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“If anyone has been missed, we do
not know it,” he said.
Only one child is being sent out of
Spalding County for special education.
That child is a multi-handicap who is
being sent to Henry County.
Instructors in the special education
program told the committee more
teachers are needed to handle the in
creased number of children in special
education.
Facilities toured by the committee
included kindergarten classes, classes
for the deaf, the Child Development
Center, learning disabilities classes
and classes for other handicapped
children. The committee also visited
Program Challenge classes for gifted
students.
Christie told the committee members
that the Griffin-Spalding system had
pumped a lot of local money into the
special education program. He said the
local money was necessary to make the
Deaths and
funerals
Mr. Fears
Mr. Nathan “Buck” Camp
bell Fears of 27 McDonough
street, Hampton, died this
morning at the Griffin-Spalding
Hospital where he had been a
patient for 2 days.
Mr. Fears was a native of
Henry County, son of the late
Nathan Fears and the late Cora
Thaxton Fears. He was a
retired civil service employe, a
member of the Berea Christian
Church and was past president
of the Hampton Lions Club.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Lucille Smith Fears; a
daughter, Mrs. Joyce Fears
Oram of Pittsburg, Pa.; 2
sisters, Mrs. Mary Welch of
Hampton and Mrs. Helen
Cleghorn of Griffin; a brother,
W. W. Fears of Hampton; 4
grandchildren, Miss Claire
Gentry of Atlanta, Dupree
Gentry of Augusta, John Oram
and Patrick Oram, both of
Pittsburg.
Funeral plans will be an
nounced by Pittman Rawls
Funeral Home.
Mr. Cams
Mr. Mark David Cams, 23 of
224 West Central avenue, was
dead on arrival at the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital Wednesday.
Mr. Cams was a lifelong
resident of Spalding County and
was employed with the Cams
Roofing Company.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joesph Leslie
Cams, Sr.; 3 brothers, Joseph
Leslie Cams, Jr., of Orchard
Hill, Kenneth Wayne Cams of
Austin, Tex., Jeffery Lynn
Cams of Fontaine, Calif.
Funeral plans will be an
nounced by McDonald Chapel.
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Mrs. Green
Mrs. Clara Mullins Green, 89,
of Macon, formerly of Griffin,
died Wednesday morning in a
Macon hospital.
She is survived by a son,
Harold Wilder of Macon; a
sister, Mrs. Phil Archer of
Atlanta; 2 sisters-in-law, Mrs.
Amos Mullins and Mrs. Ethel
Mullins, both of Griffin, several
nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be Friday
afternoon at 2 o’clock in Hart’s
Mortuary in Macon.
Open house
to kick-off
’77-78 JA
The Junior Achievement
program in Griffin is finalizing
its preparations for the 1977-78
year.
The JA program is open this
year to all high school students
in the 10th-12th grades and will
run concurrently with the 1977-
78 school year.
Wayne Brown, program
director, has been on the Griffin
High campus this week to ex
plain the JA program to in
terested students. In an effort to
better acquaint the students,
their parents and the com
munity as a whole with the JA
program, an open house will be
held this weekend at the JA
center at Dovedown.
Open house will be held
Saturday from 10 a.m. until 1
p.m. for interested students and
their parents only; and again on
Sunday from 1 until 4 p.m. for
the general public.
During open house members
of the Junior Achievement
board of directors and several
volunteer company advisors
will be on hand to conduct tours
and to answer questions about
Junior Achievement.
Refreshments will be served
both days and interested
students may still sign up for
the program during open house.
Cub Scouts
ride horses
Cub Scouts of Den 1, Pack 18
of Beaverbrook School recently
went horseback riding on the
farm of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Walls
on the Elder road.
Scouts going on the trip were
Dan Berry, Roy Lewis, Chris
Gatlin, Timothy Duncan, Kevin
Gatlin.
Accompanying the boys on
the trip were Den leaders
Brenda Gatlin and Laverne
Duncan. Heather Hammock
also was on the trip.
Auto stolen
Local lawmen were looking
for a stolen 1969 Ford Fairlane.
The owner, Billie Lewis Lee of
Route 2, Wilson road, said the
yellow vehicle had been parked
in his father-in-law’s yard
where it was undergoing
repairs.
J. R. Brown, 575. Patterson
road, reported the theft of seven
junk cars. Their value was
about 850 each.
The Spalding Sheriff’s
Department was investigating.
program what it should be and not
minimal program as would be
necessary with only state funding. He
urged increased state and federal
funding.
The committee visited special
education facilities in Albany, Valdosta
and Savannah before coming to Griffin.
The visitors were complimentary of
the Griffin-Spalding educators and
agreed in many instances with the
educators on the needs of the local
system and said those were not only
problems locally, but also statewide
problems.
Those visiting Griffin included Mrs.
Britt, Poole, Ms. Cathy Bush of the
State Department of Education, Ms.
Ruth Stagy of Savannah, Dr. Allen
Gurley of the State Department of
Education and Joseph Smith of the
Georgia Education Improvement
Council.
Radar nabs
22 drivers
Twenty-two drivers were
charged with speeding Wed
nesday. Most of them were
given tickets on Ga. 3 near the
Griffin Christian School where
radar was used from around 7
a.m. until about 9:30 a.m.
Their speeds were clocked at
from 31 to 44 miles per hour in
the 20 mile per hour school zone.
The radar is never used in one
place long and is moved
throughout the city, police said.
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Nancy Blake (1), president of the Kle Klub, and Jane Walker, vice president, boost the
club’s post-football game dance to be held Friday night at the Elks Chib.
Stork club
LITTLE MISS TURNER
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wesley
Turner of 496 Parrish street,
Griffin, announce the birth of a
daughter on Sept. 20 at the
Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
MASTER HORTON
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Horton
of Route 6, Box 293, High Falls
road, Griffin, announce the
birth of a son on Sept. 21 at the
Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
MASTER PONDER
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Ponder of
Jackson announce the birth of a
son on Sept. 22 at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital.
MASTER GARNER
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gamer
of Gay announce the birth of a
son, Jesse Richard, on Sept. 22
at the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital. Grandparents are
Mrs. Thelma F. Stephens of
Gay and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Gamer of Concord.
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Hospital
report
Dismissed from the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital Wednesday:
Arthur Mills, Johnny Badger,
Hazel Martin, Mary Turner,
Sara Digby, Andy Dominey,
Rachael Mote, Todd Dunn,
Virginia Bryant, Juanita
Mixon, Dorothy Hand, Hally
Mangham, Mrs. Susan Sutton
and baby, Tommy Crews.
Annie Gresham, George
Stilwell, Roxie Martin, Sybil
Lewis, Connie L. Lewis, Katie
Woodward, Lynn M. Lowry,
Phil Morris, William Jones,
Ruth E. Stallings, Patricia
Goodman.
— Griffin Daily News Thursday, September 22, 1977
What’s
happening
Weekend revival
The Rev. Robert Walker of Natural Bridge, Va., will be
the evangelist for the weekend revival services at the
Griffin Pentecostal Holiness Church. Services begin
nightly Sept. 23-25 at 7:30 p.m.
Gospel singing
A gospel singing featuring guest groups from Florida
and others will be held at the Free Liberty United
Methodist Church at Williamson beginning at 8 p.m.
Admission will be |2. The Rev. Moses Blanton is pastor.
Dance
“After football game” dance will be held Friday from
10-12:30 featuring “The Marbles” at the Moose Lodge
ballroom. Admission $2 for members, |3 for guests. All
guests must be sponsored by a member.
League of women
The League of Women Voters will meet in the Southern
Bell conference room at 7:30 tonight. William Feely will
be guest speaker.
Public education program
A film on high blood pressure Kline
and a discussion of Huckaby,!
“Medications for Hyper- w jn give
tension” will be presented to the different i
public by Griffin-Spalding blood pres
Hospital Thursday night at 7:30 some of I
o’clock in the hospital cafeteria, conceminj
The program will provide
information to those present on _ . /
the subject of high blood
pressure. Hospital personnel
will be on hand to answer ° '
of every n
quoofirroc
Kline Berry and Keith
Huckaby, hospital pharmacists,
will give information on the
different medications for high
blood pressure and will explain
some of the fact and fallacy
concerning this problem.
The public is invited to attend.
This is another in a series of
public education programs
offered each 4th Thursday night
of every month.