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Page 6 — Griffin Daily News Friday, April 1,1977 Griffin golfers defeat Jackson Steve Wallace put the body English on a 15-foot putt on the last hole at the Griffin Country Club Thursday to give Griffin High a one-stroke win over Jackson. Dee Hunter posted a 45 for Griffin. Bubba Mabbett, Jere Moore and John Garrison all had 45s for Griffin. Tournament officials took the best four scores to make up Griffin’s 174. Jackson compiled a 175 team total. BEEPI BEEPI BEEPt BEEPJ_ ! Beep! Beep! I u “David, * m 1 HI ■ 2 £ let's grill hamburgers • ui m ! at lake tonight. OK?” - w Could This Be You? - W Beepers Available ™ Mobile Telephone & -a Pager, Inc. * 9: 850Everee rn w tn 227-0909 ? <S — BEEPI BEEPI BEEPI BEEP / \ \ I The Bristol Creme I,v YORKE As soft and smooth as butter. That’s the Bristol Creme by Yorke. In a unique Dacron* polyester/cot ton fabric that you have to feel to believe. It makes other shirts seem coarse by comparison. •DuPont Reg TM Julian’s 1111 Ethridge Mill- Village Use our or Julian’s Charge ,? *■■ >w g WE’RE INVITING YOU AGAIN! | jui! If You Didn’t Attend Our Grand Opening, aki ' aji You Missed Some Fun. We'll Be Open All Day Tomorrow (And Each Saturday) From ifai jUm ap s 9:00 A.M. To 5:00 P.M. Come On Down jr' JJf And Browse Around! jgf Winners Os Our Drawing Ist Prize - Robin Montgomery - Train Set 2nd Prize - Doug Pounds - Engine Set 5S 3rd Prize - Barbara Trobridge - Box Cars ■bfj You've Heard About The Train In The Desk J”’ Drawer! Come See It In Motion - Complete !3f S With Buildings & Scenery. = The Great Griffin Railroad Co. S Xj Professional Building - Across Taylor St. From First Baptist Church fi The Wallace putt was pressure packed. He knew the match was tied and sinking the 15-footer would give Griffin the Girls defeat Heritage, 6-3 The Griffin High girls defeated the Heritage tennis team Thursday by a score of 6-3. After splitting the singles 3-3, Griffin swept the doubles, 3-0. Ann Walker and Connie Westmoreland captured the number 1 doubles, 6-5. Cynthia Jones and Julie Ward won 8-6 and Deborah Calloway and Tammy Parks won, 8-4. Connie Westmoreland dropped the number 1 singles to Amy Rose, 1-8. Ann Walker defeated Linda Ogletree 8-5 in the number 2 singles. Julie Ward dropped the number 3 singles to Rosemary Smith 3-8. Robin Miller won 8-6 over Judy Wojcki. Felicia Calhoun fell 3-8 to Susie Stones and Tammy Parks win. The Griffin golfers go to Peachtree City Monday for a match with Fayette County. won 7-4. The remainder of the GHS tennis schedule is as follows: April 1, Newnan, there; April 5, R.E. Lee, here; April 6, LaGrange, here; April 12, Forest Park, here; April 14, Newton, here; April 22, Morrow, here. Mid-Ga. defeats Gordon Middle Georgia defeated the Gordon Junior College golf team 318-321 yesterday. Matt Ogletree of Barnesville fired a 76 for Gordon. Joey Pitts, also of Barnesville, had a 77. Terry Duke of Jackson toured the 18 holes in 81 strokes and Randy Dougherty of Griffin fired an 87. Gordon is scheduled to go against Oxford and South DeKalb on April 7 in Barnes ville. Hillhouse rolls 244 Bill Hillhouse bowled a 244 game last night in the Commercial league. Other leading bowlers were: Jimmy Wilborn 205, Melvin Whidby 203, Mike Waddell 202, Tommy Holmes 203, Curt Pressly 211, Jerry Martin 212, Jim Wilkerson 203, Paul Phillips 211, Julian Cook 209, D. W. Wilson 203, Harold Robbins 223, Ernest Jones 202, David Barnes 210 and George Evans 201. Commercial Brk beat Mayfield Motors 3-1, Speir Insurance defeated Tommy’s Used Cars of Thomaston 3-1, Spalding Square beat Sigman Buick 4-0, Pro Sports beat Highland 3-1, Capri beat Hillhouse 3-1, Cedric’s defeated Drug and Surgical 3-1, Tommy’s Used Cars of Griffin beat Cole’s Drug Store 4-0 and Oliver Sewing Machine beat Shelby 4-0. Carter ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Wheel er County High School star Charles Carter has signed a grant-in-aid to attend the Uni versity of Georgia, basketball Coach John Guthrie announced. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound guard was a four-year starter at Wheeler County, scoring 2,575 points. jw JKi .■& Dee Hunter Women of Moose bowlers bit jackpot Griffin Women of the Moose hit the jackpot in the Georgia Moose State Association bowling tournament at Triangle Lanes, East Point, as they walked off with a pair of championships. Bonnie Taylor was the individual star as she took the singles handicap crown with a 715. The Griffin lass, who sports but a low 120 average, turned in the best performance of her career. Bonnie opened her series with a 212 and followed with a 213. It marked the first time she had ever put 200 hundred games back to back. The excitement, however, took its toll in the nightcap as she shot a 146 for a 571 net. She received a 144-pin handicap to amass her amazing total. The Clowns proved anything but their name in the team event as they paced the field with a 2,458 handicap total. Each member of the foursome shot over her average to give Griffin its first team crown in the history of the tournament. Captain Barbara Stinson turned in the top net performance as she rolled 179- 171-170 for a 520 net and aided by an 81-pin spot had a 601 gross. Ann Palmer topped the team in gross with games of 166-154- 184 for a 504 plus 120 for a 624. Lila Williams pinned 166-135-168 plus 150 for a 619 and Laura Doster tallied 156-161-171-126- 614. Liz Sherliza took 10th place in the singles with a 641 gross while Mrs. Doster had a 631 for 11th; Mrs. Palmer 623 for 12th and Gail Bush 622 for 15th. Doster and Palmer were the only Griffinites to finish in the money in the doubles with 1,206, which was good for fifth place. Two Griffin quintets finished in the money in the men’s division. Speir’s Insurance took third with 3,082 and the Trans Plants finished seventh with 2,987. Larry Lawrence and Curt Presley captured second in the doubles with 1,247. Harold Hasler and Jim Friedlander were fifth with 1,233 followed by Dan Taylor and John McNamee, 1,231 Jim Skrine and Jimmy Wilborn finished ninth with 1,217, nosing out Julian Cook and Wilson Bevil by a pin. Stinson bowls 551 Barbara Stinson rolled a 212 game and a 551 series yesterday in the Thursday Morning Ladies League. Chris Hudgins had a 215 and a 548 and Pat McGuire turned in a 190 and a 523. Other leading bowlers were: Barbara Moon 167, June Robinson 164, Leigh Wood 182, Evelyn Williams 162, Betty lines 170, Carol Cox 160 and Jeanine Ward 176. The Alleyoops . beat the Hopefuls 4-0, the Headpins stopped the Yoyos 3-1, the Country Girls defeated the Spirit of ’76 3-1, the Sleepyheads beat the Smilies 3-1, the Upsets beat the Hotshots 3-1 and the Pinbusters defeated the Streaks 3-1. I ■ I' '* I * * * .. / • Steve Wallace Danny Hudgins and Joe DiMatteo were 13th with 1,209 and Ben Bush and Sam Cecil took 14th spot with 1,206. Friedlander led the Griffinites in the singles with 690, which was good for third place. McNamee had a 626, which earned him 15th position; Griffin boys win, 5-3 The Griffin High boys defeated the Heritage tennis team 5-3 Thursday. Griffin captured three doubles and two singles matches. Keith Brown and Gary Peurifoy won the number 1 doubles 8-3. Harold Weatherbee and Finely Steele won 8-4 and r hitiillJ i \ sit 1 ' gi|i(||fc COMPLETE GARAGE S WITH msasiass qbjsmi&wk) f \ 20' x 22' 7/1/ 16 FT. po DOOR / J Double-Car Garage is a large 20' x 22' with ZL ) a 16 ft. door. Complete package with all /y \J material needed to construct garage on your slab. Includes fiberglass insulation, lumber, z / Pri ce does not include x / materia Is for concrete plywood, shingles, sheeting, etc. Everything slab, 3-0 door or win- needed to build your garage from the slab | dow Price also does up. GRADE MARK AND QUALITY MATERIAL! f * fl _f-B WEST •UILOING MATERIALS CENTER oCIIWtCICIIMt 1303 N. Expressway Guaranteed on Every Purchase! Phone 227-0987 ■ No Sales to Deale s ... we reserve the right to limit quantities AcrOSS From Bowling Alley Palmer was next with a 625 for 16th; and Jack Keen tallied 620 for the 21st spot. Governor Sam Cecil announced that a total of 26 bowlers will compete in the Moose International tournament at Indianapolis, Ind., on Apr. 16-17. Tommy Barrett and Lorene Young won, 8-3. Gary Peurifoy won the number 2 singles, 10-8 and Tommy Barrett won the number 3 singles 8-5. Keith Brown played the number 1 singles and fell 2-8. Harold Weatherbee lost 3-8 and Finely Steele lost 7-9. Sports on teevee SATURDAY 1:30P.M. (B — Major League Baseball Exhibition Game: Atlanta vs. Baltimore 3:00P.M. 0 — Family Circle Cup Tennis 4:30P.M. Q — Greater Greensboro Open o — Sports Spectacular: Texas 150 Mile USAC Auto Race Q) — Wide World Os Sports 6:00P.M. — Dinah Shore Winners Circle Golf Championship 11:30P.M. Q 3 — World Championship Tennis Babe Ruth tryouts next week The Griffin Babe Ruth League will hold tryouts next week at City Park. Tryouts for 13-year-olds will be Monday and Tuesday beginning at 5:45. Tryouts for 14 and 15-year olds are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at 5:45. Boys will be allowed to sign up for the Babe Ruth League program at the tryouts. Anyone interested in participating in the circuit are urged to attend the tryouts and register. Sign-ups will end following the tryouts. •••••••••••••••••••• S BURGLAR & FIRE ALARMS J • Protect Yourself • • And Your Fami, y e ! « From Vandalism J • Theft or Fir? • • With An Engineered • J Electronic Alarm System • > Nationally Known Equipment • Factory Trained Installers • • Nearly Ten Years Experience • Reasonable Costs • • Free Estimates _ : GRIFFIN ELECTRONICS: 2 228-2885 • ★★★★★★★★ SPORTS ★★★★★★★★ Divers AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) - Two Olympic divers won titles Wednesday at the National AAU Indoor Diving Championships at the Texas Olympic Swimming Center. Cindy Mclngvale, bronze medalist on the three-meter board at the Montreal Games last summer, won the women’s three-meter event with 690.94 points. COUNIRY CLUIH SHOP Has A Super Sale Going On Now 227-6015
