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Cutting the ribbon to open Griffin Electronics and Audio Workshop new store at 217
West Taylor are (1-r) David Harris, Carl Imes, Ann Imes, Frank Jolly, Cindi Imes,
MLss Griffin Barbara Ann Clark, Dewitt Simonton Jr., and Carlton Imes.
Stork Club
MASTER BRIDGES
CWO and Mrs. Billy E.
Bridges of San Antonio, Tex.,
announce the birth of a son Aug.
9 at Brooke General Hospital,
Ft. Sam Houston, Texas.
Paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Pelt of Griffin
and the maternal grandmother
is Mrs. Joseph Omellas of El
Paso, Tex.
About Town
ROTARY CLUB
James Westbury, Jr., ad
'ministrator of Westbury
; Nursing Home in Jenkinsburg
and Conyers, will speak to the
; Griffin Rotary Club on Thur
sday, at its weekly meeting,
held at noon, at the Elks Club.
Youth, 15,
accused
of theft
A 15-year-old boy was chased
through a downtown men’s
store yesterday afternoon and
was caught with a pair of the
store’s pants on that he
neglected to pay for.
Police said the boy went into
the dressing room, put on a pair
of sll pants and then put his own
pants on over them. A store
: employee spotted the youth
attempting to leave and he with
a police officer chased the boy
through the store and caught
him at the front door.
The boy, who has been in
. trouble before, was sent to the
Fulton County Juvenile
; Detention Home later in the
; afternoon.
Final Clearance
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Wednesday, August 11,1971
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Defective stove
causes fire
The Griffin Fire Dpartment
answered an alarm at 12:30
p.m. yesterday to 722 Sherwood
drive, resident of Morris
Forrester.
A defective stove was
reported as the cause and
damage was listed to the stove
and cabinets. Heavy smoke
damage was reported to other
parts of the house.
Firemen answered a call at
6:22 p.m. to 669 Maple drive,
residence of Roland Richard
son. A defective receptacle was
reported as causing the fire. No
damage was listed.
Cycle found
A motorcycle reported stolen
yesterday was recovered today
shortly before 1 a.m. parked in
the lot at Rushton Mills.
An employe noticed the
parked vehicle and reported it
to police.
Joey Handy of 213 North 17th
street was the owner.
BLAST KILLS 7
AMSTERDAM (UPI)-An ex
plosion in a plastics plant killed
seven persons and injured 21
others Tuesday.
The dead included four
firemen and three members of
the Marbo Chemical Co. The
explosion followed a fire that
broke out in a catalytic
cracking installation of the
factory. Several other plants in
the Amsterdam port area
including the Ford Motor Co.
factory, were evacuated for a
time.
Vandals
strike
Griffin Police were looking
for vandals who did about S7OO
worth of damage to two new
apartments on Thurman street
during the night.
Joseph Maxwell reported that
someone threw bricks through
24 windows in the apartments,
tore out a screen, bent four
large window aluminum frames
that hold plate glass, and
knocked holes in the wooden
paneling of two rooms.
The damage was done
sometime between 5 p.m.
yesterday and 8 a.m. today.
Theft foiled
Griffin Police said an em
ploye of a supermarket foiled an
attempted car theft yesterday
afternoon.
Earl Sutton of A & P Food
Store spotted a man backing an
auto from a parking place in the
Spalding Mills Parking lot
which is next to the grocery
store. The man backed the car
into another parked car. When
he saw Mr. Sutton, he jumped
out and ran.
Damage to both vehicles was
set at $325.
Auto stolen
Griffin Police were looking
for a stolen auto today.
Gary Hattaway of 1030
Lyndon avenue reported the
theft yesterday. He said the 1966
Mustang was taken while
parked in front of his home. It is
yellow with a black vinyl top
and a black stripe at the bottom.
The tag number is BTX-444.
Youths released
from charges
Judge John O. Clements order
William Louis Goldstein and
Donald Richard Hudson, both
17-year-old Griffinites, released
from charges of robbery by
intimidation at a hearing
yesterday afternoon in the
Spalding Superior Courtroom.
Joseph L. Harper, an employe
of Power Oil Company on the
North Expressway, had taken
out the warrant against the two
teenagers.
Det. Maj. Ronnie Irvin of the
Griffin Police Department said
at the hearing that he with his
wife and two children, drove up
to die station for gasoline on the
night of July 23. He said he
observed three people inside the
station.
He said he knew Mr. Harper
but didn’t recognize the other
two.
Maj. Irvin said he telephoned
the Police Station after Mr.
Harper said he was being
robbed. He said the police
dispatcher said a call already
had been received and a patrol
car was on the way.
He testified Officers Glenn
Whidby and Richard Carreker
| Deaths |
| Funerals |
Mrs. Greer
Mrs. Julia Kelly Greer died
yesterday morning at the
Westbury Nursing Home.
Mrs. Greer made her home in
Griffin for 25 years before
moving to the Nursing Home
nine years ago. She was a
member of the New Hope
Methodist Church.
Survivors include a sister,
Mrs. Zonnie Miller of Mc-
Donough; and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services will be
conducted Thursday morning at
11 o’clock from McDonald
Chapel. The Rev. Don Clark will
officiate and burial will be in the
Macedonia Baptist Church
cemetery, Stark, Ga. The body
will remain at the funeral home.
Mr. Hammond
Mr. Thomas J. Hammond of
777 East College street died
early today at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital after
an illness of several months.
Mr. Hammond, a native of
Butts County, was the son of the
late William M. Hammond and
the late Nannie Hale Hammond.
He attended Gordon Military
College at Barnesville, North
Georgia College at Dahlonega
and was graduated from Young
Harris College.
He resided in Fort Wayne,
Ind., for 32 years where he was
salesman for the Pictorial
Paper Package Co. Mr.
Hammond came to Griffin upon
his retirement five years ago.
He was a member of the First
United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Etta Stanely Hammond;
and several nieces and
nephews, among them, Mrs.
Mildred Burnett and Newton
BeU.
Funeral services will be
conducted Thursday afternoon
at 3 o’clock from Haisten’s
chapel. The Rev. D. B. Shelnutt
and the Rev. Charles Barnes
will officiate and burial will be
in Oak Hill cemetery. The body
will remain at Haisten Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Hickman
Mrs. Martha Kate Barksdale
Hickman, wife of Gustave
Drewry Hickman of 810
Greenwood street, Barnesville,
died Tuesday night at her
residence after an extended
illness.
Mrs. Hickman was born in
Pike County and resided in
Barnesville for most of her life
where she was employed with
William Carter Co., until her
retirement. She was a member
of Midway Baptist Church in
Lamar County.
In addition to her husband she
is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
F. L. Oats of Charleston, S.C.;
grandson; three sisters, Mrs.
Sandy Abbott, Sr., Miss Ophelia
Barksdale and Mrs. John White,
all of Barnesville.
Funeral services will be
conducted Thursday morning at
11 o’clock from the Midway
Baptist Church. The Rev. Bill
Coleman will officiate and
burial will be in the church
cemetery. The body will remain
at Haisten Funeral Home in
Barnesville.
arrived and took charge. Det.
Marvin Barrow arrived shortly
after that and took over the
investigation, Maj. Irvin said.
Mr. Harper testified that
Goldstein came to the door of
the station with his hand stuck
inside his shirt and asked, “Do
you know what this means?”
Mr. Harper said he answered
“Yes, it’s robbery.” Mr. Harper
said he pulled out his knife at
that point.
He testified he had been the
victim of two or three robberies
before in his 37 to 38 years with
the oil company. He said he had
been at the Griffin station twice,
once for about a year and a half,
and the latest since April of this
year.
Mr. Harper testified that
Hudson blocked the door way of
the station so he (Harper)
couldn’t get inside. He said he
pushed the youngster from the
door and entered.
Mr. Harper said he
telephoned the station manager
he idetified as C. L. Harper of
Vineyard road.
Det. Marvin Barrow testified
the two youngsters were placed
in a police car and taken to the
Police Department.
Testimony brought out that
Officer Carreker drove the
Goldstein car to the police
station. Two girls who never
were identified in the hearing
were in the car with Goldstein
and Hudson, testimony in
dicated.
Det. Barrow said the two
youngsters were searched but
no weapons were found on them
and none in the car.
Goldstein in an unsworn
statement said he was suffering
from poision ivy and that was
the reason for his hand being in
his shirt.
He said he got out the words
“Do you know ...” and Mr.
Harper pulled out a knife.
Hudson testified he and
Goldstein had stopped to buy
cigarettes at the station.
The two teenagers said they
offered to help the attendant
call police. They said they had
done nothing wrong.
They said that Mr. Harper
went ahead and got the
cigarettes for them.
Under cross examination by
John Goddard, attorney for
Goldstein, Mr. Harper said he
was willing to see the charge
dropped.
Dist. Atty. Ben Miller at
tempted to question Mr. Harper
about people who had talked
with him about the case. Mr.
Harper said six people had done
so Sunday. Mr. Goddard ob
jected to this line of questioning,
claiming that it had nothing to
do with the facts.
Mr. Harper reiterated that he
was willing for the case to be
dropped. Mr. Miller objected,
saying that a warrant charging
a felony had been taken out and
that Mr. Harper’s feelings
about that had nothing to do
with it.
Louis Goldstein, Griffin
businessman and father of Bill
Goldstein was at the hearing.
Judge Clements pondered the
case more than a minute in the
silence of the courtroom then
ordered the two youths released
from the charges.
Dr. Pritle
Dr. Pritle
will lead
revival
Dr. Jon A. Pritle of Atlanta
who is associated with the
Abundant Life Foundation will
conduct revival services at the
Oak Hill Baptist Church Aug.
15-20.
Services will begin nightly at
7:30.
Dr. Pritle is a former pastor
of the Peachtree Baptist Church
in Atlanta.
The Rev. Calvin Davis,
associate missionary with the
Flint River Baptist Association,
will be the song leader for the
series of services.
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Carter
hails
ruling
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Gov.
Jimmy Carter hailed as a vic
tory for the South an Interstate
Commerce Commission ruling
in a six-year-old case involving
profits permitted on freight
jointly handled by Northern and
Southern railroads.
The ICC reversed its 1965 de
cision which had permitted
northern lines a greater profit
than Southern lines, a ruling
which has been contested by
the southern railroads ever
since.
Carter, chairman of the
SouthernGovernor’sConference
freight rates committee, said at
a joint news conference with
former Gov. Carl Sanders, the
ICC ruling meant “a great day
for the South.” He said it would
save southern railroads $lO mil
lion a year.
Sanders, who served as at
torney for Southern governors in
the case, said as long as equali
ty prevails in freight rates “we
will continue to have a great
influx of industrialization in the
South.”
The original ICC ruling was
twice appealed to the U.S. Su
preme Court, and the high court
had sent the case back to the
ICC in 1968. The ICC based the
higher profits for Northern lines
on their higher operating costs.
O. H. Weaver of the Griffin
Traffic bureau which handles
commercial shipping in this
area said the money saved
would be for the rail carriers
and not the shippers. He pointed
out that the suit was a division
case and would not affect the
rates for commercial shippers
using rails.
Hampton
to feature
flea market
Hampton will have its
community Henry County
Sesquicentennial day Saturday
with one of the features being a
flea market.
Nippon china and Rosville
china, two collector’s items,
along with other valuable china
will be among the the items for
sale in the flea market.
Other merchandise will be
featured in the sale.
A barbecue supper, street
dance featuring people with
costumes of yesteryear and
other events are scheduled.
All of the activities will be
featured downtown in Hampton
within a block or two of each
other.
Mrs. Chum Gustafson is
working with the Lake Cindy
Civic Club in handling the old
fashioned dinner to be served at
6 p.m.
Mrs. Helen Jacques and Mrs.
Bob Helms are assisting, too.
Mrs. John Scott and Mrs.
Billy Reeves of Griffin will be
judges for the old time costume
fashion contest. Prizes will be
awarded in this and other
events to be held throughout the
evening.
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Mrs. Claudie W. (Granny) Allen, (with cake), celebrated her
102 birthday at the Westbury Medical Care Home, at
Jenkinsburg. She received birthday greetings from
President Richard Nixon, Gov. Jimmy Carter, Sen. Herman
Talmadge, Rep. John J. Flynt, Jr., State Sen. Robert
Smalley and many other people. Mrs. Allen is the mother of
II children, five living; 23 grandchildren; 48 grandchildren,
and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
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Hospital Report
The following persons were
admitted to the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital yesterday:
Mrs. Carolyn Douglas, Paul
Cussins, Mrs. Millard Daniel,
Joe B. Parker, Velton Hood,
Mrs. Frances Elrod, Mrs.
Juanita Howard, Mrs. Gertrude
Janes, Mrs. Grace Sprayberry,
Ken Wilson, Mrs. Donna Brown,
Mrs. Kathryn Davis, Calvin
Vallee, Mrs. Shirley Watkins,
Miss Marcia Morgan, Mrs.
Catherine Virden, Mrs. Lula
Ackiss, Susan Thompson, Miss
Annie Mae Hixson, Mrs. Audrey
Driver, Mrs. Gloria Gamer,
Anjannette Calhoun, Mrs.
Linnie Nunnery, Mrs. Mary Lee
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FAMILY NITE FEAST
THURSDAY HITE OHLY
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4 PIECES OF 4 OZ. FISH
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Johnson, Mrs. Emma Jean
Etheridge Scott, Mrs. Rachel
M. Bowman, Roger Manley
Cranford, Thomas Starks.
The following were
dismissed:
Mrs. Dorothy Annette Duffey,
Mrs. Jean Sutton, Mrs. Bennie
Joe Pitts, Huie Helms, Houston
Story, Mrs. Shirley Cochran and
baby, Mrs. Betty Masdon and
baby, Mrs. Mae Odie Gleen,
Bryon Blake Brock, Willie
Tysinger, Mrs. Ruby Dye, Mrs.
Jackie Lee, Mrs. Jean Patricia
King, Mrs. Edna Moore and
baby, Mrs. Clara Barlow and
baby.