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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1974)
Gunman robs service station Police are looking for a lone gunman who held up the Ten neco Service Station at 115 West Taylor street around 8 o’clock last night. FIRST STAMP SOLD LONDON (UPI) - Stamp auctioneer Robson Lowe sold an envelope Tuesday bearing the world’s first postage stamp, mailed on the first day of issue, May 6,1840, for $3,860. Copies of the British “Penny Black” (2%-cent) stamp, which bears a profile portrait of Queen Victoria, can still be purchased without the first day postmark for around $46. tVIRtIL BROWN CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF of PIKE COUNTY QUALIFICATIONS: AGE: 30 years EDUCATION: Associate in Arts Degree from Gordon Military College. MILITARY SERVICE: Honorable Discharge from U. S. Navy. RESIDENCY: Life-long resident of Pike County. Virgil Brown is a capable young Pike Countian who is abreast of the problems and opportunities facing Pike County. He would like to serve as your sheriff. Virgil Brown has no political alliances formed through previous public office holding. He is not obligated to any special interest groups and is sponsoring his own campaign. 1974 is not the year of yesterday, but the year of tomorrow. We need a capable young sheriff able to adapt to these changing times in order to meet tomorrow’s challenges effectively and for the greatest benefit of each citizen. It’s time for a change. ELECT VIRGIL BROWN NOVEMBER 26 "A Young Man... An Effective Worker” (Paid Political Adv.) ONE CARAT © 1 gs® totalwt xSsss. ■ 4> I OIMMMD „ tO . Sy<V,'A 5 SOLITAIRE "" W 1 °™ ND I R£G * 75 YOUR CHOICE |™° ■ HG *6B — e , $499 o P N 1 ■ sgg I r GENUINE ? MOTHERS -jWM I i| opal I cross ifiaaMi 1 v oiN Ta flaa) GOtD FILLED hmMJ, k wk \ GOLD FILLED *W?*‘ W,TH ” B Wk % I | •J CROSS ’W SYNTHETIC STONES \ y. <Wk % I I || Sg9s | s l4® B V\\ I -TRACK CAR STEREO RINC WITH SPEAKERS RIG RED PEN |£| LADIES $E9§ W,TH 1 STONE $24" -- $39051 ggcll °* GENTS V ADDITIONAL STONES >3.00 I SOME QUANTITIES LIMITED O* NON-BEPAESENTATWE J 11 ■anusiansai friedman’s ■ I I JEWELERS |1 110 N. Hill St. I ~•.■» SINCE ISBrt I Phone 227-4087 Marion Cleveland, the at tendant, was working alone at the station when the black man walked in and pulled a pistol telling Cleveland to give him all the money. The robber ordered him to get in the back of the station. The gunman then ran toward the rear of the building. He was described as being in his early 20’s, around 6-feet tall with a slim build and wearing a green army field jacket and dark pants. The amount of money taken has not been determined, but it was thought to be around $75. ■m ii i f psi ’ 1 a io Hr ■ ill ■■ ■ ■ /W- The Rev. Lamar Cherry, pastor; Homer Sigman, fund drive chairman; and Al Blanton, Administrative Board chairman (1-r), check figures as campaign to pledge the 1975 budget went over the top. The congregation of 1,750 members of First United Methodist Church had sought to underwrite a budget of $196,545.30 Pledges last night had reached $197,145 and a few more reports still were to be made. Ski lodge operators hoping for some snow GATLINBURG, Tenn. (UPI) —Energy consumers lamenting the coal shortages may not be looking forward to a long, hard winter —but there’s one group which is hoping this winter won’t be a repeat of last year’s mild temperatures. Ski lodge operators and skiiers are praying for some snow. “Last winter was the worst season we’ve ever had,” said Rolf Lanz Monday. Lanz is the new manager of the Gatlinburg Ski Lodge, a job he took over last April. Before that, he was in charge of the lodge’s ski program, so he’s been around awhile. “We had just 44 skiing days last winter,” he said. “All the month of January we didn’t ski. There was a little spell in February, and that was it.” Without temperatures of 28 degrees or lower, ski resorts RECORD PRICE LONDON (UPI) — A silver penny minted by a Viking ruler called Eric Bloodaxe sold Wednesday for $21,150. The penny, dated in the year 948, was bought for an unidentified Scandinavian col lector by a coin dealer at a Spinks and Glendinnings auc tion. An auction spokesman said the price was a record for an auctioned coin. Over the top such as the one here on the eastern edge of Tennessee, and the Renegade resort near Crossville in the Cumberland Mountains, are out of business. Since there’s not enough natural snow to keep them going, they need cold weather to operate their snow guns. Man-made snow is the founda tion of skiing in this part of the country. The winter of 1972-73 was not much better for the Gatlinburg lodge, financially. “We had 76 days skiing that winter,” Lanz said. “But the season had problems. It would snow in the middle of the week, and warm up so that on weekends there was no show,” he said. And not many skiers come to the slopes during the week. After two poor seasons in a row, Lanz is looking forward to colder weather. To prepare for it, he has added some new items. A new chair lift will serve the intermediate and advanced slopes. The system of uphill transportation can carry 950 persons per hour, compared to 250 per hour with the old lift. Lanz plans to get the expert slope into full operation this season, in order to attract even bigger crowds of top skiers from the Southeast. The expert slope on Mount Harrison has been renamed “Big John.” Snow making equipment has been installed there. The mountain is 4,800 long with a verticle drop of 800 feet. The chair lift has been remodeled, and can carry 1,450 persons per hour compared to 400 persons per hour last year. As an extra, Lanz is planning night skiing every night, Monday through Friday. The usual pattern is for skiing during the day on Saturdays, with parties at night and followed by quiet Sundays. Another plus is the newly rebuilt skating rink at the ski lodge. The buckled surface, caused by a break in the hot water system, has been eliminated. And there’s a new tramway from downtown Galinburg, which will carry 120 persons from the heart of the resort town in eight and a half minutes, leaving every half hour. i Put a little in the stocking every week | - jeiiL.,.,,,,. ■ , : ~ B* W MAXIMUM insurance r I ■■ FOR EACH DEPOSITOR J K <•■ ar as of november 271974 H MlfoHwu B-" ; -- - z x * ./y 4Z? t x<'<‘ t* IMHMNhwHBSBKH Rh RaHI ; ...Next Christmas ■ we’ll SOCK it to you. 1975 CHRISTMAS CLUB ACCOUNTS ARE NOW BEING OPENED STOP BY ONE OF OUR 3 LOCATIONS NORTHSIDE OFFICE MAIN OFFICE SOUTHSIDE LOCATION 1475 W. Mclntosh Road 318 South HUI St. 1103 Zebulon Road Next November, with plenty of time for shopping, you’ll receive your big Christmas check. You’ll enjoy a Christmas without bills, avoid service charges from stores, and start the New Year in good financial condition. \ FIRST NATIONAL J \ OF GRIFFIN, GEORGIA member f.d.i.c. 7 / ...GROWING WITH GRIFFIN Page 3 Purse snatched Judy Pierce of 1321 Green view drive reported that three black males snatched her purse in front of the Griffin-Spalding Hospital last night. She said they grabbed the purse and ran across the golf course in front of the hospital. It contained a 100-dollar bill, three one’s and her driver’s license. The incident happened around 7:40 p.m. Mill to close for inventory The Griffin Division of Thomaston Mills will be closed next week for inventory control, according to James E. Boyers, vice president of the Thomaston Mill organization. He said the mills would resume regular schedules the following week. Mr. Boyers noted that the stop would come during Thanksgivingweek. He said eligible employes would be paid for the Thanksgiving holidays. He said the mills would assist employes in making application for unemployment payments during the shutdown. SPEED INCREASES MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (UPI) — Pioneer 11 picked up speed today on its flight through the orbits of Jupiter’s three middle moons. The 570-pound, unmanned spacecraft continued to operate perfectly and was returning color photographs of the planet, which appear on a 21-inch television screen at about the size of a half dollar. Scientists operating the space vehicle at NASA’s Ames Research Center clocked its latest speed at 22,400 miles per hour. The acceleration will increase steadily as the craft approaches the huge gaseous planet. — Griffin Daily News Thursday, November 21,1974 Grandson of Mitchams named administrator Allan Thomas Williams, 27, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Mitcham of Hampton, Ga., has been appointed administrator of Buckingham Couhty, Va. The appointment was made at the November meeting of the Board of Supervisors. He will assume his new duties on Dec. 1. Williams is Buckingham County’s first administrator. The position involves coor dinating the county budget, acting as clerk to the board of supervisors, representing the board in intergovernmental relations and helping the super visors prepare county reports. Williams is a native of Troup County, LaGrange, Ga. He moved to Buckingham County from Madison County where he was administrator of the Madi son Department of Society Services. He previously served as a case worker. Williams once served as assistant pastor and youth director of the Hampton, Ga. Methodist Church. He is a graduate of Druid Hills High REVIVAL MM CENTRAL IL LAKE Tla CHURCH DF GOD HIGH FALLS ROAD 41 Elmer Golden, Jr. EVANGELIST ELMER GOLDEN, JR. WEEKLY SERVICES 7:30 NIGHTLY M. G. SUMMERS, PASTOR School in DeKalb County. He is a graduate of Reinhardt College, Waleska, Ga., Oxford College of Emory University where he received his A.A. in social studies. He attended Georgia College at Milledgeville and Emory University where he received his B.A. degree with honors in political science. He is presently attending the University of Virginia Graduate School of Arts and Science, Department of Government and Foreign Affairs in Charlottes ville where he is a M.A. can didate in public administration. His honors include a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, at University of Virginia and an Earhard Fellow at the University of Virginia. Stork Club LITTLE MISS HENDERSON Mr. and Mrs. Roy Henderson of Route One, Box 152, Jenkins burg, announce the birth of a daughter on Nov. 20 at the Griffin-Spalding County Hospi tal.
