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! — Griffin Daily News Saturday, November 12,1977
People
Richard Pryor
PEORIA, 111. (AP) — Comedian Richard Pryor is “in
very good condition and he will be released in a few days,”
says a spokesman for Methodist Medical Center.
Spokesman Roger Monroe said Pryor, 36, was “in great
shape” Friday after suffering what his grandmother said
was a heart attack. The comedian was admitted to the
hospital Wednesday.
The hospital has refused to disclose the nature of
Pryor’s illness “at the request of Mr. Pryor and his
physician.”
Gunnar Myrdal
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Nobel-prize winning scholar
Gunnar Myrdal of Sweden and his wife, Alva, will teach at
the University of Texas here next spring.
Myrdal, co-winner of the 1974 prize in economics, wrote
the book, “An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem
and Modern Democracy," which was cited in the U.S.
Supreme Court’s desegregation decision of 1954, Brown
vs. Board of Education.
Laßelle Lance
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (AP) - Lance, wife of
former federal budget director Bert Lance, has signed a
contract to write her autobiography.
Tentatively titled “This Too Shall Pass,” the book also
will trace the careers of her husband and President
Carter, including their friendship and religious faith, the
publisher, Christian Herald Books, announced Friday at
its suburban headquarters here.
The book is scheduled for publication next March.
Franz-Joseph Strauss
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Walter Mondale
and West German conservative leader Franz-Josef
Strauss have held discussions on the global political and
security situation.
Strauss, chairman of the Christian Social Union, met
with Mondale Friday.
Strauss was here for a conference of conservatives from
Atlantic Alliance and other European countries.
He was to return home today following a meeting with
National Security Affairs Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski.
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“How Much Should
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Sunday School 10:00 A.M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
Sunday Eve. Worship 7:00 P.M.
Wed. Prayer Service 7:30 P.M.
All Services Interpreted For The Deaf.
Pastor H. L. (Batch) Thompson, Jr.
A Bible Centered—Family Oriented Church
Bank open,
but closed
SOUTHBURY, Conn. (AP) -
The Heritage Village Branch of
Woodbury Savings Bank was
closed — at least not open for
business — but it was a little
hard to tell.
Friday was Veterans Day, so
bank employees stayed home
and the lights were off.
But the front door wasn’t
locked.
A couple wanting to make a
mortgage payment walked into
the bank at 2:45 p.m. and waited
for someone to wait on them.
There was no one.
They inquired next door and
were told the bank was closed.
“But the front door isn’t
locked,” responded the woman.
A bank vice president was
called from home to lock the
door. He said nothing appeared
to be missing.
Officers get
dirty duty, too
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP)
— When police initiated down
town horse patrols here this
year, there was one question no
one answered — what to do with
■ the manure.
Lt. John Nelson says the de
partment has tried to minimize
the problem by good feeding
habits. And, he said, officers
leave their mounts in out-of-the
way places when they take a
coffee break.
A spokesman for the Environ
mental Health Department said
horse manure is not considered
a health hazard because, unlike
cow manure, it doesn’t attract
flies.
News from our
neighbors
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Butts
Jackson gets new dentist
By the first of next year, the City of Jackson will have its
second dentist.
Dr. Keith Fortson and his wife, Gay, are already living
in Jackson and Dr. Fortson said he hopes to have his office
open sometime in January.
James Head admitted to Bar
James Head, son of Mrs. Myrtle Head, of Jackson, has
passed the Georgia Bar examination and has been sworn
in as a member of the Bar by Judge Hugh D. Sosebee.
The new lawyer is a graduate of Jackson High School
and a 1977 graduate of the University of Georgia School of
Law.
Pike
Molena elections postponed
The general election for mayor and council for the City
of Molena has been postponed due to an insufficient
number of candidates to qualify.
The election has been rescheduled for Monday, Dec. 5.
Closing date for entering is Nov. 9.
Baseball stars to be in parade
Rick Camp, Braves baseball pitcher, and other
teammates have accepted an invitation to ride in the
Zebulon Merchants’ Dec. 3 Christmas Parade in Zebulon.
They will be available in the afternoon to meet with
local fans and sign autographs.
Lamar
Miss Booker wins pageant
Miss Cheryl Booker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
E. Booker of Concord, was crowned Miss Barnesville
World 1978 in the first Miss Barnesville World Pageant
held at the Barnesville Academy Gym.
Miss Michelle Dickerson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Dickerson of Williamson, was named Miss
Congeniality of the Pageant.
Rep. Fly nt honored in Barnesville
Congressman John J. Flynt was the guest of honor at a
dinner at the Crescent House in Barnesville on Nov. 10.
The dinner was sponsored by local friends of the
congressman in appreciation of services rendered.
Congressman Phil Landrum was guest speaker.
Henry
Law enforcers forming FOP
Henry County law enforcement officials met Nov. 1 to
organize a county chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police
(FOP).
Meeting at the Holiday Inn in McDonough, ap
proximately 25 sworn law enforcement officers, mostly
from the Henry County Police Department, heard FOP
State President J. J. Pollock explain the purpose and
goals of his organization.
Hampton has no candidates
Officials in Hampton, Locust Grove, McDonough and
Stockbridge say plans for upcoming city elections are in
full swing. With less than a week left to qualify, they
report only one problem —a lack of candidates.
Workers at Hampton City Hall stated earlier this week
that no candidates had qualified to run for the three
council positions up for grabs in their city’s Nov. 30
election.
Fayette
Fayette closing institution
Fayette County Commissioners have decided to close
the Fayette County Correctional Institution, at least
temporarily.
Requirements for housing and maintaining state felony
prisoners would call for the facility to be upgraded and
additional rooms to be added.
Woman guilty in child's death
A jury of five women and seven men found Patricia
Diane Kreager guilty on two counts of cruelty to a child
and one charge of manslaughter in connection with the
June 6 death of her three-year-old adopted son.
Young Steven Kreager died following surgery for
massive head injuries after being admitted to Clayton
General Hospital on June 2.
Upson
Board cuts education budget
The Upson County Board of Education revised its
operating budget this week. The board reduced capital
outlay funds by $42,600 — funds that were earmarked for
needed elementary school repairs.
The board had anticipated the capital outlay funds from
the property revaluation and equalization program that
was to have gone into effect this year, but the program
was delayed until next year.
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Mrs. Mattye Sullivan
Mrs. Sullivan
honored
Mrs. Mattye Leatherwood
Sullivan has been selected as
one of the Outstanding Young
Women of America for 1977.
Mrs. Dexter Arnold who is
advisory board chairman for
Outstanding Young Women of
America wrotre:
“Only a select number of
young women from the United
States receive the distinctive
honor for excellence in
professional endeavors and
civic participation. These
women work diligently to make
their cities and county a better
place in which to live.”
Mrs. Sullivan is the wife of
Thomas Sullivan of Griffin.
They have a daughter, Alene.
Deaths and
funerals
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Mr. Askin
Mr. William Franklin Askin,
77, of Route 1, Culloden, Ga.,
died early this morning at the
Macon Medical Center after an
extended illness.
Mr. Askin was bom in Monroe
County and was the son of the
late Mr. John Holland Askins
and the late Mrs. Rebecca Bush
Askins. He was a retired farmer
and a member of the Fredomia
Congregational Church.
He is survived by his sister,
Mrs. Marjorie Askin Home of
Culloden.
The funeral for Mr. Askin will
be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at
graveside in the Owen-
Sappington family cemetery.
The Rev. Dr. Wesley W. Martin
will officiate.
Haisten Funeral Home of
Barnesville is in charge.
Troubled children
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more fortunate in the MTA because it
has a mental health clinic while some
others don’t have any facilities at all.
However, to make provisions for
more services for the MTA the
Griffin-based center made an ap
plication for a building grant from the
federal government. The request was
approved and an area comprehensive
mental health facility is being con
structed by renovating the old Post
Office Building on West Solomon Street.
Personnel at the center have also
made another application for an
operational grant to increase the
number of staff members.
Hart hopes the services will even be
spread more when each county in the
MTA looks more closely at the
problems of troubled children and
satellite clinics will be set up in each of
the seven counties.
Hart cites the importance of com
munity-based screening as having
reduced the number of children being
sent to institutions from the area. Two
years ago there were eight children put
in institutions.
During the past year there was one.
COME WORSHIP WITH US
Sunday School 10:00 A.M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
Church Training 6=oo 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
Griffinite’s family members
killed in Macon collision
When Mr. and Mrs. Bill Herko
of 1107 Placid Rd., Griffin,
picked up the Griffin Daily
News Friday, they saw a pic
ture of a wreck in which five
people died.
Three of the victims were
Woman's Club
learns of
fire safety
Captain Gene Folds, Griffin
Fire Marshall, spoke to
members of the Griffin
Woman’s Club about fire safety
in the home. He mentioned the
importance of fire detectors and
fire extinguishers in the home.
Mrs. Charles Clifton gave the
devotional at the meeting. It
was entitled “The blessedness
of being thankful,” and as her
text she used Psalm 103:1-2 and
Psalm 92:1-2.
Members of the club were
reminded of the bazaar to be
held in December.
Hostesses for the afternoon
were Mrs. Doyle Tatum, Mrs.
R.D. Cowan, Mrs. Jack Moss
and Mrs. Gordon Kettles.
East Griffin
to hold
youth rally
The Griffin District Youth of
the Congregational Holiness
Church will hold a youth rally at
the East Griffin Holiness
Church at 7:30 p.m.
A film entitled, “He Restoreth
My Soul" will be shown. The
film involves a man who was
severly burned in an airplane
crash and his life following the
crash.
The youth of East Griffin will
have refreshments on sale
following the film showing.
Mt. Calvary
to hold revival
Revival services will be held
Monday through Friday at 7:30
each evening at the Mount
Calvary Baptist Church in
Milner. The Rev. E. J. O’Neal
will be the guest minister.
Mrs. Herko’s sister, mother and
sister’s husband.
The Herkos knew of the
tragedy before seeing the
picture and had come back to
their home in Griffin from Gray
and Macon where they had gone
after learning of it.
The Associated Press
reported that the station wagon
and a pickup truck had collided
about 10 miles south of Macon
and burst into flames. Five
people perished.
They were Mrs. Herko’s
mother, Mrs. Mary Comer;
Mrs. Herko’s sister, Mrs. Mary
Frances Rock; her sister’s
husband, James F. Rock, and a
family friend, Laura G. Chiles
who was driving the station
wagon in which the others were
passengers. The fifth victim
was Ray Hullet, 20, driver of the
truck.
Mrs Comer is survived bv
Annex renovation
contract awarded
A contract for $345,193 has
been awarded Jones Con
struction Co. for renovation of
the Grant Building as the
Courthouse Annex.
The contract was drawn after
negotiation with the con
struction company to reduce an
original bid of $383,308 to the
contract amount in cooperation
with the architech, Bilbro,
Spangler and Manley, to make .
further alternatives. Work is scheduled to begin by
Based on the architect’s letter the of next week and the
which recommended a contract P r °J ect ,s expected to be
be consumated the Snaldinp completed July 15, 1978.
What’s
happening
ABC-Ettes
The ABC-Ettes will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the
home of Mrs. Dwayne W. Gilbert on West Mclntosh Road.
Special service
The Women’s Missionary Society of St. Phillip AME
Church on West Broad Street will have its annual “ladies
in white" service on Sunday, beginning at 11 a.m. Mrs. H.
C. Carswell of Atlanta will be the guest speaker. All
members, friends and interested persons are invited to
attend.
Dinner will be served in the first unit following the
morning service.
Trip to Atlanta
Parents Without Partners adults will be going to Vic
toria Station in Atlanta this evening. Members are to meet
at 6 p.m. in the parking lot of the North Gate Shopping
Center.
Retired persons
The Griffin chapter of the American Association of
Retired Persons will meet Monday noon at Holiday Inn.
Holiday tables
The Federated Garden Clubs of Griffin will present
Larry Lucus who will demonstrate making holiday tables
at the First Methodist Church Tuesday 10 a.m. until 12
p.m. and a demonstration at 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Tickets
are still available and may be purchased at Smith-
Roberts and Prothro’s.
★ Looking church
HOME? ■
Sfaith temple Assembly of (Sod
1344 North 9th Street
Griffin, Georgia 30223
Phone (404) 228-7114
SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 a.m.
MORNING WORSHIP 11:00 a.m.
CHILDREN'S CHURCH 11:00 a.m.
SUNDAY EVENING 6:00 p m -
WEDNESDAY EVENING _
BIBLE STUDY & FAMILY NIGHT 7.00 p.m.
C.A.'s (Youth) 7:00 p.m.
For Spiritual Help * Counseling Call 228-7114
Listen to Wake Up 4 Live Sunday 8:15-8:33 AM W.H.I.E.
Pastor Leonard Sapp MJ A D.D. Phone 228-8001
three daughters, Mrs. Herko of
Griffin, Mrs. Louise Vandiver of
1 Jzella and Mrs. Wendy Glason
of Milledgeville; two sons,
Joseph Comer of Macon and
Robert Comer of Gray; three
sisters, Miss Mann Tyner of
Cherokee, N. C., Mrs. Ethel
Colcough of Bishopville, S.C.,
and Miss Florine Tyner of
Macon; two brothers, William
Tyner of Macon and Harold
Tyner of Cherokee, N. C.; six
grandchildren.
Mrs. Rock’s survivors include
three sisters, two brothers, and
nieces and nephews.
Mr. Rock’s survivors include
a sister, Mrs. Margaret E.
Thomas of Clinton, Md.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Herko’s family members will be
conducted Sunday afternoon at
2 o’clock at the Hart’s Mortuary
in Macon and burial will be in
Macon Memorial Park.
County Board of County com
missioners agreed to the
negotiated bid.
A Public Works grant
totalling $316,000 from the
federal government will be used
to renovate the building. The
balance will come from county
continguency funds, according
to Commission Chairman P. W.
Hamil.
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