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Griffin Daily News
Military on parade
OSCAR ALEXANDER
Navy Airman Apprentice Os
car Alexander, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Alexander of Route
one, Concord, is now deployed
to the Western Pacific aboard
Ladies’
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SHI RAH STREET - 3 bedroom brick, with built-in kitchen,
1% ceramic tile baths, single carport, den, and living
room. $18,400.00
DOBBINS CIRCLE - 3 bedroom brick home with built-in
kitchen, dining area, large den, living room and 2 ceramic
tile baths. Featuring double carport and air.
$23,200.00
BECK STREET - 3 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bath,
fenced back yard and single carport. $11,700.00
LOTS
2 LOTS McINTOSH HILLS - On East Northwood Drive.
Natural gas, city water. Beautiful home site. $2,250.00
each.
OAKVIEW DRIVE • Extra large wooded lot; city water
natural gas, and sewage. Beautiful building
Slte - $4,600.00.
2 ACRES - 5 mi. N. of Griffin, excellent location for mobile
homes, 20 minutes of Atlanta Airport, additional acreage
available. $1,500.00
335 ACRES - 12 miles S.E. of Griffin, wooded, several
lakesites, bold stream; long double road frontage. 2%
miles to 4-lane to Atlanta. $255.00 Acre
10 ACRES - 6 miles S.E. of Griffin, 6 miles to 1-75. Wooded
with stream, paved frontage. $600.00 Acre
24 ACRES - 20 miles S.E. of Griffin, Open-wooded, stream
and long road frontage. $360.00 Acre
40 ACRES - 20 miles S.E. of Griffin. Open-wooded, stream,
double road frontage. Good building sites. $360.00 Acre
50 ACRES • 12 miles S.E. of Griffin, 2% miles to 4-lane
by pass to Atlanta. Wooded with lakesite, good
frontage. $295.00 Acre
56 ACRES - 20 miles S.E. of Griffin. Open, wooded, in
pasture; good stream with possible lakesite, excellent
building site with paved frontage. $360.00 Acre
340 ACRES -12 miles S.E. of Griffin, Mi miles to 4-lane
to Atlanta, wooded, lakesites, long double road
frontage. $225.00 Acre
Richard Shirah, 228-3536 Billy Shlrah, 228-2939 Brenda Meeks, 227-8123 Ted Meeks, 227-8123
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Thursday, July 15,1971
the attack aircraft carrier USS
Midway for duty with the U. S.
Seventh Fleet
DONALD H.KERLIN
Donald H. Kerlin, son of Mrs.
Lillian J. Massengale of
MEEKS REALTY
Fayetteville, has been promot
ed to staff sergeant in the U. S.
Air Force. Sgt. Kerlin is an air
cargo specialist at Little Rock
AFB, Ark., serving with the
TAC. He recently completed 12
HOMES
WESLEY DRIVE • Attractive Spanish home with 3 large
bedrooms, 2 full ceramic tile baths, large den with
fireplace, kitchen and breakfast area combination, living
room with separate dining room. This home features arch
way entrance and circular drive with central air. Located
on large lot. $33,000.00
HIGH FALLS LAKE - 4 room furnished Cabin on leased lot
Cabin is ready for use, furniture, appliances, dishes, TV,
radio, fireplace, boat house, dock, fishing boat with 10
H.P. motor, screened patio, with gas cooker and picnic
table. $10,500.00
LAKESIDE DRIVE - 3 bedrooms, 1% baths, built-in
kitchen, living room, den, and large utility room. House
has wall-to-wall carpet, carport, and fenced back
* ard - $23,500
Acreage
3% ACRES - 4 miles S.E. of Griffin, open , beautiful
building site, good road frontage. $1,200.00 Acre
45 ACRES - 17 miles S. of Griffin, open, wooded, with
stream and paved frontage. $360.00 Acre
3.5 ACRES • 4 miles S.E. of Griffin; Wooded with paved
frontage, excellent building site. $3,500.00
2 and 3 ACRE TRACTS - 5 miles S.E. of Griffin. Beautiful
planted pines and hardwoods, 10 percent down, balance
7 percent. $1,000.00 Acre
250 ACRES • 10 miles S. of Griffin. 200 Acres fenced
fesque sod, 1 acre lake, natural gas, city water, paved road
frontage; 5 acre pecan grove. 2 chicken houses in good
condition. Property line joins city limits of Zebulon.
Fenced, cross-fenced ready for cattle or could be easily
developed. 29 percent down, balance over 30
years. $550.00 Acre
7% ACRES -1 mile S. of Griffin in Spalding County just off
S. 6th Street; stream open, wooded, beautiful building
sites, restricted area. $1750.00 Acre
31 ACRES - 8 miles S.E. of Griffin, 7 miles 1-75, wooded, 2
bold streams, lakesite, paved road frontage. $575.00 Acre
206 South 13th Street
Phone 228-3400
Acreage
months duty in Vietnam.
STEVEN L. HURD
Navy Officer Candidate
Steven L. Hurd, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis R. Hurd of Route
four, Stockbridge, is now under
going flight training at the
Naval Air Station, Pensacola,
Fla.
JAMES E. MILLER
Army Private First Class
James E. Miller, 20, son of Mrs.
Mary E. Freeman of Route one,
Hampton, recently completed a
21-week field radio repair
course at the U. S. Army South
eastern Signal School, Fort
Gordon.
WILLIAM C. LEE
Major William C. Lee has
recently returned from Viet
nam after being stationed for a
year at Saigon as an advisor to
ttie Vietnamese Air Force. He
and his family will soon be mov
ing from Colorado Springs to his
new assignment at San Antonio,
Tex.
NATHAN A. RHODES, JR.
Nathan Alton Rhodes, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan A.
Rhodes, Sr., of 633 North 19th
street, has recently enlisted in
the U. S. Marine-Corps two-year
program under the buddy plan.
He will leave for their basic
training at Parris Island, S.C.,
on Aug. 17.
Commercial
721 W. TAYLOR STREET - Two story frame with 4 apartments; also garage apartment on
property. Lot fronts on Taylor street 70 feet and extends to alley 120 feet. Good investment,
financihg availably. $35,000.00
INVESTMENT PROPERTY -1 Acre on Ga. No. 3 4 miles N. of Griffin in Pomona, 3 trailer
spaces rented plus house for rent. $8,500.00
Contracting
LAMAR BANKS
S.G.T. Lamar Banks was
recently promoted to his
present rank while serving with
Co. C 308th S and S Bv. Division.
He is stationed in Frankfurt,
Germany. Banks is the son of
Mrs. Florence Banks of 835
Williams street. His wife,
Denise, lives at 1519 Pineview
drive, Griffin.
NORMAL A. ROBERTS
Airman First Class Norman
A. Roberts, son of Mrs. Helen C.
Roberts of Barnesville, is a
member of the 437th Military
Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB,
S.C., which has earned the U. S.
Air Force outstanding unit
award for the fourth consecu-
402 LEOLA DRIVE • 3 bedroom, 2 bath, built-in kitchen,
den combination, living room, carport. $20,250.00
210 MORRIS STREET - 2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen,
and 1 bath. $9,800.00
WESLEY DRIVE - 3 Bedroom brick home, 2 ceramic tile
baths, central heat & air, built-in kitchen, den, living room
and double carport. $27,500.00
90 ACRES - 18 miles S.E. of Griffin, 1% miles N. of
Barnesville. Wooded, stream, long road frontage. $220.00
Acre
6 ACRES - 8 miles S.E. of Griffin, 6 miles to 1-75. Open,
wooded, two streams, paved frontage. Good for mobile
homes. $650.00 Acre
2% ACRES -12 miles S.E. of Griffin. 2% miles to 4-lxne to
Atlanta. $1500.00
5 ACRES -12 miles S.E. of Griffin, 2% miles to 4-lane to
Atlanta. $390.00 Acre
15 ACRES -12% miles S.E. of Griffin. 3 miles to 4-lane to
Atlanta, wooded, good frontage. $390.00 Acre
40 ACRES -13 miles S.E. of Griffin, 3 miles to 4-lane by
pass to Atlanta. Wooded with two bold streams. Lakesites
long road frontage. $390.00 Acre
8 ACRES -12 miles S.E. of Griffin. 2% miles to 4-lane to
Atlanta. Wooded homesite. $390.00 Acre
60 ACRES - 4 miles S. of Griffin, 1 mile off 4-lane by-pass,
wooded, good road frontage, stream, with good building
sites. $650.00 Acre
Leasing
tive year.
Airman Roberts is an ac
counting specialist and will
wear a distinctive service
ribbon to mark his affiliation
with the MAC unit.
TERRY W. BOYD
Airman Terry W. Boyd, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boyd of
Stockbridge, has completed
basic training at Lackland
AFB, Tex. He has been assigned
to Sheppard AFB, Tex., for
training in the civil engineering
mechanical and electrical field.
DAVID A. CALDER
David Allen Calder has
recently enlisted in the U. S.
Marine Corps two-year pro
gram under the Buddy Plan. He
will leave for basic training at
Parris Island, S.C., on Aug. 17.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William A. Calder, who reside
at 224 North Expressway.
WILLIAM J. DAVIS
Navy Senior Chief Petty Offi
cer William J. Davis, son of
Mrs. Willie M. Wilson of Route
one, Molena, has returned to his
homeport of Mayport, Fla.,
aboard the destroyer USS Bige
low after a five-month deploy
ment with the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization Standing
Naval Force in Northern
Europe.
KENNETH P. MARX
Cadet Kenneth P. Marx, 24,
your lawmen
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Capt. Blackmon
Capt. H. L. Blackmon is in charge of a shift at the $
| Griffin Police Department and has 11 men working muter |
him. In February he observed his 22nd year with the de- <•:
g partment. g
g He spends every spare minute being a handy man or S
g fishing and complains that, “there are just not enough g
g hours in the day”. He likes all sports, especially baseball g
g Other officers like to work with him as he has such a g
g keen sense of humor and gets along so well with his fellow 8
g workers. g
He and his wife, Joyce, live on Wesley drive, with their g
g three daughters. Capt. Blackmon has a married daughter, g
g Mrs. Wanda Fallin, whose husband is a patrolman with g
g the Forest Park Police Department He is very proud of •$
g his granddaughters, Debra Denise, five, and Kim, eight g
g He has attended numerous police and law enforcement g
g schools at the University of Georgia in Athens and has :g
g completed supervisory schools in Atlanta and Griffin. g
g During World War 11, he served in the infantry and field g
g artillery. He is a member of the Palace Street Chirch of $
g God and the Fraternal Order of Police. g
son of Mrs. Mary R. Marx, 418
Hammond drive, Griffin, is
receiving six weeks practical
work in military leadership at
the Army Reserve Officers’
Training Corps advanced sum
mer camp at Fort Lewis,
Wash., from June 11-July 22.
WILLIAM E. MCLEAN
Capt. William E. McLean, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne McLean
of 522 South Hill street, has been
assigned as a optometrist at the
Army’s Fitzsimons General
Hospital, Denver, Colo.
Formerly assigned to Fort
Sam Houston, Tex., Capt.
McLean entered military ser
vice Sept. 26, 1964. Capt.
McLean attended Griffin High
School and graduated in June
1958. Before entering the ser-
Kids love
bad days to cook.
FRIDAY
SPUIAL
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fried Thieken v
FISH DINNER
M.
COLONEL SANDERS’ RECIPE
K<ntudcy fried thicken.
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Os Griffin
Our New Automatic Machine Insures Uniformly Cooked,
Crisp, Golden brown KF chicken... finger-lickin’ GOOD.
THE HOME OF INSTANT SERVICE
Across from Courthouse
Phone 227-3678
vice he attended Illinois School
of Optometry.
DANNY W. STATHAM
Pfc. Danny W. Statham, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Statham,
1321 Winona drive, is serving a
tour of duty in Long Binh, Viet
nam. He received a 30-day leave
before going to Vietnam. He
attended Griffin schools and
previously was stationed at
Fort Jackson, S.C., and Fort
Leonardwood, Mo.
ALFRED HUTCHERSON
A local Griffin resident,
Alfred Hutcherson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew W. Hutch
erson, who resides at 853 Booker
street, Griffin, has enlisted in
the Marine Corps two-year
enlistment program. He will
leave for his recruit training at
Parris Island, S.C., on Nov. 15.