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By Quimby Melton
Weekend Notes:
Mayor Barron Cumming,
fhen time came for candidates
or city commission to qualify,
mnounced he would not seek
eelection. His reason — He
»uld not continue to serve on
he City Commission and
:ontinue the practice of law
without neglecting one or the
>ther or even both; and he did
lot want to do this. Griffin is for
he first time to increase its City
Commission to five members,
>ne from each of the four wards
md one from the city at large,
vho will serve as chairman and
nayor. A candidate must live in
he ward he seeks to represent
Hit the entire electorate votes
n every contest.
When today’s Good Evening
vas written only one candidate
lad registered — Will Hill New
on 11, who qualified to
epresent the Second Ward.
Announcement was made
that the state convention erf The
Moose will be held in Griffin
Oct. 1-3 bringing more than a
thousand visitors here for the
three day convention.
Griffin High’s Bears won
their second straight game Fri
day night. In the two games she
has won Dowis’ team has not
been scored on.
The community was sadden
ed with news that Sp-5 Lynn
Jones, 19, of East Griffin, had
been killed in action in Vietnam.
Police warned against being
“taken in” by slim flam artists
as another attempt was report
ed. This was foiled by quick
action of police when informed
of the attempt.
Griffinite J. Edward Stallings
was elected Sovereign Grand
Warden of Odd Fellows at the
national convention held in
Canada. This puts him in line
for Sovereign Grand Master, a
post once held by another
Griffinite, Judge Robert T.
Daniel
The General Assembly met in
special session Friday to consi
der reapportioning the Assem
bly and of the ten Congressional
districts. Some committee
approved plans have been in
troduced, but it is possible
many amendments to them or
.entirely new substitutes will be
introduced that will result in the
special session lasting much
longer than expected.
Captain Ernest Medina,
charged with having a part in
the Vietnam “murders” was
found “not guilty” by a military
jury at Fort McPherson.
, Justice Hugo Black, who had
resigned from the Supreme
Court due to bad health died.
President Nixon will have two
appointments to make since
Justice John Harlan, 72, also
has resigned. “Informed
sources” in Washington say
there is strong likelihood the
President will appoint a woman
to the court.
Congress passed and sent to
the President a bill that reac
tivates the draft law but without
setting any deadline for with
drawing all troops from Viet
nam.
Congressional committees
continue to study various “tax
'relief” bills to go into effect
when the economic “freeze”
moves into Phase Two.
, President Nixon flew to
Alaska Saturday to meet
Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
The President expressed hope
’that the meeting would bring
about “an entirely new era of
friendship” between the two
, enemies of World War Two.
The Chinese “Bamboo Wall”
curtains have been drawn seal
,ing off all chances of verifying
rumors that turmoils there
exists due to illness of one or
more of the government lead
’ers, death of which could bring
on new struggle for control.
Meanwhile President Nixon
no change in plans to visit
that land.
Two doctors added
to emergency room
Tax bills
going up
Spalding County taxpayers
will be getting higher tax bills
this fall when statements are
mailed.
Spalding County Com
missioners announced the tax
levy for this year would total
36.49 mills generally. Property
owners in the new fire district
will have 1.77 mills added to this
total, bringing their total to
38.26 mills.
Only those people being offer
ed the fire protection through
the Dundee Volunteer Fire De-
Weather
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rainfall .02 of an inch. Sunrise
tomorrow 7:32, sunset
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A fellow ought to be able to
lose and still be proud — or win
and remain humble.”
Revamp battle wider way
By TOM GREENE
ATLANTA (UPI) - Rep. Bill
Williams of Gainesville told
Georgia legislators today “the
general public demands” that
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BAINBRIDGE, Ga.—Former Governor Marvin Griffin gives his new bride a kiss outside the
chapel of the Bainbridge First Presbyterian Church where the two were married this morning.
Griffin and his bride, the former Mrs. Laura Gibson of Bainbridge, left immediately for a 26-day
honeymoon in Europe. (UPI)
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partment will have the 1.77
mills added to their tax bills.
The tax levy was approved in
a referendum by those people
will be offered the service.
An additional mill of taxes
was added this year for school
operations. But this came as no
surprise, because the school
board last spring announced it
would have to levy the one mill
increase.
Much of the levy will go for
teacher salary pay increases on
a local supplement basis. The
system here anticipates giving
the raises when the wage-price
picture is cleared up.
County Commissioners David
Elder, Jack Moss and Sandy
Morgan kept general govern
ment levies at 13 mills, the
same as it was last year.
The commissioners em
phasized that no levy was in
cluded for the water bond issue
approved by voters this spring.
They kept their promise not to
raise taxes for this purpose.
The water line extension
program is being financed
through a federal government
grant and through income from
the water program, the com
missioners pointed out.
Al Hill, tax assessor, said he
could not estimate the number
of property owners who would
be affected by the 1.77 mill levy
for fire protection. He was
checking data in his office today
in an effort estimate the num
ber of people affected.
the size of the State House of
Representatives be reduced.
Williams, of chairman of
the House Reapportionment
Committee, thus opened debate
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, Sept. 27, 1971
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Ed Stallings of Griffin wears
emblem of the Sovereign Grand
Warden, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. He was elected to
the office at the international
convention held at Vancouver,
British Columbia in Canada.
This put him in line to become
Sovereign Grand Master of the
1.0.0. F. in two years. This is
the top office in the'
organization. Mr. Stallings has
held every office in the Warren
Lodge of Griffin and many of
the state’s top offices. He is a
member of the Griffin-Spalding
Board of Education and
operates a concrete business
here.
on his group’s controversial pro
posal to reduce the House from
195 to 180 members as the leg
islature began a special session
to redraw House, Senate and
With the hiring of two addi
tional staff physicians, the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospi
tal began full emergency room
coverage this weekend, accord
ing to Hospital Administrator
Carl Ridley.
“We have doctors in the
emergency room every night
from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m., as well
as coverage Saturday after
noons beginning at 1 p.m. and
24-hours on Sunday,” Ridley
said.
Ridley had been working in
medical circles throughout the
state for months to locate addi
tional physicians to work in
Griffin’s emergency room.
“Now we have men on duty,
physically present in the emer
gency room, during those times
of the day throughout the week
that Griffin’s doctor’s offices
are closed,” he explained.
The two new staff physicians
will not open private practices
in Griffin.
“Treatment in the emergency
room will continue to be a one
time operation, that is the doc
tor will refer patients to other
physicians in private practice
for follow-up treatment if it is
needed,” Ridley added.
Patients will continue to be
able to call for their own doctors
to treat at the emergency.
“The choice of the doctor will
rest with the patient as al
ways,” the administrator said.
Griffin physicians will con
tinue to be on call to the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital emer
gency room as the need for
different types of specialized
treatment arises.
“When a patient comes in, our
doctors will determine if other
specialists are needed, and if so,
they will bring in the man on
call to help in his special area,”
he added.
The emergency room staff
physicians are Dr. Ira “Dutch”
Slade Jr., Dr. Gerald A. Filadri
and Dr. Robert B. Wilcox.
Congressional district lines.
“Reapportionment is a can of
worms,” he said. “I doubt very
seriously if any of us want re
apportionment. None of us ask
ed for it. I am quite sure most
of us would be glad of it if we
could just let it be.”
But he said, “the people just
don’t live where they used to
live anymore and we must ac
commodate” that fact.
Williams said his committee
held hearings over the state and
the one recurrent request was
that people want a smaller leg
islature. “I believe we must do
it because I believe the general
public demands that we do it,”
he said.
He was bombarded with ques
tions, mostly from rural legisla
tors who oppose the plan.
“How much did you cut your
district? ” Rep. Henry Russell of
Boston, Ga., asked the commit
tee chairman.
Williams answered that his
county of Hall in north Georgia
had a population growth.
Before debate opened, House
Speaker George L. Smith told
the legislators he wanted every
member to be heard and prom
ised virtually unlimited debate
on the committee proposal and
several other plans expected to
be introduced as substitutes
during the day.
As the House membership is
sue appeared headed for a
showdown vote by midafternoon
Rep. Denmark Groover of Gray
introduced a plan to freeze the
Haise at 195 members and ask
ed the representatives to vote
Vol. 99 No. 229
Mamie
visits
theater
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Ma
mie Eisenhower made a tearful
first visit to the theater named
for her late husband in the
Kennedy Center for the Per
forming Arts today. She told
hard-hatted workers putting
finishing touches on the auditor
ium: “Ike would have loved it.”
Mrs. Eisenhower, accompa
nied by President Nixon’s elder
daughter, Tricia Cox, smiled
through a brief ceremony at
which the framed brass molds
for the new Eisenhower dollar
were unveiled.
“I wish I had words to tell
you how deeply grateful I am
to you for everything you are
doing here,” Mrs. Eisenhower,
tears in her eyes, told
construction workers gathered
on the stage.
“Ike would have loved it.
Everytime you drive a nail in,
it’s a piece of you that you
have contributed.”
The theater is the third hall
in the new Kennedy Center.
The opera house and the
concert hall were opened
earlier. Eisenhower Theater
scheduled to open Oct. 18.
President Dwight D. Eisen
hower signed the legislation 13
years ago this month that
authorized construction of a
national cultural center. It was
named for President John F.
Kennedy following his assassin
ation in 1963.
Mrs. Eisenhower was in
Washington for a “Diamond
Jubilee” dinner tonight.
on it in principle. “It basically
takes away from the big and
gives to the little, unlike the
committee plan,” he said.
The Senate Democratic Cau
cus voted 27-4 after a stormy
session in favor of a reappor
tionment plan for the upper
chamber which drew some cri
ticism as being favorable to
supporters of Lt. Gov. Lester
Maddox.
The same plan was also okay
ed 5-2 by the Senate Committee
on Economy, reorganization
and Efficiency in Government.
Sen. Robert Smalley of Grif
fin asked that it be delayed by
a day, adding that “any fool
could have done better as far
as (districts) cutting across
county lines.”
Smalley asked that the com
mittee consider a Senate pro
posal prepared by former Sen.
G. Everett Millican of Atlanta
but Sen. Hugh Gillis of Soper
ton said “the time is up as far
as new plans being presented.
I think it is time we get some
thing on the floor.”
Rural legislators have pro
mised a fight over the proposal
to reduce the House from 195
to 180 members. Rep. Tom
Murphy of Bremen, speaker
pro tern of the House, said a
substitute bill to the House
Reapportionment Committee’s
measure would be offered to
keep the House at its present
size.
However, most Capitol ob
servers believe that the 180-
member plan will pass fairly
easy after the debate is over.
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THE UNITED WAY
The general campaign for United Fund in Griffin-Spalding
County began today with a goal of $86,850. Frank Jolly, bank
official, is general chairman of the solicitation program. The
eight agencies which will share the funds are Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, Retarded Children, UJS.O. Red
Cross, Boys’ Club and Emergency Community Services.
| Clothing drive
j to be tonight
g The Griffin Kiwanis Club with the help of Boy Scouts
:< and Griffin High Key Club members will have its annual
§ clothing drive tonight beginning at 7 o’clock.
Usable clothing for students ranging from the first
through twelfth grades will be gathered. It will be
repaired, cleaned and placed in the Griffin-Spalding
•:•: clothing bank. Faculty members will distribute it to needy
students.
g ScottSearcy is chairman of the drive this year. He asked
| Griffinites to have the clothing ready when the drive
begins so it can be handled quickly.
The Kiwanians requested that Griffinites leave their
£ porch lights cm also to expedite the drive.
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