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— Griffin Daily News Friday, July 13,1973
Page 2
Deaths -F unerals
Mr. Blackman
Mr. John Philmon Blackman
of Chappell Mill road died early
this morning at the Living
Center where he had been a
patient for the past month.
Mr. Blackman was bom in
Butts County, moving to Griffin
61 years ago. He was a retired
farmer and a member of the
Pleasant Hill United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. W. F. Hyder of
Griffin and Mrs. R. A.
Schleusner of Roanoke, Ala.; a
son, John P. Blackman, Jr., of
Griffin; two sisters, Mrs. Gus
Smith and Mrs. Charlie Goen,
both of Griffin; eight grand
children, several great
grandchildren and great-great
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
conducted Saturday afternoon
at 3 o’clock in the chapel of
Pittman Rawls Funeral Home.
The Rev. Cecil Dix will officiate
and burial will be in Rehoboth
Baptist Church cemetery.
Friends may visit the family at
the home of Mrs. W. F. Hyder
on the High Falls road.
Mrs. Holloway
Mrs. Meadie Parks Holloway,
wife of Jim Henry Holloway of
Route one, Molena, died this
morning at the Upson County
Hospital in Thomaston
following several weeks of
illness.
Mrs. Holloway was a lifelong
resident of Pike County and a
member of the Mt. Olive Baptist
Church in Molena.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Union Society
Funeral Home in Concord.
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Mr. Watts
Mr. Robert B. Watts, 69, of
Route three, Griffin, died at the
Upson County Hospital Thur
sday afternoon.
Mr. Watts had made his home
in Pike County for the past 18
years. He previously lived in
Macon and was a retired em
ploye of the Bibb Manufac
turing Co., in Macon. He was a
veteran of World War One.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Effie Hutto Watts; two
daughters, Mrs. Virginia
Masters and Mrs. Dorothy
Parks, both of Byron; three
sons, Robert L. Watts of Griffin,
Gilbert Watts of Macon and G.
C. Watts of Little Rock, Ark.;
and 12 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
conducted at 4 o’clock Saturday
afternoon in the Palace Street
Church of God. The Rev. Mark
Summers, the Rev. Otis
Raybom and the Rev. K. K.
Jeffords will officiate and burial
will be in Oak Hill cemetery.
The body was carried to the
residence this afternoon to
await the funeral. Haisten
Brothers Funeral Directors in
charge of plans.
Mr. Blount
Mr. Thomas W. Blount of
Sandersville died this morning
in the Washington County
Hospital.
Griffin survivors include two
sons, Charles Blount and James
W. Booth.
Funeral services and burial
' will be conducted Saturday
afternoon in the First Church of
Nazarene in Sandersville.
DR. LAWRENCE E. LAMB
Vitamin E:
no miracles
By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
Dear Dr. Lamb — What is
all this talk about vitamin E
and what it can do in large
doses for certain ailments?
Why are there so many books
printed saying what good it
does? My own doctor doesn't
recognize it as being of any
importance. Why are such
books allowed to be printed if
these facts aren't true? If
they are true, why doesn't the
American Medical Assn, rec
ognize this. If large doses of
certain vitamins are recog
nized as doing great things,
why don't our doctors suggest
we use them? Has this vita
min theory been tried by any
of our doctors to prove to the
AMA that they are or are not
what these books claim them
to be?
Dear Reader— Scientific
journals sponsored by recog
nized medical organizations
only print articles that have
been reviewed carefully by
knowledgeable scientists.
Unfortunately, many of the
articles in the popular press
and news items on radio and
TV are not subjected to criti
cal review by scientists.
Quacks use the media to
promote their products. A
case in point is the celebrated
quack, Dr. John Brinkley. He
grafted sections of goat glands
into men who were suffering
from impotence. He pro
claimed the great success of
DeVotie plans
youth revival
A youth revival will be held at
DeVotie Baptist Church in
Experiment July 15 through
July 18. A team from the Baptist
Student Union of West Georgia
College will be here to lead the
services.
The Sunday morning service
will be at 11 a.m. and the
evening service will be at 7 p.m.
Services for Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday nights will be at
7:30 p.m.
The Silvertones of Griffin will
be among the featured singers
during the revival.
his goat gland transplants to
anyone who would listen and
published it wherever he
could, but not in scientific
journals. Actually in such
cases the AMA is the consum
ers advocate, protecting the
public against fraudulent med
ical practices. Through such
organized efforts. Dr. Brink
ley was finally run out of the
United States. It is this pro
tection of the public that caus
es quacks to flourish along the
borders, because it is illegal
for them to carry on their
frauds in the United States.
There are some benefits
from vitamin E. It is not.
however, a cure-all. The De
cember issue of the Consum
er's Report listed about 60
things vitamin E has been
falsely claimed to cure. One
group of doctors who wrote a
popular book and have a large
practice have been under fire
in their own country because
their claims are unsubstan
tiated.
There must be a streak of
paranoia in our public about
the medical profession. There
is absolutely no reason for any
doctor not to recommend vita
mins of any type to a person
if they are of proved value.
What purpose would this
serve? Doctors do prescribe
vitamin E for a few specific
medical conditions where it is
known to be of value. It really
would make very little differ
ence to a physician whether
he prescribed a vitamin E
tablet or some other tablet, if
it helped. In reasonable doses,
vitamin E isn't toxic or harm
ful. It isn't going to cure all
the illnesses that it has been
touted to do by some of the
unscrupulous marketing mech
anisms that exist. These mar
keting mechanisms literally
prey on people's fears, and on
individuals who have prob
lems which can't be cured. I
do believe that there's reason
to do extensive research on
vitamin E. It may have some
functions that have not yet
been defined, and I'm all for
that. Vitamin E is apparently
essential to the body, but the
limited amounts usually need
ed are readily available in
many common foods.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN )
Teenager charged
with burglaries
Griffin Police said their
arrest of a black teenager last
week apparently has cleared a
number of crimes, including a
rape, a robbery and several
burglaries which had kept the
residents in the West Poplar to
West Broad street areas uneasy
for the past four months.
The suspect, John Franklin
Pittman, 17, who lives off the
High Falls road near East
Griffin, has been charged with
the crimes and is being held in
the Spalding County Jail. He
was arrested July 4.
Sgt. A. L. Truitt of the
Detective Bureau said Pittman
is accused of breaking into the
home of a white woman in the
area and raping her. The vic
tim, who is in her late 50’s, said
she was awakened in the night
about two weeks ago by
someone touching her arm. He
threatened her and pulled her
into another room where he
raped her, she said. A relative
was in the house but did not
awaken during the incident.
Pittman also is accused of
breaking into the home of Mrs.
Frances Dunn at 712 West
Solomon street on March 13.
Mrs. Dunn said he choked and
hit her about the head and face
and fled through a window with
her purse and other valuables.
A break-in on May 10 at the
home of Mrs. Agnes Kelly, 418
West Broad, also is attributed to
Pittman. He is accused of
taking about sls from her purse
and other articles.
Police said they also have
charged him with an attempted
burglary at the home of Mrs.
Clyde Wright on West Solomon
street.
Mrs. Wright was awakened
about 4 a.m. on June 9 by the
sound of someone trying to
come in a window. She fired a
shot through the window which
was opened about six inches.
The screen had been removed
and was on the ground.
Sgt. Truitt said Pittman’s
arrest also has cleared at least
five other burglaries and at
tempted burglaries in that area.
Dr. Crider
appointed
academic dean
COCHRAN - Dr. Fretwell G.
Crider is the new academic
dean of Middle Georgia College,
Dr. Louis C. Aiderman, Jr.,
President, announced. Dr.
Crider’s appointment was
approved by the Board of
Regents of the University
System of Georgia Wednesday
morning.
The newly appointed dean
succeeds Dr. J. P. Vidosic, who
retired July 1 after serving at
Middle Georgia College for five
years and at Georgia Tech for
31 years.
Dr. Crider had been dean of
Gordon Junior College in
Barnesville. Before going to
Gordon he had been head of the
Department of Chemistry and
Physics at Armstrong State
College in Savannah since 1964.
At Middle Georgia College, he
will also have the academic
rank of professor of chemistry.
EAA chapter
to meet here
Experimental Aircraft Asso
ciation Chapter 468, South
Fulton County, will meet at the
Griffin Civil Air Patrol Build
ing, Saturday at 2 p.m.
Two Griffin men are charter
members of EAA Chapter 468.
They are Bob Fincke and Bob
White, and are both building
experimental aircraft.
Captain Guy Howard, Griffin
CAP Squadron Commander has
encouraged this meeting
because the prime interest of
both organizations is Aviation
safety.
The construction and flying of
sport planes is one of the fastest
growing sports in the United
States. Several sport planes are
under construction and have
been completed in the Griffin
area.
Anyone interested in aviation
is invited.
Child hit
by car
Samuel Lee Walker, 18-
months-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Eddie Lee Walker of Indian
Springs is at the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital recovering
from serious injuries he
received when run over by the
family car Wednesday.
It was reported that Mr. and
Mrs. Walker were going out and
had left the child with a baby
sitter. The child slipped out of
the house and was struck by the
car as it was backing out of the
drive.
He was rushed to the local
hospital where he was treated
for a broken leg and multiple
bruises. He was listed in fair
condition today.
About Town
CARWASH
The youth of Union Baptist
Church, Jackson road, in East
Spalding County, will sponsor a
car wash Saturday from 10 a.m.
until 3 p.m. in the parking lot.
The charge is $1.50 per car, plus
50 cents extra for cleaning the
interior. The money earned
from this project will be used
toward sending several of the
young people to summer camp
at the Flint River Baptist
Campground.
Fire damages
truck, machine
Dundee Volunteer Fire
Department answered a call at
1:10 p.m. yesterday afternoon
to East Mclntosh road to ex
tinguish a truck fire.
Heavy damage was reported
to the 1965 International one and
one half ton truck, property of
Griffin Dry Wall Co., and the
insulation machine, housed
inside the truck.
They claim record
A pair of Griffin sisters have
broken a brick carrying record
which they spotted in Guinesses
Book of World Records.
Laurie Funderburk, 13, Lisa
Funderburk, 11, Emily Fennell,
14, and Margie Fennell, 11,
joined forces to carry eight
pounds of bricks three miles.
They circled the block on which
they live and someone in a car
measured the distance for
them. The Guinesses Book
record was for 1.6 miles.
'AD
Seth D. Redford, a retired executive with the Farmers’
Home Administration, and his wife, Arline Booth Redford,
have recently been called by the First presidency of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to serve a
three-year term as “mission parents” over the Georgia-
South Carolina Mission of that church. President Redford
assumed his responsibilities on July 1, 1973 at the mission
headquarters located in suburban Atlanta.
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Hospital Report
The following persons were
dismissed from the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital
yesterday:
Willie Howard Davis, Mack
M. Scroggins, Mrs. Sandra
Boyd, Mrs. Elizabeth Heath,
Mrs. Helen F. McClure, Mrs.
Martha Standard, Mrs. Audrey
Chastain, Floyd Crowder,
Kathy Nita Hendricks, Mrs.
Rebecca Ison, Mrs. Diane
Rosser and baby, Mrs. Edna B.
Warr, WiUie Wesley Watson Jr.,
Mrs. Billie McGill and baby,
Willie Roy Reeves, F. Eugene
Ellis Jr., Elmer Russell,
Charlie Colbert, Mrs. Coralice
Henderson, Ben Thurston,
Andrew Stubbs.
Stork Club
MASTER TOOMER
Mr. and Mrs. William Gordon
Toomer of Route Two, Box 524,
Stockbridge, announce the birth
of a son on July 12 at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital.
MASTER EVANS
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Evans of
Route Three, Box 310, Griffin,
announce the birth of a son on
July 13 at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital.
MASTER DORTON
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Dorton
of Route Three, Box 54, Griffin,
announce the birth of a son on
July 13 at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital.
LITTLE MISS HART
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hart,
Jr., of Covington announce the
birth of a daughter, Brantley
Stewart, on July 11 at DeKalb
General Hospital in Decatur.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Hart, Sr. of Griffin,
and Mrs. John M. Barnes of
Kingsland.
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Store
robbed
Police are looking for a young
black man who robbed Walker
Brothers Store at 891 East
Solomon street late yesterday
morning.
Mr. Paul Walker Sr./eported
that the man came into the store
about 10:50 a.m. and asked for
some change. When Mr. Walker
opened the cash register, the
robber grabbed some bills from
the register and ran out of the
building.
Woman flees
from man
A young mother had a scare
yesterday afternoon when a
black man came into her house.
Mrs. Brenda Collins, 19, of
1209 West Broad street, told
police she saw the man in her
back yard and went outside to
ask him what he wanted.
When she approached him, he
put his hand into his pocket and
she became frightened and ran
back into the house. He followed
her. She grabbed up her baby
and ran out the front door to a
neighbor’s house where police
were called.
The officers arrived a short
time later and searched the
premises, but the man was
gone.
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