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Talking over state Moose meeting are (1-r) Kent Youmans, state director; Phillip R. Morse,
general governor of Moose; and James Chappell of Griffin, Deputy Supreme Governor.
Work may begin in 3 weeks
on building juvenile center
The Hadley Construction Company of
Newnan was the lowest of 7 bidders on
the juvenile detention center to be
constructed in Griffin.
The firm’s bid was $568,369, which
was some SBO,OOO below the amount the
state had put aside.
Construction could begin within 3
weeks, a spokesman for the
Department of Human Resources said.
The Country Parson
by Frank Clark
“It’s disgusting to see how
some women chase men — if
you’ve already been caught.”
Doctors suspect botulism
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Nineteen
persons were being treated today in two
Oakland County hospitals for a food
related illness doctors say may be
botulism.
Eleven patients were at St. Joseph
Mercy Hospital here, while eight others
People
...and things
Conversation in auto tag line at
courthouse quieting as deputy sheriff
remarks, “I’m trying to prevent a fight
like last year’s when someone broke
into the line.”
Frantic caller, learning from city hall
receptionist that tag line across street
stretched to the street, asking “How
much is the fine for late purchase?”
Nobody at city office knew.
Teenage girl pulling April Fool’s joke
on mother with “Your car has a flat
tire.”
GRIFFIN
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Daily Since 1872 Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday Afternoon, April 1, 1977 Vol. 105 No. 77
Completion should be within 6-8
months.
The facility will house 50-60 children
and will serve the Griffin Judicial
Circuit Counties of Fayette, Spalding,
Pike and Upson.
Griffin and Spalding cooperated with
state officials in getting the facility.
The county donated some 10 acres of
Noah’s Ark it wasn’t
WASHINGTON (AP) - If you’re
looking for Noah’s Ark, keep looking.
It’s not on Mount Ararat. Scientists who
tested some old wood found on the
Turkish peak say it’s not old enough.
University of California scientists say
a pile of oak timber found 22 years ago
on Ararat, near the Turkish-Soviet
border, is about 1,200 years old. That’s
about 2,700 years too young to be Noah’s
Ark as indicated by Biblical accounts.
Speculation about the tooled wood has
increased with recent filmed and
written accounts suggesting it comes
were at Crittendon Hospital near Roc
hester.
Hospital officials said none of the
patients was in serious condition,
although three had been placed in the
intensive care unit for closer
observation.
He said all the patients were
suffering from a combination of
nausea, vomiting, blurred vision and
sore, tight throats.
Special serum had been flown in from
Lansing, Chicago, New York and
Atlanta.
Oakland County Health Department
Director Dr. Robert Locey was
conferring with a health adviser from
the Center for Disease Control in At
lanta. The adviser arrived early today.
Blood-and other test samples from
those hospitalized were flown to the
CDC early today, the spokesman said.
Results of diagnosis are expected this
evening.
He said the disease is “clinically
suspected” to be botulism, or food
poisoning caused by bacteria.
Building is booming in Spalding
County if the number of permits issued
by Building Inspector Sam Cobb is any
indication.
Eighty-four were issued in March,
compared with 23 in February and 13 in
January.
They totaled more than $1.3 million.
There were 30 permits for single
land on the Williamson road near the
by-pass and Spalding work camp. The
city agreed to install utilities.
Griffin businessman Clayton Brown,
former state representative, was
pleased that a bid finally was accepted.
He worked for the center while in the
legislature and continued to push the
project after he left the General
Assembly.
from the Biblical vessel. But scientists
say the timber is from a tree cut down
around 700 A.D.
Dr. Rainer Berger, a UCLA
archeologist, said Thursday in an
interview that new studies of the wood
confirm earlier tests made in England
and at UCLA in 1970. Those tests were
questioned by critics.
Berger said the new tests were so
thorough they should end any
speculation that the wood is from the
Ark.
Symptoms of the diesase are vomiting,
abdominal pain, coughing, muscular
weakness and visual disturbance.
Officials said they had not
determined a cause of the illness.
Plains not same
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) - Billy Carter’s
leaving town and residents are selling
his empty beer cans. Plains apparently
has lost its battle to retain its identity
against an onslaught of tourists.
“We’ve lost,” said one of the
businessmen in President Carter’s tiny
southwest Georgia home town.
“Don’t quote me by my name, now,
but it’s done got too much out of
proportion. We’ll never get it back now,
and we’ll never get rid of the resent
ment we feel.”
The town, which bounded into
national prominence when the
President began his march to the White
House, moved from quiet obscurity to
family homes totaling $1,030,920; 29 for
mobile homes totaling $129,600 ; 20
additions at $74,054; and 1 pool, $5,950.
The Oakgrove Baptist Church was
issued a $27,000 permit to build a new
church structure near Bucksnort and
High Falls roads. A $22,000 permit was
issued to the Central Lake Church of
God on High Falls road for an addition.
Moose delegates
pack Griffin
More than 500 delegates to the
Georgia Moose Association’s mid-year
conference began arriving today for the
three-day session.
State President Virgie Straud, State
Director Kent Youmans and Deputy
Supreme Governor James Chappell
predicted it will be the largest in the
history of the fraternity.
The influx of visitors is expected to
generate more than $25,000 to the city’s
economy as all motels have been sold
out. A number of the delegates have
been forced to secure reservations as
far away as Atlanta.
General chairman Governor Sam
Cecil and arrangement chairman
Roger Bevil of Griffin Lodge have
completed all plans to make the event
one long to be remembered.
“Griffin has always been a favorite
among our Brother Moose as well as
those of the Women of the Moose,” said
Cecil. “The city has always opened its
arms to our visitors and we are
thankful for such hospitality.”
The WOTM opened its conference
with a meeting this afternoon while the
men held a luncheon for its Pilgrims,
the highest degree in the Lodge, and a
meeting of the state officers. Tonight,
the annual Quoto Club party will be held
in the ballroom of the lodge. It is
expected that some 200 will attend.
Ritual competition is set for Saturday
at the Elks Club with Mableton
defending its championship. Also slated
to compete are Griffin, East Point,
Macon and Warner-Robins.
Griffin will be represented by Ray
Piasecki, Cecil, Chappell, Ray Robison,
Michael Shackelford and George Zata.
The initial business session for the
men will get under way at 2 o’clock with
Straud presiding. The highlight will be
an address by Supreme Lodge
Governor General Phillip R. Morse.
Reports will be heard from all state
committees.
In the evening, the delegates will
honor Chappell at the annual Deputy
Supreme Governor’s banquet and ball.
This is the social highlight of the
convention.
Sunday morning the group will hold
its final business session followed by a
luncheon for officers, committeemen,
ritual teams and their escorts.
being crowded with more than 2,000
tourists per day.
Men and women who used to go about
their business in the small farming
community now wear mock country
clothes and promote tours.
Peanut replicas abound — in the form
of plates, pipes, ashtrays, silverware,
and even toilet seats.
“It’s going to get worse,” said June
Turner, who, with her husband,
operates a store on Main Street which
boasts a sign saying, “The store that
didn’t change.”
The President’s mother, “Miss
Lillian,” has been quoted as saying his
election has “screwed up” the tiny
hamlet.
Other permits included a SIO,OOO
permit for a car wash on the North
Expressway at School road and a
$15,000 air hangar at a private air strip
in the Mt. Zion area.
Fifty permits issued in the City of
Griffin totaled $239,953.
They included a permit for the Kandy
Kane Kastle nursery building at Sixth
and Poplar streets at $62,500 ; 2 new
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Egg hunt
These Easter type characters were looking for places to
hide eggs for three hunts Saturday. The Griffin-Spalding
Recreation Department will sponsor hunts at the city
park, Patrick Park and Fairmont park. Children up to 5
years of age and those 6 to 10 will have separate places to
look for the eggs. Starting time is 10 a.m. Prizes and
refreshments will be provided at the three sites.
Insurance bill
$240-nrillion
LONDON (AP) — The insurance bill
for aviation’s worst disaster in which
577 persons died could reach $240
million, London insurers say.
But the first two damage suits filed in
California on behalf of victims of the
crash are demanding more than $2
billion.
The $240 million total includes $63
million for the Pan American and KLM
jumbo jets that collided on a runway in
the Canary Islands last Sunday, an
estimated $137 million in damages to
the families of the dead and to injured
survivors, and an estimated S4O million
on accident insurance policies taken out
by individual victims.
Insurance sources said both Pan
American and KLM are signatories to
agreements limiting their liability for
each passenger to $58,000 damages and
$17,000 to cover legal costs. But they
said American passengers are subject
single family homes totaling $55,000; a
duplex on Hallyburton street for
$13,500; 22 additions and alterations to
homes for $49,748; 13 commercial addi
tions, $47,475; and 1 church alteration
at S9OO.
Three permits for utility buildings
totaled $1,550; 6 signs totaled $5,280;
and 1 swimming pool totaled $4,000.
Weather
FORECAST: Rain tonight and
Saturday.
EXTENDED FORECAST: Chance of
showers Sunday and Monday,
becoming fair by Tuesday.
to a U.S. law that removes the limit if
negligence is shown.
London insurance broker Julian
Fraser said if one of the pilots or some
other factor directly connected with
either or both of the airlines is found to
be to blame, compensation could be
exceptionally high.
Dutch officials investigating the
collision have already conceded that
the KLM pilot did not have permission
from the airport control tower for the
takeoff he had started.
The sons of two California women
killed in the collision filed a class action
suit in U.S. District Court in San
Francisco Thursday demanding $6.5
million for each of the 306 Californians
killed or injured in the disaster, a total
of $1,989,000,000. The defendants are
Pan American, KLM and the Boeing
Corp., which built the two 747 jumbo
jets.
