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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1977)
.*£z liralU^'4E ’< Mvk -iJKIBwW i .'*^' JHBisis szt x- I t ' '1 sS ||£ HA fjMMBK A jMBMKa^MMCTMIjCTM I iWB ■ jB»F ,; ' I I |3 Paving machinery is covering more area in Griffin this year Storefronts changing in downtown Griffin Downtown storefronts are in for a change as three businesses make moves. • Dollar General Stores will open July 27 in the old Woolworth building on North Hill street. , Jim Milliken, Dollar General area manager, said the Griffin store will be , Water shortage becoming critical • ATLANTA (AP) - This year’s drought is less serious than one in 1954, but Georgia’s increased population and , industry may cause water shortages that are more critical, geologists said Friday. “. . . More people in Georgia, more industry and farmers are using more water to get higher productivity,” said Sam Pickering, a state geologist. ‘‘As • this increases, even a modest drought is more noticeable.” 8 Griffin residents nabbed in drug raid A nine-day drug investigation was capped with the arrest of eight Griffin residents Friday. ' Spalding County Narcotics in vestigator, Lee Oxford, said the arrests capped the investigation by undercover * Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) agents. All of the suspects were arrested on charges of violation of the Georgia Controlled Substance Act. Investigator Oxford listed a variety of substances purchased by agents, ’ including marjuana, MDA, cocaine and phencyclidine. The raids and arrests were conducted ■< by agents of the GBI, Spalding County Narcotics division, other county in vestigators, sheriffs deputies, and city narcotics investigators. Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert called for the investigation. More arrests are ex pected. The Country Parson b) Frank < lark / r \ ■wk “I guess it’s better to start something yon can’t finish than to start nothing.” DAI NEWS Daily Since 1872 among a chain of 50 stores in Georgia and some 723 stores in the southeast. Milliken said the store gets its name by the simple way retail items are priced. Basically all pricing categories are in even dollars. The general merchandise store will sell health and beauty aids, dry goods and family clothing. The chain originated 39 years ago by Cal Turner in Scottsville, Kentucky with one store there and has now grown to a chain of 723 stores. Milliken said Dollar General is the largest dollar-type store in the nation. “It’s the granddaddy of them all, “Milliken said. The Griffin store will employ four persons and will be open six days from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Milliken said the company decided to open in Griffin because the community is our type of people. He said the stores operate at an unheard of 16 2-3 per cent operational Arrested were Ricky Howard, 27, of 16 Sixth street; William James Pollard, 29, of 27 Bleachery street; Ronnie Allen Morgan, 19, of 832 Scale street; Albert Lee Jones, 21, of 817 Scale street. Darrell William Feltman, 19, of 526 Searcy avenue; Larry “Junior” Elliot, 25, of 104 Lynn street; and Jerry Donald Couch, 24, of 8 Park avenue. A sixteen-year-old also was arrested but his name was not published in accordance with Georgia law. Oxford and Sgt. David Head of the county narcotics division said a lot of buys were made by GBI agents during the investigation. All of the suspects are being held in the county jail. Bonds range from $5,000 to $50,000 for a second offender. Griffin Daily News cited for general excellence Three awards went to the Griffin Daily News Friday night during the Georgia Press Association’s convention being held this week at Jekyll Island. The Fayette County News won a first place award in feature writing in the weekly newspaper division. The awards were made in the Better Newspaper Contest which the press association sponsors each year. The Griffin Daily News won third place in General Excellence. The Athens Banner-Herald, the Gwinnett Daily News and North Fulton Today at Roswell, won first, second and third place awards in that category. The Griffin Daily News won a second place award in the Best Use of Local GRIFFIN Griffin, Ga., 30223, Saturday Afternoon, July 23,1977 cost and because of that low overhead the customer gets good values with no frills. Eleanor Shops Eleanor Shops previously located at 125 North Hill street has relocated in the old Leonard’s store at 119 South Hill street. Mrs. Florence Simpson, Eleanor Company Supervisor said the store will have a celebration of the relocation August 3-5 with a grand opening sale. The store is presently open for business. Eleanor Shops specialize in ladies apparell. The Furniture Shop The Furniture Shop is presently having a furniture liquidation sale for going out of business. The Furniture Shop will not relocate at any place. Doug Hollberg, Sr. said the store will be leased to C. H. Livingston of Alabama who expressed an interest in downtown Griffin. The new business is scheduled to open September 15, according to Hollberg. Douglas Hollberg, Jr. of the Fur niture Shop will occupy the building next door to the Furniture Shop to conduct his property management business, according to Hollberg. People ...and things People milling about on the sidewalk outside Griffin store during Friday’s power outage after electrical storm. Children in back of old model, slow moving station wagon having fun waving to drivers of faster autos who are passing them. Workman on West Taylor street doing a quick-step to get out of the way of motorist who whizzes by while street is being repaired. Pictures division. The Gwinnett Daily News was first and the Thomasville Times was third. The Griffin Daily News was a third place winner in the Local News coverage division. The Athens Banner- Herald, The Daily Sun at Warner Robins and The Times at Gainesville were first, second and third place winners in that section. Competition for recognition of newspaper excellence has grown steadily in recent years with more and more publications submitting entries. Quimby Melton, Jr., is editor and publisher of the Griffin Daily News. Quimby Melton 111 is editor and publisher of the Fayette County News. Paving Some complete, more to come Griffin has resurfaced more streets in the past 3 months than it has in the past 3 years, according to Jimmy Johnson, city engineer. In a year’s time, the city is expected to resurface some 11 miles of streets. The city contracted with Spalding Concrete Company for 5.54 miles of resurfacing. The contract amounted to $137,750. The work is 88 percent finished. The contract with Spalding Concrete shows four streets scheduled to be resurfaced. They are: Varsity road—Spalding to North Expressway Flynt street—Spalding to North Expressway Water works—Spalding to North Expressway Spalding drive—Flynt to Varsity. Under the State Local Assistance Road Program (LARP) the city will have an additional 6.523 miles of resurfacing to be complete by Dec. 1 of this year. The last session of the General Assembly provided some S3O million to fund LARP. The program is intended to repair and resurface roads not on the state system, many of which were badly demaged by the recent severe winter, and by flooding. Ledbetter and Brothers, Inc., of Rome was awarded the contract to resurface the 6.523 miles of streets in the city. SIO,OOO annually State agency heads ask salary boosts for aides ATLANTA (AP) — State government department heads have asked the Commission on Compensation to ap prove pay boosts of more than SIO,OOO annually for their top aides. Comp. Gen. Johnnie L. Caldwell said Friday salaries must rise from about $22,000 a year to as much as $35,000 “in order to keep a deputy long enough to make it worthwhile...before he gets stolen away by a law firm.” A J BBS iMifelffi-. K MT BsK im|| 'lk- k . ■■ ■ • 'la NEW ORLEANS, La. — Fire boats surround the 679-foot oil tanker Dauntless Colocotronls as it burns on the Mississippi River at New Orleans Friday. Thirty-four Vol. 105 No. 173 The Ledbetter Brothers bid totalled $105,077 for the work which has a scheduled completion date of Dec. 1. North Hill street is incuded in the LARP resurfacing schedule and will be the first street tackled for resurfacing. The North Hill resurfacing work is scheduled to begin Aug. 15 and will include resurfacing from the railroad to East Mclntosh road. SCHEDULED The streets in the city scheduled for resurfacing are: Ellis road—Experiment to U.S. 41. Eighth street—Milner to South Hill Second street—Broadway to Tinsley. Kelsey avenue—Pool to Third. Pool road—Kelsey to Blanton. Emlet drive—North Hill to dead end. Tuskegee avenue—North Hill to end. Spellman avenue—Talledega to Lincoln. Cherokee avenue—Hammond drive to end and includes North and South Cherokee. Dewey street—Melton to City Limits. Dora street—Dewey to Jackson road. Richard Way—Off Dora street. Hill street—Broadway to city limits then to East Mclntosh road. 13th street—Taylor to Experiment. Kincaid avenue—Springer to East College. East Solomon street—Third to railroad. Melrose avenue—Lyndon to Ellis. The heads of many state agencies have expressed concern that their aides are being lured away by larger salaries offered by private industry and the federal government. “Federal agencies are paying (bank examiners) more than we can afford to pay. We are having a hard time keeping our young people,” said Banking Commissioner Jack Dunn. “It is obvious that my salary as Tanker sprayed Weather FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA — Partly cloudy through Sunday with slight chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers. Low tonight near 70 and high Sunday near 90. crewmen abandoned the Greek tanker carrying 13 million gallons of crude oil. (AP) COMPLETED The following have been resurfaced: Ninth street—Addavale to in tersection at South Eighth. Beck street—Country Club to Pimento. Beck street—Heritage Apts, to Everee Inn. Sixth street—East Central to Taylor. Eighth street—Oak to Broad. Solomon street—loth to 11th. West Solomon—l6th to Melrose avenue. 18th street—West Solomon to Taylor. 18th street—West Poplar to Cherokee. Broad street—l6th to 17th. Melrose avenue—Lyndon to Ellis. Cherry street—Ninth to 12th. Cherry street—Hill to Ninth. Cabin Creek drive—North Sixth to Pool road. Searcy avenue—East Solomon to Broadway. 17th street—Solomon to Wright. Chappell street—Fifth to Sixth. Pamela drive—Beck to Anne George Circle—Pamela to Pamela. Gonza drive—Everee Inn to George circle. Brown street—Edwards to Experiment. Edwards street—Ruth to Brown. Ruth street—From Experiment west 600 feet. Solomon—Uth to 16th. Cherokee circle—Poplar to Cherokee avenue. commissioner and the restricted in comes of my top assistants are in sufficient in light of salaries being paid other state servants and the salaries available in federal government,” said Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin. Irvin called his $35,000-a-year salary “totally unrealistic” when compared to salaries of some state employes who have less responsibility than con stitutional officers.
