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Milner is quiet, peaceful,
but it is not sleepy town
Milner is a quiet and peaceful town
about 10 miles south of Griffin.
Even though it is quiet and peaceful,
it definitely is not asleep.
The Portland Flour Mill under
construction in the Barnesville-Lamar
County industrial complex near Milner
is expected to be a boom to the city.
Mayor Pro-Tem K. P. Domingos said
he expects the flour mill to be an in
centive to other industries to move into
the area. And, with the new industries,
he is expecting more people to move
into Milner and the surrounding area.
BANKBRANCHES
Once, the citizens of Milner had to go
either to Griffin or Barnesville to do
their banking. Now, two of Bar
nesville’s banks have opened branches
in Milner.
“We’re not expecting a boom and
could not handle one if it hit Milner, but
we are able to handle steady growth,”
Domingos said.
In addition to the two bank branch
offices, Milner has a new furniture
store and another store has a new
addition.
“We have an adequate supply of
water for residential users and for
industry. We tied onto the Barnesville
water system and pressure at the
homes is 85 pounds,” Domingos said.
Banks, furniture store give boost to downtown Milner
June continues to be
‘the month of brides’
He said the water system for the
Barnesville-Lamar County industrial
complex was a cooperative effort of
Barnesville and the city of Milner.
“We have invested more in the
system than they do,” Domingos said.
MAINTENANCE
Domingoes, who is a retired grocer,
is in charge of maintenance in the city.
“We have a tractor and large mower
and try to keep our city clean. We are
currently working on a beautification
program of which the ladies are in
charge. We still have problems with
people’s littering the roadsides, but we
are going to make some arrests and
• levy fines to stop it,” he said.
The city has a new fire truck for the
volunteer fire department. The new
truck is small, but has all of the
equipment of a larger truck. It has only
a 250-gallon tank, but the old truck has
a tank with a 1,000-gallon tank. The
volunteer fire department is alerted by
a master siren mounted on top of the
city hall-fire station. The sound carries
for three miles.
The firemen serve an area
surrounding Milner for three miles.
“We do not go to grass fires outside
the city, only if there is a house or bam
endangered,” Domingos said.
STREET PAVING
Liberty Hill street in Milner is being
curbed and guttered and resurfaced by
the state. The Department of Tran
sportation also will be lining old 41-19
through the city this month.
“We have people moving to Milner
who work in Atlanta and Warner
Robins. People are looking for a place
that is quiet and peaceful and that is
Milner,” he said.
Postal deliveries in Milner have
increased this year. There particularly
has been an increase in the mail going
to companies involved with the con
struction of the flour mill.
Milner is not expecting a large
number of families to be moving in
because of the flour mill. Most of the
operation at the mill will be automated.
RAIL TRAFFIC
There is expected to be an increase in
the amount of rail traffic delivering
wheat to the mill and taking the flour
away. The Department of Tran
sportation will be installing signals at
one or more of the five railroad
crossings in the city.
“We need them to provide protection
for the children who will be crossing on
school buses,” he said.
“We are not a fast growing com
munity, but we are growing and our
future is bright,” Domingos said.
Probate Judge John Snider said he was never worried
that the month of June would catch and surpass the month
of April in marriage license issuances.
In April there were 43 licenses issued and at the
beginning of June it seemed the month would have a
struggle to maintain its name as the month of brides.
A plentiful supply of arrows from cupid’s love depart
ment, however, brought the month of June through,
having recorded 53 marriage license issuances.
Not only did the 53 issuances for this year surpass au oi
the first five months, this year’s record outdistanced June
of 1976.
There were 52 issuances during June of 1976.
Judge Snider said he really was not worried because
June of this year ran pretty steadily with last June.
DAILY
Daily Since 1872
Temp climbs up and up
Heat wave tightens grip
Thundershowers brought relief to
sections of Spalding County Friday
night, but it is expected to be hot again
today with the temperature expected to
be in the high 90s.
The temperature at the Spalding
County Forestry Unit climbed to 103
degrees Friday afternoon at 3:30.
Therometers around town showed the
temperature to range from 99 to 106.
The 106 was recorded at the Spalding
Square office of Commercial Bank and
Trust Co. The downtown office of the
bank reported a 99 reading and the
Mclntosh road branch reported a 101,
the same as the Mclntosh road branch
of First National Bank.
The southside office of First National,
which is in the shade, reported a 103.
The therometer at Griffin Federal
Savings and Loan on West Taylor Street
was reading 101 at mid-afternoon.
All of the high readings were reported
about 3:30 Friday afternoon, the same
time as the official high at the Forestry
Unit.
Rome was the hottest spot in the state
with an official reading of 105 degrees.
Augusta and Athens reported a 104 and
Columbus matched Griffin’s 103. Other
readings around the state included: 98
in Atlanta, 102 in Savannah, 102 at
Toccoa, 101 at Marietta, 100 at Cornelia.
Home therometers in Griffin reached
much higher temperatures. One man
reported his therometer showing 118
degrees against a brick wall on South
Sixth street. Others showed similar
readings.
Busnaping
7 just grinned, kept on driving’
ATLANTA (AP) — Block Bailey was
at the wheel of Continental Trailways
bus No. 34577 when a man leaned down
by him and “told me ‘if you make a
move, I’ll blow your head off.’
“I just grinned and kept right on
driving...! just had to go the way he told
me,” Bailey said today, shortly after he
and 14 passengers returned from a
Henry County wreck
kills man and woman
GRIFFIN, Ga. (AP) — An Alabama
man and a Georgia woman were killed
and her two children seriously injured
Friday when the speeding sportscar in
People
••• and things
Folks in Griffin and surrounding area
breathing sigh of relief as breeze stirs
hot air late Friday afternoon.
Man coming into air conditioned
building and stating the place where he
had been couldn’t have been far from
Hades.
Mother and toddling son sporting
triple scoops of ice cream in cones as
they cooly stroll down sidewalk.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Saturday Afternoon, July 9,1977
The thundershowers moved through
the area shortly before midnight.
Humidity was expected to be high today
and create muggy conditions for those
who are outside.
The 103 reading Friday was the third
consecutive day the temperature in
Griffin had hit or topped the 100 degree
mark.
The high temperature Thursday was
101 and 100 on Wednesday afternoon.
Weather forecasters have predicted
no break in the heat in the next few
days. Temperatures in the afternoons
are expected to linger about the 100
mark.
Residents of the area were being
warned not to get too hot. There is a
danger of heat strokes when the tem
perature is as high as it was Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday.
A spokesman for the Spalding County
Foresty Unit urged area residents to be
cautious with any outside fires.
The main danger is not the fire itself,
but the fact that the people get so hot
burning and there is the danger of them
terror-filled 3%-hour-ride Friday night,
covering about 170 miles of Georgia and
South Carolina roads.
Authorities said kidnapping charges
will be brought against the alleged
gunman, identified as Ricky Ricardo
Brown, 21, of Chester, S.C. They said
the bus was hijacked near Anderson,
S.C., at about 6 p.m. (EDT) and Brown
About half of the applications were completed about
mid-month. The same was true for June this year.
Judge Snider having been in office only since the
November elections, is keeping an eye on the number of
issuances for any particular month.
He seems to feel that July has gotten off to a very good
start and June is really going to have to keep on guard the
entire year to maintain its reputation for brides.
The judge reports there have been nine issuances of
licenses in just two days during the month of July.
Last year’s July figures indicate there were 43
issuances.
If the month continues as it is going, June will have a
formidable opponent.
which they were riding went out of
control, struck a utility pole and was
cut in two, authorities said.
The dead were identified as Frank
Edward Anderson, 34, of Fort Payne,
Ala., and Gwen Tharsher, 29, of Stock
bridge, Ga.
Reported in serious condition in the
intensive care unit at Clayton General
Hospital were Paul Anthony Webb, 9,
and Chris Mitchell Webb, 5.
The state patrol said Anderson was
traveling at more than 100 miles an
hour when he rounded a hill on Hudson
Bridge Road in Henry County and lost
control of the car. The car struck a
utility pole broadside, cutting the
vehicle in two and scattering debris
more than 30 feet.
Authorities said the two adults died
instantly. The children were thrown
from the vehicle, they said.
NEWS
having a heat stroke, the spokesman
said.
The hazard of woods and grass fires
has increased with the high tem
peratures and the lack of rain, but the
high humidity has been in favor of the
firefighters.
The rangers warned residents that
any burning should be limited, they
should have a good source of water and
fire breaks should be plowed. “We
encourage anyone to be more cautious
than usual with outside fires,” they
said.
“Anyone would just about have to be
out of his head to bum in this weather,”
the spokesman said, referring to
Friday’s 103 degree heat.
“Our main concern now is that people
will start fires and have heat strokes,”
he said.
Anyone with large tracts of land to be
burned are urged to contact the
Forestry unit and have the rangers do
the burning. “We have the equipment to
plow proper breaks and we have ex
perience in burning of this nature,” the
spokesman said.
Weather
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA—
Partly cloudy and not quite as hot
through Sunday with a chance of af
ternoon or evening thundershowers.
Highs today and Sunday expected to be
In the high 90s. Low tonight in the 70s.
High temperature recorded Friday at
the Spalding Forestry Unit, 103 at 3:30.
surrendered to police in rural Roberta,
Ga., at 9:30 p.m. (EDT).
The passengers, many of them
visibly shaken from the incident, were
greeted at the Atlanta terminal by
relatives and exchanged hugs, tears
and nervous laughter. A 15th pas
senger, Margaret Cooper of Atlanta,
was hospitalized in Macon, where she
was suffering from what was described
as “nerves.”
Patricia Coker, 14, was en route home
to suburban Atlanta from South
Carolina when the ordeal began.
“He held the gun up at me,” she said
in a trembling voice. “He shot the gun
once, but it didn’t hit nobody. He said if
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The Country Parson
by Frank Clark
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“Education costs so much
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