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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1977)
Griffin vs. LaGrange tonight at 7:30 mJOT JpF ■ -- K d r « Atl r ~ ■l* J teWflafet £ L r Zj ' W Bert Lance moves through the crowd of people that greeted him on his return to Calhoun, Ga. Tree-shaker will help solve peach problems ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Thou sands of Georgia peaches may get canned as a result of a new mechanical tree-shaker, re searchers say. In fact, researchers at the Richard B. Russell Agricultural Center hope the tree-shaker will lead to a new farm industry in Georgia — growing cling-seed peaches used in canning. Most now are grown in California, which leads the nation in peach production. “We can produce a peach — Baby Gold — that is superior in taste to anything they raise in California. And we have the tremendous freight advantage on them for the big eastern markets,” said Dr. Gerald Dull. pMPV “Folks who hate the same people yon hate aren’t necessarily your friends.” HI "■■■■-■ ' Ww. W ■ wk waL:. ■4K r Hi as Vr * WsBF C WeBF” HHSWB3, W•▼ ' iHHFa -3z- Wk i IS * WfcF 1W v ■ TL Wftr jX. KK£&sk&> £.~» tJL. Mer • jWa I IL Jr^h®4lß * 1 ii~ iJi 1 M® Hk A® I ® K' B \ » I fkw >■• 3 * •* jair i VOii r f 1 li ■ H >1 Bew .. jl ■■ • > z- &>.<£■* _;'.’7'‘. _■# <►JB* ■? ■■, •• - s v; y> •« . v*w -*i s ' a i r 9 v TftfW?*' Mr. Turner instructs band members. DAILY NEWS Daily Since 1872 High production costs, a problem in Georga as well as in California, have forced West Coast growers to cut their acre age, Dull said. But the new machine devel oped at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Southeastern Fruit and Tree laboratory at Byron, Ga., will help solve that problem, he said. Chiefly designed by Byron en gineers Gordon E. Monroe and Donald L. Peterson, the ma chine grips the trees and shakes off peaches. Other similar machines have been built, but none are as fast as the Byron model, Dull said. Peaches such as Elbertas, which are grown to be sold Husband-wife team Richard and Charlotte Turner are a husband and wife team that makes beautiful music together. The couple has a uniqueness in that there are no husband-wife band director teams in Georgia who work as director one with the other. Mrs. Charlotte Turner directs the Spalding Junior High band and feeds Richard Turner’s Griffin High School band. Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday Afternoon, September 23, 1977 Turners strike up the band GRIFFIN fresh, can’t be used in the proc ess because they bruise too eas ily. But the cling peaches suit able for canning can withstand the fall to a soft continuous belt which takes them to hoppers for transportation to processing plants. There, the fruit must be sort ed in ripe, over-ripe and green piles before it can be canned. Dull and other researchers have designed an electronic scanner which measures the light penetration of the peaches and separates them into grades. He said the only problem re maining is to persuade Georgia farmers to grow canning peaches. “We are an unusual combination,” Turner said. Both Turners are Tennesseeans. Mrs. Turner was bom in Chattanooga and Turner was bom in Nashville. Both just happened to matriculate at the same college, Middle Tennessee State, where their musical lives took shape. At Middle Tennessee Mrs. Turner played oboe in the college band and Lances: ‘We’re glad to be home again" CALHOUN, Ga. (AP) — Bert Lance is home again, but he’s a pale ghost of the joke-telling, back-slapping Georgia banker who went to Washington last January to be President Carter’s top budget officer. The wear and tear of investigations into Lance’s fiscal integrity were evident when he and his wife Laßelle returned home Thursday afternoon for a few days of rest and relaxation. Lance’s booming voice seldom boomed, his usually quick smile came slowly, his eyes were cold, his face was drawn, and he refused to answer questions. The Lances flew home from Washington in a twin-engine, turbo prop airplane they had chartered. Holding hands, they eagerly waded into a small crowd of friends who met them at the airport and later spoke briefly to a cheering downtown throng which welcomed them home. But Lance’s folksy personality was 210 register for scouting Sponsors of the annual School Night for Cub Scouting reported new mem bership applications from 210 boys and 45 adults. The Boy Scouts of America sponsored the membership drive which was conducted at elementary schools in the Griffin-Spalding County School system, Griffin Academy, and Griffin Christian School. A new Pack (108) was organized at Griffin Academy. Drive sponsors expressed ap preciation to all who were instrumental in making the membership drive a success. “Scouting will continue to grow in Spalding County as long as we have dedicated adults interested in our youth,” Elliott Harwell, drive chair man, said. became the first girl in the school’s history to become a drum major. Because she played the oboe, one among two of the most difficult band instruments to play, Mrs. Turner’s participation was always in demand. She said the oboe is considered dif ficult because the pitch is hard to get because it is done basically with the mouth. This is contrary to other musical instruments because they have provisions made for pitch. She played with the Organ Guild, in the pit orchestra for operas and even sang in the varsity choir. Mrs. Turner said she was kept busy but mainly because of her ability to play the oboe. “When you play the oboe, you play a lot of places,” she laughed. Turner played trumpet in the college band. He said he began playing trumpet when he was in the sth grade in the Nashville School system. He came from a family where the father played drums in a big band sound dance band. Music had always in some way affected his life. Turner and his wife met at Middle Tennessee State and they recalled the funny way it all happened. Turner being a band major and a sophomore, was working in the music department to help pay his fees. It was at the beginning of the school year and he was issuing band uniforms when Mrs. Turner entered the picture. Being of small frame and a shorter stature, Mrs. Turner posed a problem in fitting. “I must have gone through all 150 (Continued on page 2) Vol. 105 No. 226 subdued. He shook hands mechanically, kept conversations to a minimum and repeated over and over to well-wishers, “Good to see you, good to see you." “We’re glad to be home,” Lance told reporters, adding that he would rest and visit with friends until next week, when he will return to Washington to clean out his desk at the Office of Management and Budget, whose directorship he resigned Wednesday. He said he also will move the family belongings back to Georgia. “I think he’s relieved that most of it’s over,” said Lance’s 17-year-old son Stuart. “He probably will take it easy for a while.” The Lances rode in the family Cadillac, a National Rifle Association membership decal in its back window, to the center of town, where a crowd of more than 1,500 waited patiently in the broiling sun for Calhoun’s most famous son. The signs in the crowd showed how the town’s mood had changed since it held an emotional rally last week on the eve of Lance’s three days of televised hearings before a Senate committee probing his finances. Last week, the placards said, “We Love Bert” and “Bert Lance Was Fair to Me, We Need Him in D.C.” But Thursday, the signs castigated the news media and politicians who opposed Lance. Said one sign, “Welcome Home Bert. You Don’t Need Washington.” Those at the welcome rally on the steps of the Gordon County courthouse showered prayers, cheers and roses on the Lances, but they did not have last week’s defiant spirit. The Rev. Bob Maddox, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Calhoun, prayed for “a time of healing...a time of understanding.” Mayor Billy Burdette said he had been “very depressed” by the Lance affair, which he termed “an act of fl K A ' fIS Ki • Kt Mrs. Turner and Lisa Hewitt. Weather FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA - Fair tonight and Saturday. Low tonight in lower 60s. High Saturday in mid 80s. God.” But he urged the crowd, “Let’s make this a celebration.” Both Lance and Mrs. Lance, who was given a bouquet of red roses, told their friends and neighbors they were “very grateful” for their support during what Mrs. Lance called “our trials and tribulations.” Lance, who seemed embarrassed by the crowd’s lavish applause, said his time in Washington had been “very fine” and he had “tried to do what was right.” He said he and his wife had bolstered each other during “weak-kneed” moments, and said last week’s rally at the Calhoun Municipal Gymnasium had helped him through the grueling examination by the Senate Govern mental Affairs Committee. “You’ll never know what that rally last Wednesday night meant to us,” he said. “There is no way to adequately explain what the love and support of in dividuals like you has meant to us.” People ...and things Group of about 10 Griffin High students accepting ride offer and jumping into the back of pickup truck of fellow student when it stops at traffic light at 10th and Taylor. ROTC Cadet riding bicycle and eating fast on ice cream in attempt to keep it from melting away in afternoon sun. Two little old ladies pointing in several different directions as they ride along West Solomon street, apparently talking about the different homes and the changes that have been made along their route.
