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By Quimby Melton
’ • Forty five years ago when it
became graduating day for the
Senior Class of 1925, Good
Evening who had moved to
’ * Griffin in February of that year
to publish the Griffin Daily
News, wished every member of
a the class the best of luck, genu
ine happiness, good health anc
success in whatever field of life
they chose.
, • In 1925 there was but one high
school. Today there are two,
Griffin High School and Fair
mont High School. Both are 12-
»• grade schools and both are ac
credited.
There were 55 members of the
senior class at GHS in 1925; to
r* day there are 455 seniors in the
two high schools; 348 at Griffin
High, 107 at Fairmont High.
Every year since moving here
’* Good Evening has wished each
senior class the same “best
wishes” as he did in 1925 and
this year we once again do so.
Believe it might be of interest
if we write about that senior
class of 1925. Fortunately our
•• friend Preston Bunn, has a copy
of the 1925 “Spotlight” the
school's annual. Preston was
one of those who graduated.
Mary Alice Beck was editor of
the Spotlight, Ethel McLeroy
was associate editor, and R. P.
(Bob) Shapard was busi
ness manager. Phinazee Griffin
was president of the senior class
and Katherine Weaver vice
»• president.
J. R. Byrd was principal of
the school; and two of the teach
t era were Ernest C. Hulsey, head
* of the mathematics depart
ment, and Miss Mariwill Hanes,
who taught in his department.
, Mr. Hulsey later was with the
Dundee Mills for many years
and Miss Hanes for many years
has been Mrs. Hulsey.
‘‘ Another member was Miss
Amelia Walker, who taught his
tory and science. Miss Walker is
, now Mrs. Anderson, and is a
* former county school super
intendent and assistant prin
cipal of GHS.
Pictures of 1925 seniors show
a handsome bunch of young
men and a bevy of beautiful
girls. Os course the styles of that
day and time were quite differ
ent from those of today and
some of the younger generation
> might smile, some even laugh
ing out loud.
And as is usual in high school
/ every member of the senior
class had a nickname. Wonder
how many can identify them
“Shiek”, “Tater”, “Turk,” or
‘ “Rudy” among the boys; and
“Lovie”, “Abie”, “Rosa Bell”,
“Kay”, “Romance”, or
“Wheezy” among the girls?
Times have changed in the
past 45 years and the 1970
graduates face a muchly chang
” ed world. 1925 was the middle of
the “Roaring Twenties”; it was
a wild, wild time for many.
4 Those were the days when ‘ ‘mak
ing whoopee”, dancing the
Charleston and the Bunny Hug,
playing the stockmarket, and
, “getting rich in Florida” were
at their zenith. This was the
time when a Broadway star
sang with abandon “I Don’t
'» Care” and this seemed to be the
theme song of the day.
Graduates of 1970 face condi-
* tions very similar to those faced
by the graduates of 1925. If
there is a difference it is we
hear more of what’s going on
» over the world, and the young
people seem more concerned
and worried than their parents
or grandparents who graduated
* 45 years ago.
Those young people who see
ing the things that are wrong
t with our society; conditions that
can be bettered; and realizing
the importance of making this
land of ours a better land are in
> Good Evening’s opinion “the
hope of the world.”
Ninety-eight percent of our
young people, we believe, in
* fact we are confident, are de
cent, compassionate, deter
mined and anxious to make this
nation a better one in which to
* live, to work, to rear our child
ren and to worship the One and
Only True God.
| Heart Attack Center Saves Lives |
The intensive care center for
coronary patients at the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital has had more
patients than anticipated, ac
cording to Carl Ridley, ad
ministrator of the hospital.
The facility opened Sept. 16,
1969 and since than it has had
118 pateints. Their stays have
ranged from 40 minutes to
seven days.
Mr. Ridley said that records
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V Signs For Wallace
Wallace Wins
Alabama Election
By LAWRENCE C. FALK
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI)-
George C. Wallace, again a fac
tor in presidential politics, had
a mandate from the white peo
ple of Alabama today to return
as their governor—but the man
he beat asked if it was worth
the price.
Gov. Albert P. Brewer, con
ceding Wallace had won Tues
day’s Democratic primary run
off for governor, declared he
was beaten by “the race issue
and a hate campaign.”
“I agree that there is a price
to pay, but I’d rather not do it
with the race issue,” Brewer
said. “We didn’t run that type
of campaign.”
Brewer, 41, who had led Wal
lace by 11,000 votes in the first
primary May 5, pegged his
runoff campaign on such prom
ises as civil peace, industrial
development and a reduction in
the price of license plates for
pickup trucks.
Wallace, 50, who had said lit
tle about race before the first
primary, repeatedly charged
the past four weeks that Brew
er was the favorite of the
“black bloc vote.” If Brewer
won, he said, Alabama politics
would be dominated by Negroes
for the next 50 years.
Wallace told 1,000 cheering
supporters that his runoff vic
tory means “Alabama still
keeps her place in the sun and
will be heard all over the coun
try.”
The former governor, who
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show 109 of the total admitted to
the care center survived heart
• attacks.
“We feel sure that without
this special intensive care for
heart attack victims, many of
this group would have not sur
vived,” Mr. Ridley said.
Most of the patients in the
center who died were in ad
vanced years or had other
physical conditions that con-
won 45 electoral votes in his
1968 third party bid for the
presidency, emerged from the
primary in solid shape for an
other run at the White House.
Since the GOP is offering no
candidate for governor, Wal
lace’s election to a second term
is assured and he thus will have
a base of power from which he
can accelerate his third party
movement and dampen Presi
dent Nixon’s chances of sweep
ing the South in 1972.
Conceivably this could force
the next presidential election in
to the House of Representatives
with Wallace seeking favors for
die South from the candidates
Black Leaders Here Agree
With CP On Equal Ratios
Some Hack community lead
ers here this week agreed that
members of the Concerned
Parents group may have a
legitimate point in requesting
that all schools in the Griffin-
Spalding System have an equal
white-Nack ratio.
This is one of the points the
CP group has stressed since it
was formed. The system has a
70 percent white, 30 percent
Hack enrollment and the CP
group believes the 70-30 ratio
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, June 3, 1970
tributed to the severity of their
heart condition, Mr. Ridley
said.
As an example, one man
developed pneumonia, he said.
“Since we have not been open
a year, we have not had time to
second guess on peak months.
May has been one of the lowest
occupancy months,” Mr. Ridley
continued.
“We have only one patient
of the major parties.
“If he had lost here it would
have killed off the American In
dependent Party,” /observed
Maurice R. Horrigan Jr., a
lawyer from Quincy, Mass.,
who came to Alabama this
week to root for Wallace. “We
have got to have a force, and
Governor Wallace is that
force.”
In the race for lieutenant gov
ernor, Jere L. Beasley, a politi
cal “unknown” but a Wallace
supporter, was swept into office
over State Sen. Hugh Morrow
111, a 12-year legislative veter
an. Beasley, who is from Wal
lace’s hometown of Clayton, got
57 per cent of the vote.
should be the same to each
school
Some schools next year will
have up to as high as 80 percent
white while others will have up
to 70 percent black.
Four black community lead
ers attended a meeting of the
CP group this week to exchange
views on the matter.
Raymond Head, Otis Head, A.
C. Touchstone, and Glen Reid
represented the black commun
ity.
now but who knows what may
happen tomorrow?” he asked.
“Whenever it does happen -
and it will - we will be ready to
serve our community’s health
needs,” Mr. Ridley said.
He talked with two nurses on
different shifts at the hospital
about the operation of the
facility to get their ideas.
One told him that the unit was
“too quiet.” It was her way of
Courthouse Panel
Defers Its Report
Group To Await
Joint Study
A Spalding County Grand
Jury committee which has been
studying what should be done
about the Spalding courthouse
building said today it would de
fer to a joint city-county com
mittee looking into the feasibil
ity of a city-county municipal
building.
The two committees overlap
somewhat as to purpose and
membership, the Grand Jury
Committee said.
The one exception, the grand
jury committee said, was that it
would recommend the county
prepare to install as soon as
possible a new roof on the court
house. The committee estimat
ed the cost at $25,000.
Morgan Harville, Griffin in-
Blacks Plan
‘Takeover’
In Jackson
JACKSON,Ga.( UPI)-Blacks
have announced plans to open
a political action movement in
this city hit by rampaging Ne
groes on May 24.
“We are going to do a politi
cal takeover of Jackson, Geor
gia,” said Benjamin Clarke, a
field worker with the Southern
Christian Leadership Confer
ence. “We are going to run can
didates for every political office
from sheriff to dog catcher.”
Clarke said the decision to
launch a political action cam
paign stems from the May dis
turbance in which Negroes
smashed windows and attempt
ed to set fires to business es
tablishments.
“In their confusion and frus
tration, they decided to deal
violently with the white com
munity,” Clarke said. “We are
going to try to deal with the
idea that a riot is not the an
swer but constructive program
ming is.”
A Jackson chapter of the
SCLC has been chartered with
Ronnie Bell, an insurance a
gent, named as the chapter’s
president.
Raymond Head conceded that
the CP request for an equal
white-black ratio in every
school has some merit. But he
said efforts to achieve this
should be through peaceful
channels and should not be dis
ruptive.
Mr. Head said he thought the
Griffin-Spalding Board of Edu
cation should be given an oppor
tunity to work out the matter.
He said the board might see
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surance man, is chairman of the
Grand Jury Committee. Other
members are Kimsey Stewart,
Jerry Savage, Warren Scoville,
Frank Jolly, Zack Wilson,
David Elder and Jack Moss.
They issued this statement to
day:
“We, the Grand Jury Com
mittee, appointed by the Octo
ber 1969 term of Superior Court
of Spalding County for the pur
pose of investigating the physi
cal condition of the courthouse,
hereby make the following re
commendations relating
thereto.
“Inasmuch as a joint City-
County Committee has been
named, subsequent to our ap
pointment, concerning this and
related matters, we wish to de
fer to this joint committee on
making specific recommenda
tions. The two committees over
lap somewhat as to purpose and
membership.
“There is one exception to
this position, however. We do
recommend that the county
prepare as soon as possible to
install a new roof on the court
house and it is estimated the
cost will be approximately
$25,000.00.”
City Commissioners asked
the Spalding County Com
missioners several weeks ago
about the possibility of a joint
municipal building to house
both governments.
The two boards of com
missioners agreed to appoint a
committee to look into the
possibility of building such a
facility.
The City Commissioners ap
pointed Frank Jolly and Warren
Scoville, both Griffin bankers.
The County Commissioners ap
pointed Billy Wesley, farm eq
uipment dealer; and Otis Blake,
building supply and real estate
man. The four elected Herbert
Bolton, Griffin hardware deal
er, as the fifth member.
This group may have a report
in two weeks, a spokesman for
the group said.
Fairmont
Graduates
Tonight
Graduation exercises will be
held tonight for Fairmont High
School seniors in the school
auditorium beginning at 8
o’clock.
The Rev. W. D. Johnson,
presiding elder of the Griffin
District of AME Churches, will
be the speaker. Shirley Cope
land, valedictorian, will in
troduce him.
The Rev. O. H. Stinson, pastor
of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, will
give the invocation and
benediction. C. W. Daniels,
principal, will present the
candidates for graduation. C. T.
Parker, chairman of the
Griffin-Spalding Board of
Education, will present
diplomas.
complimenting the center.
The other told Mr. Ridley she
had worked in other hospitals
with such centers and that the
one in the Griffin-Spalding
Hospital was the best she had
seen.
The intensive care center cost
some 127,000.
It has room for four patients.
Mr. Ridley said that only
once had the center had four
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William Lanier was in Griffin yesterday to campaign for
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture. The resident of Cand
ler County has served as president of the Georgia Farm Bur
eau. He served in the Georgia General Assembly for six
consecutive terms and was chairman of the House Agricul
ture Committee.
Methodists Vote
Against Merger
SAVANNAH, Ga. (UPI) -The
South Georgia United Methodist
Conference for the second time
in two years has refused to
merge with black Methodists in
the state.
The all - white conference
turned down the proposal here
Tuesday by a vote of 354-313.
The action left Georgia as
one of eight states which has
not integrated its Methodist
churches and what action might
follow as a result was not im
mediately announced.
Bishop John Owen Smith of
Atlanta, who advocated the
merger, presided over the an
nual convention which drew
“More people are eager to
reform the world than are
willing to change them
selves.”
Copyright two, by Frink A. Chirk
Vacation 70
A special full color supplement entitled “Vacation 70” will
be included in tomorrow’s Griffin Daily News. It will feature
many of Georgia’s top tourists attractions.
Watch for it.
Inside Tip
Primaries
See Page 16
patients at the same time. He
said a fifth person came in and
the hospital brought out its
portable equipment to care for
him.
He believes that the four-bed
center is adequate for this area
at the present.
Several civic and fraternal
organizations joined in helping
to finance the intensive care
center.
heated debate lasting almost
three hours. The merger would
have united the white North
and South Georgia United Meth
odist Conferences with the all
black Georgia United Methodist
Conference.
After the secret ballot, Dr.
Zach Henderson of Statesboro,
former president of Georgia
Southern College, said he be
lieved merger now would be
left up to the General Confer
ence, the church’s international
governing body.
Both the North Georgia Unit
ed Methodist Conference and
the Georgia United Methodist
Conference had previously ap
proved the merger in separate
conventions. The action of the
South Georgia United Metho
dist Conference blocks any fur
ther integration efforts by the
other two conferences, a spokes
man said.
Opposition at this year’s con
ference appeared to dwell on
the merger in general. The
move had failed last year on
specific points in the plan.
In other actions Tuesday, the
convention voted a S4OO annual
pay increase for ministers on
a minimum salary schedule.
Starting July 1, every full time
minister will be guaranteed an
annual salary of at least $5,600
plus housing and from SIOO to
S3OO for each dependent.