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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1977)
Page 2 ! —Griffin Dally News Tuesday, Sepfember2o, 1977 Deaths and funerals Mr. Gay Mr. Jessie Gay, 75 of Route 2, Griffin, Orchard Hill com munity died early this morning at the Griffin-Spalding Hospital where he had been a patient for 3 weeks. Mr. Gay was a lifelong resident of Spalding County, son of the late Young Gay and the late Eva Watkins Gay. He owned and operated Gay’s County Line Grocery Store for many years. Mr. Gay was a member of the Orchard Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ester Bennett Gay; a daughter, Mrs. Felix Vining of Decatur; 2 sons, M-Sgt. Woody Gay of Great Falls, Mont., and William Gay of Colorado Spring, Colo. The funeral will be Wed nesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Orchard Hill Baptist Church. The Rev. Benny Rhodes will officiate and burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. The body will remain at Haisten Funeral Home until carried to the church 30 minutes prior to the funeral hour. Mr. Patterson The funeral of Mr. Joel Floyd Patterson, 63, of Miami Springs, Fla., formerly of Milner and Griffin was held Sept. 17 in Corabl Gables, Fla. Mr. Patterson was a plans processor for the building and zoning department of Metro Dade County at the time of his death. He was a member of the Miami Springs Presbyterian Church, a member of Oleeta Masonic Lodge and a former member of the Hialeah-Miami Springs Lions Club. Survivors include a son, Joel F. Patterson, Jr., of Mesa, Ariz.; a brother, H. R. Pat terson of Florence, Ariz.; 3 sisters, Mrs. Lois Howell of Miami, Mrs. Rebecca McGuire and Mrs. Oletta Westmoreland, both of Griffin. Mrs. Cooley Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Cooley of 721 King Road, Stone Mountain, will be this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the First United Methodist Church in Stone Mountain. The Rev. Martin Pepoon and the Rev. Harry Aiderman will officiate. Burial will be in Melwood cemetery. Mrs. Cooley is survived by her husband, Grady Cooley; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Taylor of Griffin and Mrs. Jean Gulley of Clarkston; five grandchildren; 4 great grand children; two brothers, Walter Johnson of Bellefont, Pa. and E.G. Johnson of Ridegway, Pa.’ a sister, Miss Tehlma Johnson of Ridgeway, Pa. Couch Funeral Home of Stone Mountain is in charge of arrangements. ALL DAY COMFORT A /v& //Z/Zr • \ J / JK y Vai •White /l 3 ’ Tan / • Beige • $ H 97 N and M ±v * A super soft casual great for work or play. Try on a pair today. We guarantee comfort. Shoe ©World FAMOUS BRANDS...SAVE TO 60% MEMORIM. DRIVE - GRIFFIN Mr. Edwards Mr. H. Preston Edwards, 85, of Yatesville died this morning at the Living Center of Griffin. Mr. Edwards was bom in Monroe County, Ga., and had lived in Upson County for 49 years. He was a retired groceryman and cattleman. He was a past county com missioner of Upson County and was a former member of the Yatesville City Council. Mr. Edwards was vice president of the Thomaston Peach Growers Association, was a member of the Georgia Cattleman’s Association and was a director of the First National Bank in Barnesville. He was a veteran of World War I, was a member of the Pete Thurston Post, American Legion and was also a member of the Georgia Farm Products Sales Corporation. Mr. Edwards was a trustee of the Yatesville School District. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruth S. Edwards of Yates ville; a daughter, Mrs. Roy (Eleanor) Littleton of Griffin; 2 brothers, J. Joel Edwards and E. F. Edwards, both of Zebulon; and a granddaughter, Miss Amy Littleton of Griffin. The funeral will be Wed nesday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Yatesville Baptist Church. Elder C. J. Benfield will of ficiate and burial will be in the New Hope church cemetery. Friends may visit the family at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Littleton, 1105 Lake Placid drive, Griffin or at Pasley- Fletcher Funeral Home in Thomaston from 7 until 9 tonight. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Mrs. Goodman Mrs. Maggie Goodman of Vaughn Community, wife of Johnny Lee Goodman, died this morning at Crawford W. Long Hospital in Atlanta. Mrs. Goodman was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church in Fayette County. In addition to her husband she is survived by 2 sons, Hulette Goodman of Vaughn and George Harrell Vaughn of Griffin. Funeral plans will be an nounced by Haisten Funeral Home of Griffin. Mrs. Davis Mrs. Mandy Davis of Forest Park, formerly of Pike County, and widow of Mr. Will Davis, died Monday at the residence of her daughter. Funeral plans and other survivors will be announced by McDowell United Funeral Home. Friends may visit the family at the residence of her son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James Gardner, 367 Third street, Forest Park. Girl Scout leader drive is under way More than 300,000 men and women in the United States are working without pay and en joying it as volunteer Girl Scout ' leaders and assistant leaders. For the past 65 years Girl Scouting has served as a growing up experience of fun and learning for generations of girls. It would be a shame if today’s and tomorrow’s girls were denied the same world of opportunities because of a lack of adult leaders. That is why the annual “Wanted Girl Scout Leaders” campaign is un- I derway. What’s happening Family reunion The “Grannyßhett English” family reunion will be held Sunday, Oct. 2 at Pirkle Campground. Picnic lunch will be served at 1 p.m. PWP The PWP will hold its general meeting tonight at 8 p.m. at the meeting room of Southern Bell. Guest speaker will be Bob Dixon. Garage sale A garage sale will be held Saturday at 221 North 14th street. Proceeds will go toward Hanleiter United Methodist Church missions. Book fair The English department at Spalding Junior High Unit 111 will sponsor a book fair Sept. 20-27. The fair will be held in the reading room of the school library. The public is invited. Kiwanis Club Marshall Sims will be in charge of the program at the regular meeting of the Griffin Kiwanis Club, in the form of a debate concerning the one percent sales tax for the City of Griffin. R. L. “Skeeter” Norsworthy and Louis Gold stein will debate the issue. The club meets at 12:15 p.m. at the Moose Lodge. Demonstration A demonstration on ways to make, mat and frame pictures will be given by the Spalding County Extension Service on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Extension Service conference room. The program is free and open to the public. Revival The Rev. St. John Clark is conducting revival services this week at St. Phillip AME Church, 218 West Broad street. The services begin each night at 7:30 p.m. The Rev. H. Kenner is pastor. UDC The United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet in the meeting room of Flint River Regional Library on Thursday at 3 p.m. Mrs. Nora Hartshorn is program chairman and will present the program on “Salt, the Critical Ingredient.” Hostesses will be Mrs. W.B. McCollum, Mrs. O. L. Colquitt, Mrs. T. W. Allen, Mrs. Harold McKneely and Mrs. W. F. Dupree. Revival Revival services will begin Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the Fire Baptized Holiness Church. Services through Friday will begin each night at 7:30 p.m. The Rev. BiUy Autry wUI be guest evangelist. The Rev. W. J. Weaver is the pastor. ’ AU kinds of people are needed — young singles, senior citizens, male, female, married couples or former Girl Scouts. Anyone interested in this sharing experience may contact the local Girl Scout office, Pine VaUey Girl Scout CouncU, Inc., P. O. Box 271, Griffin, 30224, for free Uterature or telephone, 227- 2524. The Girl Scouts of the U. S. A., is open to aU girls 7 through 17 who subscribe to its ideals as expressed in the Girl Scout promise and law. Founded in 1912 and incorporated in Thefts reported City and county law enforce ment agents are investigating several burglaries over the past 24 hours. The Sheriff’s Department is investigating a break-in at the office of the Georgia Delinting Company in Orchard Hill. An adding machine and other small items were taken. Phil Potts of Reddick Con struction Company reported the theft of a plate glass window from a Dundee Mills construc tion site. The window was valued at SIOO. Charles McClain of 1332 Jackson street reported that someone took two parking and two backup lights from his car. The lights were valued at $125. Griffin police have arrested Jerry Westmoreland, 18, of 722 North Hill street. He is charged with theft by taking of two tires valued at S2OO. The tires were the property of Callus Watson, 1239 Edgewood avenue. Griffin police are in vestigating a theft at Roy’s Bait and Tackle Shop, 922 Experi ment street. It was reported someone came in and removed 5 hunting knives, 2 fishing knives, and 11 pocket knives valued at SSO. Washington D. C., in 1915, it was chartered by the Congress of the United States in 1950. Capt. Pitts was working on phone case Capt. Wallace Pitts of the Griffin Police Department told city commissioners this mor ning the department was arranging for telephone equip ment to be used to check on obscene phone calls reported to it. He said he had telephoned the Newnan office on a Saturday morning and got no answer. A second caU was necessary, he said, and he had planned to have the phone company assist in attempting to catch the aUeged obscene caUer. Phone company monitoring equipment was to have been plugged in the foUowing Monday. MeanwhUe, a sheriff’s official put a recorder on the phone, recorded the voice of the alleged obscene caller, and identified a suspect. The commissioners asked Pitts to come to the adminis trative session this morning to tell what had happened. City Commissioner Ernest Jones had reported the matter during a city commission session earUer. Pitts said the woman who received the obscene calls did not report it to police but another woman did. The woman who got the caUs told Pitts she was just passing the information along to Mr. Jones during talks with him about his election campaign plans. She told Pitts she had not intended to have it become a political issue. Commissioner Jones was absent from the city session this morning. club LITTLE MISS SUTTON Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Sutton of FayetteviUe announce the birth of a daughter Sept. 19 at the Griffin-Spalding Hospital. presenting the best for fall: It SW Hart Schaffner & Marx 1131 I Kingsridge Schaffner . , & Marx . O Week 1 Con,in " es thru Saturday Oct. 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The commissioners approved the purchase of chlorine han dling equipment for the water filter plant at a cost of $2,560. They also approved the pur chase of a machine for the department at a cost of $8,954. The commissioners con sidered bids on 2 police cars and wanted to check on the delivery dates before making a final decision. She figures she’s lucky Sue Buchanan of 405 Glenn crest road, Griffin, considers herself a very lucky young woman. She was involved in a 16- vehicle smash up on an Atlanta expressway last Friday. Mrs. Buchanan who operates a car wash here on West Solomon street was in Atlanta to pick up some parts for washer equipment. She was one car behind one of the big trucks involved in the multi-vehicle smash up. She said her car wasn’t damaged very much and she escaped serious injury. er said during a press confer ence. Baker, in Atlanta to address the International Downtown Executives Association, said that if he believed Lance’s ability to run the Office of Management and Budget had been impaired, he “probably would call on him to resign. “I think he must have been preoccupied ... but I don’t think that’s permanent,” Baker said. Sen. Charles Percy, R-111., has criticized Lance, who has been questioned by a Senate committee about alleged finan cial improprieties before mov ing to Washington. Baker said Percy, a member of the Senate Governmental Af fairs Committee, and com- Adams wants to cut highway funds tape WASHINGTON (AP) - Offi cials of southern and border states were told Monday that states should have more flexi bility to use federal highway funds as they see fit. Transportation Secretary Brock Adams said he would like to cut the red tape to allow the flexibility. He and federal highway administrator William Cox met with representatives from Alabama, Arkansas, Flor ida, Georgia, Kentucky, Loui siana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Vir ginia. The group was in town for a day of meetings with adminis tration officials. Adams said he is working on reorganizing the Tran sportation Department and said a major goal is to lessen government regulation so that states can more easily get the funds they need for highway building and repair. That in cludes simplifying the paper mittee chairman Sen. Abrahar Ribicoff, D-Conn., “are close to it, and they’re entitled t make their own judgments. The minority leader said h has had two reactions to th Lance affair. “The first one, frankly, i sympathetic,” Baker said “The second part then involve evaluating the testimony ant evidence. 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