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Ramblin
with Brooks
BY GENE BROOKS
Among my many cherished
acquaintances over the years
are a number of people who
work in the area of law
enforcement and the courts
They have a difficult and
important job, and one that is
often made very trying by
people who press for special
treatment Again, some of
them have called to my
attention what a difficult time
they often have with parents of
youth who have been charged
with a violation of the law
Many of these parents pounce
\yith anger and self-righteous
pretense upon these officials
demanding their child be
allowed to remain unpunished
when, in truth, they are guilty.
'I just know my child would
never do a thing like that.”
“My child said he didn’t do it
and I believe him. You’re the
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grow in rural Georgia
Rural Georgia is growth country . . . for in
dustry as well as agriculture. There are favorable
tax and labor situations, sites usually cost less to
buy and build on.
And many industries find a fresh outlook in the
rural areas. Industry, like people, seems to thrive
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one that's lying "
"Those police just have it in
for my child, they're just
picking on him They’re
crooked and sorry themselves
Why don't you do something
about them' 1 "
"Why don't you catch the ones
that are really guilty? You
bring the innocent in here and
treat them like criminals, and
I'll not put up with it You just
wait until election time!"
On and on go the berating
accusations, and many such
parents make grand spectacles
of themselves
I w ould like to comment upon
this type situation In for first
place, it is rare that any youth is
ever accused or charged
without supporting evidence
Parents who ignore this
evidence reveal blindness to the
truth and blindness to the sins of
Deaths and Funerals
John Bush
John R < BasoiD Bush 72.
Dubbi’ died m a Dahlin hospital
Sal night Feb 20. after a
long illness
Mr Bush was born and
reared in Johnson County and
had lived in Dublin for 8 years
He was a son of the late John R
Bush. Sr and Mrs Nancy
Elizabeth Smith Bush He was
a retired barber and a member
of Hebron Holiness Church
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs Nola Johnson Bush; one
son, James Bush. Dublin; 4
daughters. Mrs Donna Bell.
their children They just don't
want to believe otherwise
In the second place, they
reveal they have little or no
confidence in our system of
justice and those who are
charged with operating it
Next, they show if they don't
believe in abiding by the law for
their own, then they really don’t
believe it it for anyone This is
the first step to complete
lawlessness
Also, to so condone law
violations, be they ever so
minor, is to destroy the child’s
respect for the parent Deep
within, something happens and
that parent never again is held
in as high esteem It may never
be spoken but it is there
When a parent is successful in
"getting him off,” something
else happens to the child He
comes to believe that proper
behavior is of no consequence,
that he can do what he pleases
without fear of punishment, that
he is somehow beyond the law,
and thus he becomes his own
law Usually, after this happens
a time or two. such a child
becomes a frequent repeater
He becomes a problem
whenever and wherever he
meets authority
Little seed often bring big and
sometimes rotten fruit' We who
are parents need to examine
carefully our attitudes on these
matters What are we doing to
them and to our society''
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Notice
The following articles will be sold ai
auction, for cash, on March 8, 1971, at
2:00 P. M. at the home place of Mabel
Gillis, known as the Norman Gillis Home
Place:
One (1) Super C Farmall tractor; one
(1) International Diesel tracor, N 0.424;
one (1) set 3 point hitch harrows; corn
sheller; one (1) set John Deer planters;
one (1) tractor wagon; one (1) set 14 in.
bottom plows; one (1) 1961 Chevrolet '/2
ton piclup; one (1) chain saw; one (1)
Browing Automatic shot gun; one (1) 22
Winchester rifle; several hog feeders
and watering equipment; and many
other items of farm equipment and
supplies.
The right o refuse the sale of any item
is reserved.
Kathleen G. Gillis
Administrator of the Estate of
Rhodus Gillis.
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Mrs Bonnie Eranks and Miss
(Honda Bush. Dublin; Mrs
Geraldine Mixon, Warner
Robins 3 sisters Mrs Lillie
Graham Mcßae Mrs Hattie
Moore Fernandina Beach.
El.i Mis Mattie Durden,
Swainsboro; 2 brothers,
Manning Bush. Savannah;
Elmo Bush Adrian , a sister in
law. Mrs Otis Bush Soperton;
13 grandchildren
Funeral services were
conducted from the Chapel of
Sammons Funeral Home at 3
o'clock Monday afternoon, Feb
22, with the Rev .James Frost
officiating Burial was in the
Dublin Memorial Gardens
Pallbearers were nephews,
Floyd Bush. Hyman Bush,
Hershel Bush. Bud Durden.
Johnny Durden and Morris L
Durden, Jr
Alvin 0. Haines, 82, Mt
Vernon, died in Vidalia early
Tuesday morning. Feb 23
Mr Haines was a native of
Johnson County but had lived in
Montgomery County for 46
years He was a son of the late
Willie A Haines and Mrs
Hattie Redfern Haines He was
a member of the Mt Vernon
United Methodist Church and
was a retired farmer He was
married to the former Miss
Lula Carter who survives him
Survivors in addition to his
wife include one son, W E
Haines. Mt Vernon I brother
Alfred Haines, Sandersville; 3
sisters Mrs Mary Bell Hall,
Wrightsville. Mrs Evella
Tanner, Atlanta, Mrs Julia
Tanner, Swainsboro; 6
grandchildren; « great
grandchildren
Funeral services were
conducted from the Ml Vernon
United Methodist Church at 3
o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
Feb 24. with the Rev David
Haygood officiating Burial
was in Long Pond Cemetery
with Sammons Funeral Home
in charge
Vikings in Region 4-B
Tourney at Alamo
The Region 4 B boys
basketball tournament liegan
Wednesday night at Wheeler
County, with six of the seven
memtier teams participating on
the first night, including the
Vikings Wheeler County drew
a bye on opening night
Treutlen’s opening round
opponent was Georgia Military
Tonight (Thursday), two
contests will be played,
beginning at 7:00 o'clock,
involving the three Wednesday
winners, plus Wheeler County
The two Thursday semi final
victors will tangle for the region
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championship on Friday night
at 8:00 o'clock
Basketball for the regular
season schedule came to an end
lor Treutlen last week as the
local boys and girls divided two
twin bills here With decisions
over SW Laurens and Lyons
here last week, the Treutlen
boys brought their season
record to an outstanding 16 4
mark Treutlen’s girls were
defeated in both theSW Laurens
and Lyons games, to finish witfi
a 5 15 overall mark tor their
efforts in a re building year
In Tuesday’s contest, won by
SW I,aurcns42 37, Treutlen’s
girls put on a late game rally,
but couldn'tquite close the gap
before time ran out
Treutlen scoring Coney.
Gillis I Hudson q, Johnson 11.
Miller Phillips 9. Strickland 7
Wadley
In the boys end of the twin
bill the Vikings came out on top
m an abbreviated contest, 79 53
Vikings scoring Dorsey 19
Kmcy 16 McLendon 19. Payne
I t Griner t Little 5, Fordham
I Barwick 3
Region I B’s tournament for
the girls teams will be held next
Feb,. 25, 1971
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Soperton
News
Garden Club
To Meet on
Mar. 2nd.
The Soperton Garden Club
will meet March 2nd at the
Community Club House with
Mrs Sidney Smith, hostess.
Mrs Curtis Wommack is in
charge of the program All
members are urged to be
present md bring a guest
Carter Seeking
Early Decision
Airport Site
ATLANTA (GPSi Indecision
on the selection of a site for
Atlanta's new proposed airport
is hampering Gov Jimmy
Carter's efforts la move
Georgia forward in the
immediate future Said the
governor
"So many of my own
decisions as governor depend on
Ilie site tor the new airport, it is
impo sible to go forward with
some slate plans until the
airport location is settled”
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