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Students in the New Salem Baptist Church kindergarten today dressed as
Indians and Pilgrims and had an old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner at the
church. Parents and other adults were among some 50 present. All decked
out in their costumes and waiting for the dinner are (1-r) Shanda Evans,
Pike County to have
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Pike County Sheriffs race, both
sheriff’s deputies, will face each
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Tommy Thornhill of Griffin boards the Piedmont of
Southern Railways with the assistance of porter E.M.
Hyde from New Orleans. Tommy will make his return trip
to Atlanta from Charlottesville, Va. on the Piedmont
during his cross-country train jaunt in December.
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Old fashioned Thanksgiving
three weeks, on Dec. 17.
Neither W. M. (Billy)
Riggins, with 824 votes, nor
Kenneth Killingsworth, who
polled 437, received the
necessary majority in yester
day’s seven-man race.
The vacancy was created
when former Sheriff J. Astor
Riggins resigned. Ronald
Copeland of Zebulon was ap
pointed to the post until a new
sheriff could be elected.
Other candidates were Virgil
Brown who received 254 votes;
Benny F. Collier with 119; D. H.
(Soup) Connell, 123; Wilson R.
(Junior) Ray, 129; and Alton
Shackelford, 151.
The winner in the runoff
election will take over as sheriff
as soon as he qualifies after the
election.
GRIFFIN
DAIIA NTE WS
Vol. 102 No. 279
Sailors sue
U.S. Navy
CHARLESTON, S. C. (UPI)
—- -The Department of the
Defense and the U. S. Navy
were sued Tuesday by 32
sailors seeking to recover at
least $128,000 in variable re
enlistment bonuses they say
they were promised but never
received.
The suit, filed in federal court
here, asks the 32 plaintiffs be
allowed to recover $4,000 to
$6,000.
The sailors allege they were
persuaded to re-enlist on the
premise the special jobs they
would be trained for would
make them eligible for the re
enlistment bonus program the
Navy had then.
The program paid extra
money to sailors who re
enlisted in certain critical
occupational areas, but con
gress scrapped the program as
of June 1.
Holiday
Griffin students to ride rails
BARNESVILLE — While
most college students will be
enjoying a brief respite from
scholarship during the
Christmas holidays a Gordon
Junior College sophomore will
be “riding the rails.”
Tommy Thornhill from
Griffin, will make his way
across the northern part of the
United States pursuing his
interest in trains. He and a
Gordon classmate, Randy
Piland, are planning to cross
the country on the Empire
Builder, one of the few
passenger trains running from
the West Coast to the Midwest.
They will travel by coach
from Seattle to Chicago where
they will take the James Whit
comb Riley to Charlottesville,
Va. The students will then
complete the trip on the
Southern Crescent to Atlanta.
For Tommy, a 1972 graduate
of Griffin High School, it will be
one of many train rides, but the
longest one he has ever made.
The trip is partly for fun, but
mainly to learn more about
trains and see the northern tier
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday Afternoon, November 27, 1974
Sherrie Peaden, Darrell Dotson, Ronnie Hein, Tiffney Evans, Cathy Powers,
Chelly Fletcher and Mark Caughlin. Mrs. Annette Erwin is the teacher. She
expected some 50 people to share in the meal at the church.
Union Thanksgiving service
at First United Methodist
The Rev. Forest Traylor, Jr.,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, will deliver the
Thanksgiving day sermon
tomorrow in a union service. It
will be held at the First United
Methodist Church beginning at
10 a.m.
The central churches an
nually sponsor the joint service
and invite everyone in the
community to attend.
The Rev. Traylor’s topic will
be “How Can We Give Thanks
In 1974?”
Father Paul Sullivan, rector
of Sacred Heart Catholic
Church, will give the invocation
and call to worship.
The Rev. Gary A. Weant of
the Lutheran Church, will
handle the responsive reading.
of states.
The 21-year-old first became
interested in trains when he was
three years old. His father, now
deceased, bought a Lionel train
set for Tommy and his older
brother and also had collected
some HO gauge trains and train
layouts.
Billing himself as a “collec
tor” and “railroad buff,”
Tommy has made slide pictures
of a vast variety of trains. He
has become almost a legend
around middle Georgia with his
train photography.
One story has it that he got
carried away one day and
followed a special excursion
train from Griffin to Valdosta in
his car before he realized how
far he had gone.
But the trip he refers to with
greatest pride and emotion is
his ride on the last run of the
Nancy Hanks —a discontinued
passenger train that used to run
from Atlanta to Savannah.
To capture the full flavor of
the last ride, he rode from
Atlanta to Savannah on April 31,
1971. Although the train of-
The Rev. Doug Winn, rector
of St. George’s Episcopal
Church, will have the pastoral
prayer.
Capt. Roy Asher of the Salva
tion Army Post here will have
the offertory prayer.
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tomorrow in mid 50s, low
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ficially completed its service in
Savannah, Tommy obtained
special permission to ride back
to Atlanta where the train was
to be retired.
“I was the only passenger on
the return trip. But all the
porters and operators were
aboard. Boy, that was a
depressing ride. Everybody
was moping around and really
feeling sad,” he said.
The train made a special stop
to let him off in Griffin and the
porter went through the entire
ceremony of helping his special
passenger disembark.
Tommy’s interest has led him
to join the National Association
of Railroad Passengers and the
National Railroad Historical
Society. He sometimes
represents these groups in
public hearings on railroad
matters. He is especially in
terested in a proposal to rein
stitute a train between Atlanta
and Macon to service com
muters between the two cities.
He explained that part of the
growing interest in railroads is
a result of the country’s interest
Daily Since 1872
Yule shopping
set to start
A total of 58 firms will par
ticipate in a promotion this
week that will kickoff the
opening of the Christmas
shopping season in Griffin.
The event has become a tradi
tion in Griffin.
Thousands of people are
expected to pack the Griffin
shopping area Friday morning
as the event gets under way.
Merchants have been busy
many weeks stocking their
shelves and display counters
with special seasonal bargains.
Today’s edition of the Griffin
Daily News carries many ad
vertisements about the offers
and the kind of personal service
stores in this area have come to
offer shoppers.
The promotion will begin this
weekend but will be followed by
several other things.
The annual Christmas parade
will be held next Tuesday, Dec.
3 downtown.
It will feature local and
commercial floats, marching
bands and many other attrac
tions.
The Rev. Lamar Cherry, host,
who is pastor of First United
Methodist Church, will give the
benediction and give other
remarks.
Tom Roberts, music and
youth director for the host
ohurch, will be in charge of the
community choir.
No paper
tomorrow
The Griffin Daily News will
be closed tomorrow for a
Thanksgiving holiday.
No paper will be published.
Regular publication will be
resumed Friday.
in nostalgia, pollution, and
preserving things of historical
value. Although he admits
trains are usually of interest to
older persons, he has found
many young people who also
find them fascinating.
Presently, Tommy has only
vague plans about how
railroading may fit into his
future. But his major at Gordon
is history which ties in closely to
his interest in railroads and the
role they played in developing
the state.,
His next big railroading
project is to refurbish some old
three-rail Lionels and build a
complete layout. He figures he
already has almost a thousand
dollars invested in the trains,
but his limitation now is space
and more funds.
Tommy doesn’t mind the
good-natured ribbing he takes
from other students about his
somewhat off-beat hobby.
“I guess I’m just a railroad
nut,” he said. “I like anything
that runs on tracks.”
The event annually probably
draws more people to the
shopping center of this area
than any other single thing
throughout the year.
This year’s parade is ex
pected to do the same.
It is one of the affairs local
merchants plan to contribute to
the season’s festivities.
Street decorations already
are in place and ready to be
turned on to brighten the streets
at night and make them attrac
tive by day.
Firms which will participate
in the promotion this week
include:
The Oxford Shop, Buy-Rite,
Cartledge Furniture Co., Smith-
Roberts, Morrow-Powell, Sears
Roebuck Co., Timmers Motors,
Inc., Griffin Decorating Co.,
Southern States Printing Co.,
Gene Hayes Motor Co., Cain’s,
The Furniture Shop.
O’Kelley’s Furniture, Randall
& Blakely, Inc., Jim Pridgen
Hardware, The Coffee Shop,
Ben Franklin Variety Store,
Jones-Harrison Furniture,
Westmoreland,
Mrs. Langford win
Mrs. Yvonne Langford and
Incumbent Bill Westmoreland
were the winners in yesterday’s
school board runoff election.
Less than 11 percent of Spalding
County’s eligible voters went to
the polls.
Mrs. Langford, the winner of
the Post Seven seat, drew 967
votes, 137 more than her op-
Boyd Langford Allison Westmoreland
Griffin 1 31 15 12 34
Griffin 2 30 M 39 38
Griffin 3 292 399 236 455
Griffin 4 44 35 21 56
Africa 37 37 31 43
46 31 35 41
Cabin 46 34 37 42
East Griffin 24 19 13 30
Experiment 48 48 32 63
Line Creek 11 8 3 16
Melrose 16 5 3 18
Mt. Zion 9 20 9 20
Orrs East 46 101 72 75
Orrs West 115 195 139
Union 31 46 32 45
Absentee 4 20 15 10
Totals 830 987 670 1123
City changes policy
on escort service
City Commissioners last night
agreed to try to work out some
kind of police escort service for
K mart and Piggly Wiggly
stores in making bank deposits
through the Christmas season.
Two representatives of the
stores asked the commissioners
why the escort service was
discontinued.
Chairman Louis Goldstein of
the board said that offering the
service to stores would mean
that the city would have to
make it available to every
citizen. He said the board did
not feel it could provide the
service for all.
Goldstein suggested the
stores consider using a private
security service. He pointed out
one was available here.
The two store managers said
they were caught short with the
change in city policy with the
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Hensley’s Office Equipment,
Piggly-Wiggly Southern, Inc.,
Collin’s Men’s & Boy’s Wear,
Akin’s Feed & Seed Store, Clax
ton’s Pharmacy, Leonard’s.
Godard Clothing Co., Wynne’s
Jewelers, Fashion Shops,
Western Sizzlin’ Steak House,
Ralph’s Kentucky Fried
Chicken, Fisher Hardware,
Saul’s, The Gentry Shop,
Carden Furniture Co., Griffin
Hardware, Easterwood’s Shoes,
Crouch’s.
Batton & Jackson Quick Tire,
Diana Shops, Tonkin Casuals,
The Bonnie Shop, Whitmire
Jewelry, Maxwell Furniture
Co., Jerrie & Don’s, Rhodes
Furniture Co., White’s Auto
Store, Goode-Nichols Furniture,
Griffin Farm Implement,
Fashion Shoes.
The Bank of Griffin, Com
mercial Bank & Trust Co., First
National Bank of Griffin,
Griffin Daily News, WHIE,
WKEU, WGRI, First Federal
Savings & Loan Assn., Griffin
Federal Savings & Loan Assn.
ponent, Dan Boyd, who received
• 830.
Westmoreland, with 1,123
votes, easily won the Post Ten
spot over his opponent, Mrs.
Virginia Allison, who polled 670.
Voter turnout was very light
yesterday. There were only
1,797 votes cast from a list of
16,795 eligible voters.
beginning of the Christmas sea
son.
Commissioner Preston Bunn
said he thought the com
missioners should make an
effort to work out something to
see the stores through the
Christmas shopping season.
Reg Murphy
suffers attack
ATLANTA (UPI) — Atlanta
Constitution Editor Reg Murphy
was hospitalized for 10 days of
observation after suffering an
apparent slight cardiac attack.
Murphy, who was to be
released from DeKalb General
Hospital today, had the attack
while playing tennis at Sea
Island, Ga. He was advised by
doctors to rest for a month
without visitors.