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— Griffin Daily News Monday, Novembers, 1973
Chamber
elections
under way
Ballots to nominate directors
for the Griffin Area Chamber of
Commerce are due Wednesday.
They will be counted Friday at
the Chamber office.
Six people receiving the
highest number of votes in three
categories will be the nominees.
The 18 names will be mailed to
the membership and directors
will be elected from the lists.
Deadline for returning the
election ballots will be Nov. 15.
A committee will tabulate the
election results Nov. 16. Two
people from each division will
be elected directors.
On Monday, Nov. 19, the of
ficers for 1974 will be elected by
the board of directors.
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INSURANCE
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• Home Owners
• Hospitalization
• Group • Fire
• Business
• Mobile Homes
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That’s why
railroads are essential.
We can't promise a price freeze on washing machines. But we
can say that shipping by rail remains one of the best bargains you'll
find. That's one of the reasons Southern and other railroads are so
popular with appliance makers. In fact, 71% of all household
appliances are snipped by rail.
And shipping by rail is as dependable as it is economical.
Maybe that's why railroads handle twice as much intercity freight
as trucks. Two hundred times as much as airlines.
Which is why you need railroads. And why you need Southern.
SOUTMERM
THE RAILWAY SYSTEM THAT GIVES A GREEN LIGHT TO INNOVATIONS
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
Women’s
council
formed
The Women’s Council of the
Griffin Real Estate Board met
at the Griffin Elk’s Club at a
called luncheon meeting to
adopt by-laws for the local
Chapter of the Women's Council
of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards. Dora Jane
Smith, president presided.
The purpose of the organiza
tion is to cooperate with fellow
members of the Griffin Board,
the Georgia Real Estate
Association and the National
Association of Real Estate
Boards, together with other
affiliate organizations, towards
the advancement of the com
munity and to promote the
educational and professional
advancement of members to do
those things which tend to
further the interests of the real
estate profession, Mrs. Smith
stated.
At an organizational meeting
held Sept. 6, 1973 at the Elk’s
Club, Sue Ogletree acted as
liason between the Officials of
the State of Georgia Women’s
Council and the Griffin Women
in Real Estate. Mrs. Ogletree
introduced Mary Nelson,
governor, State of Georgia
Women’s Council who presided
at the meeting for the purpose
of electing officers. The
following officers were elected:
Dora Jane Smith, president;
Tootsie Powers, vice president;
Joy Merriam, secretary; and
Sue Ogletree, treasurer.
Christmas
concert
is planned
. BARNESVILLE- It’s
beginning to look a lot like
Christmas — with the Singers.
“Christmas With the
Singers,” a concert featuring
the Gordon Junior College
Singers, is scheduled for Nov.
29, 30 and Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. in
Alumni Memorial Hall on the
Gordon campus.
The concert is divided into
five parts, the first being sec
tions of the Messiah by Handel.
The second section is a group of
five students singing madrigals
and is called “Christmas in
Williamsburg.”
“The Living Tree” is the title
for the third section, a time to
hear all of the traditional
carols, including Joy To The
World, 0 Holy Night and Silent
Night. The fourth section is
especially for children, entitled
“The Magic Toybox.” All kinds
of surprises will come from the
toybox — Raggedy Ann, Snow
White and the Candyland Ex
press.
The final section of the con
cert is “Music For A Snowy
December,” a group of pop
tunes including White Christ
mas, Winter Wonderland,
Carribean Carol and Do You
Hear What I Hear? As always,
the Singers will close their
program with their theme song,
Let There Be Peace on Earth.
Atlanta Costume Co. will do
the costumes and Mez-Art
Studio will do the staging.
Tickets are $2 for adults and $1
for students. Gordon students
are admitted free with an I.D.
card.
Ist Baptist
will have
loyalty day
Members of the First Baptist
Church voted yesterday to
designate Sunday, Nov. 18 as
Loyalty Day and adopted a
budget of $268,412 for 1974.
This sum covers the local
operations of the Church but
does not include special of
ferings for home and foreign
missions and other Baptist
institutions.
Members on Loyalty Day will
be asked to voluntarily turn in
their pledges for the coming
year. The presentation of the
budget was made by the church
treasurer, James S. Strong, at
the morning service.
Otis D. Blake, Jr., chairman
of the Board of Deacons, has
appointed C. A. Knowles and J.
M. Cheatham as joint chairmen
of the drive.
The Rev. Bruce M. Morgan
said, “We are confident that the
congregation will respond
positively to this year’s drive
and that the entire 1974 budget
will be pledged, as our mem
bers have always readily ac
cepted their financial church
responsibility.”
Christmas
luncheon set
The Women’s Division of the
Chamber of Commerce will
have a Christmas luncheon Dec.
4 at Eleven Acres.
The Chamber said reserva
tions may be made at the
Chamber office.
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1 Deaths-Funerals |
Whatley Infant
Little Miss Christa Anita
Whatley, six-week-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Leland W.
Whatley of Warner Robins, died
Saturday in an Augusta
hospital.
In addition to her parents, she
is survived by a brother, John
Leland Whatley of Warner
Robins; and grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. John W. McCullough
of Griffin.
Graveside services were
conducted this afternoon at 3
o’clock in the Zebulon United
Methodist Church cemetery.
McCullough Funeral Home of
Warner Robins was in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Gilbert
Funeral services for Mr.
Mercer Gilbert of Atlanta,
formerly of Griffin, will be
conducted from the chapel of
Miller’s Funeral Home Tuesday
morning at 11:30 o’clock. The
Rev. Homer Turner will of
ficiate and burial will be in the
family cemetery in Griffin.
Mr. Gilbert died Wednesday
at Grady Memorial Hospital in
Atlanta where he was a patient.
Mrs. Wilson
Mrs. Ellie Shipp Wilson, 90 of
Brooks, died at the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital Sunday
morning where she had been a
patient for the past week.
Mrs. Wilson waSlhe widow of
Mr. S. W. Wilson and for a
number of years, owned and
operated a grocery store in
Brooks. She was a member of
the Brooks Baptist Church.
She is survived by a son,
Fleming Wilson; a daughter,
Mrs. Nellie Kate Blasingame,
both of Griffin; seven grand
children, four great
grandchildren, several nieces
and nephews; and two
daughters-in-law, Mrs.
Christine Wilson and Mrs. Irene
Wilson.
Funeral services were con
ducted this afternoon from the
Brooks Baptist Church at 2
o’clock. The Rev. A. B. Stitcher,
the Rev. Bobby Hill and the
Rev. Eugene Maddox officiated
and burial was in the
Whitewater Baptist Church
cemetery. Haisten Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Warren
Mr. Thomas Roger Warren of
Zebulon died this morning at the
Griffin-Spalding Hospital.
Funeral plans and survivors
will be announced by McDonald
Chapel.
Mr. Gaddy
Mr. Harold Gaddy of 806 West
Poplar street died at the
Veterans Hospital in Atlanta
this morning where he was
admitted Sunday.
Funeral plans and survivors
will be announced by Haisten
Funeral Home.
Items
stolen
from cars
Griffin police received two
complaints of thefts from cars
during Griffin High’s foottiall
game Friday night
Charles R. Williams, 1331 Lee
street, reported that while his
car was parked at Fourth and
Taylor streets, someone stole
the AM-FM radio and tape
player from the vehicle.
Robert Smith complained
that someone took all four wire
wheel covers from his 1972
Buick. He said the car was
parked near the stadium.
Griffinite attends
education seminar
Approximately 350 public
school people from 14 counties
recently participated in a
special seminar at West
Georgia College to discuss the
career ladder concept as
reflected in teacher education
centers.
School personnel who par*
ticipated in the conference from
Spalding County was Walker E.
Cook.
School superintendents,
principals, curriculum direc
tors and elementary and
secondary teachers from
throughout the West Georgia
area also discussed ways to
improve professional lab.
Mrs. Adams
Mrs. Florence Gatlin Adams,
81, of 527 North 15th street, died
at the Griffin-Spalding Hospital
Saturday night.
She had been a patient at the
Living Center of Griffin for the
past year and a half and was
admitted to the hospital at noon
Saturday.
Mrs. Adams, a lifelong
resident of Spalding County,
was the widow of Mr. Melvin E.
Adams who preceded her in
death on Sept. 2,1973. She was a
member of the Second Baptist
Church and a retired employe of
the Griffin Division of
Thomaston Mills. Mrs. Adams
was the daughter of the late
William Bryant Gatlin and the
late Mary Coker Gatlin.
She is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. Buel Collier,
Mrs. Walter Kimbell, Mrs.
Jesse Pelt and Mrs. Frank
Lewis, all of Griffin; a son,
Jesse James Kelley of Phoenix,
Ariz.; 17 grandchildren, 34
great- grandchildren; a sister,
Mrs. Emmett Greer of Ac
worth; two brothers, Ben H.
Gatlin of Griffin and Jim
Gatlin of Athens.
Funeral services were con
ducted this afternoon at 4
o’clock from the Second Baptist
Church. The Rev. Billy
Sutherland, the Rev. Hartwell
Kennedy and the Rev. Otis
Ray bon officiated and burial
was in Oak Hill cemetery.
Haisten Funeral Home was in
charge of plans.
Mrs. Guest
Mrs. Sara Redman Guest, 97,
of the Stark Community of Butts
County, and widow of Mr. John
William Guest, died Saturday
evening after a long illness.
■ Mrs. Guest was the daughter
of the late William T. C. Red
man and the late Sara Elizabeth
Maddox Redman. For a long
number of years she resided in
Atlanta, returning to Butts
County several years ago to
make her home. While in
Atlanta she was a member of
the Grace United Methodist
Church and at the time of her
death was a member of the
Stark United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. Claude Dixon
and Mrs. Nell Swan, both of
Jackson; four sons, A. B. Guest
of Decatur, Arnold Guest, Sr., of
Marietta, Erskine Guest and
Luther Guest, Sr., both of
Atlanta; four grandchildren,
seven great-grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were con
ducted this afternoon at 3
o’clock in the chapel of Haisten
Funeral Home in Jackson. The
Rev. John Huggins officiated
and burial was in Jenkinsburg
Methodist Church cemetery. In
lieu of flowers the family
suggests that contributions be
made to the parsonage fund of
the Stark United Methodist
Church.
f_ J Griffin
is
drib Not
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ernest h. jones Concrete And Asphalt
It Is Made Os People, Real People With Real Needs
And Problems. Isn ’t It About Time They Had A
Commissioner Who Is Truly Interested In The Growth
And Improvement Os Our Fine City Rather Than His
Own Political Career, One Who Will Listen To The
People And Add Some Common Sense To City
Government. We Think So. And Ernest H. (Tiggy) Jones
Is That Man.
Paid For By Friends To
ELECT ERNEST H. (TIGGY) JONES
CHY COMHSSMI FOR FIRST WARD
Flim-flam
scheme
fails here
Flim-Flam operators were
working in Griffin during the
weekend and police warned
residents not to fall for any
schemes which may cost them
money.
Mrs. Louella Eppinger of
Zebulon told police that two
black women approached her at
Food Town Shopping Center
and said they had found $20,000.
They told her they would give
her part of it if she would write
them a check for S3OO.
When Mrs. Eppinger said she
did not have a check, one of the
women said she worked at a
near-by furniture store and
would go ask her boss what to
do.
When she returned a few
minutes later, she told Mrs.
Eppinger to go upstairs in the
furniture store and look at
dinette sets. She said her boss
would give her the $3,000 there.
Mrs. Eppinger went into the
store but returned to her car
when nobody in the store came
forward with the money. The
two women were gone.
When Mrs. Eppinger arrived
at her home in Zebulon, she
discovered that $43 was missing
from her purse.
She contacted Griffin police
and the furniture store officials
who told her they knew nothing
about the scheme.
Police warned Griffinites not
to give strangers any money
and asked that police be called
if they are approached by
strangers with schemes of free
money.
9 arrested
on gaming
charge
Nine black men were arrested
and charged with gaming when
police raided a Tuskegee
avenue residence this morning
and broke up a poker game.
The raid was made around 3
a.m. at the home of Abraham
Harris, 40. In addition to
gaming, Harris also was
charged with operating a
disorderly house.
Newcomer’s
dinner set
The Chamber of Commerce
reminded Griffinites that the
annual Newcomer’s Dinner
would be held Thursday at the
Jackson Road elementary
school cafeteria beginning at 7
p.m.
Reservations may be made
with the Chamber.
People who have moved to
Griffin within the last year will
be guests and officially welcom
ed to the community.
Methodist
campaign
begins
The First United Methodist
Church of Griffin will enter the
second and final phase of its
budget campaign Sunday.
The first phase was held
yesterday at the church when
members were given an op
portunity to make pledges.
They will have another op
portunity next Sunday.
People who have not turned in
a pledge card by then will be
visited by crusade workers
Sunday afternoon.
Visitors will have until
Wednesday night to complete
their calls and make final
reports.
The church is seeking to
underwrite a budget of
$175,831.52 for the 1974 church
year.
Homer Sigman and John
Herbert are the co-chairmen of
the campaign.
The pastor of the church is the
Rev. D. B. Shelnutt.
About Town
ART MEETING
The Griffin-Spalding Art
Association will meet Tuesday
night at St. George’s Parish
Hall at 8 p.m. Richard Mafong,
director of metalsmithing and
jewelry program at Georgia
State University, will be guest
speaker. There will be an ad
mission charge of one dollar for
non-members.
MINISTERIAL MEETING
The Griffin Area Ministerial
Association will hold its regular
meeting Tuesday at 11 a.m. at
Capri Restaurant. All ministers
in the Griffin area are urged to
attend.
PILOT CLUB
The Griffin Pilot Club will
meet Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in
the Fellowship Hall of DeVotie
Baptist Church.
CRESCENT PTO
The Crescent Road
Elementary School PTO will
meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in
the school cafetorium. Mrs.
Rosemary Lokey’s third grade
class will present the program.
CHIROPRACTIC
a Gets Sick
People Well
Without
Drugs
or Surgery
Dr. John S. Arnold
Closed Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons.
Office 227-3343
Residence 227-3654
Or. John S. Arnold
434 South Bth Street