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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1977)
— Griffin Daily News Thursday, Sepfember 29,1977 Page 2 Retired teachers meet here Monday Political strength, insurance programs and the future will be among the topics to be discussed when the Sixth District Retired Teachers Association meets here Mon day. The sessions will open at the Griffin High library at 11 a.m. Lunch will be served in the school cafeteria. The presidents of local county units will discuss plans of work for the year. Mrs. Clara West, president of the state association, will discuss professional growth of the organization. The theme of the meeting is “Count Us In.” Educators may have retired but not to the proverbial rocking chair. There are 3 special com mittees working with com munity affairs, informative and protective services, and pre retirement education. District 6 chairmen for these committees are Mrs. Thelma Prosser from Butts County, Miss Ruth Branan from Bibb County, and Mrs. Ora Johnson from Coweta County. Insurance plans will be briefly discussed jOGGOOOCOOCOO&OGOOGOC INMEMORY ; ,< ! In memory of our daughter, Jennifer Lynn Goss, who left this world on her birthday, three years ago today, Oct. 1, 1974. We wonder if you look like | ! mother or daddy? We think ; about the silly little things ; you would be doing. We think ! of the party you would be having. Our hearts break ; again. The hurt never really ; ; goes away. i i Today on your birthday, [ we’ll try to hide the hurt and [ wipe away our tears. As we wish a Happy Birthday to our baby as well as God’s angel. Sadly missed by: Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Goss !; Sisters: Missy Goss and ; Donna Goss Grandparents: Mrs. Effie Hunter, Mrs. Clovis Goss CORRECTION Mixed Fryer Parts 3 Breast Quarter Q 3 Leg Quarters K K lB QUALITY FOODS Cooks Shopping Center ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ The ; -M; Western Boot ♦ Stovepipe shaping and rustic detailing . . . * it's the he-she boot they both love! 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Expensive equipment lost here The Spalding Sheriff’s Department has asked Grif finites to help locate an ex pensive piece of surveying equipment that fell from the back of a truck Wednesday. Steve Pierson of 30 Pryor street, Atlanta, told sheriff’s officials that the transit in strument, described as a A. S. GIO Metti, probably was lost after he left Hook’s Grocery on the Williamson road about 3:50 p.m. It was in a dark green box about 18 x 10 inches and was valued at around $1,500. Pierson said when he discovered it was missing, he retraced his route of travel but failed to find it. He asked anyone who knows its whereabouts to contact the sheriff’s department. Jaycees plan haunted house The Griffin-Spalding Jaycees will operate a haunted house through the Halloween season beginning on the night of Oct. 22. The house will be at 417 West Poplar street. Proceeds from the house will be used for community service projects. What’s happening k II Prayer supper A prayer supper will be Saturday night at 7 o’clock at Mt. Zion campground. A meeting of the campground trustees will follow the supper. Revival continues Revival services will continue through Friday night at the New Hope Baptist Church in Pike County with the Rev. Kenneth Jordan as the evangelist. He is brother of the pastor, the Rev. Thomas Jordan. Services begin each night at 7:30 p.m. ‘Kuntry’ fair A “kuntry fair”, sponsored by the Women of the Moose will be held at the Griffin Moose Lodge Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. Bakes good, arts and crafts and other entertainment will be available. Crime roundup 4 men accused of coin thefts Four men were arrested Wednesday afternoon after allegedly breaking into the coin boxes of some clothes dryers at the Northgate Washerette in Northgate Shopping Center. Griffin police said they received a call that some men were breaking into the machines and when the officers arrived, they saw the suspects attempting to leave in an automobile. The four were placed under arrest. A small amount of money which had apparently been removed from the dryers was on the floor of the car. The men were identified as Curtis Slator, 20, 412 Rabun street; Ruben Lewis Trice, 23, 321 North Sixth street; John Fuller, Jr., 23, 818 North Ninth street; and Dwight Long, 20,557 Basin street. Mick Baysinger, 1110 West Poplar street, told police that while he was at the tennis courts at City Park, he put some keys, Pike County to crown homecoming queen Pike County High School will crown the 1977 homecoming queen Friday night during the halftime of the football game with East Coweta. Queen nominees are Tracy Watkins, Cindy Bennett, Nancy Hawkins, Phyllis Alexander, Deborah Evans and Margaret Work resumes on 1-75 JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Workmen have resumed widening Interstate 75 in Clayton County after state trans portation authorities filed an appeal of a temporary in junction imposed on behalf of three motels which claim the project will put them out of business. The motel owners claim the project will destroy their “access rights” to the interstate highway. State authorities say there are no access rights to a limited access highway. a tennis racket and change on one of the benches outside of the courts. When he returned a short time later, all of the items were gone. Their total value was SSO, he said. The Spalding Sheriff’s Department was investigating the theft of some building materials from a construction site on Creekwood Estates. J. M. Joiner, the contractor, said the missing items included 95 sheets of plywood, 200 pounds of 15 penny nails, 100 pounds of 8 penny "nails and 35 pounds of roofing nails. Their total value was ap proximately S9OO, he said. Barfield’s Grocery and Service Station in Sunny Side was burglarized. Someone came in the rear door and took about SSO worth of cigarets, according to sheriff’s in vestigators. Crawley. A homecoming parade will begin at 2 p.m. Friday. It will begin at the school and travel north to the courthouse and return by the same route. Floats, motorcycles, horses and people walking will be featured. Hospital report Dismissed from the Griffin- Spalding County Hospital Wednesday: Stella Kimblinger, May Williams, Ronald Wright, Polly Howard, Gathering Gregg, Napolean Goodrum, Evelyn Gebhardt, Katie Talley, Aileene Travis, Ruth Cole. Jacqueline Lewis, George Barnes, Frances Appling, Haskell Starks, Robert M. Hicks, George Jones, Gregg Crawford, Lannie Smith, Deborah Spain, Mrs. Mary Guth and baby, Mary Esco. Mrs. Elsie Giles of Orchard Hill has been dismissed from Doctors Memorial Hospital in Atlanta after undergoing therapy. Stork club MASTER WATKINS Mr. and Mrs. Clayboume Watkins of Barnesville an nounce the birth of a son on Sept, at the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital. MASTER JACKSON Mr. and Mrs. John A. Jackson of 1237 Winona drive, Griffin, announce the birth of a son on Sept. 28 at the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital. LITTLE MISS DUKES Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dukes of Route 1, Milner, announce the birth of a daughter on Sept. 28 at the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital. LITTLE MISS KITCHENS Mr. and Mrs. Basil C. Kit chens of 212 Hammerhawk drive, Griffin, announce the birth of a daughter on Sept. 28 at the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital. Deaths and funerals —— Mrs. Banks Mrs. Frances Jones Banks, 87, of Zebulon, died Wednesday afternoon at the Griffin- Spalding Hospital where she was admitted on Sunday. Mrs. Banks was the widow of Mr. Cadesman Pope Banks and a native of Griffin, daughter of the late Henry Hiram Jones and the late Eula Belle Rose Banks. She had been a resident of Zebulon for 70 years and was a member of the Zebulon United Methodist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. William K. Walker, Sr., of Zebulon; a son, Cadesman Pope Banks, Jr., of Zebulon; 2 brothers, Frank A. Jones of Crescent City, Fla., and H. H. Jones of Dallas, Tex.; 2 sisters, Mrs. Claude Vaughn of Griffin and Mrs. L. M. Wilkie of Clarkston; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Mamie Jones of Griffin; 3 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. The funeral will be Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Zebulon United Methodist Church. The Rev. Warren Jones and the Rev. Paul Davis will officiate and burial will be in the Methodist Church cemetery. The body will remain at Haisten Funeral Home in Griffin until carried to the church 30 minutes prior to the funeral hour. Mr. Smith Mr. William Floyd Smith of Ellis road, Route 3, Griffin, died this morning at his home after an illness of several months. Mr. Smith was a lifelong resident of Spalding County, son of the late George W. Smith and the late Ella B. Head Smith. He was a retired employe of Dundee Mill No. One and a member of the New Salem Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mae Evelyn Simmons Smith; 5 daughters, Mrs. Geneva Payne, Mrs. Gaynelle Steele, Mrs. Christine Maddox, Mrs. Mary Harris, all of Griffin and Mrs. Irma Buffington of Milner; 2 sons, Byron G. Smith and James Smith, both of Griffin; a sister, Mrs. Roxie Martin of Griffin; 12 grand children and 15 great grandchildren. The funeral will be Friday at 4 o’clock in Pittman Rawls Funeral Home chapel. Rev. W. R. “Bob” Jones and the Rev. Thurman Fountain will officiate and burial will be in Griffin Memorial Park. The body will remain at Pittman Rawls Funeral Home. CAIN'S Magnavox Sale 25-INCH SOLID STATE COLOR TV ... give you an easy-on-the-eyes 25" diagonal picture — in any light. Hlw Wml ip. 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