Happenings 12-Year Old Wins Trophies In Baseball Tommy Griffin, 12 years old, was awarded the most valuable player trophy in the Dixie Youth State Championship held in Wilmington August 1-7. Tommy led the Whiteville team to the state championship with his strong pitching and big bat. A southpaw, he pitched 12 innings with two victories and no losses, striking out 20 and allowing only three earned runs. Playing first base when not pitching, he led the Whiteville champs at the plate, slugging three home runs while collecting 11 RBI’s and hitting .562 for the tournament. Tommy was named to the Dixie Youth All-State Team and was the winner of the Micky Owens Scholarship which en titles him to attend the Micky Owens Baseball Cainp in Missouri for one week during the- spring of 1977. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Griffin, formerly of Eden. His father is general foreman of maintenance at the Whiteville Plant. Two Generations I JUJANA MOONIE WANDA GRICE MOONIJ' JuJana Moonie celebrated her first birthday on July 7. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Moonie of Tacoma, Wash. JuJana and her mother, Wanda, spent the month of July with Mrs. Moonie’s parentSi and Mrs. Raymond GricBi' Mr. Grice is employed at th®' Holly Spinning Mill. JuJ^ , father is with the United S' Army. j 7 Months Old One Year OJJ Tommy Griffin and his father, Wayne Griffin, admire Tommy s trophies which include those for Most Valuable Player, N. C. State All-Star Team and N. C. State Dixie Youth Championship. Angela Marie Dyer, seven months old, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Dyer. Her father is a warp service operator at the Fieldale Towel Mill. Lori Lynn Hall was one > old on September 1. She daughter of Mr. and Mrs^ P’ Bantams Are His Hobby Thornton Children Colonel B. Merriman, who is retired from the Weave Room at the Fieldale Towel Mill, is continuing to enjoy his hobby of raising and selling bantam chickens. Now 65 years old, he has been retired from the Fieldale Mill for three years. He began work at Fieldale when he was 14 years old and retired with 43 years of service. Attains Record Attendance Hall. Her mother, Linda in the Data ProceS*|; Department at the G®’’; Offices. Her father is ernP j at the Karastan Service Grandparents are Mr. anOj Odell Joyce of Eden and Mrs. Wilbert Hall of Fi"®'*^ Leon Harris Lera Nichole Thornton and William Walter Thornton are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thornton. They are grand children of Frances Wall, Cutting and Sewing Department, Blanket Finishing Mill; and Billy Wall, Weave Room, Bed spread Mill. Myra Janet Barnes graduated from Kendrick High School, Columbus, Ga., in June with an outstanding record of 12 years of perfect attendance. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon E. Barnes. Her father is a supervisor at the Columbus Towel Mill. Her mother, Sarah, is employed at the Phenix City Plant. 6 Leon Andres Harris, " Mr. and Mrs. Robert HarrjJ will be five years o’, September 22. His father ’ ployed at the Blanket Mill. His mother, Barbara, is employed at the Bed*' Mill. WHiS THE MILL

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