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Griffin Daily News Monday, April 24, 1972
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FAMILY LAWYER A
Common Law
Marriage
Like baseball and hot dogs,
the common law marriage is a
peculiarly American institution.
Never widely known in Europe,
it began to flourish in our colo
nial days when preachers and
marriage license bureaus were
few and far between.
And. even though not allowed
in most states, it continues to
flourish today to a surprising de
gree. Almost everywhere, a com
mon law marriage is recognized
as valid if it was valid in the
state where it took place.
But there is a big difference
between a common law marriage
and just a “temporary arrange
ment.”
The essence of a common law
marriage is an agreement be
tween the parties to be man and
wife, usually followed by a pe
riod of “holding themselves out"
as a married couple. Merely liv-
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ing together, even for a con
siderable time, will not create the
legal relationship.
As one court put it:
“Consent to concubinage does
not constitute marriage."
Once a common law marriage
has come into existence, it is as
permanent as any other mar
riage. Thus:
A common law wife, becoming
bored with her husband, packed
up and left. Several months after
ward, she married another man
in a regular ceremonial wedding.
But her second marriage was
later held to be null and void.
The court said that since she had
not bothered to get a divorce
from her common law husband,
she was still his wife.
There are other reasons, 100.
for not entering lightly into a
common law marriage. All 100
often, legal complications arise
from the sheer difficulty of es
tablishing whether there reallv
was a marriage in the first place.
These complications may in
volve not only the parties them
selves (alimony? social security
rights? workmen’s compensation
benefits?) but also their children
(legitimacy? inheritance rights?).
In view of such possibilities,
there would seem to be little rea
son for choosing a common law
marriage in this day and age.
“The covered wagon days,”
commented one court, “are
over.”
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Griffin High School Youth Temperance Council Members (1-
r) Pam Dunn, Terry Anderson, Marilyn Foster, Johnny
Williamson and Debbie Anderson talk with Mayor Louis
Woman accused
of shoplifting
Griffin Police said Mrs.
Bernice Maddox, 44, of 835 Larte
street, was arrested late
Saturday afternoon and
charged with shoplifting.
Ste allegedly put some sliced
ham, a large box of aspirin, and
tooth paste into her purse at
Colonial Stores and did not pay
for the tiems when she checked
out of the store with other
groceries, they said.
The items were valued at
$6.45. She was released from the
county jail under SSOO bond.
Scouters hike
Sixteen members of Boy
Scout Troop 13 took a 14-mile
hike on the Appalachian Trial
from Tray Mountain to Dick’s
Creek Gap in North Georgia.
Leaders are Gerald Lawhorn
and Al Thrasher.
Scouters taking the trip were:
Lavan Kinard, Ricky Purser,
Gary Brown, Keith Folds,
Walter Evans, Jim Shockley,
Dennis Kinard, “Fuddy”
Pounds, Tim Kennedy, Ricky
Harris, Jimmy Nelson, Dan
Smith, Gene James, Robert
Seay, Bob Hart and Mel
Stewart.
Wife dead;
mate shot
A weekend shooting in Senoia
has left a former Griffin police
officer wounded and his wife
dead.
Coweta County law officials
said Mrs. Ruth Ledbetter died
of gunshot wounds of the head
around 1 a.m. this morning. Her
husband, Marshall Ledbetter,
also suffered head wounds and
was listed in fair condition in
the Coweta General Hospital in
Newnan today.
Officials were investigating.
They said one of the Ledbetter’s
children flagged down a Senoia
Police car Saturday night and
that when the officers arrived,
both shooting victims were
unconscious.
Ledbetter is employed at the
Diagnostic Center in Jackson.
He has served both as a Griffin
police officer and as chief of
police in Senoia.
Hillcrest Funeral Home will
announce plans.
First
The first Negro
dential candidate in the
United States was Frederick
Douglass, who was nomi
nated with Victoria Woodhull
at the Equal Rights party
convention held in 1872 at
New York City.
Goldstein about Youth Temperance Education Week (April
23-29) in Griffin. The council is an affiliate of the Georgia
Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
Deaths -F unerals
Mr. Wilson
Mr. G. W. “Will” Wilson, 88,
of Senoia, died at noon Sunday
at the Brightmoor Medical Care
Center, where he had been a
patient since Dec. 10,1971, after
he suffered a fractured hip.
Mr. Wilson was engaged in
farming. He was a lifelong
resident of Coweta County and a
member of the Senoia United
Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Effie Norton Wilson; two
daughters, Mrs. Lois Pittman of
St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mrs.
Lucille Parks of Senoia; a son,
Carl Wilson of Newnan; nine
grandchildren, 19 great
grandchildren and four great
great-grandchildren. Among
his grandchildren are Mrs.
Leon F. Hardy of Griffin and
great-grandchildren, Anita and
Parks Hardy, both of Griffin.
Funeral services will be
conducted Tuesday afternoon at
3 o’clock from the graveside in
Senoia cemetery. The Rev. Dan
McFarland will officiate.
Haisten Funeral Home of
Griffin is in charge of plans.
Mr. A. B. Williams
Mr. Alton B. Williams of 704
West Taylor street died Sunday
morning at the Griffin Spalding
Hospital where he had been a
patient for the past two weeks.
Mr. Williams was born in
Social Circle, son of the late
Azariah Bostwick Williams and
late Josephine Byrd Williams.
He moved to Griffin 67 years
ago where he was in the
upholstery and antique
business. Mr. Williams was a
member and life deacon of the
First Baptist Church.
He is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Gilbert Smith of Griffin;
several nieces and nephews and
several great nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were con
ducted this afternoon at 2:30
o’clock from the chapel of
Pittman Rawls Funeral Home.
The Rev. Bruce M. Morgan
officiated and burial was in the
Social Circle cemetery.
About Town
GRIFFIN BPW CLUB
The Griffin BPW Club will
hold a dinner meeting Tuesday
evening at the Elks Club. Mabie
Battson, personal development
committee will have charge of
the program which will be the
recognition of women of
achievement and recognition of
young careerist. Represen
tatives from high school girls
who attended the youth
leadership conference at Rock
Eagle will give their report. The
installation of officers will be
held also.
CARWASH
The Palace Street Church of
God softball team will sponsor a
car wash Saturday from 8 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Price is two dollars.
EAGLESCLUB
The Eagles Club will meet
Thursday night at 8 p.m. to elect
officers for 1972-73.
EXCHANGE CLUB
Griffin High Coach Max
Dowis will be guest speaker at
the noon meeting of the Ex
change Club of Griffin on
Tuesday, at noon, at the Elks
Club. Ronnie Cain is program
chairman.
Mr. Williams
Mr. Andrew Pates Williams,
20, of Daytona Beach, Fla.,
formerly of Griffin, died
Saturday.
He was a member of the Mt.
Calvary Baptist Church.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Williams # a
sister, Miss Geraldine
Williams; three brothers, W. J.
Williams, Rudolph Williams
and Douglas Keith Williams, all
of Griffin; several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral plans will be an
nounced pending the arrival of
the body by McDowell United
Funeral Home.
Mr. Hicks
Mr. Aquinaldo “Pete” Hicks,
54, of Washington street died
Sunday afternoon at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital where
he had been a patient for
several days.
Mr. Hicks was a lifelong
resident of Griffin.
He is survived by several
cousins, Mrs. Bertha Brown,
Mrs. Flossie Evans, Robert
Dickerson, Mrs. Annie Bell
Taylor and Mrs. Margaret
Kendall, all of Griffin.
Funeral plans wiH be an
nounced by Millers Funeral
Home.
Griffinites
honored at
science banquet
Two Griffin High students and
a Griffin teacher attended
Georgia’s sixth annual Science
Honors banquet in Atlanta
where Georgia’s outstanding
scientists, science teachers and
science students were honored.
Keith B. Huckaby of Route
four, Griffin, Ton my Hopkins
of Jackson road, and Mrs. Nina
Jones of Route three, Griffin
were among those recognized.
Huckaby was named district
outstanding science student
with Hopkins as alternate. Mrs.
Jones was named the district
outstanding science teacher.
The banquet was sponsored
by the Georgia Science and
Technology Commission
designed to improve the well
being of all citizens through
science and technology.
Don B. Destephano of
Moultrie was the state’s out
standing science student.
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Art festival
planned for
May 20
The Griffin-Spalding Art
Association met at St. George’s
Episcopal Church to complete
[dans for the annual art festival.
Mrs. Lester Luttrell, president,
presided.
Mrs. Joyce Smith was ap
pointed festival chairman and
Mrs. Helen Bryant publicity
chairman. The Commercial
Bank and Trust Company on
South Hill street will be host for
the Crimson Clover Art Festival
all day Saturday, May 20.
The show will feature paint
ings in all media, graphics,
prints, sculpture, handmade
pottery and crafts. There will be
an adult division and a junior
division. The latter age limit
being from 15 years old through
college age. The show will be
judged and prizes awarded.
All artist who are non
members will be required to
pay an entry fee of five dollars.
Deadline for entering is May 10.
Entry forms may be obtained
from Mrs. Joyce Smith, 1344
Maple drive, Griffin. For fur
ther information contact Mrs.
Smith or Mrs. Bryant.
Secretary
deadline
Wednesday
The Chamber of Commerce
reminded secretaries and their
bosses that reservations for the
Friday luncheon at the Moose
Club are due by Wednesday.
The luncheon at noon will be a
highlight in the observance of
national secretaries week here.
A boss of the year award will
be made during the luncheon.
Secretaries may make
nominations with the Chamber
of Commerce through Wed
nesday.
Bosses who plan to bring their
secretaries to the luncheon
Friday were reminded that
reservations must be made by
Wednesday also.
Another highlight of the day
will be awarding a weekend trip
to Florida for two to New Port
Richey near Tampa. Holiday
Inn in Griffin is helping with the
arrangements and assisting in
sponsoring the event. Many
vacation needs such as sun
glass, beach wear, gasoline and
other items will be donated to
the winner by Griffin mer
chants.
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Ministers
wives have
meet here
The Georgia Association
Ministers Wives in
denominational met at the
Zion Baptist Church here dui
the weekend.
The Rev. O. H. Stinson
pastor.
Mayor Louis Goldst
welcomed the group to Gris
The theme of the associatic
meeting was “Christian Won
in Action.”
The devotional theme v
“Prayer: The Master Key.’
banquet was held in the asse
bly hall of the church. Presid
was Mrs. O. H. Stinson, pr<
dent of the Griffin Area Mir
tecs Wives Coterie. Mrs. Vale
Scott presented a creati
dance to the music of 1
Lord’s Prayer. Miss Miri;
Blalock sang “The Holy Citj
A fashion show also v
presented during the banqi
Participating were memb
of the Ministers Wives Cote
and ladies from the Gris
McDonough and Atlanta are
Mrs. Dorothy Tyler narra
this part of the show.
Mrs. Annie Starks presen
fashions from Crouch’s Co
pany of Griffin. Her daugh
was narrator.
Mrs. Ruth Stripling, st
president, of Savann
presented her annual messa
“Prayer Changes Life” w
the title.
Two sessions
planned for
GED exams
GED exams will be given
Griffin at the office of Ad
Education on Friday, April
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. a
Saturday Apr. 29, from 8 a.m.
12 noon. Two sessions i
necessary because of the lenj
of the exam.
Anyone interested in taki
the exam must be 18 years
age or have a letter from t
high school stating the class t
applicant graduated. An a
pointment is necessary.
For further informati
contact William Mulli
director, Adult Education.