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By Quimby Melton
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This week’s International
, Sunday School Lesson is on
Faith, a most important
ingredient in a Christian’s
belief. Here are a few hymns
• that will strengthen our Faith.
“Faith of Our Fathers,” by
Frederick W. Faber (1814-1863).
We suggested this as the theme
song for this week’s Sunday
School lesson.
“My Faith Looks Up to
, Thee,” by Ray Palmer (1808-
1887).
“Have Faith in God”, by B. B.
McKinney (1886-1952).
* “My Jesus, As Thou Wilt”, by
Benjamin Schmlok (1672-1737).
“Faith is the Victory”, by
John H. Yates (1837-1900).
And that beloved hymn
“Blessed Assurance Jesus is
Mine” by Fanny Crosby (1820-
• 1915).
And though she is not as well
known as Fanny Crosby, Eliza
Hewitt (1851-1920) has written a
’ hymn that describes the Chris
tian who has complete faith in
God. This hymn is “There is
> Sunshine in My Soul.”
The refrain of this hymn is:
O there’s sunshine, blessed
sunshine,
' When the peaceful, happy
moments roll;
When Jesus shows His smiling
face,
* There is sunshine in
my soul.
’ Guard
. camp
all set
Griffin National Guardsmen
will leave this weekend for Ft.
Stewart, Ga., for their annual
* two-week summer training.
Some sections of the unit left
this morning for the camp and
t others will follow later this
weekend.
Griffin and Newnan guards
men are in Troop C, Ist Batta
* lion, 196th Cavalry.
While at Ft. Stewart, the
Griffin guardsmen will go on
field missions and work under
' combat conditions during the
two-week training period.
Griffin mail
• going regional
anytime now
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The Griffin Post Office is ex
pecting to go into the Area
• Postal setup most any day now,
according to Postmaster Ed
Dye.
Under the new setup, only
mail dropped into the local slots
at the downtown office will be
4 sorted and delivered locally.
The rest will be bundled and
sent to Atlanta for regional sort
ing.
*
That mail sent to Atlanta to be
handled under the new regional
setup will not have a city post
* mark on it. It will be cancelled
only “U. S. Postal Service.” Be
fore the regional sorting system
was developed, mail had the
* town cancelled stamped on it
People dropping mail into the
downtown office shutes will
< have to be careful about getting
it in the proper shute. Other
wise, local mail dropped into an
out of town shute will go to
* Atlanta for sorting and return
here, Mr. Dye explained.
The Postal Service is in the
, process of converting to the new
system now. Henry County al
ready has the service.
Griffin could get notice to be
« gin it anytime, Mr. Dye said.
He said the new system will
make it absolutely necessary
for a person to put Griffin, Ga.
* 30223 on all local mail.
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Blast scene. (UPI)
Eyewitness to blast
WACO, Ga. (UPI) - “It
sounded about like a blockbust
er bomb. I was in World War
II and it reminded me of that
action.”
Ivey Chandler, in his mid-50’s
and superintendent of the near
by Bremen water works, was
sitting in his yard with his wife
Friday night when a small car
and a truck hauling dynamite
collided down the highway from
his house.
Chandler was only slightly in
jured. His wife was not hurt.
The windows and doors of their
house were blown out and the
foundation was cracked.
“I was sitting in my front
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Home 100 yards away from blast demolished. (UPI)
DAILY
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5 killed, 35 injured
in blast at Waco, Ga.
yard and heard a calamiment.
All I saw was a blaze of fire
and I took off running down
there. The tractor-trailer was in
flames. I was right on my way
up to it when I heard someone
holler ‘dynamite’ and I started
running the other way and I
got far enough away to save
my life, I guess.
“It just literally blew me
dowa I turned to look and the
truck was coming apart. I
started to go for the ground and
it just pushed me on down the
road.
“I laid there for a few min
utes and pieces started to fall.
I looked around and it looked
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like it just swept everything
away. I had seen a Volkswagen
come up just before the wreck
and I believe it just blew up with
the explsion.”
J. D. Palmer, an ambulance
driver, was standing with
Cleave Heath, a wrecker driver,
when he heard the shout of
“dynamite.”
“You better get back, Cleave,
that truck has dynamite on it,
Palmer told his companion.
Palmer moved away and then
remembers only a “blinding
flash” which caved in the side
of his ambulance. Heath was
killed in the blast.
NEWS
WACO, Ga. (UPI)-A small
foreign car collided with a
trailer truck hauling 20,000
pounds of dynamite and low
grade explosives Friday night,
sparking a “blockbuster bomb”
blast that swept away specta
tors, cars and nearby houses.
Five persons were killed and at
least 35 others injured.
Highway patrolmen threw a
protective ring around a 100-
foot wide by 20-foot deep crater
in U.S. Highway 78 until Army
demolition teams could clear
the area by daylight.
The explosion severed the
two-lane, blacktop road, the
main thoroughfare from
Atlanta to Birmingham, Ala.,
and touched off woods fires for a
quarter-mile. The shock wave
collapsed the roof of a school
gymnasium where 200 persons
were attending a gospel song
fest.
The truck driver, A. W.
Fielding, 50, of Birmingham,
foresaw a possible disaster
when flames erupted after the
collision of the Volkswagen with
his truck shortly after 8 p.m.
EDT. “Get back, there are
explosives on the truck, they
may go off,” he screamed at
persons who began to crowd
around the wreck. Some
onlookers heeded the warning
and survived the explosion that
came several minutes later.
The truck, owned by the
Baggett Trucking Co. of Bir
mingham, was carrying 10,000
pounds of dynamite and 10,000
pounds of a low-grade explosive
called “slurry” from Birming
ham to a granite quarry in
North Carolina.
Fire set off dynamite caps
which ignited the explosives.
“It just blew down the
onlookers,” said Deputy Sheriff
Gene Kirk. “And the biggest
part of the truck I could find
was a wheel.”
The Volkswagen disintegrated
along with its driver, Talmadge
L. “Skinny” Adams of Waco.
Also killed were two volun
teer firemen, David L Smith of
nearby Bremen and Doyal T.
Bell, 31, of Waco; a wrecker
driver, Cleve Heath, 46, of
Bremen; and Troy F. Allen, 24,
of Waco.
Cars were blown off the
road like crumpled toys.
Several nearby houses were
demolished. Trees were
snapped like broken toothpicks.
Vol. 99 No. 133
T axpay ers League
declares existence
The Spalding County Taxpay
ers League chairman and
secretary today defended their
organization as one formed “to
encourage economy in govern
ment and to look after the in
terest of the overburdened
advalorem tax payer.”
In a separate development,
former City Commissioner Carl
Pruett endorsed both the junior
college and water bond issues to
be voted on here June 8.
Several other citizens ex
pressed their views on the up
coming bond elections, also.
George Gaissert, chairman,
and A1 Blanton, secretary, of
the Spalding Taxpayers League
in a joint letter to the Griffin
Daily News, said statements in
recent news columns and an
innuendo in a June 2 editorial
seemed to question the exis
tence of the League.
The letter said the League
was organized Dec. 20, 1966, in
the Spalding Courthouse. It
noted the Griffin Daily News
covered and reported the meet
ing. The letter said the League
was composed of people from
all walks of life but mainly are
middle and low income people
of all political persuasions.
The letter said that Quimby
“God doesn’t expect you to do
everything—that’s why He
created so many helping
hands.”
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Dynamite blast damaged this home. (UPI)
Melton, Jr., editor of the Griffin
Daily News, knew of the exis
tance of the League because he
met with League representativ
es Feb. 25,1967, along with Rep.
Clayton Brown, Jr. and Sen.
Robert Smalley to discuss state
advalorem taxes.
The letter added that Mr.
Melton had considerable con
tact with the League when it
was fighting a library bond
issue several years ago.
Editor Melton said today:
“Neither the Griffin Daily
News nor I has ever questioned
the existence of either George
Gaissert or of the Taxpayers
League. We have reported their
various activities fully, fairly
and impartially on our news
pages but have opposed their
present position on our editorial
page where we publish opinions.
The editorial referred to ap
peared on June 1, not June 2 as
incorrectly stated by the Lea
gue. Its only reference to the or
ganization was this sentence,
‘Chief opponent of the bond
issue is an organization of un
determined numbers which
calls itself the Taxpayers’ Lea
gue’. While this does question
its numbers, it does not question
its existence. I personally re
gard George Gaissert highly.
He is an honorable and decent
man. He is a gentleman whom I
consider to be a personal friend.
I am convinced, though, that if
the community follows his
negative leadership it will
damage itself immeasurably.
Young people’s needs for an
education outweigh the needs of
cows and pigs for pastures and
pens. They also outweigh the
Taxpayers League’s desire to
live in the past. We do not ques
tion the League’s existence. We
do question its judgment.”
Mr. Pruett said he was speak
ing as a taxpayer and one who
had served in government for 18
years.
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He said he owned no property
outside the city limits but want
ed his friends in the county to
have the advantages of extend
ed water lines.
Mr. Pruett said there had
been some driticism of water
rates. He said the rates here
when compared with others in
communities such as this, will
generally be lower.
Discussing the junior college
bond issue, Mr. Pruett said he
had one son beyond the junior
college level and a college here
would not personally help him.
But he said he would support the
college bonds for the future of
the community and its youth.
Education is the key to the
future progress of this area, Mr.
Pruett said.
He said industrial prospects
check local educational institu
tions when investigating a com
munity for possible location of
plants.
“For too many years we have
had small, selfish groups who
have fought hard against pro
gress of any kind in the com
munity. They sometimes seem
to demonstrate the thought, ‘I
have all I want — you get out
and seek yours.’ We must over
come this attitude and work to
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The Griffin Daily News has
received a number of additional
statements and comments from
its readers concerning the
junior college bond election
which will be held Tuesday.
Richard Padgett of 1013 West
College Extension, Rev. Hoyt
McGhee of Box 267, Route 4, and
Clomer E. Rawls erf 1457 Atlanta
Road all oppose it
On the other hand, Richard J.
Leverette of 305 Hammond
drive, S. M. Domineck of 1303
Spellman avenue and D. Bart
lett Searcy, Jr. of Searcy and
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