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LOVEJOY, Ga. — Jimmy Carter flanked by Tip O’Neal (1) and Sen. Mike
Mansfield (r) as well as other congressional leaders leave the home of Sen.
Herman Talmadge after a meeting in which they pledged full cooperation
during the new administration. (UP!)
What they said
The conversation at the Flynt home
yesterday was light and informal.
Mrs. Bart Searcy asked Mondale
what distinguishing charactistic he
could perceive in Southerners.
He quipped, “Their best
characteristic is that they vote
Democratic,” he said.
He then asked if she were serious and
after a moment’s reflection, added that
Southerners are very calm and not
excitable people, Mrs. Searcy con
tinued.
She said she found him very char
ming.
City Commissioner Raymond Head
said the affair was so “impromptu that
I didn’t tell my wife who would be there
and she was very surprised to see all
the State Patrol cars and secret service
men at the Flynt home.
When she asked what was going on,
Head said he told her to look on the
porch and see if she recognized
anybody.
She was very excited to see Mondale,
he said.
Tourism: clean picking
ATLANTA (UPI) - The state’s
expected tourist boom — spawned by
President-elect Jimmy Carter’s victory
— presents economic opportunity “if
you do it right,” the state commissioner
of industry and trade said Wednesday.
“It’s pretty clean pickin’ if you do it
right,” Commissioner W. Milto Folds
said of the tourism industry.
But, Folds told a joint legislative
committee on full employment the state
would have to guard against “crassness
and some of the commercial aspects”
of sudden popularity.
He said the state must determine how
to take advantage of the attention it is
receiving, but avert potential
problems.
“We’re going to do all we can to
demonstrate to the world that we are
big league and not in the minors,” he
said.
Tourists who flock to Georgia —
GRIFFIN
Daily Since 1872
Mondale liked spring water
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday Afternoon, November 18,1976
“It was very impressive to be among
those getting the chance to meet our
country’s new leaders,” Head said.
“This country’s in for a good turn. I
was very impressed with our new
leaders. I like Jimmy Carter and I think
Mondale will be a good vice president
and would be a very capable president
if anything should happen to Carter,”
was Mrs. Andrew Whalen’s comment.
She said she liked Mondale’s
statement that he believed in getting
things done through personal contact
instead of so much letter writing.
Even though Rep. and Mrs. John
Mostiler arrived late, they were in time
to shake Mondale’s hand. The other
dignitaries were already in cars
preparing to leave.
Mr. Mostiler said he was attending a
meeting in Atlanta when his wife called
him about the reception.
“Mondale’s a very handsome man.
He looks better in person than on
television, Mostiler said.
Bob Smalley said the vice president
elect was easily the center of attention
especially Atlanta and Carter’s
hometown, Plains — could reduce the
unemployment rate if the state can get
the people to stay in Georgia awhile.
“Somebody has to serve them,” he
said.
At present, Plains, however, is ill
equipped to handle tourists who have
more of a problem than an opportunity,
he said.
“Our job is to do whatever we can to
take advantage of the fact that those
people are roming through there,”
Folds said. “But at the moment, it is not
as much of an opportunity to many
people as a very serious problem,” he
said.
Plains is not equipped “money-wise,
experience-wise or anything else” to
deal with the tourists. Providing bath
rooms for the news reporters and
tourists has, for example, become a
tremendous hassle, he said.
at the Flynt home. But because of the
number of dignitaries there, was quite
a bit of moving about.
He found Mondale to be gracious and
impressive.
Smalley said he saw Sen. Hubert
Humphrey at Lovejoy and said the
veteran lawmaker looked well, con
sidering he is recovering from surgery
for cancer of the bladder.
“They were an enjoyable group to
meet with, very personable ... They
seemed to be optimistic over the new
administration and thought a business
upturn might be coming shortly,” was
Mac Cheatham’s observation.
“He was so down to earth and
outgoing. I had missed the vice
presidential debates and found Mon
dale so interested in everybody else,
even small talk. He seemed so
exuberant about the next four years,”
Mrs. Bobby Eubanks said.
Bobby Shapard found the leaders “just
as cordial as could be. I was very im
pressed,” he said.
The Carter family — “Mrs. Carter in
particular” — has asked the state to
assist the town in coping with problems
which have arisen since the election, he
said.
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“If a fellow wants' to be
listened to he’d better say some
nice things.”
The next time things get hot in
Washington and Vice President Walter
Mondale gets thirsty, chances are he
will remember the cool drink of spring
water he got yesterday at the Griffin
home of Rep. Jack Flynt.
The vice president-elect was among
the group of top congressional leaders
who came to Griffin for an informal
visit and a quickly put together party.
They had been at the home of Sen.
Herman Talmadge in Lovejoy earlier
in the afternoon to talk with President
elect Jimmy Carter.
Carter didn’t come to Griffin. He flew
back home to Plains.
Among the congressional leaders who
came to Griffin for the hour and 20-
minute visit were: Thomas (Tip)
O’Neill, Jr., who is House speaker
elect; James J. Delaney of New York,
chairman of the House Rules Com
mittee; George H. Mahon of Texas who
is chairman of the House Appropria
tions Committee; Brock Adams of
Washington state who is chairman of
the Budget Committee, and Al Ullman
of Oregon who is chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee.
Bob Smalley of Griffin, long time
personal friend of Jimmy Carter, drove
to Atlanta airport yesterday to help
take some of the nation’s top
lawmakers to the Talmadge home in
Lovejoy.
Jimmy Mankin of Griffin, Carter
campaign worker and delegate to the
Democratic convention which
nominated him, went along to help
drive some of the visitors to Lovejoy,
too.
Rep. Flynt who traveled on the plane
from Washington to Atlanta with the
group, and a couple of other
lawmakers, were in the Smalley car.
Flynt hatched the idea for the party
in Griffin during the ride from Atlanta
airport to Lovejoy.
He called Mrs. Rae Joiner, one of his
secretaries in Griffin, and asked her to
get up a party for the visitors at the
Flynt home.
Mrs. Joiner had something like four
hours to get it together.
Mary Smalley, Bob Smalley’s wife,
agreed to help and serve as unofficial
hostess, since Mrs. Flynt had stayed in
Washington at the Flynt home.
Woody Jones of the Flynt staff put
together some dip made with sausage.
Mrs. Smalley helped make some finger
sandwiches. Hurried trips to the
grocery store produced cheese and
crackers and other goodies for the
Griffin gathering.
The Flynt house which had been
rather quiet in the early morning hours,
suddenly became a busy place.
By the time the distinguished visitors
from Washington arrived, the house
was ready for the party.
Many Griffinites were on hand to
mingle with the guests.
Among them were: Mr. and Mrs.
Bart Searcy, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Shapard, Rep. and Mrs. John Mostiler,
Jimmy Mankin, Mr. and Mrs. Smalley,
Frank Jolly, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Head (Head is a city commissioner and
was a delegate to the Democratic
convention in New York which picked
the Carter-Mondale ticket), Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Cogbum (he is a law partner
of Mr. Smalley), Judge and Mrs. An
drew Whalen, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Eubanks, Mr. and Mrs. John Newton,
Scott Searcy, Cooper Mills, Mack
People
...and things
People enjoying bright weather after
string of dreary days and nights.
New batch of leaves falling on freshly
raked yard.
Happy football fan, Griffin-LaGrange
playoff tickets in his pocket and order
for pair to Sugar Bowl in the mail.
Vol. 104 No. 275
Cheatham, John H. (Jake) Cheatham,
Jr., Ann Warren, Venessa Sutton and
Jonathan Kurtz.
The Griffinites mingled with guests
and personified southern hospitality.
They munched the snacks hurriedly
prepared on such short notice and
seemed to have a good time visiting in
Griffin.
Earlier at the Talmadge home, they
ate ham and turnip greens.
Vice President-elect Mondale spotted
the spring house in the yard of the Flynt
home and wanted to see it.
Flynt obliged.
With secret service and state
troopers going along, the Griffin
congressman took the vice president to
be to the small house covering a natural
spring on the Flynt place.
Mondale had a drink of water from
the spring.
He smiled approval.
The Flynt home was well protected
by secret service personnel and state
troopers who escorted the visitors to
Griffin and back to the Atlanta airport.
The visitors had to say goodbye at 5
p.m. in order to be at the airport to
catch a 6 p.m. plane for Washington.
Rep. Flynt returned with the visiting
congressmen, leaving the dirty dishes
at his home for his volunteer hostesses
to manage.
At Lovejoy
Government revamp
tops Carter list
PLAINS, Ga. (UPI) - President
elect Jimmy Carter wants the
Democratic leadership to give top
priority to granting him authority to
reorganize the executive branch, which
he said would take “two to three years”
to complete.
The leadership’s reaction to Carter at
their first post-election meeting was
cordial, but noncommittal to specifics
of his program.
According to a high Carter source,
one congressman praised Carter for
acknowledging at a news conference
this week that the nation may have 5 to
7 per cent unemployment for much of
his first term.
The congressman reportedly said “it
was worthwhile to let the American
people know publicly there was no,
quick-fix answers to our economic
problems.”
For the meeting, the president-elect
went to congressional turf, the an
tebellum mansion of Sen. Herman E.
Talmadge, DGa., near Lovejoy.
Carter and the dozen ranking
Democrats met reporters outside the
mansion after the three-hour meeting.
Later in the day, the source, who asked
to remain unidentified, briefed
Story sounded like flam;
she had met them before
Two Jackson, Miss., women were
released from the Spalding County jail
this morning under bonds of $5,000 each
following their arrests on purse snat
ching charges.
Griffin Police said Valerie House, 40,
and Berdia Rollins McCall, 29, were
taken into custody in the Big Star
parking lot at Eighth and College
streets after allegedly attempting to
slim-slam the same woman whose purse
they were accused of snatching on Oct.
12.
They did not recognize their victim,
Mrs. Mary Cater of North Fifth street,
police said.
Mrs. Cater told officers when two
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY 69, low
today 37, high yesterday 51, low
yesterday 43, high tomorrow in upper
60s, low tonight in upper 30s.
FORECAST: Fair and cool tonight.
Fair and warmer tomorrow.
EXTENDED FORECAST: Partly
cloudy Saturday with rain Sunday and
clearing Monday.
President-elect Jimmy Carter’s
statements are monitored by Rep.
Thomas P. O’Neill (D-Mass.) during a
news conference following the first of a
series of transition meetings with
congressmen. O’Neill, expected to be
the next House Speaker, pledged his
support to Carter. Rep. O’Neill later
visited in Griffin. (UPI)
reporters.
Carter revamped the government of
Georgia as governor and made
reogranization a major theme of his
campaign. The source said that in the
meeting Carter “obviously felt the need
to lead off with the reorganization.
“The governor emphasized at the
outset, and, in fact, characterized as
being particularly important to him,
what he felt was his commitment to the
American people with regard to
reorganization,” the source said.
1,000 tickets
on sale today
Some 1,000 stadium reserve tickets
for the Griffin-LaGrange football game
tomorrow night went on sale this af
ternoon at 3 o’clock at the office of Supt.
D. B. Christie.
The tickets were returned by
LaGrange.
Griffin High Principal Tascar
Williams said general admission
reserve tickets already sold would be
exchanged for reserve tickets but he
said there would be no exchanges of
reserve tickets already purchased.
women approached her Tuesday near
the Light and Water Department and
began a slim-slam story about finding a
large sum of money, she immediately
recognized them as the same women
who had grabbed her purse on Oct. 12 in
front of Leonard’s Dress Shop just after
she had withdrawn some J 640 out of the
Commercial Bank and Trust Co.
Police said Mrs. Cater would not
listen to the rest of the story and
hastened to give police a description of
the women’s auto. It was located in the
grocery store parking lot where the
arrests were made.
Both women were charged with
robbery by sudden snatching.