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Robert Tyre Jones, better
known as “Bobby” Jones, died
> in Atlanta last week. He was 69
years old.
Jones is best known for his
having won golf’s “grand
slam”. As the winner of this he
turned the spotlight of sports on
Georgia, as had Ty Cobb and
) other Georgians.
Pictures of Jones published in
his hometown newspapers
showed him sitting at his desk
k with the famous quote from
Grand Rice hanging framed on
the wall behind him. This was
i Bobby Jones favorite motto.
Everyone knows it well:
For when the one great scorer
comes to write against your
* name, it matters not if you won
or lost, but how you played the
game.
And though Bobby Jones and
‘ Grant Rice both liked to
win and were tough competitors
they lived up to this.
t Incidentally Grant Rice, who
won his great fame as a
qports writer while sports editor
of an Atlanta newspaper, along
• with 0. B. Keeler, another
Atlanta sports writer, who has
been called Bobby Jones’ Bos
well, were Bobby Jones best
* press agents.
Robert Louis Stevenson is
best known for his “Treasure
w Island” but did you know he
wrote “A Clristmas Prayer”?
This was published last week on
the front page of a Griffin
church bulletin. It is most ap
propriate and reads:
“Help us rightly to remember
» the birth of Jesus, that we may
share in the song of the Angels,
the gladness of the Shepherds,
and the worship of the Wise
• Men.
Close the door of hate and
open the door of love all over the
t world.
Let kindness come with every
gift and good desires with every
greeting.
« Deliver us from evil by the
blessing that Christ brings, and
teach us to be merry with clear
hearts.
* May the Christmas morning
make us happy to be Thy child
ren and the Christmas evening
, bring us to our beds with grate
ful thoughts, forgiving and
forgiven, for Jesus’ sake.”
' Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
72, low today 55, high yesterday
, 65, low yesterday 53. Sunrise
tomorrow 7:40, sunset
tomorrow 5:31.
Albert charges Nixon
slowed the economy
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
Speaker Carl Albert today
accused President Nixon of
having imposed a deliberate
slowdown on the economy. He
said the Democratic Congress
had to prod Nixon into his
current fight against inflation
and unemployment.
The Oklahoma Democrat said
economic prospects still are
unclear but “we stand ready to
take further initiatives as
required to bring our economy
back to full prosperity and full
employment."
Albert called a post-session
news conference to defend the
record of die first session of the
92nd Congress and, by inferen
ce, his own stewardship during
his first year as speaker. He
has been criticized by some
party members as not tough
enough.
In a prepared statement he
said Congress had concentrated
first on “widening democracy”
by reforming its own procedu
res, lowering the voting age to
18, and plugging campaign
spending loopholes.
Secondly, he said, it conclud
ed that Nixon’s economic
policies had produced complete
disarray, with the cost of living
12 per cent in two years,
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ATLANTA—SpeciaI Agent W. B. Wentz, in charge of the Secret Service office for Georgia,
displays a suitcase packed full of SIOO,OOO in counterfeit bills in his office here yesterday. Secret
Service agents in Atlanta arrested three suspects, including a Smyrna, Ga., man suspected of
being a ringleader. (UPI)
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bills confiscated D eCe 28
Atlanta (UPI)—A Georgian and two New Yorkers
were arrested after Treasury agents confiscated SIOO,OOO
in counterfeit S2O bills at a motel near Hartsfield
International Airport.
Placed in Fulton County jail was Willie C. Cochran, 35,
of Smyrna. The others, Charles Ferguson, 31, and Joe
Saitta, 29, were returned to New York where they were
wanted on other charges.
The agents also said Cochran’s brother, L. C. Cochran of
Atlanta, was arrested Friday in Nashville, Tenn.
They said the Cochrans and a third man are suspects in
a counterfeit ring operating out of Atlanta.
The counterfeit money, some of which is still in
circulation in Atlanta, was described as lighter in color
than genuine currency. Also, the green printing seal was
smeared and barely legible.
unemployment at a 10-year
high of 6 per cent, and welfare >
rolls at an all-time peak.
“The costs of this deliberate
dowdown have been enor
mous,” Albert said. “Far from
bringing down prices as inten
ded, administration policies
produced an unprecedented
combination of inflation and
recession ...
“believing that the country
could no longer afford inaction,
the Congress extended the
authority it had given the
President in 1970 to control
wages and prices and urged
him again to act immediately,”
he added.
“The Congress approved
emergency employment legisla-
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tion and accelerated public
works authorization to get the
federal government into the
attack on joblessness. And after
the President finally adopted
our recommendations on Aug.
15, we expeditiously enacted
tax relief to stimulate the
economy and a further exten
sion of the economic stabiliza
tion legislation...” Albert said.
Anesthesiology agreement
Hospital gets second
emergency room doctor
A second doctor to cover the
emergency room at night at the
Griffin-Spalding Hospital has
been secured, according to the
hospital authority. The
physician is to report Jan. 10.
Carl Richardson, chairman of
the authority, said this would
give the emergency room
coverage at night when doctors’
offices in the community are not
open.
One doctor already covers the
emergency room at night and
the authority had been sear-
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 1971
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will make its final trip to Griffin
Dec, 28,
Headquarters will be set up in
the >Cheatham building of the
First Baptist Church from 11
a.m. till 5 p.m.
Lin Thompson, chairman of
the program here, said about
230 pints of blood would be the
goal for this visit.
He asked that prospective
donors plan to go to the blood
center during its final visit of
1971.
“There’s at least one way you
can do more for your child — do
less.”
ching for another to share the
duties.
Mr. Richardson also an
nounced that the hospital had
reached agreement with the
anesthesiology team that all in
surgical patients at the hospital
would be served.
Mr. Richardson said the team
had expressed its eagerness to
see that the people of the
community were served. The
team of specialists is respon
sible for putting patients to
sleep.
City, county okay
paving priorities
A priority for city and county
paving to be done by the State
Highway Department here has
been approved by city and
county commissioners and sent
to the Spalding legislative
delegation.
The legislators will be asked
to review the list and approve it
or suggest any changes they
might feel in order.
The plan is supposed to be in
the hands of the State Highway
Department by Jan. 1.
City Manager Roy Inman and
County Administrator Tom
Lane worked out the list of
6 men
aboard
ship
MIAMI (UPI) —An American
Merchant ship rescued 34
crewmen from the flaming
tanker Calypso off the north
coast of Cuba early today but
the captain and five men
stayed aboard in an attempt to
save the vessel, the Coast
Guard reported.
The Coast Guard said a
lifeboat was alongside the
Cyprus-registered Calypso in
case the skeleton crew, which
also included a radio operator
and an'engineer, decided to
leave the stricken ship.
Children
average $32
worth of toys
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -
The average American child
gets $32 worth of Christmas
toys, according to a study by
Crocker Bank.
The study released Monday
noted that the California child
fared a little better from Santa,
getting S3B worth of toys.
The bank also had a note
suggesting that youngsters take
care of their Christmas booty.
It said that the Christmas toys
are more than half the toys
they will get all year.
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ATHENS, Ga.—The image of Santa Claus has changed down
through the years. Kiddies of today know that their ole St.
Nick is always smiling, has bushy eyebrows and is perhaps a
bit heavier. These two pictures of an earlier Santa, are from
Vol. 99 No. 301
priorities at the direction of the
city and county commissioners.
Both boards have approved
the list.
The priorities which have
been approved include:
I.— Maloy road — grading
and paving.
2. — East Mclntosh road from
state route 16 and North Second
street extension from 16 to East
Mclntosh road (resurfacing)
(segments in the city and
county.)
3. — West Williamson road —
grading and paving.
4. — South Sixth extension
Barnesville wreck
claims three people
Three Barnesville people
were killed in a two-car collision
early last night at the 341-18
intersection.
A five-year-old Barnesville
girl was killed in an accident
near Forsyth.
State Troopers at the Forsyth
station identified the three
wreck victims as Lucille
Goddard, 59, 101 HiU street,
Fred Worthy, 59, and Mary
Alice Worthy, 52, both of 225 HiU
street.
Grady Carlisle of Hampton,
serving with the Navy at
Maypark, Fla., was the driver
of the other car. Troopers said
he was shaken up in the ac
cident but was not thought to be
injured seriously.
They said that the Goddard
Carter charges syndicate
operating in NE Georgia
ATLANTA (UPI)-Gov. Jim
my Carter said Monday a
Mafia-like crime syndicate op
erated in northeast Georgia,
dealing in stolen cars and ille
gal liquor in Barrow, Gwinnett
and Hall counties.
Carter, appearing in a tele
vised news conference (WSB
TV), also said an Atlanta per
son in the real estate business
from Grandview drive to Spald
ing Lamar County line,
(resurface.)
5. — Dundee Lake road from
North Hill extension to end of
Dundee Lake, grading and
paving.
6. — Boyd’s row from
Hammond drive to U. S. 19-41
By-Pass, paving and curb.
7.— Dutchman road from
McDonough road to Walker Mill
road, grading and paving.
8. — Ellis road from state
route 3 westward to point in the
county to be determined,
resurfacing.
woman’s husband suffered a
broken ankle. Neither Carlisle
nor Goddard were listed as
patients at the Griffin-Spalding
Hospital today.
The accident happened at 6:10
p.m. near the city limits of
Barnesville.
Little Renee Smith, five-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Steve Smith, Jr., of 757
Old Zebulon road, BamesviUe,
died Monday afternoon in a
Macon hospital of injuries
sustained in an automobile
accident earlier in the day.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith were
criticaUy injured in the ac
cident.
In addition to her parents,
survivors include a sister,
Tammy Gail Smith; a brother,
with Mafia connections would
be publicly identified soon.
“There is, I understand, a
member of the Mafia itself who
is engaged in the real estate
business in the metro area that
will be revealed soon,” he said.
In commenting on organized
crime in the northeast Georgia
counties, the governor said “it
doesn’t have to be tied to the
the library collection of early Christmas cards at the
University of Georgia. These two date back to the late 1800’s.
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9. — Wisso road from Walker
Mill road to state route 16,
grading and paving.
10. — U. S. 19 from south city
limits to Taylor street; state
route 16 — Taylor to Broadway;
North Hill from Broadway to
point in county to be deter
mined; resurfacing.
11. — Chuli road from Locust
Grove road to Jenkinsburg
road, grading and paving.
12. - U. S. 41 from 19-41 By-
Pass to east city limits (or point
in the county to be determined
after any of above priorities),
resurfacing.
Bubber Smith; grandparents,
Mrs. George Criswell of Bar
nesville and Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Steve Smith, Jr., of the
High Falls community; great
grandmother, Mrs. Annie Hill
Flournoy of Greenville.
Friends may visit the family
at the home of Mrs. George
Criswell, 757 Old Zebulon road,
Barnesville. Funeral services
will be conducted Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock from the
Barnesville Revival Center.
The Rev. Frank Todd will of
ficiate and burial will be in the
Rock Springs Congregational
Methodist Church cemetery.
Haisten Funeral Home of
Barnesville is in charge of
arrangements.
Mafia or Cosa Nostra to be in
sdious to Georgia.”
Carter’s remarks came as
Barrow County authorities in
vestigated the death of 67-year
old James 0. Daws, a mer
chant and farmer whose body
was found in a creek last Fri
day, bound with wire and
weighed with concrete blocks.