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Griffin Couple
Hurt In Wreck
A Griffin couple was injured
yesterday afternoon in a two
car collision at Spalding and
Little streets.
Police said Mrs. Mary McGa
hee of 14 Spalding street suffer
ed possible internal injuries and
Howard F. McGahee was treat
ed for cuts and bruises on his
head.
Their car collided with a car
driven by Charles Ray McCard,
27, of 80 Fairview drive. Total
property damage was about
S6OO.
A pedestrian, Gertrude Har
ris of 345 North 16th street, was
treated at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital for knee injur
ies shortly after noon yester
day.
Police said she apparently
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About Town
GRIFFIN YARC
The Youth Association for Re
tarded Children will meet
tonight at St. George’s Epis
copal Church at 7:30 p.m. Jack
Hewelett, president of the
Georgia YARC, will be guest
speaker. All interested persons
between the ages of 13 and 25
are invited to attend.
WOMAN’S CLUB
The Griffin Woman’s Club
will meet Thursday afternoon at
3:30 p.m. at the Memorial Club
house. Mrs. W. J. Proctor will
present the program on
“Pollution”.
Griffinites Attend
State Board Meeting
.Mrs. E. Y. Kooerts and Mrs.
W. J. Proctor of the Griffin
Woman’s Club attended the
Georgia Federation of Women’s
Club state executive board
meeting held at the executive
Park Motel in Atlanta.
Safety was the theme. A film,
“Out of the Shadows”, was
shown. Mrs. Charles O. Middle
kauf, safety chairman of the
General Foundation of
Women’s Club, spoke on
“Safety Legislation and You.”
Mrs. Roberts is president of
the Griffin Club and Mrs.
Proctor serves as second vice
president of the local club.
Scouter’s Day To
Be Observed
By Kiwanis
Kiwanis Scouter Day will be
observed at the Wednesday
meeting of the Griffin Kiwanis
Club, at 12:15 p.m., at the Elks
Club. Floyd Howard is chari
man of the scouting committee.
All 1969 Eagle Scouts and
recipients of the God and
Country award will be present
with their unit leaders and
fathers. The Rev. Bruce M.
Morgan of the First Baptist
Church will be guest speaker.
The following boys received
the God and Country award
during 1969: Jim Thomas, Post
132 J son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Thomas, First Methodist
Church; John Stephens, Troop
Four, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bart
Stephens, First Methodist
Church; Charles McKemie,
Troop 77, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed McKemie, First Methodist
Church; James Eidson, Troop
77, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Eidson, First Methodist
Church; David Bevil, Troop 77,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Bevil, First Methodist Church;
Dale Carley Jr., Troop 77, son of
Dr. and Mrs. Dale Carley, First
Methodist Church; Scott Farr,
Troop 77, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Farr, First Methodist
Church; and Newton Galloway,
Troop 77, son of Mr. and Mrs. N.
K. Galloway, County Line
Methodist Church.
Eagle Scouts for 1969:
Jonathan Kurtz, Post One, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul Kurtz;
Steve Crouch, Post One, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Newton Crouch;
Hugh Sullins, Troop One, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Sullins;
Ray Gilbert, Troop 78, son of
Sheriff and Mrs. Dwayne Gil
bert; Eddie Duke, Troop 78, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward F.
Duke; Ricky Grant, Troop 78,
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Grant;
Aubry McKoon, Troop 78, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John O. Clements;
John Stephens, Troop Four, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bart Stephens;
Eddie Mundy, Troop 78, grand
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Baker
and Ricky Foster, Troop 10, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
Foster.
Area
Deaths - Funerals
Mrs. Coggin
Mrs. Rosa Allen Coggin of
Route Four, Griffin, Cabin dis
trict of Spalding County, died
Monday afternoon at Bright
moor Medical Care Center
where she had resided for four
years.
Mrs. Coggin, widow of Mr.
George W. Coggin, was a life
long resident of Spalding
County and a member of the
Ringgold Christian Church.
She is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. Mabel Bowden of
Locust Grove; a grandson,
Quimby Bowden of Locust
Grove and two great-grand
children.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Wednesday afternoon at
2 o’clock from Haisten’s chapel
with the Rev. Marion C. Godard
officiating. Burial will be in Oak
Hill cemetery. Mrs. Coggin’s
body will remain at Haisten
Funeral Home.
Mr. Mullins
Mr. Hiriam Spencer Mullins,
84, of Route One, Milner, died
early this morning at Bright
moor Medical Care Center
where he had been a patient for
the past year and a half.
Mr. Mullins was a retired
farmer and a native of Monroe
County. He resided in Lamar
and Pike County for most of his
life.
He is survived by four daugh
ters, Mrs. Opal Boykin of
Milner, Mrs. James P. Harden
of Decatur, Mrs. William N.
Ethridge of Columbus and Mrs.
W. A. Harp of Griffin; seven
grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Wednesday afternoon at
3 o’clock from Haisten’s chapel.
Burial will be in Crawley-
Mullins family cemetery in
Lamar County. Mr. Mullins’
body will remain at Haisten
Funeral Home.
Mrs. Varner
Mrs. Ginny Lou Robertson
Varner died Monday at the
Grady Memorial Hospital in
Atlanta.
Mrs. Varner was a lifelong
resident of Pike County.
She is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Merle Cook of Concord;
three brothers, Charlie
Robertson of Atlanta, Willie
Robertson of Concord and Ira
Robertson of Gould, Fla.; and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Union Society
Funeral Home of Concord.
Mrs. Thurman
Mrs. Ola Parden Thurman,
65, of 54 Fifth street, East
Griffin, died at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital early
this morning where she had
been a patient for the past 10
days.
Mrs. Thurman was the widow
of Mr. J. B. Thurman, who died
in 1950. She was a native of
Paulding County and was a
member of the Plainview Bap
tist Church here.
She is survived by a son,
Joseph B. Thurman of Griffin;
a daughter, Mrs. Mary Kate
Harmon of Concord; two
brothers, Frank Parden and
Reuben Parden, both of Macon;
and a sister, Mrs. Mae Knight of
Macon.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Wednesday afternoon at
4 o’clock in Haisten’s Funeral
Home chapel. The Rev. G. A.
Morgan will officiate and burial
will be in Oak Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Thurman’s body will
remain at the funeral home.
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Miss Lynch
Miss Mary Susan Lynch, 70,
of Digby community, Brooks,
Ga., died Monday afternoon at
Brightmoor Medical Care
Center where she had resided
for the past five years.
Miss Lynch was the daughter
of the late Jason Benjamin
Lynch and the late Lillie Craw
ford Lynch. She was a member
of the County Line Christian
Church at Digby but having
resided at the Care Center, she
attended the Meriwether
Church of God.
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Ida Carson of Griffin and
Miss Thelma Lynch of Brooks;
a nephew, Jerry Lynch of
Brooks.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Wednesday afternoon at
1 o’clock in Haisten’s chapel.
The Rev. Paul Gibson will offi
ciate and burial will be in the
Lynch family cemetery near
Digby. The body will remain at
Haisten Funeral Home.
Mrs. Williamson
Mrs. Mittie Lee Rivers
Williamson, 64, died un
expectedly early today at the
Brightmoor Medical Care Cen
ter where she had been a patient
for three weeks.
Mrs. Williamson resided at
720 Meriwether street, Griffin.
She was the daughter of the late
James Edward Rivers and the
late Beulah Mathis Rivers. Mrs.
Williamson was a retired
employe of Spalding Knitting
Mills and a member of the First
Assembly of God Church.
She is survived by a brother,
James Rivers, Jr., of Orlando,
Fla.; several uncles and aunts,
among them, Mrs. Ruby Rivers
and Mrs Lois Bridges, both of
Griffin.
Funeral plans will be an
nounced by Haisten Funeral
Home.
Eleven Gordon
Students Named
To Who’s Who
Eleven students who will re
ceive the Associate in Arts de
gree from Gordon Military
College this year have been
named to Who’s Who in
American Junior Colleges.
They were nominated by a
faculty committee on the bases
of grades, good citizenship,
extra-curricular activities, and
potential leadership ability.
The students so honored are:
Cadet Louis Tilton Batson IV,
Cadet Harold Lloyd Carter,
Susan Elaine Dean, Marcelle
Hanes, Cadet William Stather
Hewitt, Cadet Gregory Douglas
Lindquist, Cadet William
Taylor Mcßroom 111, Charlotte
Ann McCord, Susan Wynne Pat
terson, Cadet Barry Wayne Ray
and Cadet Richard Giles
Whiting.
World
Briefs
JAPAN ROCKET DELAYED
UCHINOURA, Japan (UPI)—
Because of unfavorable weath
er, Japanese scientists post
poned for another 24 hours
today’s scheduled launching of
an 84-pound earth satellite.
Blast-off originally had been
scheduled for Sunday.
HUKS ATTACK VOA
MANILA (UPl)—Communist
Huk terrorists Monday killed
four Filipinos assigned to guard
a Voice of America transmitter
facility in Tarlac province, 60
miles north of Manila.
The guards were part of an
attachment assigned to a
security detail around the
transmitter the United States
uses to beam its broadcasts to
Southeast Asia.
NO IMMUNITY FOR SOVIET
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
State Department has rejected
Soviet claims of diplomatic
immunity for a Russian arrest
ed in Seattle, Wash., and
charged with espionage.
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Evangelism
Conference To
Be Held Here
The Flint River Evangelism
Conference, the largest associa
tions! evangelism meeting in
Georgia, will meet this year on
Thursday, Feb. 12, at the First
Baptist Church of Griffin.
The conference will begin at 4
p.m. Supper will be served at 6
p.m. and the evening meeting
will begin at 7 p.m.
Taking part on the program
will be Willie Butler, Teamon
Baptist Church, Griffin; Hugh
Canterbury, minister of music
and education, Second Baptist
Church, Griffin; the Rev. Bruce
Morgan, pastor of the First
Baptist Church; the Rev.
Joseph W. Preston, music
director, Flint River Baptist
Association and minister of
music, First Baptist Church.
The Rev. J. Howard Cobble,
pastor, Tabernacle Baptist
Church, Carrollton; E. H.
Holleman, assistant Brother
hood director, Flint River Bap
tist Association; J. M. Joiner,
Brotherhood director, Flint
River Baptist Association; Dr.
Raymond C. Moore, pastor,
Second Baptist Church, College
Park; Mrs. C. C. O’Brien, WMU
director, Flint River Baptist
Association; the Rev. Harold L.
Sangster, associate, Depart
ment of Evangelism, Georgia
Baptist Convention; Dick Wall,
minister of music, McDonough
Baptist Church; and Dr. Otis C.
Williams, secretary, Depart
ment of Evangelism, Alabama
Baptist Convention.
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the new station was in
operation, six commuters
missed the 7:29 because the
lock on the new door jammed
and they couldn’t get out.
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Griffin Daily News
Hospital
The following persons were
admitted to the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital yesterday:
Mrs. Mary Gordon, W. A.
Williams, Patrick Watson,
Cliota Goodman, Elfrida Scott,
Mrs. Lannie Akin, Jacquelyn
Watson, Mrs. Jewel Davis,
Vicki Lou Smith, Gene Scott,
Sara Stockey, Miss Mary Lou
Ellis, Mrs. Susie Thomas, Mrs.
Bell Martin, Horace Smith,
Terry Long, Grady Smith,
Wesley Driggers, Mrs. Maudie
Taylor, James Hammock,
Mack Thompson, Mrs. Adalene
Harville, Harry Ward.
The following were dis
missed:
Mrs. Helen Guimento, Roger
Scott, Mrs. Rebecca Harry and
baby, Mrs. Carolyn Dorsey,
Miss Marie Munda, Mrs.
Catherine Branson and baby,
Mrs. Emmie O ‘Pry, Mrs.
Maggie Jones, Mrs. Annie Hat
cher, Willie Blackmon, Mrs.
Mary Scott, Mrs. Jennie Steele,
A. B. Stamps Jr., Fred Martin,
Willie Walker, Mrs. Hassle
Foster, Stephanie Wise, Paul
Barner, Mrs. Fairbie Hobbs,
Dolvin Taylor, Patrick Watson.
Stork Club
MASTER WESTBURY
Mr. and Mrs. James Richard
Westbury of 822 Sunnbrook
drive, Griffin, announce the
birth of a son on Feb. 9 at the
Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
LITTLE MISS STEPHENS
Mr. and Mrs. William O. Step
hens Jr. of 1328 Ruth street,
Griffin, announce the birth of a
daughter on Feb. 9 at the
Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
LITTLE MISS FORDHAM
Mr. and Mrs. James Terry
Fordham of Dalton, formerly of
Griffin, announce the birth of a
daughter on Feb. 7. Mrs.
Fordham is the former Miss
Rita Ritchey.
MASTER BRIDGES
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Bridges
of 3700 Sixth avenue, S. W. Apt.
103, Huntsville, Ala., announce
the birth of a son on Feb. 8 at the
Redstone Arsenal Hospital.
Mrs. Bridges is the former Miss
Linda Kirkland.
Tuesday, February 10, 1970
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Still Raided;
Two Arrested
State and federal revenue
agents raided a moonshine
liquor still yesterday morning
and arrested two Griffin men at
the scene.
Robert Smith, 41, of 719 Ran
dall street, and John Russell
Smith, 43, of 1409 Atlanta road,
were charged wijh manufactur
ing and possessing nontaxpaid
whisky. They were released
from the county jail under
$2,000 bonds each.
The 500-gallon box-type still
was located about three miles
north of Griffin off North Hill
street extension.
Officers destroyed 90 gallons
of the moonshine.
Stereo Tapes
Taken From Autos
Two employes of Dundee
Mills told sheriff’s officials that
stereo players and. tapes were
stolen from their cars in the
Dundee No. Five parking lot
last night while they were work
ing.
Victor W. Fuller found a
small window broken in his car
and the stereo and four tapes
missing. Ralph E. Wilson of 327
North 14th street, reported that
the stereo player and two tapes
were gone from his car. Each
loss was valued at about SIOO,
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