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City to ask
How do you
want to pay?
Griffin City light and water customers will be asked
their opinions next month as to how they want to pay for a
proposed increase in electric rates.
City Commissioners said that if the Public Service Com
mission grants Georgia Power Co. a rate increase, the
city will have to pay $265,000 in increased wholesale rates
to Georgia Power and that increase will have to be passed
on to the consumer.
The city cannot absorb this amount and wants to know
how Griffin citizens would like to pay the increase. A
questionaire will be inclosed in the July light and water
statement.
Citizens will be asked whether they want an increase in
their electric rates or an increase in their water and
sewerage rates. The questionaire may either be mailed
back in or sent in when the bills are paid.
According to Light and Water Department Director
Charlie Smith, the electric rates would be increased about
14 per cent. The water rate increase would be around 26
per cent. It would be the same number of dollars either
way, he said.
Smith added that if Georgia Power is granted both rate
increases they are seeking, the City will have to pay 88 per
cent more in wholesale costs for electric power than they
said two years ago.
Deaths -F unerals
Mr. Crouch
Mr. James S. Crouch of 11
Terracedale Court died Tues
day morning at the Veterans
Hospital in Dublin after a
lengthy illness.
A native of Harlem, Ga., Mr.
Crouch was the son of the late
James S. Crouch and the late
Sadie Sanders Crouch. He
.resided in Augusta from 1914
until he moved to Griffin in 1959.
He had been employed by the
Georgia and West Point Rail
way Co., for 41 years when he
retired. Mr. Crouch was a
veteran of World War One and a
member of the First United
Methodist Church here.
He and Mrs. Crouch observed
their 55th wedding anniversary
recently.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Louise Johnson Crouch;
two sons, James S. Crouch, Jr.,
of Macon and Cornelius M.
Crouch of Atlanta; a sister,
Mrs. Sara C. Ivey of Augusta;
six grandchildren, eight great
grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were con
ducted this afternoon at 4
o’clock from the graveside at
Oak Hill cemetery. The Rev.
Dumas B. Shelnutt officiated.
Haisten Brothers of Griffin was
in charge of arrangements.
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Mr. Gunn
Mr. Edwin Hall Gunn, 66, of
Barnesville died Tuesday night
at the Griffin-Spalding Hospital
where he was admitted on Mon
day.
Mr. Gunn was born in Barnes
ville, son of the late James
Gunn and the late Lucy Kate
Knott Gunn. He was a retired
plumber and sheet metal
worker.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Rosa Viola Scoggins
Gunn; step-daughter, Mrs.
Frances Syring of Barnesville;
brother, Lanier Gunn of Warner
Robins and a sister, Mrs.
Martha Coker of Mcßae.
Funeral services will be
conducted Thursday afternoon
at 2 o’clock in Haisten’s chapel.
The Rev. Jack Mummert will
officiate and burial will be in
Greenwood cemetery. Haisten
Funeral Home of Barnesville is
in charge of plans.
About Town
ROTARY CLUB
The Photography committee
of the Griffin Rotary Club will
present the program, Joe
Johnson, chairman, and Dumas
Ponder, narrator. The Club will
meet Thursday at the Elks Club
at noon.
New Books
The following new books have
been added to the Flint River
Regional Library:
GARDENING — “200 House
Plants In Color” by G. Krom
dijk — Expert advice on how to
achieve success with the
complete range of house plants
commonly available in this
county; “The Natural Way to
Pest-Free Gardening” by Jack
Kramer — A manual for gar
deners which makes a plea for
the use of natural controls in
stead of using chemicals.
LITERATURE — “From The
Mountain” edited by H. White
— An anthology of the magazine
‘Teacher
problems’
offered
A course in problems of
teaching being offered at the
Education Services Center in
Griffin this summer has room
for four to six more teachers.
Six persons have signed for it
already.
The course is geared for
teachers who handle kindergar
ten through 12th grade students.
They can earn five to 10
quarter hours of credit on ad
vanced degree work in the
course.
Admission test
to be held at
Griffin Tech
Griffin Tech will have an
admission test Saturday
morning, beginning at 9 a.m.
The test will be given at the
school and will last about two
hours.
Applications are being taken
for all future classes. It is not
necessary to register in ad
vance for the test and there is no
charge. It is a requirement for
full-time day admission.
For more information, in
terested persons should contact
Griffin Tech.
Plaques
presented
The Griffin High School
VOCA Club, sponsored by Mark
Phinazee, presented plaques to
five students that showed
leadership ability and helped
the club succeed in its many
projects.
Students receiving awards
were: George Thomas, presi
dent, Rodney Thomas, vice
president, Dave Smarr, secre
tary, Dicky McMullen,
reporter, and Chuck Thomas,
chairman of projects.
Students receiving the
plaques were chosen by club
members.
published from 1936 until 1945
by Lillian Smith from Old
Screamer Mountain near
Clayton, Georgia; “Black Short
Story Anthology” edited by W.
King—A collection of stories by
Negro writers which gives a
panoramic view of black
writing.
BIOGRAPHY — “Cleopatra”
by Michael Grant — The story
of the Egyptian Queen whose
legend has obscured her
historical reality; “Hussein” by
Peter Snow — A young king has
an almost perpetual struggle to
preserve his small kingdom of
Jordon.
FICTION — “State of Grace”
by Joy Williams — The
daughter of an insane mother
and a strangely possessive
father shuns the realities of life
until she meets a man she
loves; “Walking Davis” by
David Ely — Pierce Davis,
sponsored by a giant fertilizer
company, sets out to walk
around the world; “The Killer
Elite” by Robert Rostand — A
CIA agent has the job of getting
an exiled African statesman
back to his own country, alive
and well; “Death Watch” by
Robb White. When a young man
takes the job as guide to hunt
bighorn sheep, he was unaware
of the dangers he was to face.
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Hospital Report
The following persons were
dismissed from the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital yesterday:
James B. Hughes, Mrs. Essie
B. Whitman, Mrs. Eunice
Aileen Travis, Mrs. Clara
Barlow, Mrs. Jane Taylor, Gina
Lee Coates, Wedi Leigh Gossett,
Mrs. Deborah Bailey and baby,
Mrs. Betty Anne Gilbert and
baby, Mrs. Dretha Blackmon
and baby, Emmett Lee James,
James W. Head, Rhonda Carol
Josie, Dorothy Imes, Georgia
Cochran, Joe Juriel, Plez Dukes
Sr., Mrs. Lillie Roberts, Jimmy
Maddox.
Moose
to induct
officers
Legioneers of Griffin Lodge of
Moose 1503 will be inducted into
office Sunday afternoon at
Moose Lodge. Gov. Ben Hoard
will be in charge. Joe Akins,
Past North Moose of Chatta
hoochee Valley Legion 130, will
be master of ceremonies.
Julius J. Kapiloff heads the
list of officers as chairman.
Lamar McGuffey is prelate,
Billie West, treasurer, Sam
Cecil, secretary; and James E.
Allison, sergeant-at-arms.
Additional plans for the picnic
area, which will be in the rear of
the club, will be discussed.
Members also will vote on a
resolution to change the day of
the meetings.
The meeting, which is open to
wives of Legioneers, will get
under way at 2 o’clock. A buffet
will be served at the conclusion
of the session.
Plaques for outstanding
service to Moose will be
presented to Hoard, Ed Chalk
ley, past chairman, and Roger
C. Bevil.
Up popped
the pup
Julian Russell of the Mcln
tosh Trail staff lost his pet dog
about two and a half months
ago.
He had searched everywhere
he thought the pet might be but
could find no trace of it.
Checking on the state of
Spalding Heights is part of his
duties with the Trail.
He was in the area the other
day and up popped his pip.
Seems it had found a new
home after getting lost.
Russell was glad to get the
pup back.
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Dean accuses
Georgia Power
of scare tactics
JESUP, Ga. (UPI) — State
Sen. Roscoe Dean, of Jesup,
Tuesday accused Georgia Pow
er Co. of using “scare tactics”
to support its request for an SB6
million rate increase on top of a
proposed sll million emergency
rate hike.
Georgia Power says they are
facing an energy crisis unless
they get more money to expand
their construction projects,” he
said. “In my opinion there is no
real energy crisis and the com
pany is merely seeking to make
more money for its stockholders
and is using the so-called ener
gy crisis as an excuse.”
Dean, who has opposed all
previous power company rate
increase requests, said the util
ity is selling power to other
states when it should confine its
service to Georgia.
He said recent property re
evaluations in Georgia had re
duced the firm’s taxes by
enough that the firm should be
able to finance expansion with
out increasing consumer rates.
“The average Georgian’s tax
es have gone up while the pow
er company’s taxes have gone
down,” he said. “The company
is also charging the average
user more for electricity than it
charges major users. This is
totally unfair.”
“There is a breaking point
and the people of Georgia can’t
take any more,” he said. “It is
time the Public Service Com-
Stork Club
MASTER HUTSON
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hutson
of Apt. 10, Spalding Heights,
Griffin, announce the birth of a
son on June 19 at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital.
LITTLE MISS WILLIAMS
Mr. and Mrs. Larry David
Williams of 526 North 13th
street, Griffin, announce the
birth of a daughter on June 19 at
the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
MASTER BLACK
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R.
Black of 1356 Ellis road, Griffin,
announce the birth of a son on
June 20 at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital.
MASTER BRINKLEY
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G.
Brinkley Jr. of 108 Lucky street,
Griffin, announce the birth of a
son on June 20 at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital.
WHITAKER TWINS
S-Sgt. and Mrs. Bob Whitaker
announce the birth of twin
daughters, Sharen and Karen,
on June 18 at Dyess AFB
Hospital, Abilene, Texas. Mrs.
Whitaker is the former Miss
Fay Bethel, granddaughter of
Mrs. James B. Coleman and the
late Mr. Coleman of Griffin.
Can’t close them
LOS ANGELES (UPI) - A
book store, even one specializ
ing in erotica, is not subject to
the Red Light Abatement Act of
1913, a judge ruled Monday.
Judge Charles S. Vogel dis
missed four civil suits brought
by the district attorney’s office
against adult book stores and
movie arcades.
The district attorney’s office
argued that the book stores
were places of lewdness and
therefore violated a law forbid
ding houses of prostitution and
“lewdness.”
The judge agreed with
defense arguments that the law
had never been given such a
meaning, and that closing the
shops would be prior restraint
on publications, in violation of
constitutional guarantees of
freedom of expression.
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mission stood up and brought
out the true measure of a pub
lic service by rejecting any rate
increases for Georgia Power.”
Dean said he would attend
PSC hearings when the date is
set on the proposed SB6 million
rate boost to take a “firm
stand in opposing these out
rageous requests.”
Phinazee
praises
firms here
The Griffin High School Work
Experience Program was
successful thanks to the fine
firms in Griffin and surroun
ding areas who employed
Griffin High School students
and provided them an opportun
ity to receive valuable on-the
job training, that’s the assess
ment of Mark Phinazee,
coordinator.
Firms employing students
were American Mills, Blake’s
Building Supply, Beaty Auto
Parts, Cain’s Furniture,
Cherokee Casket Co., Cindy’s
Fashion Outlet, Clark Electri
cal and Plumbing, Collins
Men’s and Boy’s Wear, Dundee,
Elliott’s Drug Distribution
Center, Evans Fleet Service,
Inc.
Federal Aviation Agency,
Griffin Jaco, Hardees of Griffin
Inc., Holiday Inn of Griffin,
Holiday Inn of McDonough,
Industrial Wholesalers Inc., K-
Way.
Kentucky Fried Chicken,
Ledbetter Bros. Construction,
Lucky Service Station, Mc-
Donald’s Hamburger Co.,
McDonough Power Co., Morris
Cabinet Shop, Perdue Paint
Contractor, Police Community
Center.
Precision Prosthetics Dental
Laboratories, Pridgen Hard
ware, Rushton Cotton Mills,
Southern States Inc., Spalding
County C.I.
Standard’s Automatic Trans
mission and General Auto,
Sunnyside Toggery, Thomaston
Mills, United Television Ser
vice, and Walker Arms Co., Inc.
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X Jerry Stephens is a radio operator at the Griffin State
Patrol Post. He has three radios over which he can
communicate with the patrol cars, police and sheriff’s
departments and other State Patrol stations.
He also answers the telephone, dispatches patrol cars to
accident scenes and operates the teletype computer which £
is tied in with the National Crime Information Center in
Washington D.C. The computer can return information to
the station on people, cars, or guns within about eight x
seconds.
Jerry greets visitors to the station who may drop by for :£
information or to pick up a road map. He types accident
reports for the troopers and keeps records of arrests in the x
three county area of Spalding, Henry and Butts.
Jerry has been at the post five years. He came there x
after graduating from Griffin High School and says he x
really loves the work.
His hobbies include swimming, golf and working out on x
a trampoline. He is an avid reader and likes real life £
adventures and mysteries. The Bible is his favorite and he
always carries one with him.
His wife is the former Ciris Ison. They are members of
the Highland Baptist Church.
Jerry’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Joel L. Stephens. £