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The junior class entry in the GHS homecoming parade is shown above. In the corner is homecoming queen Donna Dorton
(c), and her princesses, Dena Bates (1) and Denise Mathis.
CDC reports findings
Rubella and new strain of pneumonia found
ATLANTA (AP) - A unique,
penicillin-resistant strain of pneumonia
in a young girl and a recent outbreak of
rubella among young adults in the mili
tary have been reported by the national
Center for Disease Control.
The federal agency released its
Al Norris
qualifies
for board
Al Norris was the 6th and final
candidate to qualify for the county
commission race as qualifying time
drew to a close Friday at 5 p.m.
Norris, a retired Army man, lives at
1324 Kennedy drive in Griffin and is a
car salesman for a McDonough firm.
He joined David Elder, Thomas A.
Bearden, Bob Gilreath, Frank Gunnels
and Jim Goolsby in the race to fill the
unexpired term of retiring County
Commissioner Reid Childers who
resigped because of ill health.
The election will be Nov. 8.
Monday noon
is deadline
for city race
Qualifying for 2 posts on the Griffin
City Commission will end Monday at
noon.
Bobby Dunn who has been a can
didate before signed this week to seek
election to Post Four. Incumbent
Skeeter Norsworthy and Sid James
Beeland already had announced for the
post.
Dunn runs a tree service business
here.
Emmitt Cone and Mrs. Perry
Manolis have signed to seek election to
Post One, held by Tiggy Jones.
“Folks often pray pretty loud,
hoping somebody besides God
will hear them.”
DAILY NEWS
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findings Friday in its weekly Morbidity
and Mortality report.
The CDC said the most penicillin
resistant case of streptococcus
pneumonia ever reported to the
agency was found last July in a 5-year
old Minnesota girl.
When the patient’s fever rose to 104
degrees and she developed mild
respiratory distress, she was admitted
to the University of Minnesota Hospital.
S. pneumonia, type 14, was isolated
from a blood culture, and although
U. ff. Brandenburg, 95
His first sale was 10 yards
of calico for five cents a yard
H. H. Brandenburg of Concord first
subscribed to the Griffin Daily News
when he was 21. That was 74 years ago.
This week, Mr. Brandenburg
celebrated his 95th birthday.
He is one of the oldest active citizens
of Pike County and was entertained
throughout the day on his birthday
which was Tuesday.
“I received many phone calls during
the day. Some came from Florida and
others from Mississippi from some of
my folks,” he said.
The Brandenburg home was a busy
place as relatives and friends called to
wish the former mayor a happy bir
thday.
One of the highlights of the day was a
visit by a group of girls under the
leadership of Mrs. Roger Strickland.
They sang the traditional “Happy
Birthday” and served cake.
Mr. Brandenburg was born in
Haralson in Coweta County.
He worked in the fields until 1904
when he went to work for J. H.
McKnight in the general mercantile
business in Warnerville in Meriwether
County.
“There is not a Warnerville any
longer. I understand the community
was named for Judge Harlen Warner,
first Chief Justice of Georgia,” Mr.
Brandenburg said.
He continued to work for the store
when it was sold to Judge Jones and
Cicero Connally.
From Warnerville he moved to
Groover and from there to Greenville
and in September of 1911 moved to
Concord to work for the R. F.
Strickland Co. He was the buyer in the
dry goods department and the un-
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sensitive to chloramphenical and
erythromycin, it was resistant to
penicillin, a common treatment, the
CDC said.
The girl recovered when another
drug was administered.
A spokesman said the case was
unique and represented no trend
toward more penicillin-resistant
strains of streptococcus pneumonia.
The CDC said relatively resistant
strains of S. pneumonia occasionally
occur in the United States.
dertaker until 1934.
Recalling his first job in the mer
cantile business, Mr. Brandenburg
said: “My first sale was 10 yards of
calico to a lady who said she wanted it
to make a dress. It was 5 cents a yard
and she gave me a 50 cent piece.”
In 1934 he married Mary P. Pilkenton
and they opened their own business in
Concord.
“We started in business with less than
SSOO and had that secured with a
mortgage on our farm and home. We
paid off that debt and enjoyed 30 years
in the general merchandising
business,” he said.
The home placed on the mortgage in
1934 is the same one he lives in today.
Although he wasn’t able to write
checks because of failing eyesight, Mr.
Brandenburg purchased all other
merchandise.
“In 1964, we had a sale and sold out.
Since then we have been trying to take
it easy,” he said.
“I am still in fairly good health, even
though I have some heart trouble and
take a pill for it every day. I worked in
my garden 5 hours on the day before my
birthday, he said.
In addition to being in the mercantile
business, Mr. Brandenburg has been
active in the governmental and civic
life of the Concord community.
He was first elected mayor in 1912
and was last elected in 1935.
“The first time I ran was the only
time I ever had any opposition,” he
said.
He also was named superintendent of
the Sunday School at the Concord
Methodist Church in 1912. He served as
superintendent until 1938.
The federal agency also reported that
at least 47 U.S. Marines, most of them
18 to 20 years old, came down with ru
bella at a Naval Air Station in Mem
phis, Tenn., early this year, following a
trend toward outbreaks among young
adults in the armed forces.
Most of the cases, including 10
females, were among 18-to-20-year-old
enlisted personnel who recently had
completed recruit training and were
attending aviation training schools, the
CDC said.
“I remember Concord when there
was about a dozen stores here and
business was booming. Now, there’s not
but 3 or 4 stores.
“The Strickland’s had a gin and there
was another gin and they would ship
about 2 carloads of cotton, 2 carloads of
cotton seed and 2 loads of fruit trees
every day.
“The passenger trains used to stop
here. There was about 6 a day during
World War I. It has been a long time
since there has been a passenger train
through here. The freight trains that
pass through do not even stop here
anymore,” Mr. Brandenburg said.
“I have received a lot of blessings
and I believe that if we all would count
our blessings we would find that they
outweigh our disappointments, ”he
said.
People
...and things
Man in early 30s, huffing and puffing
as he jogs along Griffin sidewalk
shadowed by his huffing and puffing
wife on a bicycle in the street.
Bumper sticker on rear of pickup
truck on North Expressway: “Dirty
Old Men Need Love Too.”
Two-year-old with frightened ex
pression, obviously lost in department
store, anxiously weaving his way
through shoppers checking knee caps
hunting for mom.
Vol. 105 No. 251
Homecoming
rousing success
Though the Bears suffered a defeat at
the hands of R. E. Lee Friday night, the
spirit and enthusiasm of the
homecoming celebration was at an all
time high.
A bon fire Thursday night and a
rousing pep rally Friday began the
annual festivities. Friday afternoon,
homecoming floats and parade mar
chers filled the streets of Griffin
igniting the town with homecoming
fever.
Winners of the parade entries were
the sophomore class, first' place in
and the GHS chorus, second
place. The Latin Club won first place in
the groups category and VOCA took
second place.
Presley autopsy
Drugs found in body
not cause of death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Four
drugs including codeine and bar
bituates were found in significant
quantities in the blood of Elvis Presley,
but they played no role in his death, a
medical examiner has ruled.
“The cause of death has been
ascribed to hypertensive heart disease
with coronary artery heart disease as a
contributing factor,” said Dr. Jerry T.
Francisco at a news conference Friday.
“Had these drugs not been there, he
still would have died,” Francisco said
under questioning by reporters.
The medical examiner, who par
ticipated in an autopsy conducted
shortly after Presley died Aug. 16, said
four drugs — ethinamate,
methaquaalone.codeineand barbituates,
—werefoundinquantitiesthatcouldhave
had some effect on the body.
Four other drugs were found in trace
amounts that could have had no effect
on the body, the medical examiner said.
He said three forensic pathologists
and a toxicologist at the University of
Tennessee Center for Health Sciences,
plus two out-of-state toxicologists re-
H. H. Brandenburg, 95, recounts many experiences.
Weather
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA-
Sunny and mild today and Sunday. Fair
and cool tonight with highs in the mid
70s and lows tonight in the upper 40s.
Pre-game festivities featured
sophomore and junior class
representatives.
At halftime, as the homecoming
court, dressed in burgundy and rose,
paraded before a packed Memorial
Stadium, Miss Donna Dorton was
announced homecoming queen. Her
princesses were Dena Bates and Denise
Mathis. Homecoming mascots were
Jay Daniels, Amy Tinley, Marquita
Davis and Octavius Simmons.
A surprise to almost everyone, and
what turned out to be one of the best
features of the halftime show, was a
huge sign strung between light posts on
the sideline which spelled out “’7B” in
bright lights.
viewed the test reports.
“It is the considered opinion of all the
forensic pathologists and two of the
three toxicologists that there is no evi
dence the medication present...caused
or made any significant contribution to
his death,” Francisco said.
“The third toxicologist was of the
opinion that all medications were in the
therapeutic range...” he added.
Francisco said the level of drugs
found during the tests were in line with
normally prescribed medication.
The medical examiner said the drugs
found in Presley’s body had been
prescribed by his physician or dentist.
Presley had undergone dental work
about 12 hours before his death, and
Francisco said the painkiller codeine
had been prescribed.
The other drugs had been prescribed
as sedatives to help him rest, he said.
Francisco was questioned at length
on whether the combination of drugs
found during post mortem testing could
have affected Presley’s diseased heart.
He said he and other pathologists who
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