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Griffin Daily News
Weather summary
‘Cool age’ coming?
By Horace D. Westbrooks
Weather scientists predict
that by 1985 some of the coldest
weather known to modern man
will be evident, and will last
well into the 21st century. A
little “ice age” is already evi
dent, which will exceed the
severe weather known to have
occurred during the 15th and
17th centuries. This is borne out
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AREA OF COVERAGE
Area of Coverage for Accredited Colleges and Universititet, State of Georgia, (Thirty-five mile radius).
The University of Georgia wants a College within 35 miles of each student, Spalding
County has one of the heaviest concentrations of Colleges within this limit of any
section of Georgia.
Some of the colleges are: Clayton Jr. College, Gordon, Tift, Oxford, Emory, Agnes Scott,
Georgia State, Atlanta University, Oglethorpe, Georgia Tech and Several others.
Do we need another college in the area to be paid for by local taxpayers?
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Sat. and Sun., June 5-6,1971
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even by recent weather records
in our own part of the world,
since the records maintained by
the observer show that a normal
year has not occurred since the
early 1950’5.
The problem of pollution
presently evident will probably
accelerate the “cold” period to
arrive much sooner, unless
something is done to clean up
tiie environment. With the
population of the world increas
ing at an amazing rate, this will
also tend to decrease the
amount of clean air.
Every month so far in 1971
lias been below the normal
mean average temperatures.
Only two months last year had
average temperatures above
the normal means. The other
ten months were below normal,
and the annual average was
three degrees below normal.
So far in 1971, 10 new mini
mum records have been record
ed. May had two of these new
minimum records: a 36 degree
on the 4th, breaking the
previous record of 37 degrees
set back in 1940. A 48 degree
minimum on the 30th broke the
previous 54 degrees back in 1932
by six degrees.
The fifth month of 1971 just
ended with a 66.6 degree aver
age, which was 4.7 degrees
below normal. The normal
mean average for May is 71.3
degrees. Fourteen days during
May had maximums in the 80
degree range, with the highest
of 88 degrees on the 27th. On the
other extreme, the lowest maxi
mum occurred on the 3rd with a
63 degree maximum, and the
minimum was down to 42 de
grees, one degree from the all
time record of 41 degrees set
back in 1929.
Rainfall for May amounted to
4.22 inches, which was over ore
inch above normal. Total rain
fall for 1971 to date is 29.38 inch
es, which is 5.50 inches above
the normal.
The first 90 degree maximum
in 1971 occurred on the second
day of June, which was the first
such maximum since Septem
ber 25,1970, nearly nine months
ago. June should see more 90
degree maximums, but this ob
server doubts that any new
maximum records will be
approached, much less than
reaching the previous maxi
mum records. June is also a
good rain month, with an aver
age of 4.15 inches.
Homecoming
planned Sunday
An old fashion homecoming
will be held at the Holiness
Tabernacle on Timmons drive
Sunday. The morning worship
service will be at 11 a.m. and
dinner will be served at noon.
Special singing will be held in
the afternoon featuring the
Johnson Family singers and
other special groups.
Evangelist Thelma Gunn of
Tallahassee, Fla., will preach
during the day Sunday and at
revival services which begin
next week.
The public is invited. The
Rev. R. F. Johnson is pastor.
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| Deaths |
| Funerals |
Mrs. Buchanan
Mrs. Luna Rice Buchanan,
widow of the late James Grover
Buchanan, of Route One, Zebu
lon, died at the Upson County
Hospital early this morning.
She was born in Randolph
County, Ala. and had made her
home in Pike County approxi
mately 40 years. She was a
member of the Mt. Gilead
Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, Mrs. Mary Davis of Griffin
and Mrs. Lois Kendrick of
Zebulon; three sons, Earl Buch
anan, Vernon Buchanan, both of
Zebulon and R. W. Buchanan of
Jonesboro; four sisters, Mrs.
Decie Kirk of Alexander City,
Ala., Mrs. Ollie Tidwell of Wad
ley, Ala., Miss Mattie Ree Rice
and Miss Irene Rice, both of
LaFayette, Ala.; a brother, Roy
Rice of LaGrange, Ga.; 10
grandchildren; 15 great grand
children; several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from Mt. Gilead Baptist
Church. The Rev. Clifford
Chandler and the Rev. Allen
Huckaby will officiate. Burial
will be in the church cemetery.
The body will remain at
McDonald Chapel until carried
to the church to lie in state 30
minutes prior to the service.
Friends may visit the family at
Mrs. Buchanan’s home on the
Zebulon road.
Mr. Parks
Mr. Benjamin Franklin Parks
of 610 East Chappell street, died
at the Veterans Hospital
Wednesday after a motorcycle
accident.
Mr . Parks was the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Loveless
Parks and was bom in Pike
County. He was a veteran of the
U. S. Army.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday at 1 o’clock from Fair
field Methodist Church. The
Rev. L. E. Johnson will of
ficiate. Burial will be in the
church cemetery in Hollonville.
Survivors are two brothers
and two sisters.
Spalding Undertaking Co. is
in charge of plans.
Flea market,
fair to be held
in Jackson
Through the combined efforts
of the Jackson Garden Clubs, a
flea market and fair will be held
in Jackson, off the square on the
City Parking lot and adjacent
Mulberry street’ on Saturday,
June 19. The flea market and
fair will be open from 10 a.m.
until dark.
Local groups, individuals and
antique dealers from other sec
tions of the state have made re
servations for booths.
On the courthouse lawn, local
artists and artists from
surrounding areas will display
and have for sale oils, pastels,
sketches and other works of art,
both framed and unframed.
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Two slayings added
to list on Pierce
By United Press International
Two slayings 224 miles and 11
days apart are the latest addi
tions to an alleged murder
rampage by William (Junior)
Pierce, the Georgia prison pa
rolee who police maintain killed
nine persons in three states.
Friday, Sheriff L. W. Wallace
of Beaufort County, S. C., said
he plans to charge Pierce with
the death of a service station
operator last Aug. 10 while po
lice in Gaston County, N. C.,
announced charges in connec
tion with the Aug. 21 death of
a 20-year-old housekeeper.
It is the first time North Car
olina has filed charges against
Pierce, who was paroled from
the Georgia state prison at
Reidsville last May despite a
report from a prison psycholo
gist which said he “may be
dangerous to himself and
others.”
Wallace said a warrant is
being drawn up charging
Pierce with the slaying of
James L. Sires. It is the fourth
South Carolina murder with
which Pierce is charged.
Sires was killed by a blow
from an ax and about $970 was
taken from his service station.
Wallace said that Pierce appar
ently ate breakfast at a small
restaurant in Beaufort on the
morning of the murder. Sires
was also in the restaurant at
the same time.
Wallace said Pierce allegedly
followed Sires back to the serv
ice station and killed him.
Pierce is currently in the Bax
ley, Ga., jail. He was arrested
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by Baxley authorities March 8
after allegedly driving away
from a service station without
paying for gasoline.
Gaston County detective Sgt.
Bill Hovis charged Pierce Fri
day with the murder of Virginia
Carol Mains, 20, whose nude
and partially decomposed body
was found in a wooded area
near Dallas, N.C., about ten
days after he death.
Hovis made five trips to Bax
ley before filing the charges
against Pierce.
Miss Mains, employed as a
live-in housekeeper by an el
derly Gastonia couple, disap
peared Aug. 21. Her body was
discovered in a wooded area.
Acid had been poured on the
body to speed decomposition,
making identification difficult.
Investigating officers said the
victim had been shot three
times through the left temple
with a .22 caliber pistol.
Pierce is also charged with
the murder of Margaret Cut
tino, 13. She was the daughter
of South Carolina State Rep.
James Cuttino of Sumter.
Miss Cuttino disappeared
while walking to school to have
lunch with her sister. Her body
was found Dec. 30 of last year
in a shallow grave in a wooded
section of Sumter County.
The other two South Carolina
murders involved Ann Goodwin,
18, of North Augusta and Kathy
Jo Anderson, 17, of West Co
lumbia.
Boy, 15, missing
Tlie parents of Steve Martin,
15, have reported him missing
from home since Thursday
night. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest McGee, 717 West
Taylor street.
Mrs. McGee said she took her
son to the Silver Skates roller
rink Thursday night to attend a
marathon. She said a friend of
Steve’s said he was in a brown
Volkswagen with some other
people at a pizza restaurant on
West Taylor late Thursday
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Mrs. McGee has reported the
incident to sheriffs officials.
NOVICE THIEVES
Police in Rocky Hill, Conn.,
are looking for a gang of inex
perienced safe-crackers. The
would-be thieves tried to open a
school safe with a blow torch
but ended up welding it shut.
Palamedes of Greece is
credited with having in
vented the game of back
gammon in 1224 B.C.