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County continues
insurance review
Spalding County Commiss
ioners today delved into a
detailed review of insurance on
the jail, courthouse and county
prison.
Harper Insurance agency
which has the present coverage
said premiums could go from
$4,000 annually at present to
more than SB,OOO under a
proposal outlined today.
A preliminary look indicated
to the commissioners present
coverage is not in line with
today’s needs. They noted some
buildings which no longer exist
were included in coverage.
They noted estimated
replacement values and
depreciated values were quite
different.
In the backs of the commiss
ioners minds was a fire which
destroyed the courthouse at
Greenville, Ga., a few weeks
ago.
Such a thing might happen
here, the commissioners were
thinking.
In other action this morning,
the commissioners approved
installation of a burglar alarm
system for the community
center and golf course buildings
at city park.
The cost will be about $l,lOO to
be divided equally between the
city and county governments.
Chairman Reid Childers said
he thought the trouble the city
and county have been having
will the jointly-owned airport
was largely cleared up.
He said the Airline Aviation
Academy had agreed to vacate
by April 14 the metal hangar
and already was out of brick
hangar.
Some of the temporary
structures are being removed,
Mr. Childers said, and he added
county work crews would begin
removing litter and debris from
the grounds probably
tomorrow.
The Griffin Association for
Retarded Citizens asked that it
be put in the current budget of
the county.
A letter from the organization
said annual support from the
county in years past had ranged
from SB,OOO to SIB,OOO.
Last year’s support from the
county was $9,399.
Commissioner Frank Thomas
suggested a SSOO increase might
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be in order in view of inflation.
However, the commissioners
decided to hold action on the
request until the GARC can
make a specific proposal.
The money will have to come
out of reserves, since the 1976
county budget already has been
adopted. The commissioners
said the request should have
been by last fall to have been
considered for the 1976 budget.
The commissioners indicated
they expected to continue to
support the program with
county funds.
Commissioner P. W. Hamil
wanted to know if such spending
were legal. He was assured it
was.
Griffinite
injured
in wreck
Mrs. Carol S. Adkinson, 38, of
Meriwether street, was injured
In a collision at Meriwether and
12th streets last night.
Police said her auto collided
with a vehicle driven by Homer
B. Floyd of Parkview drive.
She was taken to the Griffin
Hospital emergency room by
police officers.
Gordon plans
farm courses
in Griffin
Two courses for farmers in
the surrounding areas will be
sponsored by Gordon Junior
College and the Towaliga Soil
and Water Conservation
District on Mar. 4 and 11.
A one-night course on using
herbicides for no-till com and
soybeans will be held on Mar. 4
and a one-night course in farm
pond management will be held
on Mar. 11. Both courses will
meet at the Stuckey auditorium
at the Experiment Station in
Griffin at 7 p.m.
Registration information can
be obtained by calling the Office
of Community Services at
Gordon.
Dr. James F. Miller, ex
tension agronomist in weed
science, Dr. W. H. Gurley,
agronomist and Dr. B. U.
Bittrell agronomist, will con
duct the no-till program.
The farm pond management
course on Mar. 11 will be con
ducted by Dr. Mac Rawson, a
fish and wildlife specialist from
the University of Georgia
Extension Service.
Pack 12 has
Blue and Gold
Pack 12 held its annual Blue
and Gold banquet at Orrs
cafeteria.
Tables decorations were by
each den. Webelos Den One was
judged as the winner. Arch
Scudder is the Den master.
Boys in Webelos Den One are
Mark Scudder, Ricky Rigsby,
Clinton Butler, Alan Scott,
Wade Tarleton and Paul Milam.
Awards given to the boys
during the month of February
include : Citizen, Joey Duncan;
artist, scholar, naturalist,
Rodney Harker; forester, Mark
Kingsbury; Silver Arrow in
Wolf, Steve Goolsby; two Silver
Arrows in Bear, Ricky Jones.
| Deaths |
| Funerals |
Mr. Hall
Mr. Sam T. Hall, 88, of 310
West Tinsley street, died early
this morning at the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital.
Mr. Hall was a native of
Fayette County and resided
near Fayetteville before
coming to Griffin about a year
ago to make his home. He was a
retired employe of the Fayette
County School System and a
member of the Flat Creek
Baptist Church in Fayette
County.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Susie Hall; three sons,
Clarence Hall of Union City,
Floyd Hall of Lithia Springs and
Newton Hall of Morrow; four
daughters, Mrs. Louise
Bridges, Mrs. Robert Smith,
Mrs. James Stonica, all of
Griffin, and Mrs. Ernest
Thomas of Fairbum.
The funeral will be conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 3
o’clock in Haisten’s chapel. The
Rev. Presley will officiate and
burial will be in Griffin
Memorial Gardens. The body
will remain at Haisten Funeral
Home.
Mr. Peeples
Mr. Leon Livingston Peeples
of 104 Grady street died Monday
morning at the Griffin-Spalding
Hospital.
Mr. Peeples was a native of
Fayette County and had lived in
Griffin for the past 20 years. He
was a member of the Baptist
Church and a retired farmer.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ella Fields Peeples; a son,
Willard Peeples of Griffin; a
daughter-in-law, Mrs. David
Peeples of Griffin; four grand
children; six great
grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 2
o’clock in McDonald Chapel.
The Rev. Arthur Wimbley will
officiate and burial will be in
Oak Hill cemetery. Friends
may visit the family at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Willard Peeples, 110 Jackson
street, or at McDonald Chapel
between the hours of 7 and 10
p.m. tonight.
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Hospital
Report
Dismissed from the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital
yesterday:
Mrs. Pamela Lott and baby,
Michael Wilson, Mrs. Deborah
Langston and baby, Mrs.
Bainette Thompson, Mrs. Sally
Cox, Jennifer Fuller, Mrs.
Helen Mathis and baby, Mrs.
Polly Mae Tidwell and baby.
Mase Davis, Mrs. Annie
McCord, Martha Brooks, Mrs.
Cherry Griffith, Leon Peeples,
Oscar Jimmerson, Mrs. Ansley
Jester, Mrs. Sandra Elaine
Clark.
Stork Club
LITTLE MISS STATHAM
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L.
Statham, Jr., of Route Three,
Box 265, Griffin, announce the
birth of a daughter on March 2
at the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
Building permits
top $1.3-million
Building permits in Griffin
and Spalding County topped the
$1.3-million mark during
February.
There were a total of $844,910
issued by the county and
$480,122 by the city.
The city’s included two
commerical permits totaling
$65,240 and one single family
dwelling for $30,000.
One was for a new building for
Griffin Farm Implement Co. at
1705 Ga. 16 West. The company
presently is located on the
North Expressway next to the
Griffin water works.
Jurors selected
for March term
Traverse jurors for the March
term of the State Court of
Spalding County have been
selected. They will report to the
Spalding County Courthouse
Monday at 10 a.m. Judge John
Goddard will preside.
Jurors are:
Mrs. Eldora Mathis, Thomas
E. Baggett, C. R. Parson,
Daniel E. Fennell, James L.
Knight, Jr., Carla Cartledge,
Lucile Jones, James M. Joiner,
Helen G. Grayson, Warner H.
Ogletree, James M. Reese,
John Henry Miller, Mary Park
Stewart, Wallace F. Callaway,
Albert E. Griffin.
Mrs. J. Eugene Cook, Jr.,
Mrs. Sidney H. Wynne, Homer
B. Kendrick, Jr., Lewis Brewer,
Jr., Acie Boynton, Mrs. Dorothy
Blanton, Stark Hand, J. Taylor
Wynne, Felton R. Harris, Mrs.
Coleman McLaurin, Lafayette
H. Beck, Kenneth Pullin, Albert
Payne, Mrs. Maylene Holloway,
Mrs. Jane I. Sheppard.
Warren L. Storey, Jr.,
Warren M. Pugh, Helen D.
Wiley, Rufus T. Hand, Claude
Donehoo, Jr., Amon L. Cain,
COMMERCIAL BANK
EXPANDS CREDIT LINE
WITH MASTER CHARGE.
AND C&S CHARGE CARD
ADDITION.
I
Commercial Bank and Trust has added Master
Charge and C&S Charge to its full line of banking
services. The bank has had BankAmericard® for
some time and will continue to offer that credit card
service to customers. .
I- BankAmericard
' —I-
\ \ BankAmericard, already a nervice of Commercial
\ Bank for many yean.
Jolly, Commercial
the new service, "Naturally, we are pleased to be
0 able to offer all three nationally known credit cards,
BankAmericard, Master Charge and C&S Charge. We
f®®l th®*® additions are a convenience for all our
customers, both individual and commercial."
grfxlP* Many people use Master Charge and C&S Charge
cards to avoid carrying cash and to have the con-
venience of once-a-month payment for purchases.
Newly arrived Manter Charge and C&S cardn are Others prefer to use the cards for unexpected ex
honored by merchant* in Griffin, throughout Georgia, penses, special buys, or travel. There is additional
and acron the U.S. convenience for merchants who accept Master
Charge, C&S, and BankAmericard. Now they can
Master Charge and C&S Charge, nationally deposit receipts for all of these cards with one
recognized credit cards, ore honored by merchants bank.
everywhere. They are convenient for many kinds of Applications for Master Charge, C&S Charge, and
purchases and services, travel expenses, and dining BankAmericard are available at any of Commercial
out. With Master Charge or C&S Charge there is just Bank's offices. Downtown, Mclntosh Road, and
one monthly bill and one convenient payment. Spalding Square.
COMMERCIAL BANK
& TRUST COMPANY
Chartered in 1889. Member FDIC.
The other commercial permit
was for Town & Country
Motors, 1105 Meriwether street.
The city also had 20 permits
for residential additions and
alterations totaling $17,781; 10
commercial additions and
alterations totaling $349,200;
two utility buildings for $1,429;
10 signs $4062; and two swim
ming pools at $12,410.
Permits in the county in
cluded 34 single family
residences totaling $738,020; 19
mobile homes at $70,695; seven
additions fqr $16,500; and three
pools totaling $19,695.
Jr., Mrs. J. W. Bevil, Sr„ W.
Cecil Maddox, Mrs. Charles B.
Elliott, Jr., Homer D. Grissom,
Mrs. James E. Skrine, Miss
Hazel Ison, Joe Shannon, Dane
F. Imes, Mrs. Gordon Steger.
Horace Mangham, J. K.
Syfan, Miss Eyvonne D. Touch
stone, V. Ray Howard, James
W. Fisher, Johnny B. Banks,
Mrs. Robert Dunn, Charles B.
Sampler, Mrs. Jeanette C.
Rhodes, Steve Hollingsworth,
Paul Phillips Peek, Virginia C.
Stovall, T. Craig Stephens, Jr.,
Mrs. Jane Gaston, Kell Heaton.
Inmates sleeping
on jail floor
The Spalding County jail is bursting at the seams again.
Today there were 65 inmates in the 100-year-old building
which has beds to accommodate only 59 prisoners.
Os the six who slept on the floor last night, four were
women. The women’s cell has only four beds and there
were eight women prisoners.
AAUW
The AAUW will meet Thur
sday night at 7:30 p.m. at St.
George’s Epsicopal Church.
ART ASSOCIATION
The Griffin-Spalding Art
Association will meet tonight at
7:30 p.m. in the community
room at the Flint River
Regional Library on Memorial
drive.
KIWANIANNES
Kiwaniannes will meet in the
hayloft at Bonanza Wednesday
at noon for their monthly
meeting. A bicentennial
program will be presented.
Members are urged to bring
their discarded Christmas
cards which will be donated to
the Play-to-Learn School.
JUNIOR WOMEN
The Junior Woman’s Club will
meet Thursday morning at 9:30
at the Country Club.
LPN
The 18th district Georgia
Licensed Practical Nurses will
meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in
the hospital library.
KIWANIS
Ernie Johnson, Atlanta
Braves announcer, will be guest
speaker for this week’s meeting
of the Griffin Kiwanis Club, on
Wednesday, at 12:15 p.m. at the
Elks Club. Marshall Mann will
introduce the speaker.
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Griffin Dally News Tuesday/ March 2, 1976
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Retired
Mary Lue Chambers has retired
from Crompton Highland Milk
after 32 years of service with
the company. Mrs. Chambers
was employed as a spinner at
the time of her retirement. She
and her husband, Luther, also a
retired Highland employe,
make their home at 219 Park
street, Griffin.
Ennis Parker, Jr.
gets promotion
W. Ennis Parker, Jr., a native
of Griffin, has been promoted to
executive vice president, chief
operating officer of Heery &
Heery, Inc., an Atlanta ar
chitectural and engineering
firm.
He is the son of Mrs. Ennis
Parker of Griffin and the late
Mr. Parker who was president
of Pomona Products when he
was killed in a plane crash a few
years ago while on company
business.
Special
Frances Mathews 9
Beauty Shop
For Appointment Call
227-4909
Shampoo & Set $4.00
„ Regular $12.50 for $8.50
permanents Aguiar $15.00 for $12.50
2 men
charged
with theft
Two Griffin men have been
arrested in connection with the
theft of goods from Goldstein
Scrap Metals on East Slaton
street.
Charged with theft by taking
and theft by receiving stolen
goods was Ralph William
Lewis, 51, of Route Six.
James Mason Williams, 33, of
Route Two was charged with
two counts of theft by taking.
Both men were arrested on
state warrants taken by Alvin
Goldstein, police said.
Meansville
bicentennial
celebration
A bicentennial cleebration is
in the planning stage at
Meansville, Ga., to be held May
1.
Mrs. Nuna Sheriff, publicity
chairman, announced that
anyone interested in renting
booths at the event may do so by
writing Box 248, Meansville,
Ga. 30256. The booths will be
15x15 and a fee of $5.00 will be
charged, an additional SI.OO for
electricity. Deadline for entry
forms is April 15.
Dignitaries local, state and
national have been invited.