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— Griffin Daily News Friday, November 17,1972
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Two amendments
were defeated
ATLANTA (UPI) - Here is
the official vote tabulation on
the 24 statewide amendments
votes on the Nov. 7 general
election. Two of the amend
ments were defeated — those
dealing with a plan to do away
with the state board of correc
tions and calling for a change
in the state government veto
procedure.
Amendment 1— To provide
for the removal of state judges.
Yes 597,670. No 154,961.
Amendment 2 — Reorganize
Game and Fish Commission.
Yes 527,373. No 223,935.
Amendment 3 — Reorganize
Industry and Trade Depart
ment. Yes 398,097. No 319,388.
Amendment 4 — Reorganize
highway Department. Yes 500,-
091. No 230,575.
Amendment 5 — Abolish state
treasurer. Yes 365,457. No 345,-
597.
Amendment 6—Abolish Board
of Corrections. Yes 332,989. No
Conservancy
Club sets
meeting
The newly formed Griffin
Chapter of the Georgia Con
servancy will hold its monthly
meeting Monday, Nov. 27, at
7:30 p.m. in the community
room of the Commercial Bank
building.
The main speaker will be the
Rev. Bill Conine, who is pastor
of the First Presbyterian
Church of Thomaston.
He is considered to be one of
the most knowledgeable people
concerning aspects of the Flint
river. His talk, accompanied by
color slides, will include
comments on the availability of
the Flint river to Griffin
residents for sports, recreation
al activities, and pure scenic
beauty.
The Rev. Conine is an avid
fisherman and custom makes
fishing rods as a sideline. He
has worked extensively with
youth groups in outdoor activi
ties for both church and public
organizations.
The meeting is open to the
public.
REVIVAL
Hanleiter
United Methodist Church
Comer of 14th and Broad Streets
Continues through Sunday night,
Nov. 19th.
Service Each Evening At 7:30
Evangelist - Rev. Elvyn McDonald,
Pastor of Hanleiter United
Methodist Church
Song Leader - Rev. Landon Carey
Special Music - Nursery Provided
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Amendment 7—Enlarge Par
don and Paroles Board. Yes
488,635. No. 231,188.
Amendment 8 — Allow state
to go into debt. Yes 476,435. No
235,038.
Amendment 9 — Relocation
reimbursement. Yes 482,174. No
222,003.
Amendment 10 — Non profit
hospital exemption. Yes 630,-
919. No 197,644.
Amendment 11 — Educational
loans and grants. Yes 479,595.
No 250,881.
Amendment 12 — School
funds for sports and other ac
tivities. Yes 407,784. No 328,380.
Amendment 13 — Tuition
grants for POW children. Yes
529,932. No 199,494.
Amendments—Handicapped
veteran exemption. Yes 555,403.
No 190,895.
Amendment 15 — Employe
state aid program. Yes 366,959.
No 325,779.
Amendment 16 — Aged bene
fits. Yes 598,872. No 148,225.
Amendment 17 — Aged bene
fits. Yes 551,355. No 182,528.
Amendment 18 — Aged bene
fits. Yes 529,553. No 195,793.
Amendment 19 — Special
service districts. Yes 360,864.
No 305,958.
Amendment 20 — Reitrement
benefits. Yes 450,802. No 242,-
523.
Amendment 21 — Juvenile
jurisdiction. Yes 448,251. No.
222,581.
Amendment 22 — Annual ap
propriations. Yes 394,429. No
257,068.
Amendment 23 — Change
veto procedure. Yes 322,202. No
339,979.
Amendment 24 — Voter resi
dency requirements. Yes 459,-
566. No 229,051.
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Hospital Report
The following persons were
admitted to the Griffin-Spalding
Hospital:
Mrs. Louise Blalock, Curtis
Matthews, Mrs. Patsy Bell,
Mrs. Mary Colbert, John C.
Davis, Mrs. Dianne Armistead,
Bernard Sessions, Arthur
Flournoy, Tim Rooks, Mrs.
Lizzie Watkins, Michael Corley,
Mrs. Gloria Bennett, Mrs.
Mallie Camp, Jimmy Cobb,
Mrs. Myrtice Quimbley, Marvin
Welch, Ralph Benton, Charles
L. Head, Mrs. Patricia Elaine
James.
The following were
dismissed:
Doyle Yearta, Mrs. Virginia
Gregory, Mrs. Joanna
Brownlee, Mrs. Ora Barrett,
Mrs. Cynthia Farrow, Bobby
Lee Echols, Mrs. Eloise Davis
and baby, Mrs. Melinda Parker
and baby, Mrs. Limmer Finch,
Kimberley Byars, Miss Lutie
Waldrup, Mrs. Olivia Couch and
baby, Mrs. Patricia Jackson
and baby, Mrs. Ellistine
Mathis, Martin Lowery, Ronnie
Owens, Kenneth M. Greer,
Patricia Robinson, Mrs. Julia
Alford.
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Mr. Ham, Sr.
Mr. Thomas Porter Ham, Sr.,
78, of 169 South McKibben
street, Jackson, died early
Thursday night at the Georgia
Baptist Hospital in Atlanta
shortly after being admitted.
Mr. Ham was owner and
operator of Ham Billard Parlor
in Jackson. He was a member of
the Jackson United Methodist
Church, a member of St. John’s
Lodge No. 45, A&FM and a
veteran of World War One.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Emma Estelle Hallford
Ham of Jackson; a son, Thomas
P. Ham, Jr., of Miami, Fla., and
one grandchild.
Funeral services will be
conducted Saturday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock in Haisten’s
chapel. Burial will follow in the
Jackson cemetery. Haisten
Funeral Home of Jackson is in
charge of plans.
Mr. Davis
Mr. James Leonard Davis, 39,
of 238 Pelley street, died last
night at the Griffin-Spalding
Hospital.
He was a lifelong resident of
Spalding County.
Survivors include his mother,
Mrs. Mary Dennis; two
brothers, Thomas White, Willie
White, all of Griffin, and two
aunts, several nieces, cousins.
United McDowell Funeral
Home will announce
arrangements.
Mud buries
coastal town
BIG SUR, Calif. (UPI) -
Rain stalled cleanup operations
Thursday night in this rustic
coastal community buried be
neath tons of mud, ooze and
rocks, some as large as
automobiles.
Walls of mud from a
mountainside denuded by sum
mer fires and softened by heavy
downpours sloshed across the
tiny village Wednesday,
stranding motorists, collapsing
buildings and wrecking cars
and trucks, but caused no
deaths or injuries.
More rain was forecast for
Burglar suspects
run into lawmen
Two burglar suspects ran
from the Moose Club building on
the Zebulon road into the arms
of Sheriff’s deputies early this
morning.
Deputy Robert Aaron said the
Sheriff’s office received a call
about 4 a.m. that a burglary
was in progress at the Moose
Club. He and Deputy Albert
Busbee called for help from the
City Police Department to
surround the building.
While the city officers entered
from the front, the deputies
waited at the rear. Two men ran
from the rear door and were
climbing a fence when the
deputies arrested them.
They were identified as
William Steven Hirt, 20, of 130
Woodmont cfrive, and Mark
David Carns, 18, of 224 West
11 of 84
suspected
diabetics
Eleven of the 84 people tested
at the Spalding Health Center
yesterday were found to be
suspected of having a diabetic
problem.
They were referred to their
family physicians.
The diabetic testing clinic
was one of a series the Health
Center has been holding here in
an effort to detect the disease.
Jim Morgan, coordinator of
the program, said he considered
the number of people who came
to the clinic a good turnout.
Freedom was
short lived
Two inmates at the Spalding
County Correctional Institution
escaped from a work detail
yesterday afternoon on
Tomichichi road. They were
back in custody within about 20
minutes.
Guard Sam Akins and heavy
equipment operator Bobby
York of the Spalding CI staff
rounded up the two escapees
quickly.
They were identified as
Jimmy Lummus serving a term
for abandonment and Robert
Brownlee serving a term in a
car theft case.
tonight.
Mud slides closed nine miles
of scenic Route 1 along the
Pacific Ocean. The area
extended from two miles north
of Big Sur to seven miles south
of the community of artists,
hippies and the wealthy.
The California Highway Pa
trol said the highway would be
closed “at least until the
weekend.” It was feared the
highway was washed away in
places under weight of the
avalanches.
Hardest hit by the second
series of mudslides in a month
Central avenue. Both were
brought to the Spalding jail and
charged with burglary.
Deputy Aaron said the
suspects came out empty
handed as the officers arrived
before they had time to take
anything.
Entry was made by breaking
a glass in the rear door.
Dr. Harris
gives lecture
Dr. Leroy S. Harris lectured
on the “Fitting Procedures of
Contact Lenses” to a combined
monthly meeting of the fourth
and fifth Districts of the
Georgia Optometric
Association. Present were
doctors from all over this
section of the state.
Presiding was the fourth
district president, Dr. Robert
Chapman of Griffin, who in
troduced Dr. Neil Kalin of
Decatur, president of the fifth
district. Also participating was
Dr. Bernard Kahn of Atlanta,
president-elect of the State
Association, who presented
“The Optometrist of the Year
Award”, to Dr. Thomas Reis.
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was Big Sur village. A garage,
store, post office and chapel
were swept away. Area res
idents said the massive slides
were the most severe to ever hit
the village isolated beneath a
coastal mountain range.
The rain dampened the spirits
of cleanup crews working
around the clock with heavy
equipment to clear the area of
mud and rocks.
“But if it’s too wet, it all just
slides back,” said a disheart
ened worker.
Sgt. John Crisan of the
Monterey County Sheriffs De
partment, in charge of rescue
operations, said it was a
“miracle” no one was killed or
injured in the latest slides.
Crisan said between 12 and 15
people were trapped in their
cars between slides just north of
the village. They spent the night
in their cars and were given
food and water and led to safety
by the rescue team at daybreak.
Stork Club
MASTER STICKLER
Mr. and Mrs. John Stickler of
Morrow announce the birth of a
son on Nov. 17 at Clayton
General Hospital. Stickler is a
trooper stationed at the Griffin
Post of the Georgia State
Patrol.
LITTLE MISS BELL
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bell of
Jenkinsburg, announce the
birth of a daughter on Nov. 16 at
the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
LITTLE MISS BENNETT
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Bennett
of Route Three, McDonough,
announce the birth of a
daughter on Nov. 16 at the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospi
tal.
MASTER JAMES
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey James
of Jackson announce the birth of
a son on Nov. 17 at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital.
Girl got
immediate
treatment
Carl Ridley, administrator of
the Griffin-Spalding Hospital,
set the record straight on treat
ment of an alleged Butts County
rape victim.
He gave this account:
A patrol car with the alleged
rape victim turned off Eighth
street and into the emergency
room entrance of the hospital at
7:15 a.m. Wednesday. She was
carried immediately into the
emergency room.
After a brief examination by
nursing personnel on duty, a
doctor was called. As soon as he
received the call, he dressed
and came immediately to the
hospital. He arrived before 8
a.m. He treated the patient
immediately upon his arrival
and she was dismissed shortly
after 8:30 a.m.
Reports circulated earlier
that the girl had to wait several
hours for treatment were in
correct.
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Griffin Post
gets new
trooper
The first black trooper to be
stationed at the Griffin Post of
the Georgia State Patrol said he
really enjoys his work.
Frederick L. Snellings Jr.,
who originally is from
LaGrange, became a trooper on
Nov. 1 and the Griffin post is his
first assignment.
He is scheduled to attend
troopers school at the Atlanta
Police Academy for eight
weeks. After that, his wife and
nine-month-old son, Terrance,
who are living in Atlanta, plan
to join him in Griffin.
Trooper Snellings served four
years in the Marine Corps, two
of which were spent in Vietnam
and Cuba. He attended
Morehouse College in Atlanta
-for two years.
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