and
then talked directly to San
Francisco, a distance of 4,500
miles.
Work on the transcontinen
tal line began in August, 1913,
with initial surveys, and by
June 1914, the construction
work was completed despite
rugged physical handicaps. To
guarantee the success of the
January 25, 1915, test, 1,500
men were deployed at
strategic locations where they
could reach a trouble spot
within less than two hours.
Boston joined the
transcontinental network the
same day, and on January 26,
the service was made available
to the public. Service between
Philadelphia and San
Francisco was begun in
February, 1915, and in May
Los Angeles and New York
were linked. Thus, the nation
was tied together by
telephone.
In the next year, hundreds
of demonstrations were staged
including the famous one from
Atlanta to San Francisco
during which the famous
opera star Enrico Caruso sang
to the members of the San
Francisco Press Club via the
new national wire.
A little more than half a
century later, Americans think
nothing of world wide and
moon communications, but in
1915, the historic feat was
telephoning from coast to
coast, a milestone in history
despite later 20th century
communications
developments.
I World Briefs |
WHEELUS TO LIBYA?
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Rep.
Bertram L. Podell, D-N.Y., has
disclosed that the House Armed
Services Committee will inves
tigate the transfer of Wheelus
Air Force Base to the Libyan
government. “There is no
guarantee that the base or the
equipment left behind will not
be used contrary to American
interests,” said Podell. He said
Friday that Rep. L. Mendel
Rivers, D-S.C., committee
chairman, had told him the
panel would seek more informa
tion about the base turnover.
NEW PRIORITIES
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Sen.
William Proxmire, D-Wisc., has
predicted the 1970 session of
Congress will open with a great
debate on reordering of the
nation’s priorities. Proxmire
said Friday that a vote on the
S2O billion money bill for health,
education, welfare and labor
programs which President Nix
on has threatened to veto could
set off the debate.
CUBANOS ASK ASYLUM
EL FERROL, Spain (UPI)—
Two Cuban students who
arrived in Spain Dec. 17 as
Stowaways on a Cypriot ship
asked Spanish authorities for
political asylum Friday. Au
thorities said the request would
be considered.
AVALANCHE IN JAPAN
NIKKO, Japan (UPI)-An
avalanche killed two students
Friday in Nikko National Park
as they were attempting to
rescue eight other students
trapped in an earlier avalanche.
Police said a third youth in
the rescue party was reported
missing and a fourth suffered
serious injuries. All of the eight
students trapped in the earlier
slide freed themselves.
The slides occurred near a
trail leading to Mt. Maeshirane.
YOUR DENTAL HEALTH
Class 111 Malocclusion
Is Orthodontic Problem
By WILLIAM LAWRENCE, D.D.S.
DEAR DR. LAWRENCE:
I’m suffering from earaches
and pains in my jaw. The
dentist says it’s because of
my bite which he describes
as a Class 111 malocclusion.
I wear a bite plate but it
gives only temporary relief.
Can’t this condition be
permanently corrected? —
Mr. T. N. Kouse.
ANSWER: Class 111 mal
occlusion is a type of ortho
dontic problem character
ized by prominent lower
jaw. Many people think of
it as an overdeveloped lower
jaw, but it can be due to an
UNDERdeveloped upper jaw
or an unhappy combination
of both.
People with this type of
malocclusion should be can
didates for orthodontic treat
ment at an early age. But
even with early treatment
success is often limited, de
pending mainly on extent of
disharmony of upper and
lower jaws, and amount and
quality of bone in the upper
jaw.
At age 38, orthodontic
treatment is of doubtful
value, perhaps even harm
ful. Then how can permanent
relief be affected? It’s not
easy. As one ages, promi
nent lower jaws become
even more prominent. Worse
still, they tend to overdose,
giving one the appearance of
REALISM IN TOYS
MESSINA, Sicily (UPI)-For
two days, five-year-old Uog
Manca’s mother endured the
noise as he rolled his newfound
metal toy around the house.
Then she took it away from
him.
The mother discovered the
metal ball was a 1940 hand
grenade. When armament ex
perts exploded it later, they
found it to be in perfect
working order,
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• Fron^lialia Advance
Warning to Hunters
The general concensus
has been that south Geor
gia rattlers don’t venture
out much in the cold type
weather the Vidalia area
has been experiencing re
cently. Charles Gillis, an
avid sportsman that par
ticularly likes bird hunt
ing, can attest to the fact
that the “exception makes
the rule”. On a recent ex
pedition in Montgomery
County Charles encounter
ed and dealt with a
rattler of considerable
girth and length with the
conseouence that old dia-
having no upper teeth or of
having left their upper plate
on the bathroom sink.
Treatment consists of
“opening the bite” to relieve
pressure on the ear and to
create a more reasonable
harmony of upper and lower
jaws.
Thin plastic colorless bite
plates which fit over the
upper teeth are used as
temporary testing devices.
The ideal “permanent” de
vice is a fixed splint. This
means capping all upper
teeth with connecting caps,
building them longer so that
they contact lower teeth
sooner than the natural ones
did.
Continuous splints serve
another purpose: they
strengthen teeth and give
them a better chance to sur
vive the battering they con
tinually get from powerful
lower jaws with their strong
muscles.
Aspirin and pain-relieving
drugs can be used to make
the patient more comfort
able.
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Please send your questions about
dental health to Dr. Lawrence in
care of this paper. While he cannot
answer each letter personally, letters
of general interest will be answered
in this column.
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mounting board. Charles
is a pretty good size fel
low, but as the accom
panying photo shows the
victor outmeasured his ad
versary in cunning and
quickness, but not in
heighth. Charles is quick
also to admonish hunters
to be cautious in the field.
(Advance photo)
| Deaths - Funerals |
Mr. Stephens
Mr. Willie Lee Stephens, 45, of
Route One, Barnesville, died
this morning. He was the super
visor of the shipping depart
ment for the William Carter
Company.
He was the son of the late
Hulon Lee Stephens and the late
Mrs. Vester Jewell James
Stephens.
He was a veteran of World
War 11, member of the VFW,
and the First Baptist Church of
Barnesville.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Martha Vaughn Stephens,
daughter, Mrs. Sandra Martin,
Griffin; two sons, Richard and
Tommy Stephens, Barnesville;
a granddaughter, Missy Martin
of Griffin; brother, Harold
Stephens, Waycross and Nor
man Stephens of New Orleans.
Haisten Funeral Home of
Barnesville will announce
funeral plans.
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Spalding Junior High
Students Enjoy
Christmas Spirit
By MELBA DUNN
The true spirit of Christmas
was shown by the students of
Spalding during the last couple
of weeks. Everyone contributed
generously to the “White
Christmas” project sponsored
by the student council. The food
was turned over to the Salvation
Army on Friday afternoon to be
distributed to the needy
families in the community.
A Christmas program was
presented in chapel on Friday
by the glee club and the band.
The glee club sang an arrange
ment of “Deck the Halls”, “Sil
ver Bells”, “Pablo the Rein
deer”, “Christmas Chop
sticks”, “Hasten Swiftly, Has
ten Softly,” and “Russian Ca
rol.” The glee club president,
Peeples, asked everyone
to join the chorus in singing
“White Christmas.”
The glee club was ac
companied by Patti Bass, a
member of the ninth grade.
The band played “Adeste
Mr. Ford
ALBANY, Ga. - Mr. Gran
tland E. (Red) Ford, 65, of 211
Cone street, died Thursday at
his residence. He was stricken
ill suddenly.
He was born Aug. 23, 1909 in
Griffin and was the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. William C.
Ford.
He had been a resident of
Albany for 17 years. At the time
of his death, he was employed at
the U.S. Marine Corps supply
Center in Albany.
He was a veteran of World
War II and served overseas.
Mr. Ford was a member of
Albany Lodge 24 F and AM. He
was serving as chaplain of the
lodge.
Survivors include his widow,
the former Ollie Blissett Ford, a
native of Griffin; a brother, J.
C. Ford of Griffin; several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
today at 2 o’clock at Kimbrell-
Stern Funeral Home.
The Rev. Jack Key, pastor of
Porterfield Memorial United
Methodist Church, officiated.
Burial was in Floral Memory
Gardens with Masonic rites.
Griffin Hospital Care
Association, Inc.
(Sponsored c, approved by the Griffin
Spalding County Hospital)
continues to offer its $20.00 per day unlimited Hospital
Service plan as outlined in its contract. Even pays
$50.00, $75.00, or SIOO.OO per day instead of the
$20.00 allowances toward room and board if confined
to intensive care.
Only $6.10 Per Month For Single Person, $15.86 For
Man And Wife, Or Family Os Three Or More
FINE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
The Association dTs'b offers a SIO.OO per day limited
Service plan with allowances for Delivery Room
Nursery Charge, operating room, anesthesia, drugs
and laboratory. $3.00 per month for single or married
person, $4.25 for adult and one or more children,
$5.50 for man and wife and $6.50 for man, wife and
one or more children up to 19 years of age.
“We are as near as your telephone”. Call 227-2742
or come by our office upstairs over McLellans on
North Hill Street, Griffin, Georgia.
Frank L. Bartholomew, Jr.
Secretary
Fideles”, “Christmas Festi
val”, and “Hallelujah Chorus”.
During “Hallelujah Chorus”,
everyone was asked to stand.
Mrs. Charlotte Turner, band
director, explained that when
King George of England first
heard the song, he stood to pay
tribute to Handel, the com
poser. So, it has been the tradi
tion through the years to stand
during the playing of the
“Hallelujah Chorus.”
The devotion was presented
by Keith Tate, Kenny Hatta
way, Dianne Clark, and Floyd
Newton.
Legals
LEGAL 4071 —
GEORGIA,
SPALDING COUNTY.
Because of the refault in pay
ment of the indebtedness se
cured by a deed to secure debt
by Charles D. Johnson and Anna
S. Johnson to Louis W. Gold
stein, dated July 11, 1964 and
recorded on July 11, 1964, in
Deed Book 235, page 186, in the
Spalding County Records, in and
by virtue of the power and aut
hority contained in the said deed
to secure debt, the undersigned
will sell at public outcry before
the courthouse door of Spalding
County, on the first Tuesday in
January, 1970, between the legal
hours of sale, the following de
scribed real property:
All those lots, tracts or parcels
of land lying, being and situate
in the City of Griffin, Spald
ing County, Georgia, known and
designated as Lots 3 and 4 in
Block “F” of Carver Heights
Subdivision, as shown on plat
of survey of said subdivision, re
corded in Plat Book 6, page 360,
in the office of the Clerk of
Spalding Superior Court. Refer
ence to said plat is hereby made
for a more detailed description
of said lots.
The sale of the above de
scribed property will be subject
to a prior Deed to Secure Debt
from Charles D. Johnson and
Anna S. Johnson to Griffin Fed
eral Savings & Loan, recorded
in Deed Book 235, page 191 in
the Spalding County records,
and the purchase money derived
from the sale of said property
will be applied first to the above
described security deed, second
ly to the principal and interest
due to the aforesaid Louis W.
Goldstein ( cost of sale and at
torney’s fees and the balance,
if any, disposed of as provided
by law.
Louis W. Goldstein, Attorney
in fact for Charles D. Johnson
and Anna S. Johnson.
Dwindled
The population of East
Berlin, Germany, which was
1,189,000 in 1950, decreased
to 1,071,462 in 1964. In 1957
alone, an estimated 385,000
persons escaped to West
Germany, according to the
Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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