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Dr. John Cherry checks feathers in laboratory at Experiment Station in Griffin. He’s
looking for ways to use the high protein content in them. Working in lab with Dr. Cherry is
Linda Garrison.
Pass the chicken feathers, please
, • If anyone had predicted in
1960 that Americans would be
eating poultry feathers — and
liking it —by 1980, he’d have
’ been laughed out of town.
But poultry feathers, in
altered form, already are
, finding their way into poultry
feedstuffs, and an assistant
professor of food science at the
Georgia Station of the Univer-
• ' sity of Georgia College of
Agriculture Experiment
Stations says that protein
derived from poultry feathers
•’ may become a valuable
ingredient in foods for human
consumption.
Dr. John P. Cherry, who has
begun a $104,300 state-and
federally-funded protein
research project which is
•* scheduled to last four years,
says that less than a decade ago
feathers were strictly a waste
product from the poultry
z processing industry.
But, according to Cherry,
research proved that the waste
, could be processed into a type of
meal and used as a sup
plemental source of protein in
poultry feeds.
t “There’s a tremendous — and
growing — need for protein,”
Cherry said. “What we’re
trying to do is utilize what
* possible sources of protein are
available.”
Buried man saved
A Griffin city employee who
was buried alive for some one
and a half hours yesterday
thinks his prayers were an
swered and it was a miracle he
survived the ordeal.
Robert O’Neal, 53, of Ellis
street, was working on a
bulldozer, digging trenches to
bury trash and garbage at the
city land fill west of Griffin off
Ga. 16, near the Brightmoor
Cherry explained that by
separating the elements of the
feathers into isolates, the
elements can be used
separately or in combination,
thus broadening the use of the
feathers.
“You have a province like
chicken feathers as a protein
source,” Cherry said. “If you
convert it to a protein isolate
you broaden its use. Chicken
feather protein is being used as
a supplement in feeds now. If
you convert it to an isolate, you
can use it as a pure protein and
broaden its utilization to dif
ferent kinds of foods, such as
dog food, cat food, and possibly
human foods. This also could
help the cosmetic industry,
which is using protein in
shampoos, deodorants and
soaps,” he added.
Cherry said that feather meal
can be converted to a protein
isolate containing as much as 94
per cent protein.
By using a process called gel
electrophoresis, protein from
chicken feathers can be viewed
in rainbow-type bands, which
illustrate gradations in the
protein’s quality. Researchers
then can determine the best
uses for the varying grades of
protein.
Cherry’s research will also
concern peanuts, one of the
Medical Care Home.
According to Alvin Waller,
superintendent of the Sanitary
Department, O’Neal was
working in a trench some 10 to
12 feet deep when a dirt bank
caved in, partially covering the
dozer and pushing O’Neal off
the seat into the dirt, com
pletely covering him.
James Dunn, also a city
employee who was working in
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biggest industries in the South.
“The question is, what other
uses can be found for peanut
protein?” Cherry said. “One of
the interests that I have is going
after the protein isolate—pure
protein. I’ll be working with
peanuts which have been af
fected by aspergillus (fungus)
to determine the effect of the
fungus on the peanut — whether
it improves the nutritional
value, decreases it or doesn’t do
anything to it at all. At this
time, aspergillus-contaminated
peanuts are just used for fer
tilizers and a few animal feeds.
I’m trying to find other uses for
them.
“Basically,” Cherry said,
“what I’m trying to do is find
new sources of protein,
characterize these sources and
find uses for them.”
Cherry also will be working to
determine the role of proteins
during the processing of foods.
“It’s taking food science to the
biochemical or molecular
level,” he said. “In the past,
research was done with foods to
see how they should be
prepared. For example, foods
were cooked in laboratory
situations. Here, we’re trying to
look at food on a molecular
level.
“We prepare it according to
traditional methods, and then
the area on another bulldozer,
didn’t see O’Neal for about an
hour and a half and went to
check on him. Royce Chapman,
assistant superintendent of the
Sanitary Department, arrived
about the same time.
Even though they could not
see O’Neal, they heard his cries
for help through the dirt and
began to dig him out. O’Neal
was in a sitting position. He told
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday Afternoon, September 6,1974
Expressway wreck
kills two women
Two elderly women were
killed early yesterday afternoon
when their car was struck by a
gravel truck on the North
Expressway at the Old Griffin
road in Henry County.
They were Mrs. Opal Gay
McLean, 79, of 234 East College
street, and Mrs. Minnie Lee
Rodgers King of 18 West Main
street, Hampton. Both were
dead on arrival at the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital.
According to the Griffin Post
of the Georgia State Patrol,
Mrs. McLean pulled her car
across the four lane into the
path of the truck which was
traveling north on the ex
pressway. The truck, loaded
with gravel, was driven by
William Ivey of Culloden and
owned by Roger’s Sand and
Gravel Co. of Thomaston. Mrs.
McLean’s car was demolished
and came to rest some 385 feet
from the point of impact,
troopers said. Both women
apparently died instantly.
The accident happened at 1:10
p.m.
It was some six hours before
their names were released as
relatives could not be located.
Damage to Ivey’s truck was
set at $1,500. He was traveling
at 65 miles per hour and was
charged with traveling too fast
for conditions.
break it down to see what
changes, if any, have occurred
during processing, and what
role the protein has played in
the end product,” he explained.
Enzymes will play a large
role in Cherry’s work, too.
“We’ll use enzymes to con
vert proteins that are poorly
digested by animals into a form
in which they’re more readily
digestible,” he said.
“For example, the protein
isolate from the chicken
feather, which is called keratin,
is not easily digestible. So what
we’re going to try to do is feed it
to enzymes in test tubes. The
enzymes will do the digesting
for us in the tubes and hopefully
the end product from this
process, which will be peptones
and amino acids, will be more
digestible.
“We’ll discover how an en
zyme works with a protein —
and if it’s good, it can be in
cluded in animal feeds. Many of
the nation’s pharmaceutical
firms have’the capability of
creating large quantities of
enzymes, and they’re trying to
promote their use. They’re
becoming quite important in the
manufacture of foods, such as in
breadmaking,” Cherry said.
He hopes to begin later this
summer on similar research
with fish meal. “We’re going to
the men he had been using all
his strength to pray with.
O’Neal was carried to the
Griffin-Spalding Hospital by
ambulance and was admitted.
Doctors said he was badly
bruised but there were no
broken bones or serious in
juries. He was listed in fair
condition by hospital attendants
this morning.
Mrs. King was the widow of
Mr. Jesse Fears King. A native
of Henry County she had made
her home in Hampton for 65
years. Mrs. King was a member
of the Hampton United
Methodist Church and the CWF
of the Berea Christian Church.
She is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Joe E. Golden
of Hampton, Miss Ruth King of
Atlanta and Mrs. Harry C.
Purviance of St. Petersburg,
Fla.; a son, J. Frank King of
Chamblee; four grandchildren,
two great-grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be
conducted Saturday afternoon
at 3 o’clock from the Berea
Christian Church. The Rev.
Victor Whited and the Rev.
Augustus L. Cole, Jr., will of
ficiate and burial will be in the
church cemetery. The body will
remain at Pittman Rawls
Funeral Home until carried to
the church at 2:30 o’clock to lie
in state until the funeral hour.
Friends may visit the family at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe E.
Golden, 8 Woodlawn avenue,
Hampton.
Mrs. McLean was bom in
Spalding County, daughter of
the late George Thomas Gay
and the late Martha Emma
Barfield. She was the widow of
Mr. Lewis Clinton McLean and
try to make fish concentrate
from fish products,” he said,
“and we’re hoping our poultry
feather and peanut research
techniques will carry over.
Again, we may have another
source of protein which may
complement the peanut and or
the poultry protein isolate,” he
said. In combination, they could
form a valuable nutrition
source for livestock or,
possibly, for humans.
Cherry explained that he’s
working with the protein
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City Manager Roy Inman discusses some possibilities for
police protection with a Chamber of Commerce
committee looking into city-county merger. Hie
committee has had numerous meetings in recent weeks
gathering data to present to the citizens of the community
Daily Since 1872
was a member of the Berea
Christian Church.
Survivors include a son,
Chaplain Richard McLean of
Fort Hood, Tex., four grand
children, Michael McLean,
Mark McLean, Margie McLean
and Mary Beth McLean, all of
Fort Hood; two sisters, Mrs.
Otelia Nutt of Griffin and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be
conducted Sunday afternoon at
2 o’clock in Haisten’s chapel.
Dr. William H. Geren will of
ficiate and burial will be in the
Barfield family cemetery near
Sunny Side. The body will
remain at Haisten Funeral
Home.
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“Inflation has devalued more
than money — it’s ruined some
old sayings like, ‘A penny saved
is a penny earned.’ ”
isolates from fish, poultry
feathers and peanuts because
“sources of protein which now
are only considered waste
materials may, together, form
a decent protein food. That’s
one of the reasons that I’m
working on them together.”
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
70, low today 58, high yesterday
66, low yesterday 62, high
tomorrow in mid 70s, low
tonight in mid 60s, total rainfall
.60 of an inch. Sunrise tomorrow
7:09, sunset tomorrow 8:04.
Talking about merger
Woman signs up
for school board
Mrs. Barbara Alexander, 202
Bourbon street, has qualified to
seek election to Post Six on the
Griffin-Spalding School Board.
The post currently is held by
Dr. Tom Hunt who has qualified
for reelection.
Mrs. Alexander was the only
person to add her name to the
list of candidates. But the
Spalding County Courthouse
was buzzing with rumors today
that a man had come to inquire
which district he lived in and
might qualify.
Additional judge
is under study
A committee of the
Thomaston Bar Association is
expected to report next week on
its study of ways to alleviate the
crowded court dockets in the
Griffin Judicial Circuit.
Two possible solutions under
consideration are proposals for
a second superior court judge
and a break-up of the circuit.
Truitt Mallory, president of
the Thomaston Bar, said:
“Everyone who knows the
situation, knows something has
to be done.”
District Attorney Ben Miller,
who lives in Thomaston, said
that already this year the
number of indictments has
surpassed the 1973 total.
Besides the study by the
Thomaston Bar, the Griffin
Judicial Circuit Bar is also
studying the problem over
overcrowded dockets.
Judge Andrew Whalen, Jr., of
Griffin is the judge of the Griffin
Circuit.
on what a merger of the Griffin and Spalding governments
would mean. Bart Searcy, vice chairman of the
committee, presided in the absence of the chairman,
Marshall Sims.
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1974
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Contests
! Candidates no longer qualify
i for districts as they used to but
• all run for posts at large. All
voters in the city and county
r vote on all of the candidates.
' Others who already had
qualified were Dan Boyd, post
seven; J. Henry Walker 111,
post nine; William F. West
' moreland, post ten; and A. C.
’ Touchstone, post eight.
• Qualifying ends Sept. 27. The
I election will be in November
during the general election.
Truck rolls
into Inn
The office of the Carpet Inn in
McDonough at 1-75 and Ga. 20
was extensively damaged
yesterday when a Mack truck
rolled across a parking lot and
into the building.
Troopers at the Griffin State
Patrol Post said damage would
be around $6,000.
The driver, P. L. Drye of
Valdosta said he parked the
truck at Candyland and had left
the parking brakes on the
vehicle. The brakes apparently
were defective, causing the
truck to roll some 265 feet and
crash into the motel office.
There was $2,000 damage to
the truck.
Drye was charged with
having defective equipment.