Newspaper Page Text
Deaths -F unerals
Mr. Bomersine
Mrs. Barbara Doris Mitchell
Bomersine of School road in
Sunny Side, died early today at
her residence.
She was a native of Henry
County and had spent most of
her life in Griffin.
Mrs. Bomersine was a
member of the Niftes Methodist
Church. She was a restaurant
manager.
She is survived by her
husband, Hampton Bomersine
of Conyers; a daughter, Mrs.
Luann Cantrell of Griffin; a son,
Tony Bennett of Griffin;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. n
Lawrence Mitchell of Sunny .
Side; grandmother, Mrs. Zack
Mitchell of Hampton; nieces ]
and nephews.
The funeral will be Sunday at
3 p.m. in McDonald Chapel.
The Rev. Raymond
Chambers will officiate. Burial
will be in the Liberty Hill
Baptist Church cemetery.
Friends may visit the family
at the funeral home 7-9 o’clock
tonight.
Mr. Fagan
The funeral for Mr. George
Fagan of Williamson will be
Sunday at 2 p.m. from the
Fuller Chapel United Methodist
Church. The Rev. C.M. Miles
will officiate and burial will be
in the church’s cemetery.
The cortege will form at the
residence at 1:30 p.m.
Mr. Fagan is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Charlotte Walker
Fagan; 6 daughters, Mrs.
Catherine Washington, Mrs.
Georgia Flemming, Mrs.
Charlotte Hall, all of Orlando,
Fla.; Mrs. Cecelia Feast of
Houston, Texas, Mrs. Lillian
Jones of Reading, Pa., and Mrs.
Evelyn Lee of Zebulon; a son
Sgt. Lenwood Fagan of the
U.S. Army stationed in Korea; a
sister, Mrs. Mattie M.
Humphrey of Chattanooga; 24
grandchildren and 6 great
grandchildren.
McDowell United Funeral
Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. O’Kelley
Mrs. Mattie Church O’Kelly,
79, of 114 Fifth street, Monroe,
died Friday in Monroe.
Among her survivors is a
daughter, Mrs. Harvey
Mangham of Griffin.
The funeral will be Sunday at
3 p.m. in the Williams-Smith
Chapel. The Rev. Carl Ferguson
and the Rev. Don Hardison will
officiate. Burial will be in the
Westlawn Memorial Park.
Arthur Bowick Funeral
Directors is in charge of the
arrangements.
BEEPt BEEPI BEEPI BEEPI
IBeep! Beep!?
- m
S “John, call 5
£ Southern Flight
111 —
10 Scheduling/ »
i m
« Could This Be You? ~
- m
* Beepers Available rti
Mobile Telephone & -
“ Pager, Inc. B
850EvereeRd. g
227-0907 i
BEEPI BEEPI BEEPI BEEPI
>8 f
:[ Russell’s |
RESTAURANT
I “Good Food Today |
And Everyday”
1-75 at Locust Grove, Ga. i
Phone 957-4827
Russell Oldag
Lee.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••/
Mrs. Jester
The funeral for Mrs. Clyde
Benton Jester of Jackson will be
Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at the
Towaliga County Line Baptist
Church. The Rev. Freddie Lee
Harris will officiate. Burial will
be in the church cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Lillie Bell Hill of North
Highland, Calif., a sister, Mrs.
Katie Benton of St.
Petersburg}!, Fla., nieces and
nephews.
Spalding Undertaking
Company is in charge of plans.
Migrant students
may miss school
ATLANTA (AP) - About 4,-
000 school children in Georgia
may not be in school next
month. They are among nearly
500,000 children who travel from
farm to farm, following the crop
cycles.
If the crops are ready for
harvesting next month, those
children drop out of school and
work.
Vidal A. Rivera Jr., chief of
the migrant branch of the U.S.
Office of Education, said, “The
entire family works so that the
entire family can eat.”
For the past 10 years, a na
tional effort has been aimed at
providing education for migrant
school children. The national
budget for migrant education is
more than SIOO million.
Georgia’s share is a little
more than $1 million, according
to Susie Underwood, director of
the state’s migrant school pro
gram. She said the 4,000 mi
grant pupils are spread
throughout the state in 47 school
districts.
Rivera, in Atlanta to attend a
regional migrant education
conference, said Thursday
i migrant children are found to
be two or more grades behind
other children since they often
. begin school in California and
. wind up in Florida.
He said the number of black
[ migrant workers has declined
• and the number of Spanish
speaking migrant workers has
increased. But the largest
group, he added, is white.
Griffin man draws
income tax fine
ATLANTA—U.S. Judge
Newell Edenfield fined Plenie
E. McConnell, Jr., one thousand
J dollars yesterday in an income
tax case.
The Griffin businessmen had
' admitted under-reporting his
1 1972 income in an attempt to
‘ evade taxes. Later, he
voluntarily paid the tax. In
! addition to the fine, the judge
I placed him on probation for a
> year.
Zebulon man
i earns honors
WICHITA FALLS, Tex. -
i Airman First Class Pinkney W.
, Carter Jr., son of Mrs. Lena G.
| Whatley of Rt. 1, Zebulon, Ga.,
* has graduated with honors at
’ Sheppard AFB, Tex., from the
’ U. S. Air Force technical
> training course for air
‘ passenger specialists conducted
n by the Air Training Command.
! Airman Carter is being
p assigned to Altus AFB, Okla.,
n for duty.
Carter is a 1973 graduate of
v Pike County High School. His
m father, Pinkney W. Carter,
J resides at 308 Jean street,
i Tampa, Fla.
. 'Wyagßp 1|
■ I ' JfflM
April Barrow, Angeline Hayes, both of Griffin, Enid Bell of Atlanta, and Laura Cooper,
music chairman from Griffin, (1-r) at the Fellowship of Christian Women meeting Friday.
Mrs. Bell was the guest speaker.
Animal abuse
growing problem
Early this year Methuselah, an old alligator at the Los
Angeles Zoo, was attacked by an unknown vandal who
nearly put out his eye. A week later, another visitor who
wanted more action in the alligator pond poked Methusela
in the injured eye, damaging it permanently.
At the New London, Conn., zoo a 13-year-old deer lost a
fetus she was carrying after she was beaten with heavy
sticks early in March. Another deer was beaten but
managed to escape its attackers.
A janitor at the Buffalo, N. Y., zoo was charged last win
ter with cruelty to animals after he allegedly beat and
scalded a Celebes ape. The janitor was acquitted, but the
small primate had to be destroyed due to the extent of the
bums it suffered.
Such incidents still occur at zoos throughout the country
but not at the level of a few years ago, most zoo officials
say. They say that increased security and newly imposed
or higher zoo admission prices are largely responsible for
the decrease.
After a 1974 survey showed the Atlanta Zoo was losing
“thousands of dollars through theft, animal abuse and
vandalism,” a $1 admission fee was imposed and the
security force was strengthened, said zoo director Steve
Dobbs.
“Since three years ago we’ve seen a drastic decrease”
in animal abuse, he said. “Vandalism and theft have also
decreased.”
Dr. James Savoy, director of the Detroit Zoo, said at
tacks on animals have decreased in the past two years and
much of what occurs now is due to ignorance on the part of
zoo visitors.
“If the people did something because they just weren’t
thinking, we scold them,” he said. “If there is an in
dication it was planned, we don’t hesitate to prosecute.”
“Zoos used to be designed with chains, bars and con
crete,” Finley said. “Now we’ve made them more acces
sible for viewing the animals — and apparently also made
the animals more vulnerable.”
Now he commands
painters —not ships
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Worth Bagley used to command
fleets of U.S. Navy warships and thousands of sailors as
part of the nation’s defense forces.
Now the man who was the Navy’s youngest full admiral
has a smaller command and a different defense
responsibility — leaky plumbing, for instance, instead of
enemy ships.
Bagley, 52, commands house painters, electricians and
plumbers now instead of men and ships. He says he likes it
better than his last job — vice chief of naval operations.
The home-service company he started last April 1 with
an investment of $7,000 is already grossing at a rate of
about $125,000 a year. It has put to work 21 retired or soon
to-retire chief petty officers, one ex-captain and the
Navy’s former top enlisted man.
“It’s an idea that was in my mind several years before I
retired,” Bagley said Friday of his Servall Co.
In 1973, at the age of 48, Bagley was made a full admiral.
He was commander of U.S. naval forces in Europe and the
Mediterranean. That year, he led a Navy task force which
faced down a reinforced Soviet fleet of more than 100 ships
during the Arab-Israeli war.
Then he spent six months at the Pentagon as vice chief
of naval operations.
In 1975, he became eligible for retirement and moved
here with his wife, mother and three teen-age children.
Bagley called Bob McCabe, who was his chief of staff
when Bagley was commander of Cruiser-Destroyer
Flotilla 7 in San Diego in 1969-70. McCabe was finishing a
master's degree in business administration.
Then he talked with retired or retiring chief petty of
ficers who were Navy technicians with at least 20 years
experience.
The seven men who signed on “all have technical
schooling equal or superior to that in civilian schools and
spent their whole careers in that work,” Bagley said in an
interview. “We’ve taken the very best, not a one who
couldn’t make more money elsewhere.”
As vice presidents, he got McCabe and Jack Whittet,
who was the Navy’s top enlisted man for five years as
master chief in the Pentagon.
They charge $12.50 an hour for plumbing and electrical
work — $lO an hour for older people on fixed incomes —
and $8 an hour for house painting — $6 an hour for the
fixed income group.
A 26-store grocery chain has hired Bagley’s boys to
handle all its plumbing problems. Apartment houses and
office buildings provide all the work that can be handled
by the eight men working full time and the 10 who work
part time while they await military retirement.
The man who does each job gets 40 per cent of the pro
ceeds. After expenses are paid, Bagley splits the profits
equally every month among the seven who formed the
firm.
Speaker
Eagle
Dana Taylor, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Taylor, 1327 Oakdale
drive, will receive his Eagle
Scout badge Sunday at the 7:30
p.m. service at First Baptist
Church. He is a member of
Troop 77 and in the 10th grade at
Griffin High. Scoutmaster Dr.
Bill Scott and Scout leader Ray
Howard will be among those
participating in the ceremony.
REALTY
1620 North Expressway Griffin, Ga.
Phone 228-6611
ACREAGE
2- ACRES - N. Spalding. Beautiful land presently in
improved pasture. 3 mln. from 41-19 Expressway. And
only 30 mi. from State Capitol. Restricted homes
on i y $1395.00 Acre
2 ACRE TRACTS - Spalding. Close 1-75. Open and
wooded. $1475.00 Acre
2 ACRES - North Spalding Co., 4 miles to 41-19 ex
pressway, open and wooded. Mobile homes welcome,
$1895 per acre. Bank financing available.
s'/o ACRES Fayette County. Good area. Excellent paved
road frontage. $2250 per acre
5-10 ACRE TRACTS - Locust Grove, 1-75 exit, paved road
frontage. Pasture under fence with stream. $1650.00 Acre
3- ACRE TRACTS - 3Va miles to 1-75. South Henry
County. Beautiful open 8. wooded. Some with
stream. $1695.00 Acre
2 ACRES - Spalding. Located 4 miles S. of Griffin. In area
of nice homes, restricted homes. Only $1750 Per Acre.
2-3 ACRES - Open and wooded tracts In Fayette County.
Only 30 min. from airport and surrounded by $40,000
homes on Multi-acre lots. $2950.00 Per Acre
2-3 ACRES - PAVED ROAD -1 mile to High Falls State
Park. Deeded access to river, $1,350 - $1,475 Ac., 10 per
cent down with bank financing.
20 ACRES - HENRY COUNTY - At Locust Grove,
beautiful open and wooded, convenient to 1-75. 10 percent
down, excellent financing. $1495.00 Acre
18 ACRES - N. SPALDING COUNTY - 3 miles to Ex
pressway. Beautiful pasture under fence with stream.
Area of nice homes, reduced to $1,245.00 Per Acre
B'/2 ACRES - OPEN AND WOODED -1 mile 41-19 Ex
pressway, 5 miles S.W. Griffin, just In Pike Coun
ty $1350.00 Acre
50 ACRES WITH 5 ACRE LAKE • Beautiful improved
pasture. Completely fenced, paved road. Upson County.
Owner financing.
homes
NEW LISTING: Attractive 3 bedroom brick home on 1
acre. Built-in kitchen with breakfast nook, family room,
living room, 2 full baths and redwood deck. Central heat
and air. Beautiful lot with large pecan trees. Swint
Rd. $34,500.00
Kay Bowen - 227-6663
Jeane Moxley - 227-5004
Bob Milam - 227-3037
Firm employed to help
with area water study
The second in a series of
meetings concerning the
progress of a study on water
availability was held in the
Community Room of Tri-City
Federal Savings and Loan
Association in Fayetteville.
The study is being conducted
by the United States Corps of
Engineers in a four-county area
including Fayette, Coweta,
Spalding and Henry Counties.
Larry Lyons of the U.S. Corps
of Engineers opened the
meeting and announced that the
firm of Bernard Johnson, Inc.
had been employed to conduct
an evaluation of potential
sources of water and “reliable”
intake amounts at existing
sources.
Joe Burns of Bernard
Johnson, Inc. said his reliable
intake figures are based on
minimum intake of water
during the 1954 drought.
He quoted the intake at
Griffin at 8.3 million gallons per
day (MGD), the intake at
Newnan as 5.4 MGD, in Fyettte
County as 0.5 MGD, Henry as
2.0 MGD and Fayetteville at 0.1
MGD.
Bums said his firm had not
gone into much depth on
studying potential sources of
water intake, but several sites
had been looked at.
Among the sites studied
were: Cedar Creek, Lake
Mclntosh, Whitewater Creek at
Highway 54, Big Cotton Indian
Creek, Flint River at Flat
Shoals, Towaliga River, West
Point Reservoir, Spewrell Bluff
Reservoir, and a point on the
Chattahoochee River. The
prospect of purchasing from
Atlanta was also studied.
Lyons said that an estimated
85 MGD of water could be
obtained if all the sites in the
study were developed.
But, he said much of the
water at the proposed sites is
polluted with waste.
“Os all the sites considered,
only Cedar Creek and Lake
Mclntosh were found to be
Page 5
Griffin Daily News Saturday, March 19,1977
without waste,” said Lyons.
“We must nay careful
attention to our waste water
plants,” said Lyons. “For
example, with the growth it is
experiencing, Lake Peachtree
could become a bad source of
drinking water “if we are not
careful.”
“Plans for future waste water
plants will affect water
sources,” said Lyons.
“We are looking for
information for waste plant
planning.”
He said the state will begin as
area-wide waste water planning
study in about 90 days to be
completed by November 1978.
Lyons announced that the
Georgia Tech Experiment
Station had been awarded a
contract to make a very
preliminary study to gather
water quality data in the area
and to prepare a study of
indutries which use varying
qualities of water.
The Georgia Tech study will
also include a water use report
and a pilot treatment plant if
early findings merit it.
Lyons said plans to get cost
estimates for the construction
of treatment plants and major
water lines at the potential
intake sites will soon be
implemented.
The study by the Corps is
being conducted at the request
of Gov. George Busbee. The
Corps’ findings should be
completed by July.
Call (
J BALLARD'S SERVICES (
( Bill Ballard or Shirley Padgett /
( 228-1340 )
) 629 West Taylor St. (
Under construction cypress 8> stone split level, 4
bedrooms, living room, built-in kitchen, dining room,
large family room with stone fireplace, 2 full baths, up
stairs, 1 stubbed in downstairs, utility room, double
carport on 2'/x tree covered acres, Fayette Co. $48,900
Under Construction: New Natalie Howard Cypress &
stone home. 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, country kitchen with
dining area, living room, bi family room with vaulted
ceilings 8< stone fireplace. Large front porch, double
carport 8> utility room. On l’/2 Acres. Fayette Coun
ty. $48,500.00
Neat 3 bedroom brick home on 2 lots. Large built-in kit
chen with dining area, living room, 2 baths, utility room
and double carport. Intercom, central heat and air. Big
Horn Rd. $36,500.00
Buy Now and be ready when Spring comes. 2 bedroom
mobilehome and furnishings on 2 large lots at High Falls.
Family room, kitchen and large screened porch. Only
$16,500.00
NEW LISTING ■ This :«■ ---* as a pin. Built-in kit
chen, paneled fam
ceramic tile baths, I carport, fenced back
yard. Good buy. urive. $27,500.00
Neat brick home with living room, kitchen with dining
area, den, 2 bedrooms, bath, utility room and deck.
Situated on 1 acre. Mandy Lane. $21,500.00
New Listing: Small 2 bedroom house ■ Living room with
fireplace, kitchen with breakfast area and bath. On '/a
acre lot. Pike County. $10,750.00
A GOOD BUY - Nice 4 bedroom house with living room,
den, kitchen, 1 bath, future bath and garage. Perfect for a
big family or easily converted to a duplex for rental
property. Off E. Mclntosh. Reduced to $18,500.00
Enjoy country living at its best. Just 4 miles from Griffin,
over 2700 sq. ft. of _ —— his 4 bedroom brick
home. Kitchen witt and workshop down
stairs. Patio, deck at this on 8 acres with a
l'/2 acre well-stockeo lake. Cresent School District.
REDUCED SIO,OOO - Owner wants to sell.
ONLY $67,500.00
CALL TODAY NO MONEY DOWN, IF YOU QUALIFY
FOR A LOW-INTEREST GOVERNMENT LOAN on this 3
bedroom redwood home. Living room, kitchen with dining
area, bath, utility room and garage on 1 acre. Mandy
Lane. $22,800.00
JUST COMPLETED - Rustic cypress and stone house on
2'/2 acres. Sunken gr >ne fireplace, large
country kitchen, 3 be iths, screened side
porch, front porch, % a 20' x 30' workshop.
Fayette County. $44,500
New 3 bedroom brick house in Pine Meadow. Paneleo
great room, built-in kitchen, 2 full baths, utility room and
carport. Beautiful wallpaper and carpet. $34,500.00 V.A.
NEW LISTING: HOUSE AND 29'/a Acres. 3 bedrooms,
living room, dining room, den with fireplace, sun porch,
built-in kitchen, 2 full baths and unfinished basement.
Several outbuildings and small lake. Ellis Rd. $59,970.00
Call today for an appointment to see this beautiful 3
bedroom brick home that is full of extras. Large separate
dining room and living room with vaulted ceilings and
fireplace. Built-in kitchen with food center, double ovens
and breakfast area. Large den and workshoo in basement.
Big deck overlooking beautiful pool. Over 2500 sq. ft.
Highway 16 West. $62,500.00
Jim Searcy ' 227-8639
Fred Walker - 946-3252
Gail Milam - 227-3037
Public
Notice
DIVORCE
LEGAL 9257
Clayton Dallas Taylor , Sr. VS.
June V. Jett Taylor
No. 20143 Superior Court
Spalding County, Georgia Suit
For Divorce Filed In Office
March 17, 1977 Order Os Service
By Publication Dated March 17,
1977.
TO: June V. Jett Taylor:
You are hereby commanded
to be and appear at the Superior
Court of Spalding County,
Georgia within Sixty (60) days
of March 17, 1977 to answer the
plaintiff's complaint in the
above stated case.
Witness the Honorable An
drew J. Whalen, Jr., Judge of
the said Court, this the 17th day
of March, 1977.
(s) John R. Lindsey, 2nd
Clerk, Spalding Superior Court
LEGAL 9258
Norman W. Camp VS. Debora
L. Pitts Camp
No. 20147 Superior Court
Spalding County, Georgia Suit
For Divorce Filed In Office
March 18, 1977 Order Os Service
By Publication Dated March 18,
1977.
TO: Debora L. Pitts Camp:
You are hereby commanded
to be and appear at the Superior
Court of Spalding County,
Georgia within Sixty (60) days
of March 18, 1977, to answer the
plaintiff's complaint in the
above stated case.
Witness the Honorable An
drew J. Whalen, Jr., Judge of
the said Court, this the 18th day
of March, 1977.
(s) John R. Lindsey, 2nd
Clerk, Spalding Superior Court