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— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, October 25, 1977 Page 2 Henry probes mystery plane BY CINDY GLOZIER HAMPTON, Ga. Police authorities allege that the DC-4 which landed near Bear Creek Airport in Hampton late Saturday night had once been "fully loaded” with marijuana before arriving in Henry County. "We’re holding an investigation into the case now,” stated Henry County Detective Captain T.K. Floyd in an interview Monday morning. "We don't know exactly how much marijuana the plane had been carrying, but there is evidence that it had been loaded,” he added. Police were called to Saturday night’s landing of the alleged "pot plane" after residents of the Sunnyside Community in Spalding County noticed the aircraft flying low over their homes toward the airport runway. Concerned motorists and residents went to the airport to check on the plane as it landed on a dirt runway outside the main portion of the Bear Creek facility. Witnesses say two men jumped from the DC-4 immediately after it landed. One man left the Court roundup He decided to plead guilty while jury was out to lunch The Spalding Superior Court jury trial of Governor Hancock, 415 East Quilley St., came to an abrupt end Monday when the defendant decided to enter a guilty plea while the jurors were at lunch. He was sentenced to one year in prison, followed by an ad ditional year on probation for passing a S7O forged check at Hutson's Grocery. The check was on the account of Rogers Restaurant. Several other guilty pleas were heard. Ijirry Junior Elliott of Lynn Street was sentenced to a total of 6 years for selling cocaine and marijuana to an un dercovered narcotics agent. Judge Ben Miller told him that after he has served the first 3 years, he may serve the remaining 3 on probation. Cecil Edward Chambers, 1240 Remember how hard they were to buy last year? We’ve got ’em now! New Shipment TITAN Fan-Forced ELECTRIC HEATERS And a new shipment fan forced automatic Instant ELECTRIC HEATERS Several sizes to choose from. Fireplace Accessories • Fire Screens • Dog Irons • Fireplace Sets BUCKLES HARDWARE CO. 409 West Solomon St. Phone 227-5503 FREE PAVED PARKING MODERN’ SMALL HOME VALOE! See It Today in AMBERWOOD. HC — Economical cedar home. 3 bedrooms, Bi baths, fireplace, built-in kitchen, central air, porch. Real nice. 1206 sq.ft. $33,360 JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION CO. 1628 Hallmark Drive Office Hours :OA.M. to 5 P.M.-Monday thru Friday Marvin Johnson Office 227-5307 Home 228-2673 Seago Dr., was sentenced to 12 months in prison for stealing 700 feet of copper wire from the Central of Georgia Railroad. The charge of aggravated assault against Mike Parker of 728 Hammock St. was reduced to simple assault and he was sentenced to 12 months which may be served on probation if he pays a S3OO fine. He was accused of threatening to cut Dale Johnson of 321 South Ninth St. with a knife. Gary Williams pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery by force and was sentenced to 2 years on each count to be served concurrently. He and others grabbed William J. Parson and Joel McKoon, of the Griffin Hotel, and forcibly took billfolds from both victims. The incident happened at Eighth and Wall streets at the rear of the hotel on April 13. Two others, J. C. Moreland and David Elliott, were sen tenced in earlier terms of court in connection with the rob beries. Judge Miller noted that Williams had no criminal record and since Judge Andrew Whalen, Jr. had sentenced one of the other defendants with no record to two years, he would do the same. Ricardo Gonzales Jr., 27, of Hohl Street, Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty to violating the Georgia Firearms and Weapons Act by possessing a sawed off shotgun and was sentenced to a year in prison which will be probated if he pays a S3OO fine. Carl Gregory Witt of Addie Lane, Jacksonville, Fla., was sentenced to two years in prison for possession of more than one ounce of marijuana. He was found with the illegal weed by Spalding Sheriff’s officers at Mclntosh and Smoak roads on Jan. 31. Charges of violating the Georgia Firearms and Weapons Act by possessing an illegal gun were dismissed. Donald Wayne Andrews who broke into the Majik Market on West Solomon Street and stole nine cartons of cigarettes, June 18, pleaded guilty to the burglary and was sentenced to 3 years in prison. Jerry Donald Long pleaded landing site in an awaiting car and police. apprehended the other man, Joe. Stellmack, 36, of 5320 Roswell Road in Atlanta for questioning. Stellmack was taken Into custody for violation of the Georgia Control Substance Act after police found small quantities of marijuana inside the plane and later released on bond. Officials say the aircraft had flown to Henry County from Miami, Florida. The plane previously had been kept at the Bear Creek Airport and Is registered as being owned by Costal State Air Cargo In Atlanta, according to Detective Captain Floyd. One source stated that the owners claim they had sent the plane to Miami for repairs. Authorities from the Drug Enforcement Adminis tration in Miami had contacted the Federal Aviation Administration requesting that a look-o- it be posted for the DC-4 when it left their city, according to police officials. Authorities at Bear Creek Airport say they know nothing about the landing of the plane and refuse to comment on the owners of the aircraft. TJiey did confirm, however, that the plane had previously been stationed at their facility. guilty to two offenses. He was sentenced to 3 years for burglarizing the home of Ronnie Hillard on Ga. 16 East, Jan 7, 1975, and of taking guns and money. He received an additional year to run consecutively to all others for stealing guns from George Miller on July 16. Court recessed Tuesday af ternoon until Wednesday morning when a new trial is scheduled. Two defendants who were to have been tried today decided to plead guilty instead and witnesses in other cases were subpoenaed for Wed nesday! A large number of cases have been continued until the February term of court. Included is the retrial of Ronald Eugene Robinson, 17, of Blanton Mill Road. The first trial ended in a mistrial last week when the jury could not reach a unanimous decision on whether he was guilty of the theft of money from Roses Department Store where he was employed. Charges also are pending against two other former em ployees, Michael Lamar Ket chem, 21, and Kevin Deßenedittis, 18. '■ Hospital report Dismissed from the Griffin- Spalding Hospital Monday : Roswell Akin, Michael Camach, Barbara Rush, Asa Willard, Richard Porter, Tommie Sue Wise, Dixie Western. Piggly Wiggly holds record on ‘stamps’ VIDALIA, Ga...Piggly Wiggly Southern Inc. has been giving S&H Green Stamps for 23 years...and it turns out to be a record. Piggly Wiggly Southern has given the stamps longer than any other major retailer in Georgia and The Sperry and Hutchinson Company, parent of S&H Green Stamps, today will honor Piggly Wiggly Southern officials at a dinner here. S&H, celebrating its 81st birthday, is honoring more than 1,000 business firms which have given Green Stamps con tinuously for 5 or more years. Piggly Wiggly Southern began offering Green Stamps on Nov. 15, 1954. The retailer holding the national record for S&H Green Stamp longevity is Shafer and Lohrman, an Allentown, Pa. shoe store, which issued its first stamp in 1917. S&H said that 78 of its 16,000 accounts nationally have been giving its stamps since before World War Two, and seven for 50 years or more. S&H is the nation’s oldest and largest trading stamp com pany. Although best known for its S&H Green Stamps, it is a diversified corporation of some 13 companies engaged in promotional services, interior furnishings, banking, insurance and retailing. ■ Ku nj .u r - | ~ iX MBLI wZTii Eafl flfl JM With artistic touch (Continued from page 1.) person,” she said. “But I really was a dull person,” Mrs. Dean added. One night as the couple was sitting in the living room they surmised what the room would look like if the wall between it and the dining room were tom away. Dean went into the basement and returned with some tools. He knocked a hole in the wall and told Mrs. Dean the work had begun. The removal of the wall led to Dean’s removal of the carpet. The floor since has been covered with 12-inch shelving boards nailed down with 16- penny nails. The boards have been hand rubbed with a tungoil finish that will improve in looks with age. Mrs. Dean then covered the walls with a printed cloth instead of paper. Antique pieces of furniture blend in the scene. The large bay window sports no curtains, rather Dean has made multi fold wooden shutters to keep out in truder views. The shutters are panels meticulously glued together to make larger panels. The shutters have been stained to match the floor. In any given fall or winter day a visitor to the home may be greeted by the aroma of food being cooked on the fireplace. The Deans had wanted to buy a wood burning stove for cooking but having to put it in the basement away from the kitchen made it a little less feasible. To compensate, Dean installed swinging iron bars within the stonework of the fireplace. Mrs. Dean now cooks complete meals on the hearth,biscuits and cornbread in- n a Welcome Loretta Richards and Janice Burnett of Griffin Tech are two of the students who will assist visitors as they view the school Thursday evening, 7-9 o’clock. K rwjifii j- Jr BP*-*.. 1 4 'Jraii This plane landed on dirt runway outside the main portion of Bear Creek. cluded. She said it’s simple and all one has to do is have the desire to do it. “It cooks better than my gas oven,” she said. She said her biscuits and combread are cooked in covered cast iron pots covered with hot embers. She said they brown just beautifully. Cooking in the winter will be no problem for Mrs. Dean because she thoroughly enjoys cooking on the fireplace. “You can’t drag me into the kitchen in the summertime to cook but in the winter, I will cook anything on the fireplace,” she said. Upon entering the kitchen one is greeted by a table completely set with pewter under windows valanced with stained glass. High and above is a rack built by Dean lined with platters and plates. The Deans know exactly just how nostalgic they would like their lifestyle to really be. Dean has constructed a model log cabin exactly as he would like his next home to be. The logs for the scalemodel were hand hewn. The roof is covered in hand hewn cedar chips and the stone fireplace is so tree to form it will ac tually draw smoke. The couple now realizes their potential in the arts. They display their work at arts and crafts shows such as the one at Com mercial Bank and one at Gay. Dean and his wife, Gail, and their 2 daughters, Misty and Melissa, live at 127 Bobolink Drive, Griffin. Jjs Stork club ■ MASTER CLOWERS Mr. and Mrs. Lester Clowers of Route 1, Zebulon, announce the birth of a son on Oct. 24 at the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital. Appointmenti ATLANTA (AP) - Got. George Busbee Monday ap pointed Art Fudger, judge of the Dallas City Recorder’s Court, to a vacant Superior Court judge’s seat in the Tallapoosa circuit. What’s happening Kiwanis Club The Kiwanis Club program will be presented by Education ’77. The committee is composed of interested groups such as the Utility Club, the League of Women Voters, the NAACP and CARE. The panel speaking to the Club on Wednesday will be Henry Walker, chairman of the Griffin-Spalding County Board of Education, Bob Thomas, representing Education ’77 and a representative of the school administration. The Club meets at the Moose Lodge at 12:15 p.m. Paper drive County Line United Methodist Church will conduct a paper drive from now until January. For pickup call the church. Atkinson PT A The second graders will present the program at the Atkinson PT A meeting tonight beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the school. PWP The PWP will hold a discussion meeting at the Bram blett building of the First Baptist Church tonight begin ning at 7:30. UDC meeting The United Daughters of the Confederacy will be in the meeting room of the Flint River Library, 3 p.m. Thur sday. Mrs. W. J. Proctor is chairman of hostess and Mrs. H. H. Gossett co-chairman. Other hostesses will be Mrs. Harold Goodacre, Mrs. James Martin, Mrs. Clyde Nichols and Mrs. J. W. Low. Mrs. Park McKibben is chairman of program. Candidates night The League of Women Voters will sponsor a “meet the candidates” night on Thursday in the City Hall courtroom at 7:30 p.m. for the benefit of those running for the office of City and County Commissioners. These groups will be provided time to answer questions submitted by the audience. The public is invited. Biblical film The film, “The Coming Invasion of Israel”, will be shown Wednesday night at Faith Baptist Church, beginning at 7:30 p.m. SPECIAL PURCHASE by Joyce < ■.. Reg. $27 Here's a low-heeled pump that goes everywhere . . . easily, beautifully! • Dark Brown Leather • Black Smooth Leather • N and M Widths • 5% To 10’s L SHOE i (” SPALDING SQUARE J r »cms fMM CMFFM SIBPOUT J
