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THE KLAUDT FAMILY
OTONALLY KNOWN
Singers. They Sing At Only They Do The
Jo ITaervic* Hear, They Are Great Musicians and a
Will Be Devoted To Their Sp^i.1
BjL Kand Saturday Nila 7iSO, Sunday Morning
Enjoy The** Great Singer, l n All
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Sicra tun (‘ni
'he first Conunjpnion Methodist Church
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fihJdaj. T|jp Church choir will
{ /iit^ tilt** “God so Loy»*d
I he World" Btiner There will
j.tao/V a duet bv Bett \ ThraUklll
an f Bobbye Jean Brel!
Svenlng services will tie at 7:30.
— he n | n, r , p as t„rh sermon
* -Looking Forward.”
- A( g O ’ c iock will be the Vesper
Choir rehearsal, at 6**45 tin* thr**p
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Jrllovi*lup5 meet for a liarht sup
ijh r before the regular -meet intr and
at 7 the Carol choir will rehearse.
Monday at, 3:30 .the Women’s
So jetv of Christian Service will
hold its ic dilar monthly meetinv
Mr- T. C Barrnni-will be in■ charge
of ih- program The Board of
will hold an important
in« "l inu. .'t 7:30
Pr<\sliyl«*rians
Will Observe
Lord’s Supper
Tlie first Presbyterian Church
will observe the Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper at the Sunday morn
ing service. The pastor, the
E P. Nichols, will speak on
"New Beginning.” At 7:30 P M.
Sunday he will speak on “What is
Prayer?” At 8.30 the young peo
ple will meet for supper and a
program !
Missionary To
Visit Church
Sunday
Miss -Daisy Edgerton. missionary
student at Yale University, will
visit the First Christian Church'
Sunday and Monday.
She will sjieak to the childrep of
l 1 m* Sunday School Department
Sunday morning and will deliver a
brief message at the worship ser
vile At the evening service she
sill sneak to ihc Chiistain Youth
Fellowship and wirtichiate In ilie
•iiurch service.
Miss Fdgtrton is a nuthe of
l.ouisiana and a gniiluaie of North
yesteni Stale College in 1 imisiana.
ihe has at tended Cornell Univer
sity Hikin': a nu e on hum* at id
f lllTy life told she coiliplcted work
at the Co'iige d the Bible iih! Hie
Unh 'r ii.v >f Keii'pe .y ■S!i
low enro'ie f at Yale University.
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W(;:ie\:.n Methodist- church
Os He v ill s M-ak at both
morning and evening iwrvtre Tlie
public is mvitet to attend
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Neoro I'iislor Dies 1
Here Tfcis WeeK
The Ret" FT'sp Respci ‘S. Griffin
Negro pastor -tied hgre this week. i
He is survived by his wife and five
children. I
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What Was Jesus’ World Like? ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Alfred J. Ivtsdiw
Scripture— Matthew 22:15-23:3#; Luke 3, 3:1-3; (ialsUen* 4:1-3.
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The infant Jesus was taken to the tem
ple in Jerusalem a short time after His
birth, and there an old man named
Simeon took the child in his arms and
blessed Him, for he recognized Him as
the Messiah.
Germans Want
Ruhr
II> DEWITT MAC KENZIE
Al* Foreign Affairs Analyst
There is an ominous sound ui
ihe deep -throated, roar oi protest
from German political leaders
over the Ruhr agreement of the
Western Allies.
It is disconcertingly reminestent
i ol the situation after World War
! I. Then a bitter Germany—defeat
ed physic-all) but not iu spirit—
forihwith set about preparing for
World War II
She wanted revenge—territorial
expansion Deutschland ubr alles.
In a short score of years she had
rearmed herself, and she struck.
It was the Ruhr wiucti enabled
th Hiterlized Germans to
bark on fresh aggression That
great industrial area, built
coal and iron fields, is the heart
of the nation's war potential
But the Ruhr is more .than that,
It U one of tlie keystones of
European economy. The well being
of the whole continent depends on
the fuel and the steel products
wliich pour out of the Ruhr when
Its mines and factories are work
ing
Small wonder tlreiv that the Ruhr’
should become a dangerous' issue
v.iUi many angles. Rus, i a ’' cold
war against the Western Allies
luuing forced a division of Ger
many, the Ruhr lies wholly within
the Western zone and so Is under
’uri.sfiiction of America. Britian
ul Fiance.
Tlie Western powers have -wo
win problems. They must get the
ti.hr industries going lull bin-*
in order to speed the economic re
ii cry of Europe including West
•rn Germany, under the Marshall
?!.in. At the same time they must
•irevenf ’tills potential arsenal
rum faMiii" under control of Ger
icns who might again try to mek 1 *
ar. France -three times attack
cd. bv C>. many in seventy vars—
has been -inslstant on fool proof
sateznards aeafti-t "Germany -win
be'eoininz a. miUtary power
Aft ’f much argument, end a qood
deal of heartburning. It has been
ti natively agreed to establish • an
LET UK HAVE Fl'N
VEW YORK T • Tlie Women's
esewreh Guild believes that “the
world needs more ioy and America
■should take the lead in supplying
It"' according to tts president, Mrs.
Kay Dorhey. She suggested that
new member, be added to the Presl-
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After Joseph and Mary had taken Jesus
to the temple according to the law, they
returned to Galilee and their home in
Nazareth, where the Boy grew strong
in body and spirit and was filled with
wisdom ana grace.
international authority over the
Ruhr. This comprises the United
States, Britian, France. Belguim ’
... the Netherlands and
The authority* task will be to su
per vise the industries and make
sure that they don’t stray
the paths of peace,
As would be expected,
has denounce dthe agreement call
ing it a triumph of Amrican re
action. The Soviet’ insists on
ing a voice in the control
ington diplomatic quarters retort
that Russia can have a voice pro
vided she ceases her cold war.
| Tlie sharpest reaction
; has come from .the Germans in the
Western zones. They denounce the
agreement as depriving the country
of political and economic rehabi
J litation. Their attitude seems to be
that" they are entitled to reinstate
ment as a major European power
forthwith. '
I went into Germany with the
allied armies of occupation after
the first .World War. and we en
countered much the same attitude
on the part oi many folks. They
had no sense of guilt for their
gression and even were rsentful
because they thought the allies
should move relief Into the Reich
faster. And this while people in the
devastated areas of Belguim and
France were suffering from tjtm
ger.
Well, its • easy to understand
desire of the present dav Germans
i„ Ke t hack to their place In the
sun. However, the time has come
when they must know that the
way of the transgressor is indeed
hard, and that aggression must be
paid for. .
Under the program of the! West
ern allies. Western Germany will be
rehabillted and made prosporous
again, ft will be helped to develop
democratic government
Buf never again can the Reich
lie allowed to acquire the military
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strength which would permit if
furtbur aKRr^ssion. Tt is going ,to
take time and determination
drive that fact home.
dent's cabinet, a secretary of enter
(alnment.
GLOITESTEK STILL BUSY
GLUOCE8TER. Mass. — tP 1 — It
is'estimated that 250,000,000 potmds
of tisli were Handed at this 326
year-old Ashing port during 1948.
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Now John the Baptist, son of the priest
Zacharias, lived all his boyhood in the
wilderness, and when he was a man he
came into the country about Jordan,
preaching the baptism of repentance for
the remission of sins.
British
Schools Are
Overcrowded
LONDON —tiPi— British Uni
versities are overcrowded and un-
1 derstaffed. Their overworked tea
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i the findings of a committee ap
* pointed to report On university de
j velopinent from. 1935 to 1947 as . a
part of government study of nat
ional educational needs.
Like -most of Britain's other
current troubles, the shortcomings
of the universities are largely at
tributed to the war They exist, the
committee said, despite tlie fact
that university incomes have more
than doubled in the 12 years cov
i ered by the report. Most of the
money is provided by the govern
| ment.
Most popular university courses
since the war are in science and
; technology, the number of stu
| dents in these studies almost doub
; led in two years. The committee
j said that increased enrollment
: since the war has "iu most univer- ^
; sities overwhelmed the exisiting ac- ,
commodiition and the shortage of
teaching staff due to the inter
mission of training and recruit-)'
ment during the war will only co-
rect Itself gradually.”
"Unless additional a centum oda- j
ti 011 can ^ speedily provided.? It 1
continued, "the present student
numbers cannot imuntaii’ed
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I without grave risk of impairing,
not only academic standards which.
can be measured directly by ex
am ination results, but also tho«e
pilponderable elements which form
so valuable a part of the univer
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What Was Jesus 1 World Like?
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APOSTLES TELL OK HIS BIRTH, lYHOOD. PREACHING
Srriptu-rp. Mntthrw 22 15,23
Bv VKAVMAN CAMPBELL
WHAT WAS the wot Id ^ like
when Jesus was born and lived
His short life on ear'll
It was verv different from our
own world There was no gas.
electricity, telephones, streetcars,
buses, automobiles, trains or air
planes N*o good roads as we
know them today People walked
in their destinations or rode on
donkeys or horses or in chariots
How did they get messages to
one another ' How did they light
ind heat their homes —often tents
in early Old Testament times?
Mesbngers carried communica
• tiona from one place to another
—rtinmtrs, something like they do
today in the wilder parte of India
and Africa.
Ipto this rough world came the
Babe, Jesus, whose birth we cele
brated last week, and the story
of Whose birth was our lesson
two weeks ago. Babies were no
different than they are today.
Mother* and fathers loved them
vJusV u l hey do today, and re
i joiced at their birth.
The great men of the world are
born in a time that need* them.
They have the necessary qualifi
cation* to meet the need* of that
period. So. "when the fulness of
th* time came. God sent forth
Hi* Ron ” Never was a Great
Man such as this born into a
MEMORY VERSE
•TKon shaU coB Bit nama Jesus, for it ie shall save
ffia people from their sine.“~tSatthev> l:tt.
world that ao desperately needed
Him; and His Influence is world
wide—for all people, not Juat HU
iwn race.
In thl# brief space tt is impos
.ibl* to give much of the histor
al background of thi*. time
l tome wa* the ruling power, and
it, was a Roman world that was
restless in its religious life, dis
satisfied with its many gods and
goddesses, needing a Saviour, but
few recognizing Him when He
cam*.
After th* correct number of
day* had passed after Jeaua'
birth. Hia parents took the Child
to Jerusalem Lp the temple to
offer a sacrifice of "a pair of tur
tle dove* or two young pigeons,”
as was the law
Now there wa* a man in Jeru
salem whose name was Simeon—
a **intly man who had received
a message from the Holy Ghoat
tellng him that he should not dl*
until he had aeen-the Messiah
When Simeon saw the Baby
brought into the temple, he look
Him in hi* arms and blea ted God.
But* M foe.vtifhtt* out lints proeuetd
MHctiMt an* utt* by ptmuttion
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When Jesus grew to manhood and .
preached His gospel, He was closely
questioned by the Pharisee* and Sad
ducees who sought to entangle Him, but
He answered them all wisely.
MEMORY VERSE—Matthew 1:21.
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"Thou ihalt call Hii name Jesus, fer it is He that shall save
His people from their sins."—Matthew 1:21.
TOO GOOD TO BE TRIT
BOUNTIFUL, Utah —(If*— Thr ee
hundred school pupils had been
suffering "from a slight case of
food poisoning. The most frantic
call to a doctor was directed by a
mother who said: ‘Doctor, what
Shall I do? My daughter ate the
siiBf food the rest of the children
pid. but there’s nothing wrong with
her!”
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saying,/"Lord, now lottest Thou
Thy servant depart in peace, ac
r irdingyto Thy word For nunc \
eyes have seen Thy salvation.”
Sime also blessed Mary and
Joseph, things I who marveled much at
the Simeon said
- After I'tll* Mary and Joseph
went :k to Galilee, to the city
of Na roth, from whence they
had traveled to Bethlehem, for tax- the
city of vid. to register
at ton— ana* Joseph was of the
House ofiD*thd. "And the Child
grew ant wMted strong in.spirit.
tilled wit wt«dom and the grace
of God w ppon Him
Anothi great man was born
shortly t ire Jesus of Nazareth.
He wa* »on of the prie*t
Zachariai.T I he spent his life
in the wildl less, but when the
call came fr l alxive, John came
forth "into j the country about
Jordan, pre* ring the baptism of
repentance i r the remission of
sms," and 1 >phe*ymg the corn
ing of the I
John bapt l^esus, at His in
sistencn, and ien that waa done,
heaven waa |nad, and a voice
from heave* J8, "Thou art My
beloved Soq I Tllee I am well
pleased U of the Phari
Matthew I Iducees Ul
seea and 8 who chal
lenged Jeau when He left Hi*
boyhood hon la*M> began preach-
ing. trying to a iBfl* Him. The
Pharisees aakfl Him if it was
lawful to give « bute to Tiberius
Caesar, the Roi IB ruler of the
world. Jesus an Mred by calling
for a coin on wh * Caesar's head
waa stamped. ** |m4*r unto Cae
*ar the thing* tl It age Caesar'*,”
waa, Jesus' ana Ur; "and unto
God the things bat art God's,"
and he called mlaeusness hypocrite* but
who professed rlglf I I'hves.
did not.live
Then th* Snl Ifcoaaa had their
turn, asking Jaf | About the Res
urrection. in V ch they did not
wlaeiyr«o believe. This/too the Jesi,is couW answered not
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In this w. rid into
was sent, look/nS ifte Greeks for gods and in Roman* whom
were the Jew*
th*y ct <1 trust; were
looking r a Messiah who would
reator# (yaw Vthe race to accepted it* former Je
glory, j of them
SIM •use H# insisted that they
—the people themselves—should
repent of their sins, love God. and
their rother men.
Tilt :eun«»l Council at KOl sle**
By Klnc rutw** lyMRlU.
Adventist Pastor Here
Accepts Call To N. C.
Pastor and-Mrs. J L. Everett of
the Griffin Seventh Dav Adventist
Church have accepted a call to a
church in Wilmington. N: G
The Adventist pastor will leave
Griffin this weekend. He traus- ;
lerred to the local church from Al
bany,. several months ago and he
j completed a special Bible study
series this week . \
Conference officials said a new
; pastor will be announced later.
( Unlike Europeans, Americans are
slow m developing a (aste for wine
\n a- compliment to a dinner or
oilier meal..
LICENSES
Mrs. J. L. Merck will make
out your applications for:
• Auto Tags
/• Hunting Licenses
• Fishing Licenses
• Drivers’ Licensee
| For J. S. Tucker
Rondfflf & Blakely,
Incorporated
FORD PLACE
TAX RECEIVER’S NOTIC
TAX BOOKS ARE OPEN FOR MAKING STATE
COUNTY TAX RETURNS FOR 1949 |
Y ou are required by law to make tax returns ever
in order to get tax exemptions. If you do not mal
return* you can not get exemption*.
You mint have deed to property and live on sai
January 1, 1949 to get tax exemption*. You cann<
property now and get exemptions for 1949.
H. T. JOHNSON
Tax Receiver.
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and Acetylene Welding.
Job*. • Wreck* Rebuilt.
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EDITOR, The News:— So m
your subcsribers and groups i
ed The Salvation Army wit
annual Christmas Cheer Pr
that I wish to take this mediu
opportunity to say thanks to
a successful effort,, and as
we know, no family or ch
need was neglected ' durin
season.
Nearly 1.000 individuals tt
help ,,in some way, thanks t
united effort. This assistan
eluded groceries, toys, clothin
fruits, candies, etc.
It would be impossible to
all groups and individuals tJ
sisted in, this worthy proja
the following should receivj
tion: The Kiwanis Club, al
pecially the Youth Service]
mittee, who helped to mat j
Toy Shop possible: the
News, Radio Station 1 WKEl
the theaters for the publicitl
this effort and to the men
who paid for the display!
tisements. The city offiem
operated in every way possM
the Spalding High Spalding] schoo]
mar, and West Griffin
their White Christmas gil
those less fortunate.
Many merchants gave toys'
clothes, nuts etc. through thl
nis Club, and direct to us. AM
mate a retail value of $l!
merchandise. j
Over $500 in cash was gia
used for this program. TV
eluded two $100 cliecks, arum
smaller donatiqns of chefl
folding money. Two hut^B
lars was given in small
our kettles, in counter
tlie proflits from the ChrisjH
Cry. Each donation was
a PPreciated, from the large*
! smallest, and each helped ■
happiness to those in need
community. t
The Powell Sign Comps
nished the needed signs, wi
al individuals assisted in I ,
deliveries in the rural area! i.
The churches, clubs, dj
Lions ana Welfare Departnl
operated in comparing and]
ing needy families, and na
- order to avoid duplications.
Again we say a hearty ‘
Griffin, and Spalding Couni
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