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Talent, Your Time, Your
Influence In Griffin I
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By Quimby Melton
Thirty-three years ago the
great Southern newspaper man,
C. P. J Mooney, edttor of tne
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
■ wrote a Christmas editorial that
is accepted as one of the finest
things he ever wrote—and he
wrote thousands of splendid
editorials.
At this season of the year,
when the Christian world is
preparing to observe the birth
day of Jesus, Good Evening
would like for his readers to
have a copy of this Mooney edi
torial. Read it and clip it for
your scrap book, We believe.
after you have read it, that it
is the best Christmas editorial
ever written.
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JESUS, THE PERFECT MAN
There is no other character in
history like that of Jesus.
As a preacher, as a doer of
things, and as a philosopher,
no man ever had the sweep and
the vision of Jesus.
A human analysis cf the hu
man actions of Jesus brings to
view a rule of life that is amaz
ing in its perfect detail.
The system of ethics Jesus
taught during His earthly so
journ 2,000 years ago was true
then, has been true in every cen
tury since, and will be true for- i
ever.
Flato was a great thinker and
learned in his age, but his I
teachings did not stand the test !
of time. In big things and in ;
little things time and hurrah
experience have shown that he j
erred. j
Marcus Aurelius touched the i
reflective mind of the world, but
he was as cold and austere as
brown marble. ;
The dcctrine of Confucius gtivp
a great nation moral and mental
dry rot. I :
The teachings of Buddha re
sulted in mental and moral I
chaos that makes India derelict. j
Mohammed offered a system
of ethics which was adopted bv
millions of people. Now th-lr
children live In des n rts where
once there w°re cities, along dry
rivers where once there was | I
mclsture, and in the shadows of
gray, barren hills where once
there was greenness.
Thomas Aquinas was a pro
found philosopher, but parts of
his system have been abandoned.
Francis of Assisi was Christ
like in his saintliness, but in
some things he was childish.
Thomas a Kemols’ Imitation
of Christ is a thing of rare
beauty and sympathy, but it
is, as its name indicates, only
an Imitation.
Sir Thomas Mare’s Utopia Is
yet a dream that cannot be real
ized.
Lord Bacon In writing on
chemistry and medicine under
the glasses of the man working
In a 20th century laboratory is
pup r lle.
The world’s most learned doc
tors until a hundred and fifty
years ago gave dragon's Wood
and the ground dried lolls of
lizards and shells of egg for cer
tain ailments. The great sur
geons a hundred yen-s ncq bled
a man if he were wounded.
Napoleon had the warld at
his feet for four years, and
when he died the world was go
ing on its way as if he had never
lived.
Jesus taught little as to prop
erty because He knew there
w-re things of more Importance
than property. He measured
property and life, the body and
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LOWELL H. SWENSON
Aero Club Entertains
National Officer
Here On Tuesday
The Griffin Aero Club will enter
tain Lowell H. Swenson, manager
of the National Aeronautic Associa
tion, at a luncheon Tuesday noon,
at the Griffin Hotel. President Jack
Cozine, cf the local club, has In
vited persons Interested In form
ing similar clubs in neighboring
cities to attend the meeting.
Special invitations have been ex
tended to air minded persons in
Concord, Zebulon. Jackson, Bsmes
ville, Jonesboro, Monticello, Thcm
aston and McDcnough.
The local club has a membership
of 88 and recently was given its
charter as a unit of the National
All members of the
club are expected to attend
the meeting Tuesday.
Lowell Swenson, manager of the
National Association, was born in
Minnesota. For several years he
was editrr of various trade publiea
tions, as well as an official with a
national advertising agency.
Organizing' the Greater Twin Ci-
Club in 1940 he first served as secre
tary-treasurer and then as presi
dent. In 1943 he was elected to
the national board of NAA and be
came president of the Minnesota
Council. He is now serving as na
tional manager.
Lodge No. 26 Plans
Elections Tuesday
Election Night will be held bv
members of Meridian Sun Lodge
No. 26 Tuesday night. There will
be election and installation of of
ficers. The meeting will begin at
7:30. All members are urged to
attend, Qualified visitors will be
welcomed.
j GIANT TURNIPS GRIFFINITE ARE
RAISED BY
j Patrick, is ‘ optometrist
D. Ii. an
by trade, and a Victory Gardener on
the side. And lie has done some
remarkable vegetable growing If the
size of some turnips he brought to
| THE NEWS Is any Indication.
bunch cf five turnips weighed more
than ten pounds.
ONE EGG TO MAKE
CHRISTMAS OMELET
FOR THE NIDAS
The Wilson Nlda family, liv
ing on S. Sixtli St., is not wor
rying about their Christmas
| morning breakfast. They will
have an -omlet.
And it will be made from one
egg.
For teday Nlda was proudly
displaying a giant egg, laid by a
Barred Rock hen, that was 3
1-2 Inches long, five Inches In
circumference and that weighed
five ounce*.
GRIFFIN, GA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1945
A cold wave, sweeping out of
the north, gripped Griffin over
the week-end sending the tem
perature down to 1“ degrees this
morning. And the weather man
warns that the cold spell will
continue for several days with
the mercury skidding to ten
degrees tonight.
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
j The coldest temperatures of the
season gripped the Southeast today
as frigid weather stemming from the
Arctic continued its siege of mos*
areas east of the Rockies.
} In Buffalo. N. Y . beleaguered by i
the werst blizzard in the city's
j history, a state of emergency «a'
nroclaimed by Mayor Joseph J.!
Kelley.
The weatherman saw no imme
diate relief from the frigid blasts
that carried the mercury to 20 de
grees below zero Jn Montana, 15
below in North Dakota, tc sub-zero
levels in Iowa ar.d Nebraska, and j
ito 2 below in Pittsburgh. \
At Atlanta, the mercury slipped
to 19—lowest reading since February
2. when it was three degrees colder.
It was 12 at Greensboro, N. C„
14 at Chattanooga. Tenn., 15 at
Rome in north Georgia, and 16 at
Birmingham, Ala.
The Northern Plains shivered un
der a new outbreak of c:ld Arctic
air. Readings _ ,. of from 10 to 20
below , , were commonplace , in . much .
cf eastern Montana and through
North Dakota.
The Middle Atlantic States also
felt the pre-winter onslaught. At
Richmond. Va., teeth chattered as
the mercury plunged to 12. Wash
ington recorded 17; New Ycrk City
13, a drop of 15 degrees from Sun
day.
Light rains softened the
Rio Grande Valley, where tem- ,
peratures m the .... high 40s and 50s
were considered . "rather .. cool” Tor
this time of the year. I '
In contrast, it was 1 at Chicago,
2 at Omaha, Nebr., emd 13 at Bos-
Week-End Here
Griffin spent a quiet week-end
Saturday and Sunday. Sheriff Lu
hcr Middlebrooks reported today
it was one of the quietest he nar
-ver seen.
Police Chi“f Stanley Harper rp
"ortrd that the week-end was “ex
tremely quiet. "The Fire Department
’•eported that there were no fires
and the local office of the State
Highway Patrol rep'rted that there
no accidents.
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RECEIVES DISCHARGE
Technical Sergeant Eugene
Cobb has been honorably discharg
ed from the Army of the Unite' 1
Slates after serving for 45 months,
He ent 23 months overseas. The
discharged soldier Is authored tv
wear t European Theater Ribbon
with five battle stars, the
Condust Medal, the Victory Ribbon
and the American Theater Ribbon
I During his perlrd of service In the
Army Cobb was with the 990th
Combat, Engr. Treadway Bridge'
Company. He received his discharge
\ at Camp Blandlng, Fla., on Novem
ber 28. He is now at home with his
I parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Cobb
of Brooks.
I.T COL. JOE CUMMING
ARRIVES IN STATES
I t Cel Joe dimming has
ed to the United States from
European Theater of peratlons. Col.
dimming landed In Virginia
will go to Fort Bragg, N. C.. where
he wrlll receive his discharge. He
expects to return' to Orlffln to make
his home the first of the year.
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Funeral services were held this
ftt 2 c . clock at „ alsten . s
Chapel for Mr Willlam Blant Ree .
ves 66 whQ dled Sa(urday
noon at 4 Q . clock at his home ob
the wlniamson Road . Rev Carl
P e aoock officiated at the services.
Interment followed in Oak Hill
oemetery
The , following „ . served , as pallbear
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ers: Llnwcod , Johnston. , , Grover
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Wh]te Jr ^ 3ullali
Hand Herman and Harola
Fields
Mr Reeves was the son of the
a,e Jamei > Ree ' es »«« M » ] y Ja " e
-Chambers Reeves. H? was formerly
em Pi°V e d bv Dundee Mill No. 1. Hs
had been ill for four years.
Survivors are his wife. Mrs. Ella
Reeves; three daughters. Mrs
, foe Johnston, ... „ Mrs. Ollie , Bennett, _
and Miss Sybil Reeves, all of Gnf
fin; two sons, James A. Reeves
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Griffin, and . Arnold ,, _ L. Reeves, _ sea'- .
man first class, stationed at Manila
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Police Crack CIO
Picket Line
DETTROIT.—i^P)—Pclice cracked a
picket line of CIO United Auto; |
Worker strikers to escort office I
workers into one plant of Genera. !
Motors todav while at other factor
ips the P‘ ckPt linPS °P pnpd voiun-1
tald '
A flying wedge formation cf
hce charged the line at the AC
; Spark Plug division in Flint, bring
'ing some 20 office workers into the
I administration building at the out
set with another 120 later follow
Th'e union's wage fights in the
auto indu r try broadened meanwhile
as the newlv formed Kaiser-Frazei'
Corp. entered the negotiations scene.
I President R. J. Themas of the
UAW-CIO planned to carry the un
case personally into the first 1
conference with Kalser-Frazer (1:30
P. M. EST.) while other unionists
met again with General Motors
(2 P. M.)
A meeting with the Ford Motor
company was postponed until to
morrow at 10 A. M.. limiting to
day's dccket to General Motors and
v H'ser-Frazer
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FRATERNITY TREASURER
Bill Berk, III, of Orlffln ha*
been re-elected * rca,urer cl fhe
Delta. Theta chapter at the
University of Oeorgla and will serve
for the next six months. Election
cf officers was held Iasi week.
Temperance work in Griffin
gan in 1869. It was started by
late Col. W E H. Searcy, Sr,
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COLLISION OF SEABOARD TRAINS KILLS SEVEN—At least seven
persons were killed and about 60 were injured in this mass of wreck
a ge resulting from the collision of two fast Seaboard Railroad trains
near Kollock, S. C., Dec. 16. The southbound “Silver Meteor." en
route from New York to Florida, ran into the northbound “Sun
Queen,” running between Florida points and New York, as the “Queen”
was pulling into a siding.— (AP Wirephoto).
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Mrs D> cllilds ’ diet i early
Sunday morning at the home of
her daughter, Mrs J. J. M Mize,
on South „ Ninth . Street.
Survivors, in addition tc Mrs.
Mize, are three sons, T. O. Childs of
Macon. J. H. Childs of Cordele, and
W. A. Childs of Waycross; seven
grandchlIdren . two great g randch ii
dren; a cousin, Mrs. H H Bass of
Q r jj Rn
Funeral services were neld this
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Cor
dele Methodist Church in Cordele
Dr. M. E. Poem officiating. In
terment followed , „ . in the Cordele
cemetery. Frank S. Pittman, fu- .
neral , director, was in charge , of ar
raneements.
Pallbearers Were F. L. Carswell.
G. Carswell. H. H. Parker, Jack
Shenard. B. D. Williams, Sr., and
E. C. Irving.
Pvt., Mrs. Savage
Lose Young Son
Robert Z. Savage,I seven-weeks old
of Pvt. Robert L. Savage, sta
tinned in Japan, and Mrs. Mary
S.avage, 29 Plum Street, died
the Strickland Memorial Hospital
Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock after
being ill fer one day. Graveside
were held Sunday afternoon at.
4 o'clock in Oak Hill ccmctcrv With
Rev Clarence Chamblev officiating,
Hci'tcn Brothers, funeral directors,
were in charge of arrangements
Survivors, in addition to the baby's
parents, ara grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs .1 S Bogus and Mr. and Mrs.
W A. Savage, all of Griffin.
Ration ---- - Board Is
In New Office
The War Price and Ration Board
Office opened this morning at its
new location. 118 1-2 East Salomon
Street. The office was moved from
Solomon ,
its former location on West
Street during the week-end
TWO LOCAL SEAMEN
RECEIVE DISCHARGES
JACKSONVIILE. FIs.—Two
men from Griffin. On . have been
discharged from the Naval Service
at the Separation Center here They
are Henry O Upson, seaman
class, 411 Linden Avenue, and James
iL. Rice, seaman first class,
FORECAST FOR GEORGIA:
Fair and colder toplght.
Maximum Today: 37
Minimum Today: 17
Maximum Sunday: 39
. Minimum Sunday: 22.
Final Riles Tuesday I
For Major Jowitl ! |
Final rites will be held at Pitt
mans • Chapel „. , Tuesday _ . incming a; ,'
10 30 for Major Thaddeus C. Jo
witt, 65, who died Saturday morning
at the hospital in Hendersonville,
N. C. Rev. Byron M. Wilkinson
and Rev. Zach C. Hayes. Jr., will
conduct the rites. Interment will
follow In Oak Hill cemetery.
Pallbearers will be E. F Travis,
Jim Nutt, J H Crouch, J H.
T. T. Blakely, P J Slaton, L. P
Goodrich, and John Mills.
Major JoWttt. was a veteran cf the
Spanish-American War and of World
War I. Since 1934 he had made his
home in Hendersonville, N Cl.
neral services were held at the First
Baptist Church in Hendersonville
tWMjAioniing the deceased at 10:30. shipped The to body oi
was
fin immediately after the services.
SuiViVors are his w ife, Mrs.
Beck Jowitt of Hendersonville;
daughter, Mrs Robert Bruce Col
Her of Henderscnville; one
son. Robert Bruce Collier, Jr.,
Hendersonville; one brother, Geci
dings Jowitt of Augusta; one sister.
Graveside Services
Held For Mr.
Graveside services were held Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock In the
family cemetery In Pike County for
Mr. W. T. Vaughn, 50. who died
Fiiday at Milledgeville. Frank S.
Pittman, funeral director, was In
charge of arrangements.
Survivors are his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Vaughn of Zebulon: two
brothers. Henry Vaughn and Frank
Vaughn, both of Zebulon; five sis
ters. Mrs. Pellle Neal. Mrs. Louise
Akins, both of Zebulon, Mrs. Ber
tie Mae Brcwn of Haralson. Mrs.
Pauline Brown of Fayetteville, and
Mrs. Myrticc Clark of Griffin.
High Lights Can Be
Secured At Library
Griffin High School students may
obtain the Christmas issue of The
High-Light at Hawkes' Library, Miss
Mabel Brantley, faculty adviser an
nounced today The papers which
were to be distributed Wednesday,
December 19, arrived in Griffin aft
er school eh sed Friday.
JAMES H. GOODMAN
RETURNS TO STATES
James II Goodman. OM 3-c. has
returned to the Stales after serv
ing aboard the U. S. S Bergen,
an attack transport, in the Paci
fic for 10 months. He Ls expected
to arrive in Griffin socn Good
tnan also served for 12 months in
the Atlantic aboard the U. S. S.
Herzog. HLs wife, formerly Miss
Sara Crawford, lives at 415 Nortn
Eighth Street.
ROYAL E. COOK IS
DISCHARGED FROM ARMY
FORT MrPHERSON.—Royal F.
Cook, technician fifth grade. Route
B, Griffin, Oa., has been honorably
discharged from the Army of the
United States C'ok served for 40
in the Army.
6 SHOPPING DAYS
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Invest, Your Money, Yi
Talent, Your Time, Your
Influence In Griffin!
60 KNOWN
INJURED
IN CRASH
Four Service Men
Amonjf Those Who
Were Kitted
KOLI OCk. S c --</P)~The death
j toll in the wreck of two of the Sea- >
iboard Air Line's luxury trains pack
| ed with many holiday travelers and
i homeward bound coidlers Was revis
i (d downward today.
TW-Hiivistr.n headquarters cf the
railroad at Norfolk, Va., said a re
check disclosed that only six per
. sons lost their lives when the Flor
id a-bound “Silver streak-
ing through the morning mists,
ploughed into the northbound "Sun
Queen." near here. - <3jgM
Previously, the SAL had reported
seven killed, but a duplication was
discovered in the names of a serv
iceman - ° ne soldlPr and ^ Nav T
men were killed, the SAL said, but
authorities ... are withholding their
namPS pending notification of kin.
More than m persons wm hcspi .
talized at a half dozen towns. Many
of them were released later, how
ever. Scores of others received first J
aid treatment. The trains were
leaded to capacity and carried a
bout 400 passengers each.
The wreck occurred b fore dawn
yesterday as the Sun Queen was
; pulling into a siding. All the cars
j had not cleared the main track as
; the Silver Meteor sped out of the
i frigid darkness, slicing the north
bound train In two.
Tiie dining car and four coaches
j of the Sun Queen were scrambled, as
were .the locomotive, one coach and
Sleepers of the Florida-bound
train.
The dead reported by Worton
were:
W W. Shoemaker of Raleigh, ii.
on the Silver Meteor,
James Ferrell of Richmond. Va..
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Chester Roberts
Heads Lodge 413
Chester W. Roberts was elected
worshipful master of Masonic Lodge
413 last week to succeed Claude R
Williams. Joe B. Swofford was,
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elected senior warden, John A\ -
pry, junior warden. W P Boggy
treasurer, n O Viccry, • < re'.i \
Hid Joe A Duke, tyler
Dnsey Harris was <T rted a trus
tee for three years The app< up :v ,
officers named K o P :
were
••heater, chaplain tin-old V Kr„
ienlor deacon, Erid Combs Car!y’
tunior deacon. John W Pruct*
nir.r steward, and fiances A
•prior stewart
Reports for the vex a w-d I.
113 had had one i! ia m
-cssfrl years
5GT. J. E. TAYLOR
RETURNS FROM EUROPE
First Sergeant Jan””; F Tayl
ha* returned to the United
if ter serving for 26 mon'h* in the
European Theater « 1 OprrxUoi
Sqt Taylor's wife, formerly Mi
Ora re Dedn. resides at 114 Norn
Tenth Street She expect* to loir
Sgt. Taylor in Augusta at a later
date
EDGAR HEAD GETS
DISCHARGE
JACKSONVILLE, Fla Edgar
Hrnd, seaman first class, of Ex
has received his discharge
the Nava! service at the .Sep
Center here.
Established 1871
Georgia Oui Of Debt
For First Time In
Years, Arnall Reports
ATLANTA -t/P — Georgia, Gov.
Eliis Arnall reixtrts, is in the black.
for probably the first time.
There's enough money on hand
and earmarked to pay aii its deoli>—
current, bonded or contracted.
On next June 20 the 'nd of the
fiscal year the governor plans a
big bond but ning ceremony at ine
capitol.
At that time, he says, ail oti
tending r bite bonds will
sv h 1 1) raid in full
In a st ip, the governor point
on the tina'nrial achieve
nr ip w made in period t;f ex
\ t *•
When he b pernor three
. Arnall said, the gross debt
nf the slate was S35.9 1.630 and the
' $25,795,415.
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te 1 intlebtednes*.
’it h it malu: rhe
tu-t o > anti at the
zero point.
The ivernst id much of the
: edit fi r the hf'lthy financial con
di'ion of the state was due to the
painstaking wot-K of B. E. Thrasher,
J", state auditor and assistant dl
rector of the budget.
The governor expressed the opin
ion, “bar none."
He said that the new constitution
the people adopted in August with
its safeguards and checks on fin
ances “Georgia ought to remain in
good financial condition.