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— Griffin Daily News Thursday, Novembers, 1977
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Orrs backs bond issue
The Orrs Elementary PTA has endorsed a bond issue
for a new high school.
The organization unanimously adopted a resolution
supporting it after it saw a slide presentation by
Education ’77, a citizens committee.
The resolution pointed out that Griffin High is the
largest high school (grades 10-12) in Georgia and is
overcrowded on its present campus.
Tom Newton is president of the Orrs PTA.
What’s
happening
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Special services
Special services will be held at the United Pentecostal
Church on North Expressway Thursday and Friday nights
beginning at 7:30 o’clock. The Rev. Carl Wheatly of
Smyrna will conduct the services. The Rev. C. F. Speer is
the pastor.
Spalding Kiwanis
The Spalding County Kiwanis Club will hold its weekly
meeting at the Moose Lodge tonight at 7:30. Guest speaker
will be Nancy Peace, store activities manager for
McDonald’s. Buddy Stone is program director.
Sunbeam bazaar
The Pomona United Methodist Sunbeams will sell
bazaar items Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 222 Manley
Rd.
Truck stolen
Griffin police were looking for
a truck stolen from Expressway
Motors sometime Tuesday
night.
The vehicle was parked on the
front lot and was reported
missing Wednesday.
The 1969 Chevrolet El Camino
was described as being maroon
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Mrs. Mary Bunn of West
Taylor Street reported someone
entered her home and ran
sacked the rooms.
Several pieces of jewelry
were taken, she said.
2nd Baptist
schedules
guests here
The Single Adult Department
of Second Baptist Church has
scheduled several special
personalities to lead their study
hour this Sunday. Gary Rand, a
professional musician, will sing
and play both piano and guitar.
Missionaries James and Lerana
Ehrlich will speak.
Gary has appeared as solo
artist in churches, cof
feehouses, high schools and
colleges. He has appeared on
stage with Larry Norman,
Chuck Girard, John Talbot and
Gene Calton. He has toured
through forty states giving over
700 concerts as guitarist and
singer for the Spurrlows.
James and Luana are
presently participating in the
Southern Baptist Orientation
Program for foreign
missionaries at Callaway
Gardens. They will move to
Venezuela Dec. 26 to begin their
work there.
Gary Rand will also sing in
the morning worship service of
Second Baptist Church.
The Single Adult Department
is directed by Herbert Jones
and meets at 9:45 each Sunday
morning. Morning Worship is at
11, led by Pastor Billy
Southerland.
Man killed
in argument
LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) - A
Florida man was killed early
Wednesday in an apparent do
mestic argument, police said.
Officers said Paul Walz, 48, of
Miami was shot to death. They
said a woman, who was not
identified by police, told them
Walz had entered her apart
ment about 7 a.m.
Police said no charges were
immediately filed but the inves
tigation was continuing.
Hospital
report
Dismissed from the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital
Wednesday:
Wylie Post, Mrs. Janice
Fleming and baby, Lilia B.
Smith, Cathy Conkle, Mae
Williams, Ernest W. Goolsby,
Homer Turner.
Mrs. Darcell Stansell and
baby, Kendrick Ponder, Gina
Bowdoin, Prentice Williams,
Audrey Swindle, Betty A.
Weldon.
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MASTER ROLLINS
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Rollins of
642 West Poplar St., Griffin,
announce the birth of a son on
Nov. 2 at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital.
LITTLE MISS CLOUD
Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Cloud of
Route Two, Hampton, announce
the birth of a daughter on Nov. 2
at the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
LITTLE MISS CHILDS
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Childs,
Jr., of P. O. Box 475, Hampton,
announce the birth of a
daughter on Nov. 2 at the
Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
MASTER ROLLINS
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Rollins
of Route 5, Ridge Road, Griffin,
announce the birth of a son on
Nov. 2 at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital.
LITTLE MISS JONES
Mr. and Mrs. Alyn Richard
(Dick) Jones, Jr., of Route One,
Box 338-B, Zebulon, announce
the birth of a daughter, Jennifer
Leigh, on Oct. 31 at Georgia
Baptist Hospital in Atlanta.
Grandparents are Mrs. Scott
L. Tarplee and Mr. and Mrs.
Alyn R. Jones, Sr.
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KELVIN WALKER
He wants
to become
a doctor
Editor’s Note: This is one of a
series some students wrote for
the Griffin Optimist Club in
connection with Youth
Appreciation Week.
By Kelvin Walker
My name is Kelvin Walker
and in my past years of school I
have participated in Y club
where I am currently the
secretary and past president.
I am in the Key club and
Program Challenge. I am
currently the production
manager, purchasing agent,
and quality control director of
International Shapes and
Designs (1.5. D. which is a
Junior Achievement company.
I am also in scouts (Troop
115), a youth group at my
church. I am a member of Mt.
Zion Baptist church. I play in
the GHS “Band of Gold”. I am a
sophomore.
I have received honor roll
listings each year and I was
nominated for the Governor’s
Honors Program which is held
each summer in Macon.
I have enjoyed so far about
one half of a quarter at Griffin
High. I feel that my years at
Griffin High could be more
enjoyable if the science
facilities were bigger and
equipped with more things. The
bandroom and lunchroom are
also overcrowded and
inadequate for the number of
students who use these
facilities.
Since I aspire to be a doctor,
the science labs are of great
concern to me.
I hope that if the bond issue is
passed, students in years to
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Dana Bailey watches as Mr. Powers shows Connie Westmoreland how to
remove hubcap.
as strict as 20-40.
The road test is administered to
evaluate the applicant’s abilities to
drive the car in actual road situations.
The examiners say they pay particular
attention to regard for speed limits,
braking, and road signs.
“The driver should never speed,”
Shivers said.
Shivers said that some 75 percent of
the young applicants for licenses pass
the test.
He believes the knowledge that is
required that one possess before he is
issued even a learner’s license will give
the young Georgia driver the break as it
relates to curbing accidents.
Shivers had praise for those young
applicants who have completed driver
education courses, whether they were
in public school or through private
companies.
He said that seldom does a driver
education student fail the test and they
don’t seem to pose much of a problem.
“I don’t believe driver education
students would be as apt to have ac
cidents,” Shivers said.
Shivers thought it would be well if the
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Driver training
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state could follow the lead of California
in not issuing a learner’s permit to any
high school student unless he is enrolled
in a driver education class.
“If the state could afford it it would
certainly be good for our area and the
state,” Shivers said.
Henry Powers, Griffin High School
driver education teacher, thinks such a
course for an applicant before he is
issued a license helps out greatly in
deterring the fatal kinds of accidents
attributed to youths aged 15-19.
Anyone enrolled in the course must
first be at least 15 years of age and must
have a learner’s permit from the State
Patrol. They must complete 30 hours of
classroom work as required by the
state and they must put in a total of six
hours of training behind the wheel.
Powers said the classroom work is
discussed as if the student knows
nothing about driving at all. Such
practical habits as just getting into the
car correctly and simply understanding
what the gauges on the instrument
panel mean are stressed.
“One needs to know about these
things before they are needed,” Powers
said.
He said he stresses driving with the
right foot and the use of seat belts
because they save lives.
“I don’t believe in freak accidents,
there is something you didn’t do when
you should have," the driver education
teacher said.
The Griffin High course also utilizes
car-related vocabulary and the
students make projects to enhance the
classroom situation. Such projects
include posters explaining the cooling
system of a car. The students also
collect news clipping of car accidents.
Powers said that a student must
score at least 85 percent in the class in
order to pass.
He feels the requirements could and
should be stricter but it would require
the state’s participation and large
amounts of money.
Powers felt that one way to tighten
requirements would be to withhold
issuances of driver’s licenses to
teenagers unless they have taken
driver’s education or until they reach
the age of 18.