Newspaper Page Text
Page 2
— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, March 4,1975
Utility donates
for band uniforms
The Griffin Utility Club met
at the Lewis Mills home for the
February meeting. Lunch was
served by Dick Piland.
Mrs. Don Rainwater
presided. Mrs. Billy Hancock
£ flßk NEEDS
8 His HIDE
’ WHIPPED
£ TEN TIMES g
$A DAY!
raw H! l
g W** I
"*Ji l ■■
\ %
:;•:i |
g H?°l 7:45 :¥:
fSjJ ® I
I SWEDISH I
WILDCATS
jj: Showtime 8 P.M.
I Show softie
I interest in your
tax refund.
S —- —/ ■ ? 4 » i
I W \
\ i\v o i A
— \ \\\ ° i l
I \ £SN \l * \ \
\<r \v\ H \ \
I \ $;& W \ \
I wWA
Imii j
Expecting a refund from Uncle Sam? Bravo! It’s almost like found
money. But don’t let it slip through your fingers.
Deposit your check in a savings account with us and watch it grow
with compound interest. So it grows faster and faster all the time.
And remember, no one has ever lost a penny in an account insured
by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
So if you’ve had trouble saving, your tax refund could give you the
running start you need.
■ Bring it in and open an account. It’s a good way to show some interest
in your future.
I FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS
I AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF GRIFFIN I
223 South Sixth St. 130 Library St.
Griffin, Ga. Barnesville, Ga.
I 227-2205 358-0466
reported on the luncheon of the
bi-centennial committee which
the Utility Club will sponsor
March 12 at the Elks Club.
Civic club members and other
guests have been invited to the
luncheon. Harris Remley will
speak on Americanism,
Patriotism, Pre-Enterprise and
citizenship responsibility.
Mrs. Coleman Jackson
reported on the tea to honor all
Girl Scout Workers. The tea
will be held at the Lewis Mills
home March 12 and will be co
sponsored by Senior Girl Scout
Troop 102.
The members voted to donate
$2,000 to the Band of Gold
Boosters Club to purchase new
uniforms.
Mrs. Ashley Hurt announced
that the Popcorn Players are
presenting this year’s
production in all elementary
schools.
The club will sponsor the
Bloodmobile in the fall.
Mrs. Alfred Bolton announced
that plants were available at the
Way-To-Earn greenhouse.
■EFJEKEEjI PTE F-Tr.
Hospital Report
Dismissed from the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital
yesterday:
William Alexander Hight,
John D. Sheffield, Omie Faye
Swanzy, Thomas Wade Ham
mond, Donald Neal Kilgore,
Frances Pitts, Mary Jones,
Betty Lou Hilton, Lon Polk,
Susie Mae Carr, Mrs. Harmon
Biles and baby, Mrs. Jean
Chambers, Gwendolyn
Hightower, Mrs. Mamie
Piasecki.
Woman treated
for burns;
baby dies
A 20-year-old Griffin woman
remained in serious condition
this morning in the intensive
care section of Crawford W.
Long Hospital in Atlanta where
she is being treated for burns.
Mrs. Kathy Shackelford Wil
son was found lying unconscious
on a floor furnace late yester
day morning at her home, 415
South 15th street, by a cousin,
Randy Dixon. She was badly
burned about the face, arms
and upper body.
She was rushed to the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital, then tran
sferred to St. Joseph Infirmary
in Atlanta. Later, she was taken
to Crawford W. Long where she
underwent surgery.
The baby she was carrying
was born dead.
Mrs. Wilson was employed at
Smalley and Cogburn law firm.
Senate
praises
Virginia
The Georgia State Senate
unaimously endorsed a resolu
tion yesterday praising Grif
fin’s Mrs. Virginia Shapard, the
first woman senator since 1954,
for “bringing charm and grace,
as well as outstanding ability to
the deliberations of the Senate.”
The resolution stated the
lovely Senator from the 28th
District already has proved
herself to be one of the Senate’s
most capable and effective
members.
“The only disadvantage to
her presence has been the
confusion caused among
Senators in properly addressing
the body from the well,” it
continued.
It further resolved an ap
propriate salutation to begin an
address to the Senate from the
well be, “Mr. President, lovely
lady and gentlemen of the
Senate.”
Deaths -F unerals
Mrs. Festerman
Mrs. Emma Lou Morse
Festerman, 90, of 610 Ellis
street, died Monday afternoon
at her residence.
Mrs. Festerman was bom in
Winder and had lived in Griffin
for 64 years. She was a member
of Hanleiter United Methodist
Church and a retired employe of
Dundee Mill No. One.
She is survived by her
husband, Walter L. Festerman;
and a niece, Mrs. Lula
Harrington.
Funeral services were con
ducted this afternoon at 2:30
o’clock in McDonald Chapel.
The Rev. Perry Gambrell of
ficiated and burial was in
Griffin Memorial Gardens.
Mr. W. Smith
Mr. Willie Thomas Smith of
733 East Solomon street died at
the Griffin-Spalding Hospital
Friday morning.
Mr. Smith was a retired cab
driver and a member of the
Eighth Street Baptist Church.
His survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Connie F. Smith; five sons,
Johnny Clifford Smith, Winfred
Smith, Calvin Smith, Wendall
Smith and Allen Smith, all of
Griffin; five daughters, Mrs.
Carmen Price, Miss Melanie
Smith, Miss Larita Smith, Miss
Naomi Smith, all of Griffin, and
Mrs. Emma Lee Colfield of
Atlanta; a sister, Mrs. Janie
Mae Williams, an aunt and
other relatives.
Funeral services will be
conducted Wednesday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock in the
Eighth Street Baptist Church.
The Rev. M. M. Solomon will
officiate and burial will be in
Rest Haven cemetery. Millers
Funeral Home is in charge of
plans.
Mr. Starkey
Mrs. Clyde Starkey, 68, of 504
Carleeta street, Barnesville,
died at the Griffin-Spalding
Hospital Tuesday morning
where he had been a patient for
18 days.
Mr. Starkey was born in
Pickens, S.C., and had made his
home in Barnesville for many
years. He was a retired em
ploye of William Carter Co., and
was a member of the Midway
Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Sarah Bryant Starkey of
Barnesville; three daughters,
Mrs. Patsy Strickland of
Griffin, Mrs. Gail Stephens of
Milner and Mrs. Louise Hen
derson of Greenville, S.C.; five
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Funeral services will be
conducted Wednesday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock from the
Midway Baptist Church. The
Rev. Bill Coleman will officiate
and burial will be in Greenwood
cemetery. The body will remain
at Haisten Funeral Home in
Barnesville until carried to the
church 30 minutes prior to the
funeral hour.
Mr. A. Smith
Mr. Albert J. Smith of
Milledgeville died Sunday
morning at his residence.
Mr. Smith was born in
Spalding County and had lived
in Milledgeville for three years.
He was a member of the
Milledgeville Baptist Church.
Mr. Smith had been in the
funeral business for many
years, working at McDonald
Chapel in Griffin, McKibben
Funeral Home in Hogansville
and Williams Funeral Home in
Milledgeville, where he was
employed until the time of his
death.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Anna Smith; a daughter,
Miss Earlene Smith; a son,
Tommy Smith, all of
Milledgeville; a stepson, S-Sgt.
Robert “Bobby” Smith,
stationed in Hawaii; a sister,
Mrs. Betty Williams of Griffin
and a brother, Thornton Smith
of Milledgeville.
Funeral services will be
conducted Thursday afternoon
at 2 o’clock in the chapel of
Williams Funeral Home in
Milledgeville. The Rev. S. J.
Wheeler will officiate and burial
will be in the Milner Baptist
Church cemetery. Williams
Funeral Home is in charge of
plans.
Retired
teachers
Mr. Michael C. Auth, consul
tant with the National Retired
Teachers Association on in
surance plans, will be in Griffin
Thursday to explain insurance
programs to the Griffin
Association of Retired
Teachers.
They will meet Thursday at 3
p.m. in the Griffin High School
library.
Mr. Auth, who holds both the
BA and master’s degrees, is a
former teacher and high school
administrator.
Since 1969 he has worked as
an insurance consultant in
Pennsylvania, Florida and
Atlanta, his present home.
All retired teachers were
invited to the meeting.
I ONE TWY SPARK BECOMES I
AIBGHT OF BLAMNO SUSPENSE [
Mja
Th. Fir® Chi.r NralnMrd For 7 Ararkm,
W “rtaUM Brrl
STEVt NEWMAN
McQUBB® MOL«N
AH
IRWM ALLEN’S HW FAIt
—a DUNAWAY
liferho*
NWD SUSAN lUCHAAD
ASTAIRE BLAKBOT CIIAJ—RI 081
O’* NOBMW. JWMWT
JONES SMPSON VMJGMN WAOSR
Produoca. KWH AUMN OALBMN
* STWULWC >JOMN WEIIAMS
• MhtHMoPtth WSMMs'.’tX’OWF.lh ae
». O
PARKWOOD CINEMA I
Back in 1957,
Mfe.VOAMMMinA f
Emi RyMkcratHr frWdricfcM. laßSv
■VWTBBTWMM 4 C
WW. AND TO KXU NANCNMN—
OWt Jf Mv«EEO NEOM«TT> .. AITCANNNT
Jfcissfs sss—SLs--“(ft
Mr. Clark
UNION, S.C.-Mr. David
Crosby, “Sweetie” Clark, 69, of
100 Eastwood Drive, died at a
local hospital Tuesday morning
after a brief illness.
He was born in Union County,
son of the late D. C. and the late
Essie Jones Clark. He was a
member of Grace United
Methodist Church and was a
retired salesman for Hopkins
Tailoring Co. His wife was the
late Mrs. Boyd W. Clark.
Survivors include a son,David
W. Clark of Griffin, Ga.; two
sisters, Mrs. Amelia Lawson of
North Augusta, S. C. and Mrs.
Frances Coleman of Conway, S.
C.; three brothers, Lewis N.
Clark of Myrtle Beach, S. C.;
William J. Clark of
Orangeburg, S. C., and Robert
Lake Clark of Conway, S. C.;
and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 3 p.m. from
Grace United Methodist
Church. The .Rev. Dr. Ted E.
Jones will officiate. Burial will
be in Presbyterian Church
cemetery.
The body is at Brown,Bolton,
Jolly Mortuary in Union S. C.
Mrs. Weaver
BARNESVILLE, Ga.— Mrs.
Emma Arlene Evans Weaver,
81, of 214 Carleeta street,
Barnesville, died Sunday at the
Bowling Green Nursing Home
in Monroe County.
She was born in Union
County, Tenn., but had made
her home in Barnesville for 50
years. She was a member of the
First Pentecostal Holiness
Church of Barnesville.
Survivors include two
daughters, Miss Magalene
Weaver of Barnesville and Mrs.
Betty Pennington of Macon;
four sons, William Cline
Weaver, Charles Lee Weaver,
both of Barnesville, Samuel
Leon Weaver of Corpus Christi,
Texas, James Edward Weaver
of Hartwell, Ga.; a sister, Mrs.
Lucy Tucker of Acworth, Ga.;
three brothers, Robert Evans,
Kyle Evans and Troy Evans, all
of Knoxville, Tenn.; 14 grand
children, five great grand
children and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Weaver were conducted this
afternoon at 3 p.m. from the
First Pentecostal Holiness
Church with the Rev. Byrnes
Pitts and the Rev. Keith Hearn
officiating. Burial was in
Zebulon Street cemetery in
Barnesville.
Hubbard Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
WYNNES JEWELERS
86TH ANNIVERSARY SALE
MARCH 6-7-8
gJdlMBjflORfE mfiw Jr™
a# -", t.
Our friendly personnel
eagerly await serving you.
TREMENDOUS STORE-
WIDE SAVINGS UP TO 7
WYNNES JEWELERS
..SINCE 1889
Griff in - Atlanta
paving planned
The Georgia Department of
Transportation (DOT) has
called for bids for paving on the
old Griffin-Atlanta highway
covering sections in Spalding,
Henry and Clayton Counties.
The proposal would cover
18.550 miles.
The bids will be opened
Play resumes
The Utility Club will resume
presenting a play “A Mid
winter’s Daydream,” tomorrow
at Third Ward.
The remainder of the
schedule is: Orrs, March 6;
East Griffin, March 7; Anne
Street, March 10; Fourth
Ward, March 11; Utility Club
luncheon, March 14; Spalding
Junior High Unit 111, March 19;
and Spalding Junior High Unit
I, March 20.
Fire damages
An empty house at 856
Westbrooks street was gutted
by fire last night.
The Griffin Fire Department
answered the call at 11:25 p.m.
Harris Brooks was listed the
owner.
Ze'S / 's.
\ 7 / i (* <
I 0 /?/ 7 >
/ \
Can You Count The Chicks?
While You Count, Let Mommy Select
Your Easter Outfit At
Jerrie & Don’s
128 South Hill Street
"Griffin’s Store For The Little People”
March 28 at 11 a.m. in the
Atlanta DOT office.
The resurfacing would begin
in Griffin at State Route Three
and extend north of State Route
54.
SSOO raised
for church
The Singing Disciples raised
some SSOO for the Baptist
Tabernacle’s building program
with a benefit program. It was
held at the Grace Baptist
Church.
The tabernacle burned earlier
this year as the building was
nearing completion.
PEADEN'S
RESTAURANT
ZUN.HffISt.
BREAKFAST
SPECIAL
STACK OF PANCAKES
&COFFEE
60*