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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1977)
Page 2 — Griffin Daily News Thursday, June 16,1977 Crime report Bike rider attacked; theft on increase A 14-year-old bicycle rider was attacked by 3 other youths who stole his bicycle, police said. Mrs. Elizabeth Moncrief of 1211 Meriwether street reported that her son, Kenneth, was riding his bicycle on the North Expressway at Flynt street Wednesday about 6:30 p.m. when the incident happened. The culprits were all about 15- year-old and all wore blue jeans and blue shirts, she said. Value of the bicycle was placed at S2O. Police and sheriff’s officers investigated at least 8 reports of burglaries and thefts. Someone broke a glass pane, reached inside and unlocked the back door of an Anne street residence. Several items were missing, including jewelry, an AM-FM radio and a pistol. A burglar climbed through a back window of a Sunny Side home and stole a rifle and console stereo. A S6OO stereo was stolen from What’s happening Kincaid VBS Kincaid United Methodist Church will hold Vacation Bible School June 20 through June 24, each night from 7 to 9. There will be classes from nursery through 6th grade. Yard sale A yard sale to raise money for the activities funds at the Convalescent Center will be held all day Saturday at the Center. Men’s Day A Men’s Day observance will be held Sunday at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Milner. The Rev. W. R. Wagner will be the guest speaker at the 2:30 p.m. special service. The Rev. C. Freeman is pastor. Camera Club The Griffin Camera Club will meet at the Flint River Regional Library June 20 at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Gordon Futral will present a program on the Florida Keys. All interested persons are invited to attend. Spaghetti supper A spaghetti supper will be held Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Fellowship Baptist Church. Tickets are adults, $2.00; children’s plates, $1.25; and refills SI.OO. The supper is being sponsored by the Merritt Singers. Midway VBS The Midway United Methodist Church on High Falls road will have Vacation Bible School, June 20-24, from 9 until 11:30 a.m. The theme will be “God’s World-Our World”. Children four years through the 6th grade are invited to attend. Bolton gets top honor Atty. Gen. Arthur Bolton of Georgia was presented the Wyman award at the National Association of Attorneys General convention this week in Indianapolis, Ind. The award is the highest the association can present and is given to the person who best exemplifies the ideals of the national association and for significant achievement in improving the administration of justice in Georgia. Bolton continues to live in Griffin, his home town. Stork Club MASTER HORTON Mr. and Mrs. Bobby L. Horton of P. 0. Box 510, Experiment, announce the birth of a son on June 15 at the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital. a Buck Creek road residence where the thief entered through the rear door. Two telephones were stolen from a house on Ethridge Mill road. Mrs. Betty Jean Darley, 1010 Beck street, Apt. E, reported the theft of food stamps from her mailbox. Marcus J. Murphy, 1405 Lincoln road, Apt. 8., complained that a CB radio was stolen from his vehicle while parked at City Park. The 23- channel Regency had a black chrome face and the words “Hound Dog” on the mike. Mrs. Gene McKneely of Sapleo road complained that her son’s go cart was stolen from their yard. It was worth S3OO, she said. Doug Culbreath of Route 2, told deputies that someone stole the battery from his truck while it was parked at Roswell Akin’s farm. •Mi:« Hospital Report Dismissed from the Griffin- Spalding County Hospital Wednesday: Eleanor Wood, Robert A. Cavender, William Lee Edwards, Nannie H. Watts, Jean Sanders, Mrs. Latrefah Rasheed and baby, Mattie S. Chappell. Nancy Cody, Lida Hill, Paul Brown, Sarah Louise Blackmon, Tracey Imes, Clinton W. Haley, Michael Ray Waites. Zanzibar Zanzibar, the Isle of Cloves, lies 23 miles off the coast of the former British colony of Tan ganyika. Together with Tan ganyika it makes up the Repub lic of Tanzania. I J * 4 m W Friday T I f J I ziT' \ Fiqurat show yv I iow / ( I tamparaturai 70 c°ia wSXy Jp— rvWWJ /jCf Data from \z ShowtHi Stationary Occluded 7jE| NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE llililxUl —mb f — NOAA, U.S. Dept of FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA—Mostly cloudy and warm with chance of light rain and few thundershowers through Friday. Low tonight in upper 60s. High Friday in mid 80s. Deaths-F unerals Mr. Underwood The funeral for Mr. William Thomas Underwood will be Friday at 2 o’clock in the Shiloh Baptist Church. The Rev. F. L. Paige will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ella Mae Underwood; 2 sons, Stanley Underwood and Tim Underwood; 8 sisters, Mrs. Miller Mayes, Mrs. Lucille Clemons, Mrs. Reath Talmadge, Mrs. Charlie Gaston, Mrs. Eunice Verden, Mrs. Mamie Jefferson, all of Griffin, Mrs. Jessie Hunt of Jonesboro and Mrs. Sallie K. Evans of Forsyth; 3 brothers, Grady Underwood of Griffin, Charles Underwood of Tennessee and Frank Williams of Atlanta; several nieces and nephews, among them, Rudolph Williams. The body will be taken to the residence at 12:30 Friday to remain until the funeral hour. Friends and relatives are asked to assemble at the residence on Route 2, Futral road. McDowell United Funeral Home is in charge of plans. 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She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Vera Reid; 2 daughters, Mrs. Vera Rucker and Miss Rebecca Morris; four grandchildren, all of Detroit; 4 sisters, Mrs. Stella Dukes, Mrs. Christine Murphy, Mrs. Rebecca Harris, all of Griffin and Mrs. Hattie M. Worthem of Detroit; 7 brothers, Brice Reid of Griffin, Willie Reid of Atlanta, Walter Reid of Richmond, Calif., Homer Reid of St. Louis, Mo., Glen Reid of Richmond, Calif., Gary Reid of Griffin and Samuel Reid, U. S. Army, stationed in Germany. The funeral will be Saturday at 1 o’clock at the St. Sypian Episcopal Church in Detroit. In lieu of flowers those desiring may make contributions to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Griffin in memory of Mrs. Morris. Cole's Funeral Home is in charge of plans. Mrs. Hickman Mrs. Ruth Hickman of Barnesville died early this morning at her residence. Funeral plans and survivors will be announced by McDowell United Funeral Home. Pre-Season FALL COAT SALE Mr. Barkley Mr. Roy Barkley, Jr., of Lamar County died Wednesday morning at his residence after a lengthy illness. Funeral plans and survivors will be announced by Spalding Undertaking. Decision on extradition postponed LORAIN, Ohio (AP)—A deci sion on Georgia’s request for extradition of two Lorain men wanted in a murder case has been postponed till June 30, a Lorain Municipal Court judge said Wednesday. Judge Valentine Toth said he will rule then whether to send Jay Fate, 24, and Dale Dandrea, 34, back to Georgia where they are wanted in connection with the slaying of Robert Gruenwald, 46, Daytona Beach, Fla. Gruenwald’s battered body was found in a Georgia ravine in late May. 1 1 Wk TWK it I I r ' ok i- i•/ * * ' a- MO WMWtZaI ■A * - Marijuana NAPLES, Fla.—A shotgun-armed narcotics agent stands guard by a 4 and one-half acre marijuana field in Collier County, Fla. The plot was supposedly destroyed June 1, but part of it was left. 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