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By Quimby Melton
One of the most interesting of
all characters in Greek Mytho
logy is the Oracle of Delphi. The
Oracle lived at the foot of Mount
Parnassus not far from the tem
ple to Apollo.
There are many legends as to
those of high rank who visited
the Oracle seeking advice, be
lieving he had the power to look
into the future and tell what
would happen. And the Oracle
always sent visitors away satis
fied with the prediction.
Now the Oracle was wiser
than men thought, for he man
aged to word all predictions in
such a manner that regardless
of what the future brought he
could claim he had correctly
predicted what would happen.
The Oracle was the original
“If” character.
“If such and such happens,
then... .’’was the prelude to his
predictions.
Rudyard Kipling must have
had the Oracle of Delphi in mind
when he wrote that famous “If”
poem of his. “If you can etc. . .
then you’ll be a man my son.”
And Franklin D. Roosevelt
must have been well versed in
the skill of the Oracle of Delphi
when he would sidestep answer
ing a question at a press con
ference by saying “That’s an
‘lffy’ question.”
Many would like to look into
the future and see what sort of
weather we will have. How
about March?
Well the department of Cli
matology at the University of
Georgia has just issued a clima
tic guide for March, but Horace
Carter, climagologist says this
is not a forecast, just a guide
based on records kept for years
past This guide would indicate
much rain during the month.
(Carter probably has heard of
the Oracle of Delphi.)
For those who would like to
work out a forecast, here are
some statistics taken from this
climatic guide.
Rainfall in Georgia during
March averages from 7 inches
in the extreme northeast to just
under 4 inches in the southeast
coastal area. March is the
year’s wettest month in the
northern third of the state,
where more than inches can
normally be expected.
Rainfall of about one-tenth of
an inch or more is likely to oc
cur on 8 or 9 days in the north, 7
to 8 days in middle Georgia and
6 to 7 days in the south.
The record monthly rainfall
for March was 20.32 inches at
Goat Rock in 1929. The greatest
one-day total was 10.88 inches at
Blakely, also in 1929.
Snow occurs infrequently ex
cept in the mountains, where
measurable amounts occur dur
ing at least half the years on re
cord. March has produced some
of Georgia’s greatest snowfalls.
Cedartown had 19.3 inches on
March 2, 1942, a record for 24
hours.
Average maximum tempera
tures range from about 60 de
grees in the mountains to about
73 degrees at Waycross.
Average minimums range
from 33 degrees at Blairsville to
just above 50 degrees at Bruns
wide.
The records are a warm 99
degrees at Brunswick in 1907,
and a cold 3 below zero at Dia
mond in Gilmer County in 1899.
On the average, the last freez
ing temperature occurs before
the middle of the month in the
southern third of the state, and
before the end of March in the
middle portion.
However, all sections of Geor
gia have had freezes in April,
except along the coast.
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KISS FOR CHARITY
LONDON (UPl)—Jenny Win
mill, 19, and David Atkinson,
20, who say they don’t even like
each other very much, claim a
new world record of one hour
35 minutes and 40 seconds for a
single kiss.
The record-breaking attempt
was in aid of charity.
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“Termites” ate a chicken din
ner on the lawn at Mez-Art stu
dio here yesterday then went
back to work filming a tele
vision commercial.
The “head termite” is a pro
fessional actor, Bob Hogan, who
played the role of the minister
> Actor Bob Hogan as termite.
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Mother, Daughter
Die In House Fire
A Negro mother and her
daughter died when flames des
troyed their home in Barnes
ville last night. Their husband
and father was in fair condition
at the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital today with burns he
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LA JOLLA, CALIF. — Dr.
Jonas Salk (shown in ’66 photo),
who developed the vaccine that
conquered polio, is now turning
his attention to the study of can
cer.
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NEW YORK — March 7, 1970 will be a day 51
million Americans will have a chance to watch a total
eclipse of die sun. But the National Society for the
Prevention of Blindness fears that many viewers will
cause permanent eye damage by looking into the sun.
This diagram shows the only safe way to watch the
eclipse—indirectly. Cut a pinhole in a piece of white
cardboard. With the sun at your back, focus the
GRIFFIN
Daily Sine. 1872
Termites Romp For TV Cameras Here
in the late “Peyton Place” tele
vision series.
He also has appeared on such
well known television shows as
“Bonanza,” “Gunsmoke”,
“General Hospital,” and others.
Last Sunday night he was in
the cast of “Land of The
suffered.
According to Barnesville
police, Mrs. Geneva Tiller, 41,
and her 25-year-old daughter,
Miss Eugenia Tiller, burned to
death in the fire at their home,
435 Akins street. Sue Tiller was
severly burned before he man
aged to get out of the house.
The five-room frame house
was in a crowded neighborhood,
but some time elapsed before
the fire department was called,
as each neighbor thought some
one else had called for help.
Miss Tiller’s body was found
in bed. Her mother’s body was
on the floor by her bed. The
house had not completely burn
ed to the ground and both bodies
were recognizable.
The cause of the blaze has not
been determined. Authorities
said the family used a wood
stove for cooking and kerosene
lamps for lights.
Barnesville police listed the
survivor as Sue Tiller, 45.
Griffin hospital records show he
entered the hospital as William
Taylor.
Griffin, Georgia 30223, Tuesday, March 3, 1970
Giants.”
Hogan and a group of Kappa
Sigma fraternity boys from
Georgia State University in
Atlanta are filming the com
mercial here.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Meza who
operate the studio on Bucksnort
County Eyes Summer Vote
On Setting Up Fire Units
Filipino Troops
Turn Back March
On U.S. Embassy
MANILA (UPI) — Filipino
troops standing up in their
jeeps and firing automatic
weapons tonight turned back a
march on the U.S. Embassy by
a mob of 2,000 student
demonstrators who hurled ex
plosive-filled bottles. Some
students fired back.
The 2,000 hard core students
were part of a crowd of 12,000
students and striking jeepney
(small bus) drivers, who
gathered in the heart of the city
in an antigovernment demon
stration after snakedancing
through slum districts and
crowded Chinatown.
eclipse through the pinhole on a second piece of
cardboard. The size of the image can be changed by
altering the distance between the cardboards. A tele
scope Or binoculars can replace the pinhole card
board, but one should never view the sun directly.
Sun glasses, smoked glass, or layers of film negatives
do not protect the eyes from the damaging infrared
rays.
road built a circular termite
tunnel through which the actors
romp for the commercial.
Mr. and Mrs. Meza, former
Holiday on Ice stars, also ar
ranged for the costumes.
The “termites” are dressed in
white from head to toe, and
have their faces painted white
for a total affect. They gallop
through the tunnel, simulating
termites at work in a house.
The Kinro Advertising
Agency in Atlanta is handling
the production with Bill Powell,
creative director, in charge.
The agency is a division of
Rollins Inc.
Hogan, in his 16 years as a
professional actor, has played
many roles, but this is his first
time as a termite.
“I’m having a great time
working with these fellows from
Georgia State,” the transplant
ed New Yorker who makes his
home in Los Angeles, said.
He runs through the tunnel
Mr. and Mrs. Meza built to
simulate a termite on a ram
page. Today an actress from
Atlanta was to come to the stu
dio. She was to play the part of
the “queen termite”.
As far as Mr. and Mrs. Meza
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“You don’t have faith in
anything which it isn’t pos
sible to doubt.”
Copyright 1970, by Frank A. Clark
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY 73,
low today 51, high yesterday 72,
low yesterday 41. Sunrise to
morrow 7:08, sunset tomorrow
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know, this is the first time a
television commercial has been
shot in the Griffin-Spalding
area.
After the commercial is shot,
they will have to dismantle the
tunnel and other props to make
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Angry Whites
Topple Buses
By United Press International
An angry white mob turned
over two school buses loaded
with Negro children at a newly
desegregated school at Lamar,
S.C., today and attacked law
enforcement officers with ax
handles, chains and bricks.
A force of South Carolina
Highway Patrolmen battled
the whites with nightsticks
before dispersing them with
tear gas. Authorities said the
mob of about 150 white men
and women tried to attack
Negro children getting off the
buses, but police managed to
keep the students from being
beaten.
The violence was the worst
reported in the South since the
region began complying in
January with federal court
orders for total desegregation.
Darlington County, which in
cludes Lamar, was the second
South Carolina county placed
under such an order.
An aide to Gov. Robert E.
McNair said the governor was
considering calling out the
National Guard to protect the
school, Lamar High. The
school, meanwhile, was ordered
closed and McNair said it
would stay closed until “action
is taken to restore order and
calm in the area.”
The governor’s office said the
mob attacked law enforcement
officers with “chains, spikes,
bricks, ax handles and rocks.”
The governor’s office said there
was a report that a shot was
fired into the air by one
member of the mob but no one
was hit.
“Several injuries were inflict
ed upon the officers,'students
and those participating in the
confrontation,” McNair’s office
said. It added that the officers
reportedly “had to draw
weapons to defend themselves,
but no shots were fired.”
Lamar, a cotton and tobacco
growing center in the eastern
section of South Carolina, had
been the scene of white student
boycotts for weeks. About 300
blacks recently enrolled at
formerly all-white Lamar High,
but none of 130 whites complied
with court orders for their
transfer to an all-black school.
space for work on other stage
props.
Hogan said he was in Tahiti
this summer to shoot a “pilot”
television series but he said
ABC-TV turned it down.
Hogan has been featured in
Pre-School
Roundups
Here Tomorrow
The Griffin-Spalding School
System today reminded parents
of children who will enter the
first grade next fall to register
them tomorrow.
Parents have been asked to
register their children at the
elementary school in their zone.
Students in the Jackson road
school, still under construction,
will register at East Griffin.
Registration will be from 9
a.m. till 3 p.m.
Parents were reminded birth
certificates for children enter
ing school are required for re
gistration. The system en
couraged parents to bring
immunization certificates, too,
if they have them. But they are
not required for registration.
However, the immunization
certificates are required for en
tering school in the fall.
No New Leads
In Slaying
The Griffin Police Depart
ment said this morning that
there were no new develop
ments in the slaying of 20-year
old Mrs. Margaret Ann Shock
ley.
College Park officers were
back in Griffin today continuing
their work with local lawmen in
checking out every possible
lead.
Police have asked that any
person who was in the Handy
Andy Store at Riegel’s curve,
after 9:30 on Wednesday
night, Feb. 25, the night Mrs.
Shockley disappeared, to come
by the Police Department and
talk with them. All information
will be kept confidential. Police
said that any information, re
gardless of how small, may help
in their investigation.
Mrs. Shockley’s body was
found on the floor of an aban
doned warehouse in College
Park Friday morning. She had
been stabbed in the neck.
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Education
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many types of commercials for
television, too.
After this one is done, he’ll be
looking for work again.
“Actors spend half their lives
looking for work” quipped the
affable termite.
Commissioners
Await Bill
From State
Spalding County Commiss
ioners indicated today they
hope to hold referendums on
fire districts during the sum
mer, before the county tax rates
are set this fall.
The commissioners are wait
ing for the document from the
state capitol, paving the way for
the fire district proposal.
It was passed by both houses
on the General Assembly and
sent to Gov. Lester Maddox for
his signature.
Until the document is receiv
ed here, the commissioners said
they cannot put it in force.
But they indicated they would
begin doing some preliminary
planning on setting up fire dis
tricts for referendums.
If voters in the districts ap
prove, then the county will be
authorized to levy a tax for fire
protection in that zone.
Commissioner Jack Moss
said he thought three districts
would be drawn up at first and
more added, if needed.
Commissioner David Elder
said the referendums should be
held this summer as quickly as
possible to get this voting out of
the way before the state and lo
cal primaries are held in
September.
Chairman Z. L. Wilson
agreed, saying that some pre
liminary study of possible dis
tricts would begin as soon as
possible.
The commissioners plan to
consult with the Dundee Vol
un teer Fire Department about a
contract to cover some area.
The county has indicated all
along that it does not intend to
go into the fire protection busi
ness at this time. It will contract,
with such units as Dundee for
the service at present.
The commissioners want to
get the referendums settled be
fore the county tax rates are set
this fall. Should voters in some
of the districts approve a levy
for fire protection, the com
missioners want to get them on
the tax books this fall.