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Griffin Daily News Friday, July 29, 1977
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Dr. George Walker, (1) president of Griffin Hospital Care Association and Kenny Smith,
new manager, talk with Frank Bartholomew, who is retiring. Dr. Kenneth Hunt, Sr. (pic
ture in background) was the originator of Griffin Hospital Care.
Bartholomew retires from Hospital Care
Saturday marks the final day of 38
years of service for Frank Bartholo
mew who will retire as manager of the
Griffin Hospital Care Association.
According to Mr. Bartholomew,
Griffin Hospital Care is the last non
profit association in the state of
Georgia. “Blue Cross and Blue Shield
have taken over the others,” he said.
There has been approximately 30
associations in Georgia in the past.
The late Dr. Kenneth Hunt, Sr.
originated Griffin Hospital Care in 1938.
He got the idea of starting the
association after a visit from a Mr.
Avery of North Carolina.
Mr. Avery was familiar with non
profit associations and sold Dr. Hunt on
the idea.
Dr. George Walker, president of the
Jenkinsburg News
By Mrs. T. H. Price
Mrs. Cindy Kinghorn of
Rock Hill, S. C. is guest for a
week of Mr. and Mrs. James
L. Cooper.
Mrs. Chuck Price, Jim and
Peanut visited for a week
with Mrs. Sarah Gessaman,
mother of Mrs. Price, in
Albany, Ga. Then they
visited several points in
Florida, including Jackson
ville, St. Augustine and White
Springs. They visited Ste
phen Foster Memorial in
White Springs and report
having had a great time.
Mr. W. G. Cooper of
Memphis, Tenn. was guest
fora week of Mrs. B. R. Hay,
Mrs. R. S. Letson, Misses
Joye and Faith Letson.
During the week, the
following had food and
fellowship with them, Mrs.
Lucille Fletcher, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Cooper of
Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Cooper, Mrs. Lewis Smith of
Jackson, Rev. A. L. Price of
Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. R
F. Cooper of Decatur.
Neighbors want to wel
come into the community
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Collins
and children, who moved
recently into the former
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Collins.
Deep sympathy is extend
ed the family of Mr. Harry
Morgan who passed away on
Thursday. His death came
suddenly and he will be sadly
missed by all who knew him.
Avery congenial group of
friends had dinner together
Russell's Restaurant
in
Locust Grove At Interchange
OPEN DAILY
Good Food Today and Every Day
Open until 10 P. M. Daily
Griffin Hospital Care Association, feels
that Dr. Hunt had “the depression in
mind when he started the association
and wanted to help the people in the city
and county pay their hospital bills.”
“Griffin Hospital Care has grown
from nothing to what it is today,” Dr.
Walker said. It sells hospital plans and
currently has added medical and
surgical plans.
When Mr. Bartholomew began
working there, Griffin Hospital Care
was covering 300 people, now 6,000 men,
women, and children in Spalding and
surrounding counties are covered.
“Local doctors have always sup
ported the association, Mr. Bar
tholomew said. “Civic-minded men of
the community have supported the
Griffin Hospital Care through the ad
at Falls View Restaurant at
High Falls Saturday night
which included Rev. and
Mrs. Harry Shepherd, Mr.
and Mrs. Clay Saunders, Mr.
and Mrs. D. T. Ford, Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Hooten, Mr. R. A.
Allen, Mr. and Mrs. T. H.
Price, Mr. and Mrs. T. R.
Sims, Mr. and Mrs. T. T.
Patrick, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Ridgeway, Mrs. B. R. Hay,
Mrs. R. S. Letson, Mrs. W. M.
Gallman, Miss Faith Let
son, Mr. Mike Waits and a
visitor, Mr. W. G. Cooper of
Memphis, Tenn.
Members attending the
Sewing Club at the home of
Mrs. Sarah Caldwell in
Jackson last Wednesday
were Mrs. Olin Pettigrew,
Miss Tommie Higgins and
Mrs. Margaret Beauchamp
of Jackson, Mrs. Floy Price
of Forsyth, Mrs. M. B.
Farrar, Mrs. Flora Price,
Mrs. Otis Mangham, Miss
Ruby Lane, Mrs. R. A. Allen
and a visitor, Mrs. Jane
Weaver.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hooten
visited Mrs. B. H. Hooten of
McDonough Sunday after
noon.
Friends will be sorry to
note that Mrs. W. T. Mote
was a patient at Sylvan
Grove Hospital three days
last week. She is back at
Westbury Nursing Home now
and we hope she will soon be
much improved. Her daugh
ter, Mrs. Edna Taratoot,
visited her while in the
hospital.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1977.
Congratulations to Miss
Lena White of Westbury
Nursing Home who cele
brated her ninety fifth
birthday Thursday. She and
her niece, Mrs. Allene Hanor,
spent a night at Elder Hotel,
Indian Springs last week.
Visitors of Mr. and Mrs. H.
G. Harris during the week
end were Mr. Wesley Harris
of Cartersville, Mr. Mike
Harris of Atlanta, Mrs.
Janice Harris of Decatur and
Mrs. Leonard Hoard of
Stockbridge.
Dr. and Mrs. William
Whitaker of Miami were
guests of Mr. and Mrs.
James Whitaker from Friday
until Monday. Little Miss
Kim Whitaker flew from
Miami to Roswell, Ga. to
visit her other grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henegar. Dr.
and Mrs. Whitaker left
Monday for a visit with the
Henagars and will return
Kim and they will visit for
Jackson Lake - Zone 9.
(Where Jackson Lake Inn Used To Be)
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This nice brick home and guest house both have baths and
The Houses Are Completely Furnished. The main house
has 3 bedrooms, a combination kitchen and dining area,
and a long den with fireplace, overlooking the lake. There
is central heat and air with thermostat controls in each
room. The guest house has 2 big rooms upstairs and one
down • There is a cement ramp enclosed boat bouse and a
large workshop (Complete with all types work tools) -
There are 2 acres more or less with big shade trees and
fruit trees. Very well kept. 2 fishing docks and one floating
dock - Also, a SIO,OOO sea wall on all the Lake Frontage - 30
year financing. $67,000.
Wayne Mcßride 228-8085
JoAnne Todd 228-4169
A&D Realty
924 W. Taylor
228-6666 GRIFFIN, GA.
visory committee and have helped
direct the association.”
Griffin Hospital Care moved into a
new building located at 510 South Eight
street in June of 1972. It was housed in
the office spaces above the McLellan
Store before the move.
Kenny L. Smith will take over
manager responsibilities beginning
August 1. Mr. Smith lives in Jackson
with his wife, Lynn, and 8 months old
daughter, Lauren.
He has been working at the Griffin
association since July. Mr. Smith plans
“to keep the association continuously
growing and offer the best hospitaliza
tion plans for the members.”
Mr. Bartholomew feels it is time for
him to retire so young men can take
over and “let the Griffin Hospital Care
Association grow and keep growing.”
another few days with Mr.
and Mrs. Whitaker and Mr.
Jim Whitaker.
Relatives of Mr. Harry
Morgan who have been here
for his funeral include his
sons, Mr. and Mrs. Harry E.
Morgan and Mr. and Mrs.
Ervin Banks Morgan of
Michigan, his brother, Mr.
and Mrs. L. V. Morgan of St.
Petersburg, Fla. and several
grandchildren from Michi
gan and Alabama.
Slow Horse
A slow horse often keeps a
man from making a fast
buck.
Jimson Weed
Some of the colonists of
Jamestown, hunting for a
nourishing local wild food,
boiled up glossy leaves that
looked like spinach, ate
them, and went on binges of
hallucinations that lasted for
days. Their adventures with
Jamestown weed gave name
to today’s Jimson Weed.
Norman Smith
Heads Flint
Circuit Bar
The regular summer meet
ing of the Flint Circuit Bar
Association was held Wed
nesday, July 27th, in McDo
nough.
Judge Joe Patterson, of
Macon, was the guest
speaker, his topic being:
“Debtor Relief Actions in
Federal Bankruptcy
Courts.” Judge Patterson is
Judge of the Bankruptcy
Court for the Middle District
in Macon.
Officers to serve, until the
next regular summer meet
ing in 1978 were elected and
include:
Norman Smith, President;
William B. (Bill) Lindsey,
vice president; James
Brown, treasurer; Richard
W. Watkins, Jr., secretary,
and Robert (Bobby) Melton,
reporter.
Officers of the association
are rotated annually among
the four counties comprising
the Flint Circuit.
JAMES WOOD TO
HEAD PRESS GROUP
James Wood, Jr., publisher
of the News Daily, Jones
boro, and the South Fulton
Recorder, of Fairburn, was
elected president of the
Georgia Press Association at
the Association’s 91st annual
convention on Jekyll Island.
Mr. Wood succeeds Bobby
Branch, publisher of The
Houston Home Journal, of
Perry.
Elected to serve with Mr.
Wood are Otis A. Brumby,
Jr., publisher of The Mari
etta Daily Journal and
Neighbor Newspapers, Inc.,
vice president, and Robert
Williford, publisher of The
Elberton Star, treasurer.
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sunshine and you cannot see
the shadow.—Helen Keller.
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Johnny Smolka
It was a long time getting
here and it sure was a
welcome sight when it did.
I’m speaking of the rainfall
during the final week of the
month. Our previous rain of
any help occurred on the first
day of the month when a total
of 2.60 inches fell. From that
date to the 27th there was
practically no rain of any
consequence.
Not only did the rain offer
relief as far as the drought
was concerned, but it also
offered relief from the
intensive heat we had been
undergoing. Our records
show that in 1974 twenty of
the thirty-one days it reached
ninety or above. This July
there were only three days it
did not reach the 90 mark and
six of the days it went over
the century mark the highest
being 106 on the Bth.
Only one day during July of
last year did it reach the 100
mark, that was on the 15th.
The coolest of the three day
JACKSONIAN GETS
MASTERS FROM
MONTANA STATE
At recent graduation exer
cises at Montana State
University, in Bozeman,
Montana, a Butts County
student received a master’s
degree.
Aaron C. Adams, of Route
3, Jackson, received his
-master of science degree in
business education.
AREA SOLDIER
GETS ASSIGNMENT
IN GERMANY
Army Private Donald L.
Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry L. Cook, of Locust
Grove, recently was assigned
as a cannoneer with the First
Armored Division in Zirn
dorf, Germany.
Pvt. Cook entered the
Army in March of this year.
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WHERE THE FOCUS IS ON YOU member fdic
period of the 27th; the 28th
and the 29th was the 28th
when the Atlanta Airport
registered 63 during the early
morning hours for anew
record for the date.
In checking our records we
find that at six o’clock on the
morning of July Bth, 1972 it
was 58 degrees. The total
rainfall for the month, most
of which fell on two
occasions, was 5.41 inches
and for the year 24.94 inches.
At the end of July last year
we had 37.11 inches.
Lloyd Shoals measured
3.82 for the month and 28.11
for the year. We are now in
the period of Dog Days and
as of the fifth day we had rain
on two of those. In 1975 it
rained 24 of the 40 days. So
we shall wait and see what it
does this year.
Experience Wins
You really can’t beat ex
perience—after all, there’s
no fool like an old fool.
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