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— Griffin Daily News Saturday, Novembers, 1977
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News from our
neighbors
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Fayette
Tyrone wins second place
Tyrone has placed second in the First Annual Gover
nor’s All Star Community Project Competition Program.
Gov. George Busbee has awarded plaques and cer
tificates to Tyrone representatives. Tyrone was in
competition with towns from all over the state, with
populations of 500-1,000 and was barely edged by Waverly
Hall for first place in the contest.
Fayette County News is 91
The Fayette County News, official organ of Fayette
County, celebrated its 91st birthday Nov. 5. The first
edition of the newspaper’s forerunner was published Nov.
5, 1886.
Quimby Melton 111 is publisher.
Butts
Butts voters to vote on school bond
Butts County voters will go to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 8,
to decide the fate of a proposed $3,300,000 bond issue to
make capitol improvements in the county’s school
system.
Estimates for the turnout at the polls run from 30-40
percent. However, the issue has stirred much interest in
the county which may make the predictions low.
Income; from option sales tax drops
Butts County’s income from the one cent local sales tax
dropped more than SI,OOO in August from the July level.
The county realized $17,703.95 in August while in July
sales tax revenue to the county was $18,728.26.
Pike
Dr. Mullins is in Washington, D.C.
The Pike County Board of Education sent Dr. James
Mullins, superintendent of schools, to Washington, D.C.
this week as their representative to meet with lawmakers.
Mullins is there to express the concern of the board over
proposed changes in Title IV regulations which would
divert federal funds in the areas of general assistance
centers and ESAA grants from the South to other regions.
Two elections coming in Pike
lx)cal elections coming in Pike County include an
election for mayor and councilmen in Molena, Nov. 7 at
the Molena City Hall.
The general election for mayor and one councilman for
the City of Zebulon will be held Nov. 8, at the city hall in
Zebulon. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Upson
Low-water pressure may be solved
City residents experiencing low-water pressure in the
southwest section of Thomaston may have that problem
solved.
City Clerk Jim Shurley, in breifing city councilmen on
the revised revenue sharing budget, said funds are set
aside to build a new $143,920 water tank in that area
sometime during the first three months of 1978.
Upson resident wins in contest
Mary Elizabeth Ruff, of Thomaston, won third prize in
the “Greatest Sew On Earth” last week at the World
Congress Center in Atlnata. She was competing with 400
other contestants.
She won SSOO and a host of other prizes.
Henry
Henry jail may be closed
Henry County Jail may be permanently closed Feb. 1,
1978, due to a September, 1976 court order imposed by
Federal District Judge James Hill that stated the facility
does not comply with government regulations.
Judge Hill had given county officials until Feb. 1 to
build a new facility to house the prisoners. Since all at
tempts to get federal funding for such a project have been
unsuccessful, officials say they don’t know what they are
going to do about the problem.
Police autos big drain on budget
The Henry County Police Department has spent nearly
half its 1977-78 equipment budget due to the poor con
dition of patrol cars, according to Police Chief Hershel
Childs.
Asked to appear before the Borad of Commissioners to
discuss the budget issue, Childs cited automobile repairs
as his major cost factor.
COME WORSHIP WITH US
Sunday School 10:00 A.M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
Church Training 6:00 P.M.
Evening Worship 7:00 P.M.
TEAMON BAPTIST CHURCH
Everybody’s Church Presenting Everybody’s Christ
Music Director Pastor
Curtis Patton Kenneth Jordan
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Children from Hampton United Methodist Church, Alicia Milligan, Chip Allen, Barton
Milligan, and Eddie Allen show friends the Pony Express is coming to their church. (Photo
by Tom Allen)
this legislation will be based on the
ration of each local system’s needs to
the total needs statewide. Each
system’s needs will include growth,
developmental patterns, obsolescence,
renovation, program improvements,
and other similar conditions. You can
readily see that using an allocation
method of this nature could mean that
appropriated funds would be spread
among all school systems.
SEVERAL YEARS
Unless we are able to greatly in
crease our annual appropriation it
probably would take several years
earnings to accomplish what we
hopefully will accomplish in one year’s
appropriation if your bond issue passes
this fall.” Based upon this statement
from Dr. Adamson, I think all of us
realize the importance of passing the
bond referendum at this time in order
to receive approximately $400,000,000 in
state funds which would be applied to
our construction program.
There is another problem currently
facing us that dictates the need for
additional classroom space, that being
the implementation of Public Law 94-
142. Under this law, school systems will
be required to provide educational
services to all children ages three and
above, including physically han
dicapped, mentally retarded and
behaviorally or emotionally disturbed.
In the past, some of these children have
been involved only with special
agencies or institutions, however, by
1980, they will be placed in public
educational facilities.
JOB TRAINING
Another point to consider is the fact
that only 40 percent of the Griffin High
School graduates attend college and
Deaths and funerals
Mrs. Prothro
Mrs. Anita Geraldine Hughes
Prothro, wife of Howell Harris
Prothro of Hattiesburg, Miss.,
died there Friday. The Prothros
were former Griffin residents
and while here Mrs. Prothro
was a member of the First
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Prothro is survived by
her husband; 2 sons, Harris H.
(Bubber) Prothro of Panama
City, Fla., and Sam Prothro of
Mobile, Ala.; 2 daughters, Mrs.
Lee Daniel, Jr., of Hattiesburg,
and Mrs. Kent Dykes of Austin,
Tex.; and 6 grandchildren.
The funeral will be Monday at
11 a.m. from the graveside in
the old section at Oak Hill
Cemetery. Dr. Bruce Morgan
will officiate.
The body will arrive at
Haisten Funeral Home which is
in charge on Sunday.
Mr. Skinner
Mr. James Elferd Skinner, 63,
of Jones County died suddenly
there Friday.
Mr. Skinner is survived by
relatives which include a
brother, Jerry H. Skinner of
Milner.
Funeral plans will be an
nounced by Williams Funeral
Home of Gordon.
Pony Express
Bond issue
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Mr. Minter
Mr. William Lee Minter of
Hampton died Friday after a
lengthy illness. He was a
lifelong resident of Henry
County and was a retired far
mer.
The son of the late Henry L.
Minter and the late Elizabeth
Smarr Minter, Mr. Minter was
a member of the Sunny Side
Baptist Church.
Mr. Minter is survived by
three sisters, Mrs. Nina
Thompson of Lithonia, Mrs. A.
B. McFarland of Griffin, and
Mrs. Walter Davis of Liberal,
Kansas and a brother, H. H.
Minter of Hampton.
The funeral will be Sunday at
2 p.m. from the graveside in the
Berea Cemetery at Hampton.
The Rev. Cleveland Scoggins
will officiate.
Haisten Funeral Home is in
charge.
Mr. Boggs
George B. Boggs, Route
Three, Box 586, Griffin, died
early this morning at the
Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital.
He is survived by one step
daughter, Miss Lottie Mae
Richards of Griffin.
Mr. Boggs was a member of
Antioch Baptist Church.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by McDowell
Funeral Home.
Griffin has been known as one of the
better college preparatory high
schools. The curriculum that we now
offer proves of little help to those
students not going to college when they
graduate and seek employment in
business or industry. With the con
struction of a new high school, we would
be in a position to offer in addition to
our academic offerings, vocational and
job training courses which would
benefit all students.
This administration is committed to
providing a quality instructional
program for the students of Griffin and
Spalding County, to provide dedicated
competent staff members, and the
facilities and resources needed to help
each child attain his educational
potential. Adequate facilities and an
attractive environment will enhance
the learning of students and attract
better qualified and dedicated
teachers.
We are grateful to members of
Education 77, school board members,
administrators, students and teachers
who have attempted to provide the
citizens of the community with per
tinent facts which indicate the need for
additional facilities in this school
system.
GRANDJURY
Ixist month, grand jury members
were provided the opportunity to visit
in the schools and in their presentments
they stressed the overcrowded con
ditions that exist in many of them.
Anyone who has been enrolled at
Griffin High School since 1953 is aware
of the need to provide new facilities and
to reduce the overcrowded conditions.
With these facts in mind, I urge each of
you to please go the the polls and vote
Tuesday.
Mr. Stanford
Mr. William H. Stanford of 230
Abernathy Road, Sandy
Springs, died Friday morning at
Northside Hospital.
Mr. Stanford was a former
resident of Griffin and was a
dairyman.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Alma C. Stanford; two
sisters, Mrs. Clara Stewart and
Mrs. Bessy Graham, both of
Griffin; three brothers, David
Stanford and Grady Stanford,
both of Griffin, and Paul
Stanford of Roswell.
The funeral will be this af
ternoon at 4 o’clock at Sandy
Springs Chapel. The Rev. E. B.
Shivers, Jr. will officiate.
Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Sandy Springs Chapel is in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Webb
Mrs. Elizabeth Amerson
Webb of Orchard Hill died
Friday at Heritage Inn Nursing
Home in Barnesville. She was a
native of Wilkerson County and
was a member of the Orchard
Hill Baptist Church. She was
also a civil service employee of
the federal government.
Mrs. Webb is survived by her
husband, Jimmy Webb, and two
sons.
The funeral will be Monday at
3 p.m. in the Haisten Chapel and
the Rev. Bennie Rhodes will
officiate. Burial will be in the
Oak Hill Cemetery.
Haisten Funeral Home is in
charge.
School
Menu
The master menu for the
Griffin-Spalding County School
System for the week of Nov. 7-11
is as follows :
MONDAY - Roast beef
sandwich, cheese slices, French
fries, relish tray, apple cobbler,
bun, milk.
TUESDAY- Spaghetti with
meat sauce, lima beans, tossed
salad, orange half, roll, peanut
butter cookie, milk.
WEDNESDAY — Vegetable
soup, saltines, peanut butter
and jelly or pimento cheese
sandwich, fruit cup, milk.
THURSDAY - Hamburger,
French fries, baked beans, cole
slaw, apple half, bun, milk.
FRIDAY - Perch filet,
potato salad, garden peas,
tartar sauce, roll, strawberry
shortcake, milk.
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Sales
Carl Buckner, 44, with his wife,
Vivian, and their two children,
have moved to 1115 Placid Rd.
after Mr. Buckner was named
sales manager for Imperial
Homes in Griffin. He was with a
major home manufacturer in
North Carolina and Virginia
before joining Imperial. Wick
Building Systems purchased
Imperial Homes earlier this
year and is in the process of an
expansion program here.
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MASTER HARRIS
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Harris of
Clarkston announce the birth of
a son, Steve Derek, Nov. 5 at the
Northside Hospital. Maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Biles and paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Harris all of Griffin.
Vaughn Church
organizes
Scout troop
Vaughn United Methodist
Church has organized a new
Scout troop for all boys ages 11
and older in the Vaughn
Community. The Rev. Guy Kent
is pastor of the church.
Future troop meetings will be
held each Monday evening at
the church. Parents with in
terested boys may contact
Tommie M. Lee, Scoutmaster.
Adults serving with the troop
will be Tommie M. Lee,
Scoutmaster; Mike L.
Carothers, assistant scout
master; committee members,
Harvey Arnold, Lloyd B.
Norton, Rom Palmer, Lynn H.
Lowry and the Rev. Guy Kent.
„ Boys joining as charter
members are Robert L.
Callaway, John W. Hart, Kevin
Cunningham, Scott Cun
ningham and Lynn Lowry.
Pastors’
Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Sapp
Rev. & Mrs. Ken Crocker. Rev. Crocker has been in the radio & television ministry & has
served as senior counselor for a marriage & family counseling service, and has held
evangelist crusades in 21 foreign countries.
Magdalena Crocker is a musician & song writer. Her songs have been recorded by the best
known recording artist in gospel music. They are published by the John T. Bensen Company
in Nashville, Tennessee and by Lilianas Publishing Company in Kansas City, Kansas. One
L of her most outstanding songs is “I Don’t Need To Understand”.
What’s
happening
Book fair
Crescent School Media Center is celebrating National
Children’s Book Week with a book fair, beginning Nov. 15
at 1 p.m. and ending on the morning of Nov. 22. Hours are
from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. The public is invited.
Holiday tables
The Federated Garden Clubs of Griffin will present
Larry Lucas who will give demonstrations on how to
prepare “Holiday Tables.” The demonstrations will be
Nov. 15, for two sessions, at the First United Methodist
Church fellowship hall. The first session will be at 10 a.m.
until noon and the second session will be 7 until 9 p.m.
Tickets are available from Garden Club Federation
members and at Smith-Roberts and Prothros.
Spaghetti supper
The Crescent School PTO will sponsor a spaghetti
supper Friday, Nov. 11 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the school
cafeteria. Tickets will be available at the door at $2 for
adults and $1 for children. Takeouts will be available.
AAUW meeting
The American Association of University Women will
meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian
Church. The program will concern the school bond
referendum.
Baton classes
Openings are still available for the baton classes
sponsored by the Griffin-Spalding County Recreation
Department, beginning Nov. 8. The classes are for girls
ages 4-15 and will meet each Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. for the
next six weeks at the Youth Center in City Park.
Registration fee is $4.
Class meeting
The Fairmont High School class of 1968 will have a
meeting Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Police
Community Relations Center.
WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE
for your Bible if you knew you could not obtain another?
FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH
E. Mclntosh Rd.
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
Dinner At Church 12:00 Noon
Training Union 6:30 P.M.
Evening Worship 7:30 P.M.
Wed. Evening 7:30 P.M.
Pastor- Worth Huckaby Music Dir. - Carl Lewis
Pianist-Phyliss Shepherd Organist-Betty Jones
FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
REV. LAMAR CHERRY, PASTOR
REV. STEVE WINTER, ASSOC. PASTOR
MORNING SERVICE 11 A.M.
Sermon By Pastor
"SHOWING GRATITUDE TO GOD”
Evening Service 7:30
Sermon By Rev. Winter
"THE BLESSING OF GIVING"
Faith Temple Assembly Os God
1344 N. 9th St, Griffin, Ga.
Listen toWakeUp&Uve
Sunday 8:55-8:30 A.M. W.H.I.E.
Pastor Dr. Leonard Sapp invites all to visit Sunday At
Faith Temple Assembly
Sunday School 10:00 A.M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
Special Speakers Sunday Night 6:30 P.M.