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By Quimby Melton
Jean Yates, a resident of the
Birdie Community, is Griffin’s
Man of the Year for 1969.
* Mr. Yates who has taken an
active interest in the program
■ to help Retarded Children was
selected from a group of people
’nominated for the honor at a
final meeting of the selection
committee Wednesday; an
nouncement of his choice was
made at a press conference this
morning by Warren Scoville,
president of the Exchange Club
» of Griffin, the organization that
sponsors the Man of the Year
event
Jean Yates, a native of Spald
> ing County, was educated in the
Spalding County schools,
graduating from Spalding High.
He then attended Georgia Tech
’ and graduated there. He has
been with Dundee Mills for
many years and is superinten
dent of Plants Two and Five in
‘ East Griffin.
His work with Retarded
Children has brought him local,
, state and national recognition.
He has been president of the
Griffin Area Chapter, of the
Georgia Chapter and on the
aboard of directors of the Na
tional Chapter.
Mr. Yates will be officially
awarded the Man of the Year
'title at a meeting of the Ex
change Club on March 24.
Good Evening congratulates
Mr. Yates on his latest recogni
’ tion of his fine work with Re
tarded Children.
Newspapers, magazines, the
radio and T-V are devoting
much space and time to warn
ing readers and listeners to the
danger one will run if they do
not take proper precautions
when they witness the total
eclipse of the sun that will take
? place Saturday.
It is a scientific fact that the
sun is a huge ball of nuclear fire
that spews out many different
rays of energy; cosmic rays,
gamma rays, X-rays, and
radiation such as infrared and
ultraviolet. The sun of course
sends out rays of heat that
warm the earth and light that
illuminates the world, dividing
, the day from the night.
Some of the rays from the sun
are beneficial but some of them
are extremely dangerous.
Warnings have been issued by
scientists and by organizations
interested in improving and
preserving the vision of man,
>that one should not, under any
circumatance “take a chance”
noteven “one little peek” at the
sun in eclipse unless they follow
’every precaution and safe
guard. One organization has
issued a statement that if one
> should look directly at the
eclipse, even for a split second,
with the naked eye or through a
telescopic lense a lethal ray
i from the sun will ‘ ‘hard fry” the
eye like an egg and will damage
the brain.
Good Evening has not warned
»against carelessness in viewing
the eclipse just to frighten
people. There is enough going
on in the world that frightens
' people and we certainly need
nothing more to do so; He has
done so in hopes that all will act
most sensibly all during the
’ time of the eclipse, from the
time it begins until the time “all
clear” comes.
I t One does, not have to look at
the eclipse to know it’s here.
One can turn his back on the sun
and see the same thing — dark-
I > ness. The same darkness one
sees if they take a chance and
look at the sun hiding behind the
moon.
I » That’s what this old timer
plans to do.
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LONDON (UPl)—The British
Foreign Office has warned
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wearing a wig they had better
wear it when entering or
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“Passport control officers
would be within their rights if
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S.C. Rounds Up
Bus Suspects
LAMAR, S.C. (UPI)-State
and local authorities, under the
prodding of Gov. Robert E.
McNair and White House
publicity, today rounded up
suspected members of a white
mob that attacked school buses
carrying Negro students.
Warrents were issued for 30
men on riot charges in
Tuesday’s violence and by early
today 15 have been booked in
the Darlington County Jail. One
was hauled in still wearing
pajamas.
Arraignment was scheduled
later today.
The riot charges grew out of
mob action Tuesday morning
when some 200 whites near
Lamar High School attacked
three school buses with ax
handles, clubs and chains.
Windows were broken and two
buses were overturned before
police with tear gas and
nightsticks beat back the
crowd.
The 39 Negro students on the
buses were rescued.
Stepped-up integration pro
grams in the South have led to
renewed resistance, but most of
it has been confined to court
and legislative action. The
Lamar riot has been the only
serious outbreak of violence.
At Montgomery, Gov. Albert
■ Brewer signed Alabama’s free
dom of choice bill Wednesday.
Loan Okayed
For Central
Electric Unit
The U. S. Department of Ag
riculture, Rural Electrification
Administration, has approved a
11,350,000 loan to the Central
Georgia Electric Membership
Cooperation to finance system
wide improvements.
Among improvements will be
the construction of a new head
quarters building in Jackson.
Other improvements include
four miles of new tie lines, con
version of 14 miles of existing
line and related facilities, and
installation of two new points of
wholesale power delivery.
The loan was announced to
day by Sen. Herman Talmadge.
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low today 53, high yesterday 66,
low yesterday 54 v Sunrise
tomorrow 7:04, sunset
tomorrow 6:34.
The bill was passed during a
special session of the legisla
ture and is designed to prevent
Alabama school children from
being forced to attend schools
other than those they chose.
A similar law in Georgia
failed to last two days before a
federal judge ruled it invalid.
At Jackson, Tenn., a citizens
group planned to file suit in
federal court in an effort to
preserve so-called freedom of
choice attendance in the
Madison County school system.
The county’s schools are closed
but are scheduled to reopen
Monday under a zone atten
dance rule.
The Mississippi House of
Representatives Wednesday ap
proved a reduced $126.6 million
appropriation for public schools
because of a “shift in student
population” to private schools
from increased school desegre
gation.
At the same time, the
legislators gave overwhelming
approval to a measure allowing
state tax credits for donations
to education.
At Lowndesboro, Ala., a
private school athletic associa
tion was formed to accommo
date the growing number of
private schools in the state. A
spokesman said 30 private
schools with varsity sports
joined the association.
Better Overcome That
Urge To Gaze At Sun
H.D. QUIGG
NEW YORK (UPI)-The
sun’s deadly eye can put a
celestrial whammy on yours
that will leave your vision
crippled for life. Don’t look at
the eclipse.
That is the warning issued by
many eye experts. They are
talking about the danger of
blindness for those who are
overcome with awe or eager
ness during Saturday’s total or
partial eclipse of the sun over
North America. So overcome
that they gaze directly at it.
“The sun,” wrote Lucretius
in 45 8.C., while laboring
another point, “will blind you if
you persist in gazing at it.”
The modem eye expert might
add to that: “Or even a sliver
of it”
Watch it on television, or use
recommended methods of in
direct viewing. Direct viewing
can result in painless, irreversi
ble retinal damage, even
blindness. This includes peering
at the sun through camera
view-finders, binoculars, tele
scopes, tinted glasses, pin holes
and other commonly used
means.
Presents Pertinent Points
The National Science Founda
tion presents these points from
Griffin, Georgia 30223, Thursday, March 5, 1970
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Dr. Guy Woodroof of the Bar
nett-Harris Post, American Le
gion, presents medal to Pam
Marquis, Griffin High senior,
for winning the Sixth District
American Legion Oratorical
Contest. It was held in Thomas-
the American Association of
Ophthalmology and the Nation
al Society for the Prevention of
Blindness:
1. Damage to the eyes from
eclipse-watching involves burn
ing the regina of the eyes.
2. You can’t tell the damage
is taking place because the
retina is insensitive to pain.
3. The damage produces a
blank spot in your field of
vision—at the vital area used
for reading and fine seeing.
4. The damage is permanent
—incurable.
5. No sunglasses, smoked
glass, or photographic film are
absolutely safe. Though they
may eliminate the glare, they
do not block infrared rays that
can also cause damaging eye
burns.
Can “See” Without Watching
The Opthalmology Association
has said: “You can ‘see’ the
eclipse better by not watching
it.
For this, you take two pieces
of white cardboard and make a
pinhole or pencil hole in the top
one. Turn your back to the sun
and let the image of the eclipse
be projected through the hole
onto the second cardboard. The
size of the image may be
changed by altering distance
Yates Man Os Year
Jean Yates who has been a
volunteer worker in mental re
tardation programs here for 15
years has been selected as
Griffin’s Man of the Year for
1969.
Warren Scoville, president of
the Griffin Exchange Club,
made the announcement today.
The club sponsors the annual
award.
Mr. Yates, a native of Griffin,
will be honored at the March 24
meeting of Exchange. He will
be presented the Exchange
Book of Golden Deeds and a
statuette.
A graduate of Georgia Tech
and Spalding High School, the
Man of the Year is superinten
dent of Dundee Mills Number
Two and Five.
He joined the Dundee or
ganization in 1950 after gradua
tion from the A. French Textile
ton. She became eligible for the
area contest in Macon March
15. Area winners will go to state
finals which will be held at
Griffin High this year March 23.
Miss Marquis represented the
Griffin Post last year.
between cardboards.
“Do not look at the sun
through the pinhole,” they
warn.
“Another indirect technique,”
Hayden Planetarium says, “is
to point the large end of
binoculars or telescope toward
the sun, focusing the solar
image on a sheet of white
paper or cardboard held a foot
or two from the eyepiece.'
“If you want your son to
succeed, don’t fire him with
ambition — but with a con
science which won’t allow
him to shirk.”
Copyright 1970, by Frank A. Clark
Vol. 97 No. 53
School at Georgia Tech. He has
been with the Griffin textile or
ganization since.
He served in Europe during
World War Two.
The father of two daughters,
he and his wife, the former Ruth
Hunter, have been active in or
ganizations working with men
tally retarded children in this
community. Their two daugh
ters are Kathy and Becky.
Mr. Yates has been president
of the Griffin Area Chapter for
Retarded Children. He is a past
president and first vice presi
dent of the Georgia Association
for Retarded Children. He
served on the board of directors
of the National Association for
Retarded Children. He is a past
committee member of the local,
state and national committees
for the national organization.
The Birdie Community re
sident served as a member of
Warden Stabbed
With Pencil
MILLEDGEVILLE,Ga. (UPI)
—The warden of the State Wo
men’s Prison was stabbed in the
back with a pencil and a
matron held hostage Wednesday
night in a disturbance at the
prison dining hall.
The warden, Edward Perkins,
received only a superficial
wound, according to prison au
thorities. The hostage, Mrs.
Donnie Linzey, was released un
harmed about an hour and a
half after the disturbance
started.
Authorities said the trouble
subsided after about two hours
and the 269 women prisoners
returned peacefully to their
dormitories.
The women’s prison is located
on the grounds of Central State
Hospital, the state’s principal
mental institution.
Ray Brown, public relations
director for the hospital, said
the disturbance started early’
Wednesday night during the eve
ning meal.
“There didn’t seem to be any
particular reason for it,” Brown
said. “It seemed to be a spon
taneous sort of thing.”
Brown said the stabbing oc
curred in a hallway leading to
the dining room.
“The warden was talking to
one of the girls. There was
some question about dresses
that she had laundered. While
they were talking, another girl
stabbed him in the back.”
The pencil broke off in the
warden’s back and had to be
removed by a doctor.
About 10 other women pris
oners joined in an ensuring
hassle, Brown said. Matrons
locked all the prisoners in the
dining hall, along with four
other matrons. All the matrons
were released, however, except
Mrs. Linzey, who was set free
unharmed when the disturbance
subsided.
Brown said the chief matron,
Mrs. Irene Ennis, managed to
calm the inmates and they re
turned peacefully to their dor
mitories.
Brown said there was
no major damage to the build
ing.
According to Brown, the wo
men prisoners work “all over”
Central State Hospital perform
ing various kinds of services.
“They seem to be well ac
cepted by the patients,” he said.
“I’ve been here 10 years and
can’t remember any trouble
with them.”
the Technical and Scientific Ad
visory Committee for the Men
tal Retardation Planning Pro
gram for the Georgia Depart
ment of Public Health.
He is a past vice president of
the Griffin-Spalding Mental
Health Association.
Mr. Yates has been a member
of the Griffin Jaycees and the
American Business Club,
Griffin Chapter, of which he
was treasurer.
He served three years as
county chairman of United
Fund. In 1969 he was chairman
of the Industrial Division of
United Fund which raised 60
.percent of the entire United
Fund goal.
Mr. Yates has been vice
president of the Beaverbrook
PTA and is past chairman of the
Troop Committee of Troop
Nine.
A Methodist, he is a member
2 Women On Trial
On Spy Charges
BONN (UPI)—Two inconspi
cuous ladies —just faces in the
crowd —turned to one another
as the galaxy of ceiling lights
dimmed in the Bonn Theater
and the ballet overture swelled.
Their immediate business
was more important than what
was happening on stage.
Irene Schultz, 51, removed
from her purse two secret
documents filched or copies
that day while at her job as
confidential secretary to the
West German minister of
science, her boss since 1965.
She passed them to Liane
Lindner, 42, who put them in
her own purse. Then they
concentrated on the graceful
scene before them in the 900-
seat capacity house.
This was the account given
Wednesday by the West Ger
man federal prosecutor,
Ludwig Martin, who has
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of the Pomona United Methodist
Church, where he has been ac
tive in many phases of the
church’s programs. He has
been a Sunday School teacher
and served as chairman of the
building committee as well as
treasurer for the committee.
Mr. Yates is on the executive
committee of the Textile
Operating Executives of
Georgia.
He continues to serve the
Griffin Area Chapter for Re
tarded Children as well as state
and national organizations in
this field.
He is a member of the board
of directors of Griffin-Spalding
Boys Club and the Chamber of
Commerce.
This year he was awarded the
Griffin-Spalding Jaycettes an
nual award for outstanding en
deavors in the field of mental
retardation.
charged the two women with
being spies for Communist East
Germany.
According to Martin, Mrs.
Schultz used most of these
evenings to deliver secret
documents that Mrs. Lindner
later copied and sent to her
boss in East Berlin.
Martin told newsmen the two
women were arrested the night
of Feb. 26 in Bonn’s railway
station, about 50 minutes from
the final curtain of the last
ballet performance of the
capital’s current season.
Mrs. Lindner’s purse was
said to have contained a
transcript of the cabinet
meeting Feb. 18 at which
Chancellor Willy Brandt decid
ed to accept an offer to meet
East German Premier Willie
Stoph in East Berlin.