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— Griffin Daily News Thursday, November 21,1974
Deaths -F iinerals
Mr. Gabard
Mr. John Montgomery
Gabard of 1043 Briarcliff road,
Atlanta, died Wednesday night
at Emory University Hospital
where he had been a patient for
the past five days.
A native of Chapel Hill, Tenn.,
Mrs. Gabard had made his
home in Griffin for 31 years
before moving to Atlanta. He
owned and operated Gabard’s
Limited Store in Griffin for
several years. He was em
ployed with Georgia Higher
Education in business and
professional services in
Atlanta.
Mr. Gabard was a member of
the First United Methodist
Church. He was a graduate of
Vanderbilt University where he
was a member of Kappa Sigma
fraternity. He was a veteran of
World War II serving in the
Navy and was a retired com
mander. Mr. Gabard was past
president of the Griffin Rotary
Club and the Griffin Chamber of
Commerce.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Ruth Fielding Gabard;
two daughters, Miss Jan
Gabard and Miss Jean Gabard,
all of Atlanta; mother, Mrs.
Nell Gabard of Brentwood,
Tenn.; two sisters, Mrs. David
Jean of Brentwood, Tenn., and
Mrs. Robert Mefford of Mt.
Pleasant, Tenn.; and a brother,
Dr. William M. Gabard of
Valdosta.
Funeral services will be
conducted Friday afternoon at 2
o’clock from the graveside in
the new section of Oak Hill
cemetery. The body will remain
at Pittman Rawls Funeral
Home.
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Mr. McCollum
Mr. Albert Lee “Red” Mc-
Collum of McDonough road died
early this morning at St.
Joseph’s Infirmary in Atlanta.
Mr. McCollum was born in
Cherokee County, Ga., and had
made his home in Griffin for 17
years. He was a member of the
Orchard Hill Baptist Church
and a retired truck driver.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ada Gardner McCollum;
three sisters, Mrs. Robert
Carlile of Marietta, Mrs. Beulah
Hahan of San Pedro, Calif., and
Mrs. Bessie Groover of
Griffin; two brothers,
Talmadge McCollum of Forest
Park and Johnny McCollum of
Rex; three step-sons, C. E.
Grubbs of Griffin, Robert L.
Grubbs, Jr., of Atlanta and M-
Sgt. Don Grubbs, U.S. Au-
Force, New York.
Funeral services will be
conducted Friday afternoon at 2
o’clock from the Orchard Hill
Baptist Church. The Rev.
Charles Robinson and the Rev.
Calvin Davis will officiate and
burial will be in Rehoboth
Baptist Church cemetery. The
body will remain at McDonald
Chapel.
Mr. Williams
Mr. Jesse James Williams,
60, of 707 Pimento avenue died
this morning at the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital where he had
been a patient for four days.
Mr. Williams was a lifelong
resident of Spalding County.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Farris Williams.
Funeral plans will be an
nounced by McDowell United
Funeral Home.
Mrs. Daniel
Mrs. Estella Daniel, 73, of 980
Anne street died Nov. 15 at
Upson County Hospital in
Thomaston after a lengthy
illness.
Mrs. Daniel was a member of
the Spring Hill Baptist Church
in Griffin.
Survivors include an aunt,
Mrs. Willie Bell Robinson of
Barnesville.
Funeral plans will be an
nounced by McDowell United
Funeral Home.
About Town
LEAGUE
The Griffin League of Women
Voters unit meetipg will be held
tonight at Mr. Zion Baptist
Church on Memorial drive,
beginning at 8 p.m. The
program will be on land use.
YARD SALE
The Wesley Sunday School
Class of Kincaid United
Methodist Church will sponsor a;
yard sale Saturday from 9:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., weather per
mitting, at 1373 Experiment
street, across from IGA
Shopping Center.
FELLOWSHIP SUPPER
A community fellowship
supper sponsored by the Griffin
area Lutherans will be held
tonight at 7:30 p.m. at St.
George’s Episcopal Parish
Hall.
The Lutherans in the Griffin
area are organizing St. John’s
Lutheran Church and hold
services at Griffin Academy
each Sunday at 11 a.m. Anyone
interested in Lutheran worship
is invited to attend.
Brooks
bazaar
planned
The Brooks United Methodist
Church will have a bazaar
Saturday to raise money for
renovating the fellowship hall of
the church.
The bazaar will be held from 9
a.m. till 5 p.m.
It will feature baked goods, a
flea market and attic sale,
items for the Christmas season
and other things.
Pack 18
has meeting
Pack 18 of the Cub Scouts of
America held its first meeting
at Beaverbrook School.
The opening ceremony was
presented by Den One. Jeff
Gatlin presided, presenting the
den leaders and Webelo leader.
Each den presented a skit on
Thanksgiving.
Cubmaster Gatlin presented
Bobcat badges to the following
Cubs: Glen Jones, Jr., Ted
Evans, David Bennett, Chris
Bozeman, Monte Shiflett,
William Nix, Ronnie Fetting,
Darrell Ellerbee, Patrick Akin,
Bobby Carroll, Theron Corse,
Edward Durden, Bobby Wayne
Spillman, Jimmy Stewart,
Ronald Cook, Douglas Wood,
Chris Doane, Michael Rhodes
and John Hart.
Byron Brock, Bear award and
Silver Arrow; Shelby Mobley,
Wolf award; Lance Greer, Wolf
award; Allan Mobley, Silver
Arrow. One year pins were
presented to Byron Brock, Allan
Mobley, Aron Harris, Wade
Griffin, Shelby Mobley, Lance
Greer, Ted Phillips, Mike
Fletcher and Scott Duncan.
Den Two presented the
closing ceremony.
Buggy Days
to feature
big parade
Saturday’s events will climax
a week of Barnesville Buggy
Days. A parade is planned down
main street at 2:00 p.m. It will
include buggies, wagons, old
cars, and other items present in
turn of the century Barnesville.
There will be gunfights in the
downtown area and many
people will be dressed in the
attire of the period.
The Barnesville-Lamar
County Historical Society will
have an exhibit in the newly
restored depot depicting items
from the 1890’s and 1900’s.
Anyone wishing to contribute
items to this may bring them by
the depot Friday night or Satur
day morning. They can be
picked up Saturday evening.
Free flea market space will
be available to the public on the
depot grounds.
Refreshments will be spon
sored by the Historical Society.
Mrs. J. C. Waller, Jr. in
Barnesville is coordinating
arrangements.
Civic Ballet begins plans
for performance
The Parents Association of
the Griffin Civic Ballet has
begun plans for their annual
performance to be held Feb. 1 at
the Griffin High auditorium.
This year the Ballet Company
will present the second act of
“The Nutcracker” and “The
Little Match Girl”.
Serving on the board of
directors this . year are
president, Mrs. Robert
Thesing; vice-president, Mrs.
Henry Evans; secretary, Mrs.
R. G. Strickland; treasurers,
Mrs. Jack Ryan and Mrs. T. A.
Howie; members-a Marge, Mrs.
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An old cannon on the Gordon Junior College campus started a week-long celebration of
Barnesville Buggy Days with a bang. The BBD’s commemorated the buggy-manufacturing
businesses that flourished in the early 1900’s in Barnesville. Scheduled events included a
square dance, quarterhorse events, an old-fashioned gunfight, a Gordon Singers Concert,
and a downtown parade.
George Lewis, Mrs. John
Allison.
Committee chairmen are
Mrs. Neal Bonds, publicity;
advertising, Mrs. Clarence
Bush; costumes, Mrs. Henry
Evans, tickets, Mrs. Miriam
French; education program,
Mrs. Lillian Portiss; calling,
Mrs. Charles Releford; and
fund raising, Mrs. Thomas
Lipscomb.
Robert Archard of Atlanta is
artistic director for the Ballet
company, assisted by Miss
Dean Williams of Griffin and
Miss Rosa Barile of Atlanta.
Woman killed
in accident
Hazel Frances Richardson,
41, of Route Two, Box 300,
Jackson, was dead on arrival at
the Sylvan Grove Hospital in
Jackson last night after she was
in an automobile wreck on
Covington Highway a mile from
Jackson.
Three of her grandchildren in
the car with her were trans
ferred to the Griffin-Spalding
Hospital for treatment. They
were listed as Edgar Phillips,
one; Tammi Phillips, three;
Bake
sale
planned
St. George’s Episcopal
Church is planning a Christmas
bake sale Dec. 9 from noon until
6 p.m.
It will feature all sorts of holi
day baked goods as well as
candies, cookies, preserves,
relishes, cakes, pickles, and*
other seasonal goodies. Some
dishes can be frozen and served
later during the Christmas sea
son.
All of the goods to be offered
for sale will be home baked and
home prepared.
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and Cherry Phillips, five.
Gary Allen Rogers, 23, of
Lithonia was injured in the •
collision, too. He was driving
the other car. Rogers was being
treated at the Clayton General t
Hospital.
Another accident occurred at
the same place about 10-15
minutes later. A car driven by •
Mrs. Pauline Freeman ap
parently crashed into one
parked at the accident scene.
She was taken to the Sylvan •
Grove Hospital for treatment.
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Hospital Report
Dismissed from the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital yesterday: •
Mrs. Norma Brown, Mrs.
Bobbie Jean Butler, Mrs.
Jimmie K. Cook, Mrs. Lillie
Ellis, Bob Eugene Feltman, •
Miss Nancy Harper, Miss Anita
Woodard, Robby Bell, Mrs.
Mary Frances Elder, Mrs.
Mary Gore Kendrick, Mrs.
Frances Stanfield Norton, Mrs.
Frankie B. Buchanan, Mrs.
Maggie Bethea, Miss Mary *
Elizabeth Moore.