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Photography division winners were (l-r) Dr. Kit Weathers, second place, for a
picture of his son entitled “Composer”, and Dr. Peter Berry, first place, for a
picture entitled “Pots”.
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Sculpture division winners were (l-r)
Jan Wilder for a soft sculpture entitled
“Hug Me”, first place; and Roben
Voight’s second place metal sculpture
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Crafts division winners were I l-r) Martha
Beckum, second place, for a hand
thrown pottern, and Jim Maine, first
place for “Macrame with Shells ”.
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■ In memoriam of C. H. (Jack) Frost. Moyer Auto Parts wifi|
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Art show one
of best here
The Crimson Clover Art
Festival drew hundreds of
people Saturday who saw local
as well as visiting artists put
their works on display.
A spokesman for the Griffin
Art Association, sponsor of the
annual art show, said it was one
of tiie best the organization has
sponsored.
Hundreds of people milled
aboutthe collections throughout
the day. A group of students
from West Griffin elementary
school presented a Punch and
Judy show at 2 p.m. as an added
feature this year.
The show was held in the
parking facilities of Commer
cial Bank & Trust Co. as well as
the bank’s community room.
Award winners were:
Painting and drawing —
Shirley Baker Little of Colum
bus, first place with her water
color entitled “Winter Roses.”
Margarethe C. Maine of
Burglars
have busy
weekend
Several hundred dollars
worth of household goods, in
cluding a color television and
two bank credit cards, were
taken in a house burglary on
Bourbon street over the week
end. In addition, police in
vestigated a number of small
thefts and burglaries.
Jerry Dewberry of 214
Bourbon street told sheriff’s
officers that someone entered
his home through a rear
bathroom window and made off
with a 25-inch Motorola color
console television, 12-gauge
automatic Savage shotgun, AM
FM portable GE radio, some $lO
to sl2 in change from a child’s
piggy bank, and two new credit
cards, a Master Charge and
BankAmericard.
Burglars took change from
drink machines at two in
dustries yesterday. About five
dollars was taken from a
machine at Turner Manufactur
ing Co. on Ann street. There
also was damage to the building
door, which was forced open,
and the drink box.
Three soft drink machines
were broken open at Griffin
Industries on Everee Inn road.
The office area had been ran
sacked.
Twenty quarters of motor oil
were stolen in a burglary
Friday at American Service
Station at College and Hill
streets, and yesterday the theft
of a Rip Van Winkle statue from
the yard of H. H. Tippins, 540
South Hill street, was reported
stolen.
Charles Henderson of 112
East Quilley street told officers
he heard someone attempting to
break into his home on Friday,
but he frightened them away.
Griffin, second place with her
acrylic called “Winter.”
Sculpture — Jan Wilder of
Fayetteville, first place with a
soft sculpture called “Hug Me.”
Roben Voight of Griffin,
second place with a metal
sculpture entitled “Man In
Environment I.”
Photography — Dr. Peter
Berry of Griffin, first place with
a black and white photo called
“Pots.”
Dr. Kit Weathers of Griffin,
second place with a photo of his
little son at the piano entitled
“Composer.”
Crafts — Jim Maine of
Griffin, first place with his
“Macrame With Shells.”
Martha Beckum of Griffin,
second place with an exhibit of
hand thrown pottery.
Curtis Chapman of Waleska,
Ga., won an honorable mention
award for a serigraph called
“Elementary Eccentric.”
Joyce Smith of Griffin won an
honorable mention with a
painting entitled “Fishing
Hole.”
Out of town exhibitors in
cluded:
Harriet Alexander and Grace
Bridges of Newnan, Mary Jo
Gayton and Louise Brown of
Cartersville, Curtis Chapman of
Waleska, Norma and Guy Leese
of Marietta, Delores Clark and
Gail Lumpkin of Carrollton,
Shirley Baker Little of Colum
bus, Morrill Hutchinson of
LaGrange, Rebekah Gravitt
and Lillian and Paul Ferren of
Decatur, Cher Durham of
Woodstock, Gale Dixon of
Palmetto, Charles Ensign of
Forsyth, Glenn Habgood, Mary
Stocker of Forest Park, Lama
Shelnut of Jonesboro, Roxie
Morradian of Atlanta, Art
Steele of Hampton, Juanita
Mayo of Orangeburg, S.C.
Shootings
are probed
Two weekend shootings are
under investigation.
Willie Marshall of Route
Four, Bucksnort road, was shot
in the hip Friday night. He told
dieriff’s deputies that Eddie
Lee Barlow knocked on his door
about 8 p.m. and when he
opened it, Barlow shot him with
a 303 rifle. He said he would not
press charges against Ba-low.
Kermit Van Gates of North
Fifth street suffered two gun
shot wounds in an incident
Saturday night. Police charged
Luther James Taylor, 47, 1305
Lincoln road, Apt. A, with
aggravated assault in connec
tion with the shooting which
took place at 510 East Central
street.
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Hospital Report
The following persons were
dismissed from the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital over
the weekend:
Marlin Purmort, Hubert John
Gill, Charlie Evans, John
Johnson, Mrs. G. Magdalene
James, Mrs. Irene Haynes,
Pete Hallmark, Mrs. Inez King,
Mrs. Edith Pilcher, Mrs.
Sandra Smith, Mrs. Lila
Schoffer, Mrs. Jeanette Staples,
Ben Rose, Horace Gibson,
Mattie Chapman, Jerry
Crocket, Zeno Presley, Henry
Fish Jr., Mrs. Kathy Stowell
and baby, Mrs. Marietta Albert,
Gail Bunn, Mrs. Jeanette
Bishop, Mrs. Caroline Fausell,
Mrs. Cornelia Maddox, Miss
Deborah Estes, Mrs. Pamela
Maddox and baby, Mrs. Betty
Tucker and baby, Thomas
Edward Todd, Mrs. Annette
Buchanan, Mrs. Gladys Wise
and baby, Mrs. Jo Alice O’Neal,
Forrest Alexander, Mrs.
Jeanette Storey, Ernest
Crawley, Trena Thomas,
Tarleton baby girl, Mrs. Hattie
Dewberry, Sylvia Moore, Mrs.
Valley Dukes, Bruce Daniel,
Mica Susanne Norrell, Brenda
Parks, Mrs. Ne To Chan
Maddox and baby, Mrs.
Theresa Rush and baby, John
McLean, Mrs. Kay Henn and
baby, Christopher Farrow,
Donna Lynn Archer, Mrs.
Birdie Driver, Miss Diane
Dunn, Mrs. Joanne Cotton and
baby, Mrs. Myrtle Patterson,
Jimmy Hutton, Mrs. Ruthie
Huckaby and baby, Mrs.
Rebecca Harris, George
William Greer.
Stork Club
LITTLE MISSCOTTON
Mr. and Mrs. Harlon C.
Cotton of Route One, Baile road,
Conyers, announce the birth of a
daughter on May 10 at the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospi
tal.
LITTLE MISS OLDHAM
Mr. and Mrs. Danny D.
Oldham of 12 Terracedale,
Griffin, announce the birth of a
daughter on May 11 at the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospi
tal.
MASTER FAMBRO
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fambro of
Route One, Box 17-A, Jackson,
announce the birth of a son on
May 12 at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital.
MASTER NICHOLS
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nichols
of 1113 George circle, Griffin,
announce the birth of a son on
May 12 at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital.
MASTER WATSON
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Watson
of 514 North Eighth street,
Griffin, announce the birth of a
son on May 12 at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital.
MASTER RIVERS
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Rivers of
105 Boyd row, Griffin, announce
the birth of a son on May 14 at
the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
About Town
EXCHANGE CLUB
Sgt. Glen Whidby of the
Narcotic Squad of the Griffin
Police Department will be
speaker at the noon meeting of
the Exchange Club of Griffin,
held at the Elks Club. Jack
Smith is program chairman.
BOOKCLUB
The Griffin Book Club will
meet Tuesday night at 6 p.m.
with Mrs. Newton Crouch at Big
Shanty Lake.
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
The Greater Griffin Area
Ministerial Association will
meet at Capri Restaurant at 11
am. Tuesday. All ministers in
the area are invited to attend.
Program chairman is the Rev.
Elvyn McDonald.
Revival services
will continue
Revival services will continue
this week at the North Griffin
Congregational Holiness
Church with the Rev. John
Sorrow of Atlanta as the
evangelist.
Services begin each night at
7:30.
The pastor is the Rev. J. J.
Stephens.
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Mrs. Grace Palmer, Reba Giles and Shanda Greene talk about day camp.
Girl Scouts planning
three camp sessions
Applications are being ac
cepted for Girl Scout Day Camp
and Girl Scout Established
Camp.
Red Pine Day Camp will be
held at Camp Cecil in Jackson,
June 18-21 and June 25-28. At
day camp a Junior or Cadette
may earn as many as three
badges. This year third grade
Brownies will be placed in a
Junior Unit. Brownies do not
work on badges but have fun
and many new experiences.
Deaths -F unerals
Mr. Harris
Mr. Nonie Paul Harris, 75, of
Vaughn community of Spalding
County, died Sunday evening at
the Griffin-Spalding Hospital
after a lengthy illness. He had
been a patient there for a week.
Mr. Harris was a retired
snploye of Griffin Division,
Thomaston Mills. A native of
Fayette County, Mr. Harris was
the son of the late George
Harris and the late Louella
Griffin Harris. He was a
member of the Ebenezer United
Methodist Church in Fayette
Courtly. He had resided in
Vaughn since 1951.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Irene Ogletree Harris;
three sons, Lenwood Harris,
Wilbur Harris and Hoyt Harris,
all of Griffin; a daughter, Mrs.
Annie Ruth Dahman of
Youngstown, Ohio; eight
grandchildren; six great
grandchildren; three sisters,
Mrs. Lillie Mae Williford of
Jonesboro, Mrs. Lizzie Williams
and Mrs. Nettie Pearl Williford,
both of Fayetteville; and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be
conducted Tuesday afternoon at
2o’clock in the Ebenezer United
Methodist Church in Fayette
County. The Rev. Jimmy
Landrum, the Rev. Byron E.
Thompson and the Rev. George
Foskey will officiate and burial
will be in church cemetery. The
body will remain at Haisten
Funeral Home until carried to
the church to lie in state for 30
minutes prior to the funeral
hour.
Mr. Tyler
Mr. John Wesley Tyler of 817
Ray street died early Sunday
morning at his home.
Mr. Tyler was born in Marion
County and had made his home
in Griffin for the past three
years. He was a retired farmer
and a member of the Grace
Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Lenora Reynolds Tyler of
Griffin; five daughters, Mrs.
Nellie Wilson of Griffin, Mrs.
Lindell Crook of Gay, Mrs.
Reida Tyler of Columbus, Mrs.
Frances Hawkins of Fayet
teville and Mrs. Helen Mcßae of
Forest Park; two step-sons,
Frank Thomas of College Park
and Andrew Oglesby of
Thomaston; a sister, Mrs.
Carrie Bland of Phenix City,
Ala.; a brother, Gordon Tyler of
Columbus; 17 grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were con
ducted this afternoon at 3
o’clock from the chapel of
Pittman Rawls Funeral Hone.
The Rev. Allen Huckaby and the
Rev. Jimmy Lester officiated
and burial was in Oak Hill
cemetery.
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— Griffin Daily News Monday, May 14,1973
If space is available first
grade Brownies will be ac
cepted for a Brownie Unit. Day
camp applications and
registration fee may be sent to
Mrs. Mace Palmer, Route one,
Box 500, Griffin.
Established Camp is located
at Camp Pine Valley, near
Meansville. First session will be
July 1-6; the second session will
be July 8-20; and the third
session July 22-Aug. 3.
Applications for both camps
Mr. Frost
Mr. Claude Harold “Jack”
Frost of 404 Terrace street died
Sunday afternoon at the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital where he was
admitted Saturday evening.
A native of McKeesport, Pa.,
Mr. Frost moved to Griffin 20
years ago from Uniontown, Pa.,
and was associated with Moyer
Auto Parts Co., here. He was a
member of the First United
Methodist Church and the
Men’s Bible Class. He was also
a member of the administrative
board of the church.
Mr. Frost was a member of
Griffin Lodge 1207 of Elks, a
member of Tamaqua Lddge 238
of Masons and a member of
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite
Valley Lodge of Williamsport,
Pa. He recently received his 50
year pin as a Mason. He enjoyed
golf and was a member of the
Griffin Country Club.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. May Garrett Frost; two
daughters, Mrs. Robert A.
Moyer of Griffin and Mrs. Carl
Ponder of Smyrna; two sons,
Robert Frost of Baltimore, Md.,
and Claude H. Frost, Jr., of
Rochester, N.Y.; six grand
children and a sister, Mrs. W. A.
Hart of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Funeral services will be
conducted Tuesday afternoon at
4 o’clock in Haisten’s chapel.
The Rev. D. B. Shelnutt will
officiate and entombment will
be in Oak Hill mausoleum. The
body will remain at Haisten
Funeral Home. Friends may
visit the family at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Moyer,
655 Maple drive.
Mrs. Davis
Mrs. Ella Mae Berry Davis,
62, of Route five, Katherine
road, was dead on arrival at the
Griffin-Spalding Hospital
Sunday morning.
Mrs. Davis was born in
Muscogee County and had made
her home in Griffin for 25 years.
She was a retired employe of
Thomaston Mills, Griffin
Division.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Margaret Williams of
Griffin; two sisters, Mrs.
Eunice Stirk of Macon and Mrs.
Ruby Shepp of Arizona; two
brothers, W. L. Berry of
Tiverto, R.1., and Albert Berry
of Racine, Wis.; mother, Mss.
Madelle Bradley of Racine,
Wis.; four grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be
conducted Tuesday afternoon at
3 o’clock in McDonald Chapel.
The Rev. Milton Adams will
officiate and burial will be in
Oak Hill cemetery. The body
will remain at McDonald
Chapel. Friends may visit the
family tonight at the funeral
home from 7 to 9 p.m.
are in the camp folder which
each registered Scout received.
Applications may be picked up
at the Girl Scout office. These
applications may be mailed to
Girl Scout office, 444 West
Solomon street, Griffin.
Mrs. Palmer stated that 12
days at established camp for a
Girl Scout is equivalent to two
years of troop meetings and
eight days at day camp is
equivalent to 24 meetings.
Mr. Underwood
Mr. Jay Underwood, 56, of
Jasper, Tenn., died Saturday at
the Vanderbilt Hospital in
Nashville, Tenn.
Mr. Underwood was a former
resident of Griffin. While here
he was employed at Spalding
Knitting Mill.
He is surviv ed by his wife,
Mrs. Lillian Harrell Un
derwood; a daughter, Mrs.
Betty Durham; and grand
daughter, Miss Denna Durham,
both of Rossville; three sisters,
Mrs. Doris Moon of Madison,
Mrs. Byrlice Skrine of Griffin
and Mrs. Sam Ingram of Forest
Park; two brothers, Al Un
derwood of Columbus and T. D.
Underwood of Newport News,
Va.
Funeral services were con
ducted in Jasper this afternoon
at 4 o’clock. Rogers Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Letson
Funeral services for Mrs.
Betty Goddard Letson of Route
Three, Jackson, were held
yesterday at Haisten’s Chapel
in Griffin. Burial was in the
Fellowship Presbyterian
Church cemetery in Butts
County.
Among her survivors is a
sister, Mrs. Ethel Plank of
Griffin.
Haisten Brothers Funeral
Directors was in charge of
plans.
Three hurt
Griffin police and state
patrolmen investigated a
number of area traffic ac
cidents over the weekend.
Three persons were reported
injured, apparently none of
them seriously.
Last night around 9:30, Mrs.
Jeanette Pritchard of Route
One, Rincon, suffered shoulder
and neck injuries in a collision
at Hill and Taylor streets.
Police said her car collided
with an auto driven by Charles
Campbell, 17, of 1110 East
Mclntosh road. Campbell told
officers his brakes failed.
Mrs. Betty B. Jimmerson, 132
Woodmont drive, and her
passenger, Sandra O’Dell, 16, of
406 Lakeview, both suffered
numerous cuts and lacerations
about the face and hands in a
near headon collision on the
Carver road, near the city
limits Friday.
Troopers said Joseph An
thony Marchman, 17, of Route
One, Flovilla, the other driver,
stated he was talking to
someone and looked up and
discovered he was on the wrong
side of the road. The collision
occurred before he could get
back into his lane.