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VENIN
By Quimby Melton
Yesterday, Monday, June 14,
was the birthday of the Flag of
Our Nation.
On June 14, 1777, the Con
tinental Congress voted ap
proval of d flag featuring Stars
and Stripes.
At that time there were
dozens of flags but none that
was an “official flag.” Many of
the colonies had their own flags
and many units of the Army
flags they preferred.
On the suggestion of Benja
min Franklin, who knew well
everyone in Philadelphia, the
Continental Congress named a
committee to confer with Mrs.
Betsy Ross, of Philadelphia.
They had certain ideas as to an
official flag but wanted her ad
vice.
When they called on Betsy
Ross the first thing discussed
was the form of the stars that
should be used. Up to that time
all stars on flags were six point
ed, this being the easiest star to
make. Betsy Ross saying she
thought a five pointed star
would be most unusual, de
monstrated to the committee
how such a star could be cut out
of cloth. Today all the stars on
our flag have five points.
She also suggested the stars
iiould be placed on a field of
blue and there be 13 stars, one
for each of the 13 Original colon
ies. Keeping in mind that there
would be other states admitted
to die Union once the nation was
established she said a star
should be added every time a
new state was admitted. Today
there are 50 stars.
Betsy Ross so impressed the
committee with her forsight and
interest in making an official
flag that the Congress designat
ed her as the maker of the of
ficial flag as long as she lived.
Betsy Ross’ father was
Samuel Grisson, one of the
builders of Independence Hall
in Philadelphia. Her husband,
John Ross, was the nephew of
George Ross, one of the signers
of the Declaration of Indepen
dence.
There have been claims that
the first “Stars and Stripes”
was flown from Fort Schuyler,
and this may be true. But the
first official stars and stripes
was made by Betsy Ross and
flown in Philadelphia.
To this old timer the Stars and
Stripes is the sacred emblem of
everything that is good about
this nation of ours. And today, a
day late, we solemnly pledge
“Allegiance to the Flag of the
United States of America and to
the republic for which it stands,
One nation under God, in
divisable with liberty and jus-,
tice for all.
There has never been any na
tion that has been perfect in
every way. But we believe
steadfastly that this land of ours
is the best nation the world has
ever known.
Let us join hands in preserv
ing the good and correcting the
wrongs of America.
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of the Patriotic Emblems Committee of the Griffin Pilot
Club, presents a flag to the Way to Earn Activity Center on
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Hundreds taking part
in Police Youth Center
The Griffin Police Youth
Community Center is going
over with a bang.
One young man who dropped
in yesterday afternoon said,
“It’s the greatest thing to
happen to our neighborhood
since I’ve been around.”
Another said, “It’s just great”.
The center opened Monday,
May 31 in the former Cora Nim
mons Elementary School build
ing.
Juvenile Officer Homer Will
iams and Officer William (Pop)
Ellis, two Griffin policemen,
who saw the need for a neigh
borhood place for the youth in
the Spring Hill community,
&ated they are very pleased
with the reception the center
has gotten and plan to
as an integral part of the com
munity.
“We had a thousand
youngsters in and out on open
ing day and we have averaged
some three to five hundred a
day since,” tells Officer
Williams. “We can and are us
ing every square inch of space
to the advantage of our youth,”
he added. The entire building
has been divided into activity
School budget
$5.5 million
The Griffin-Spalding school
board last night approved a
1971-72 budget of nearly five and
a half million dollars.
The budget had been under
tentative approval for a month.
It will cost Griffin-Spalding
taxpayers a mill more in taxes.
The increase will go mostly for
teacher pay increases.
Thomaston
keeps eye
on college
Thomaston and Upson County
have renewed their interest in a
junior college.
Kirk Straughan, executive
director of the Thomaston-
Upson Chamber of Commerce
told the Thomaston Free Press
newspaper: “We have had good
advice from someone close to
the Board of Regents that it
would be in our best interest to
file an application for a junior
college.”
Chamber President J. C.
Braddy, Jr., said a junior col
lege would mean a great deal to
Thomaston.
But Thomaston officials
generally do not believe a junior
college is in the immediate
future for Thomaston.
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sections and the two officers are
soliciting equipment and furni
ture to complete the listening
rooms. They presently have one
black and white television set
buthope to add a color TV in the
near future.
Officer Pop Ellis said that he
and Officer Williams will work
a total of 120 extra hours a
month to keep the center open
daily from 10 to 10. “We want to
build a closer and better rela
tionship with these, the future
citizens, and we know we have
made a good beginning right
here at this center,” he said.
“We are leading the way for
other cities which have not
ventured into this sort of thing.”
Though these two officers are
instrumental in getting the cen
ter on the way they have made
it a cooperative venture with in
terested persons in the com
munity. Some of those who are
donating their time are Kend
rick Daniel, Eugene Driver,
Curtis Neal, Larry Fuller,
Danny Wayne Smith, John Ful
ler, Clarence Harris, Marvin
Eppinger, George Middle
brooks, Ralph Bridges, Wayne
Smith, Bobby Bridges, Gary
The budget approved totals
>5,497,243.58.
Parents with students in
elemental? schools will find
something new on report cards
beginning in the fall.
Tommy Jones, assistant
superintendent, recommended
that reading levels be shown on
the report cards. The cards will
show required reading and
where a student stands as to his
reading level.
Mr. Jones said the teachers
who worked out the new
reporting method believe it will
give an accurate picture of an
elementary student’s progress.
The board okayed a recom
mendation from Mr. Jones that
the system allow high school
seniors to take college credit
courses. This suggestion came
from the College Co-op Com
mittee.
The board also adopted a
policy requiring students absent
for long periods to have a
physician’s statement to the
system within two weeks after
the student returns.
W. F. Westmoreland, athletic
chairman, reported a contract
to repair the Griffin High field
house floor had been let to C. A.
Kendrick.
The board approved a
number of resignations and
faculty appointments.
Hamilton boulevard. Others (l-r> are Mrs. Henry Fullilove,
director of the center, Jimmy Nobles, Donna Williams,
Lindwood Pelt and Rena Hardin.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, June 15, 1971
Reid and Miles Mays. They
spend as much as ten hours a
day at the center as counselors
for the hundreds of youths who
come and go.
With the help of these counse
lors and under the leadership of
Kendrick Daniel the center has
already lined up ten baseball
teams. One of them is the Police
Youth Community Club Falcons
who played their first game of
the season in a double header
and were victorious over the
Griffin Boys’ Club 5 to 1. Clar
ence Harris pitched 15 strike
outs and had only one hit. There
are plans for five girls softball
teams. The other four teams
will be little league boys who
will play in the City Park Lea
gue.
Officers Ellis and Williams
have expressed their enthus
iasm over the newly found pro
ject and are awaiting a federal
grant of eighty thousand dollars
to further the total community
center operations. They feel if
the grant goes through more
centers like it can be effectively
set up throughout the rest of the
city.
Lightning
kills Macon
Little Leaguer
By United Press International
Lightning killed a 10-year-old
Little League baseball player
Monday in Macon and a tornado
touched down near Lavonia,
tossing aluminum buildings
across a highway.
The Little Leaguer, Keith
Ross, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James A. Ross, was killed while
playing in a game that had been
resumed after being interrupted
because of a thunderstorm.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
95, low today 68, high yesterday
94, low yesterday 67. Total rain
fall .02 of an inch. Sunrise
tomorrow 6:34. Sunset to
morrow 8:42.
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“The younger a boy is, the
smarter his father is.”
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—An unidentified man tosses
Molotov Cocktail at advancing National Guard troops
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Robert Alexander
Alexander
to attend
Boys Nation
Robert Alexander, a Griffin
High senior, is one of two
Georgia students, who will
attend Boys Nation in July.
Robert, 16, and Larry Mit
chell of Albany, are the
Georgians, who will represent
the state at Boys Nation in
Washington D.C. July 23-30.
Robert along with seven other
Griffin High students just
returned from Woodward
Academy at College Park
where they participate in Boys
State.
The Griffin High student was
a candidate for governor. He
lost by nine votes to Tom
Thigpen of the Federalist
Party, who was elected Boys
State Governor.
Tommy Hopkins of Griffin
was elected an Associate
Justice and Ken Henderson was
elected House Speaker Pro
Tem.
Alexander was appointed
executive secretary for the
governor and a city mayor. He
was a member of the Color
Guard and door keeper at Boys
State.
While at Boys State, the
Griffin High students—
Alexander, Hopkins, Hen
derson, Glenn Farrell, Keith
Huckaby, Cole Cartledge, Pat
Newton and Doug David
studied city, county and state
government.
Highlights of the event was a
meeting with Gov. Jimmy
Carter in Atlanta and watching
die Braves win a game.
Alexander plans to run for
president while at Boys Nation.
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Rocks, flaming bottles
hurled at guardsmen
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
(UPI) — Youthful militants
smashed storefront windows,
overturned cars and hurled
rocks and flaming bottles at
National Guard troops Monday
in the city’s second day of civil
strife.
A thousand National Guards
men patrolled city streets early
today, enforcing an all-night
curfew.
Sen. Talmadge calls
for Viet pullout
By JOHN HALL
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Two
Southerners, both long-time
backers of the U.S. efforts in
Vietnam, reversed their posi
tions today and called for total
U.S. withdrawal from the war.
Sens. Herman Talmadge, D-
Ga., and B. Everett Jordan, D-
N.C., issued unequivocal calls
for the withdrawal of all
American forces.
Jordan said Monday he would
vote for the Vietnam disengage
ment act Wednesday. The
legislation would require an end
to U.S. combat in Indochina by
Dec. 31.
Talmadge said he could not
vote for the measure on
constitutional grounds. But, in a
speech prepared for delivery
today, he denounced the war as
a drain onU.S. manpower and
resources and implored Pres
ident Nixon “from the floor
of this Sente to negotiate a
release of our prisoners and
announce a policy of complete
and total disengagement to
begin now, and to terminate
one year from today.”
“The American people,” Tal
madge said, “are weary to the
bone and fed up with this ill
conceived conflict. It has placed
a dangerous drain on a precious
reservoir which we once
thought bottomless—the unity
of spirit and purpose which has
made this nation great.
“...Americans have reached
the end of their patience. There
is a rising tide of sentiment in
our land against this war. We
have honored our commitment
to the South Vietnamese many
times over, at a cost which is
staggering. Families are shat
tered and tom apart by the war
and the ideological divisions it
has created.”
Talmadge said he could not
a rioting at Albuquerque yesterday. (UPI)
in
Some sniper fire was directed
toward the troops Monday when
guardsmen dispersed a crowd
of jeering, rock-throwing youths
from two city parks. No one
was hit by the gunfire.
Monday’s rioting was less
extensive than the previous day
when 1,500 persons—whites,
blacks and Mexican-Americans
—marched on police headquar
ters. They had demanded the
release of minors arrested for
support the end-the-war amend
ment because the date for
withdrawal is the President’s
prerogative “and his alone”
under the Constitution.
“But, let no one interpret my
vote as an endorsement of the
prolonging of this war,” he
said. “The administration’s
policy of Vietnamization is
dragging ... it is time to put an
end to this cruel and unusual
war which we have never tried
to win, and which is tearing at
the basic fabric that holds this
country together.”
Jordan said he would vote for
the antiwar measure, which he
opposed last year, because it
was obvious that a negotiated
settlement was nowhere near.
“The war has drained away
our national strength in every
conceivable way,” he said.
“The country is divided as it
has not been since the Civil
War.”
Jordan’s support raised the
number committed to vote for
the end-the-war measure to 38.
However, a UPI survey indicat
ed that 51—a majority—plan to
vote against it, with eight
undecided and three absent or
not voting.
On the other side of the
Capitol, the House also turned
to the issue of Vietnam.
Leaders called up for debate a
$21.8 billion weapons authoriza
tion to which antiwar lawma
kers hoped to attack an
amendment similar to the
Senate proposal.
House members are expected
to decisively turn down the end
the-war amendment that will be
put before them Wednesday.
Sponsors were shooting for 150
aye votes, all but 25 or so of
them coming from Democrats.
The only question left unan
swered was whether a majority
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drinking in a crowded city
park. Demonstrators charged
police brutality.
The two days of rioting has
resulted in injuries to 46
persons, including 13 hit by
gunfire. Almost 400 persons
have been arrested.
Sixteen persons were injured
in the second day on rioting,
including two guardsmen felled
by rocks.
of the House’s 255 Democrats
will vote against U.S. policy.
US, Korea
begin textile
negotiations
SEOUL (UPI)-U. S. and
South Korean officials began ne
gotiations today on textile trade
amid the industry’s opposition to
any restrictions on Korea’s tex
tile exports to the United States.
The first round of the dosed
door talks was held at the Com
merce-Industry Ministry for two
hours beginning at 10 a.m.
The American delegation was
led by Anthony J. Hurich, a
member of Ambassador David
M. Kennedy’s special mission.
The Korean chief negotiator
was Shim Ui-Hwan, assistant
minister for commerce and
trade.
Ambassad or Kennedy, who ar
rived Saturday, did not attend
the meeting. A spokesman for
the U. S. Embassy here said
that he had “no fixed schedule”
to meet Korean government
leaders.
Korean officials said Kennedy
was believed to have only unof
ficial contacts with Korean poli
ticians to help settle the textile
issue.
Korean sources said today’s
meeting was one of preliminary
nature with neither side mak
ing any concrete proposals.
The U. S. delegation explained
difficult circumstances facing
its textile industry and ex
pressed hope both sides will be
able to find a negotiated solu
tion according to the sources.