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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1977)
Murrays spend vacation ‘at home’ While most people look for a far away spot to vacation, one former Griffin family travels hundreds of miles just to spend the summers “back home again.” Jean and Jimmy Murray have been away about 5 years now, but every June finds them back in the Griffin area. And they say they could not have found a more delightful vacation spot. Their summer home sits on a hill just outside of Zebulon. They can watch the sunrise and sunset, cloud formations, the glow of Griffin’s lights to the north, Barnesville's to the east, Thomaston’s to the south and Williamson’s to the west. They can even see the never ending curls of smoke from a distant county dump. Just a stone’s throw away is a small pond where Jimmy and the boys, “Bo”, 18, and Bill, 15, like to fish. There’s an apple orchard, garden spot, grazing cows and Jimmy’s Christmas tree farm all within view. The house is about 125 years old and has been restored, complete with 14- foot ceilings and wide pine floors. It’s kept rented during the winter months. The Murrays’ “back home vacations” began 5 years ago. That’s when Jimmy, one of Griffin’s most successful real estate men, decided to chuck it all and “retire”. He and Jean had been talking for years about how “next year” Jimmy was going to quit the rat race and spend more time with the family. Everytime the boys asked him to do something with them, he never seemed to have the time. “We’ll take a long vacation next BLOOMER, Wls. — Cleanup operations began Sunday at Bloomer and other parts of northwestern Wisconsin hit by tornados the previous night. Damage was most severe at Bloomer, where about 100 homes were listed as destroyed or severely damaged. (AP) Miller not interested in education job ATLANTA (AP) - Lt. Gov. Zell Miller said today that he does not want to be state superintendent of schools. There had been speculation that Gov. George Busbee would appoint Miller to replace Jack P. Nix, who has an nounced his retirement. Busbee and Miller both issued statements today, saying they met for three hours Sunday and that Miller told Busbee he could “make a greater con tribution to education as lieutenant GRIFFIN DAI N E WS Daily Since 1872 year,” he’d promise. He kept putting it off until one day, “I began looking around and saw a lot of people working and working and never spending any time with their kids. “The man would die, leave a lot of money and the kids would fight over it and the family would break up. . . “I didn’t want that to happen to me. I wanted to do things with my boys while I was still young enough,” he said. Finally in the summer of 1972, Jimmy declared, “This is next year.” He took a year’s leave from his part nership at Searcy-Murray. He and Jean didn’t know where they were going. They just knew they’d have a family vacation for a year. The historical landmarks of the northeast had always facinated them, so Jean wrote to everybody she’s ever heard of with connections in that area to be on the lookout for a furnished house they could rent. There were 2 stipulations. It must be in a small town with good schools. An old army buddy knew a professor at the University of New Hampshire in Durham who was taking a sabbatical leave and would rent his home to them. The family piled into the car and took off with just three things — clothes, golf clubs and the pet dog. Durham was the town of their dreams. Its population is about 6,500 with some 10,500 university students. It’s 15 minutes from the Maine coast and a little more than an hour’s drive from Boston. There are no slums and most governor.” Aides to both men said Busbee “sounded out” Miller about taking the post, but no specific offer was made. Busbee said he talked with Miller because the lieutenant governor is co chairman of the Governor’s Task Force on Education and “has demonstrated that he shares my determination to see some marked improvement in our system for educating the youth of Geor gia.” Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday Afternoon, August 1,1977 residents are connected with the university. Besides, the historic area is filled with antiques which thrills both Jean and Jimmy. They like to go to antique auctions, according to Jean who terms herself an “antique piddler.” They found the exposure to different cultures facinating. There are Italians, Greeks, Poles, Armenians, and Irish Catholics. New Hampshire has no sales tax, no state income tax. Last winter there was 75 inches of snow, but the residents are equipped for it and schools were closed only 3 days due to the severe weather. The family intended to stay just one winter. But they all liked the new life so well, they decided to try it longer. Jimmy sold his company partnership. He figures when the boys are old enough to be on their own, he’ll go back to work. “I’ll have to. I’ll run out of money by then,” he laughed. If being retired means quitting work, Jimmy’s not. He keeps his brokers license in Georgia and also has one in New Hampshire. He also manages a 36-unit apartment house for senior citizens. Every November he returns to Georgia for about a month to see about his Christmas trees. They are har vested and sold through the Jaycees. Jean, who was active in Griffin club work, decided not to join any in her new hometown. She did accept the co-chairmanship of the antique section of a state wide auction over public television which raised some $112,000 for charities. People ••• and things One of Griffin’s weather gripes com plaining about the heat and humidity Sunday afternoon. Lady hot footing it across parking lot in pursuit of buggy of groceries that rolled away while she was trying to unlock car trunk. Car load of defeated Griffin ball players arriving back in town with smiles and spirit still intact. Tornado damage in millions BLOOMER, Wis. (AP) — Damage estimates have soared into the millions from tornados which killed one man and destroyed dozens of homes and farm buildings as they ripped through northwestern Wisconsin. Saturday night’s twisters hit some of the same counties that suffered some SSO million in damage from severe windstorms July 4. The state applied for federal disaster aid for 10 counties hit by the earlier storms. Acting Gov. Martin Schreiber said Federal Disaster Assistance Administration officials were checking damage Sunday. The most severe damage was reported in this Chippewa County town of 3,500, where about 100 homes were destroyed and another 50 severely damaged when the tornado hit about 7:30 p.m. Police Chief Louis Reetz said a funnel cloud barely missed the hospital and a building where several hundred persons were attending a reunion. Reetz said about a dozen persons were injured, although all had been released from the hospital by late Sunday. The fatality occurred north of Cor nell, also in Chippewa County. Richard Walters, 35, was killed when a tornado tossed his car about 100 feet off Wisconsin 27 into a cemetery, au thorities said. William Le Clair of the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department surveyed the county by air Sunday. He said damage would be well into the millions of dollars. Ivv * -as-?*’ B Mh. j. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Murray enjoy break on steps of their summer home. The family has joined a small community protestant church. \ The Murrays bought a home in Durham because Jean “got tired of cleaning other people’s houses.” The boys have adjusted well to the community. Both are on the high school hockey team and enjoy baseball. They Consumers expect smaller cars, faster planes in next 10 years By LOUISE COOK Associated Press Writer Smaller cars, faster planes and new types of television shows. Those are some of the things consumers expect for the United States 10 years from now, according to a new survey by a market research firm. The company, R.H. Bruskin Associates, interviewed 2,531 persons —1,255 men and 1,276 women — in May and asked them what they thought life would be like in 1987 in terms of automobiles, television programs, clothing, air travel and sports. Bruskin said the people interviewed represented a cross section of American households. Sidney Rowland, senior project director of the firm, said the people surveyed were not provided with suggested answers to check off. They could respond in any way they chose. He said the results would be distributed to company clients. Rowland said many of the answers reflected current problems. People tended to reply in terms of today’s issues rather than standing back and taking an abstract, visionary look at Guards dispute claim visitor strolled into study, asked Carter for directions WASHINGTON (AP) - The Secret Service says it is reviewing White House security after a young man wandered unannounced into President Carter’s study last week and asked Carter for directions to an aide’s office. But the agency, responsible for the President’s safety, disputes how close the unidentified man actually got to Carter in the incident Friday. “It was a case of him being in the wrong area for his appointment when he was located,” said Jack Warner, a Secret Service spokesman. “Our review does not indicate he went into any office occupied by the President.” However, the Washington Post quoted sources as saying the young man “somehow managed to go out along the veranda and into the Oval Vol. 105 No. 180 like to ice skate and participate in other sports. “Bo” whose June high school graduation class had about 100 mem bers, has enrolled in his hometown university for the fall. He plans to live in a dorm. Several “Yankee” friends have tomorrow. Sex and violence, for example, figured frequently in answers to the question about television. “If you had asked the question five years ago, be fore all the stories about sex and violence, you probably would have gotten different replies,” Rowland said. Seventy per cent of those questioned said television would change over the next decade, but there was little agreement about what form the change would take. Eleven per cent said shows would be better; an equal number said they would have less crime and violence. Nine per cent, however, predicted that TV programs would be worse and 7 per cent said they would be more violent than today’s shows. Four per cent predicted more sex and permisiveness; only 1 per cent foresaw less. Here is a rundown of findings on other subjects: AUTOMOBILES Fifty-three per cent said cars would be smaller, but only 27 per cent expect the autos to be more economical to use. “People are pretty skeptical,” said Rowland. “They have come to expect Office,” then went to Carter’s study, where the President was working. The Post said its source was con vinced the incident happened “roughly” that way. Other sources said the man asked the President where he could find the office of Mark Siegel, a White House aide. The sources said Carter replied, “I believe it’s downstairs,” and the young man withdrew. Siegel, an aide to presidential assistant Hamilton Jordan, was out of town Sunday, and the White House operator said he could not be reached. Warner said the man was later identified and interviewed, but he refused to name him or give other details of the incident. Weather FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA : Chance of thundershowers today. Variable cloudiness and not quite as warm tonight and Tuesday. High in upper 80s. Low tonight mid 60s. High Tuesday low 80s. High Sunday at the Spalding Forestry Unit 92. Low today 70. Rainfall Friday .5 of an inch. visited the Murrays this summer. Most, though highly educated, are rather ignorant about the south, Jean confessed. They have an image of poor barefooted southerners and are sur prised to find more affluence here than (Continued on page 2) inflation.” Twenty-five per cent predicted that cars would use different fuels, with electricity the most-often mentioned alternative to gasoline, and 8 per cent said autos would be more expensive. Four per cent said 1987 cars would be fairly similar to 1977 models. Many people cited the energy crisis as the reason for smaller cars. AIR TRAVEL Just over two-thirds of those questioned predicted that air travel would change in the next 10 years. Thirty per cent said planes will go faster; 7 per cent predicted that supersonic carriers like the Concorde will be standard. Thirteen per cent of the respondents said more people will fly. CLOTHING Fifty-eight per cent predicted that clothing would change, but there was no consensus about what styles would emerge. Six per cent said clothing will be more expensive; 5 per cent pre dicted a greater use of synthetics. Three per cent of those questioned said people will wear little clothing and 2 per cent said people will wear nothing at all. The Country Parson by Frank Clark 1® fl ■ *' ’ “It probably is the fellow who won’t repent who most needs your forgiveness.”
