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By Quimby Melton
This week we begin a new ser
ies of Sunday School lessons in
which we study “Man In God’s
Purpose.” There are six lessons
in this unit, the first is "In The
Image of God.” The background
Scripture for this first lesson is
from Genesis 1:26-31; Psalms 8;
Matthew 12:1-14; 18:1-14; Acts:
10:34-35; and Hebrews: 2:5-9.
The Memory Selection is “God
created man in his own image,
hi Z'.o image of God created he
him; male and female created
he them.” (Genisis 1:27.)
This lesson should help one
appreciate not only his owm in
finite worth as a child of God.
but at the same time realize
that no man should look down
on another because all men are
the children of God the Father.
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The other five lessons in this
series will be:
“Man is a Sinner”; “M a n Re
deemed”; "Communion With
God;” “Living With Others”;
and “Christian Commitment.”
This series not only gives us
the blessed assurance that God
considers each of us His son or
daughter, but that He also con
siders every other human being
His child. The extent to which
we believe this will determine
how we treat our fellow man.
This week's lesson says All
Men are created in the Image
of God. The Bible does not say
s “Some Men”. In fact If we will
but add the word “All” to the ti
tle of each of these lessons then
we will more easily understand
each of them.
For what man thinks of his
fellow man — all men — deter
mines just how one treats all of
them. If one has the mistaken
idea that he is a favorite with
God and that other humans were
put here for him to exploit then,
in the opinion of this layman,
one has missed the entire pur
pose of God in putting man on
earth
In this first lesson we are told
th.-t God created man in H i s
own image; and as we study fur
ther we find that man proved
unworthy and was driven out
into a sinful world. Then as we
continue to study the Bible we
should rejoice when we realize
that God decided in all His
wisdom that man should be re
i deemed, He sent the Blessed
so
Savior to wipe out our sins and
redeem all of us. And as we
think of the events as recorded
in the Bible, both Old and
New Testaments let’s remember
that word “AH”. God is no res
pector of persons. We are told
that time and time again.
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This week’s lesson tells of Jes
us going to the synagogue “as
was His wont”. He found a man
with a withered hand. It so hap
pened that it was a Sunday and
the “leaders” of the synagogue
were hoping that Jesus would
heal the man so they could char
ge Jesus with violating the Sab
bath, But Jesus paid no attention
to them, no doubt he could read
their minds and knew they were
trying to “trap” Him.
Then, after He had healed the
man He asked those “leaders”
if they had a sheep that had fal
len into a ditch, would they
wait until Monday to rescue
It?
“How much more then is a
man better than a sheep?” he
asked.
That’s a question we might
ask ourselves today —
How much better is a man
than any animal, any possession,
any prominent position.
iuite frequently we hear
someone talking about someone
who has died and asking the
question "How much was he
worth? How well off did he lea
ve his wife and children?”
But what a person owns or
what size estate he leaves his
family does not establish the
true worth of a man or woman.
The value of a man cannot be
described in economic terms.
God and God alone can deter
mine the true value of a man,
i and we are warned that some
who are first, may wind up the
least.
INFUENZA ATTACK
GASGOW, Scotland (UPI)
— At least 30 persons died last
week from influenza in Scot
land, official figures showed
Thursday. The deaths were
reported from 17 principal
towns with a population
more than 30,000 a registrar
general report said.
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Bill Jones was fitted with a fireman’s hat this morning as soon as he entered the
fire station to begin his duties as fire chief. The hat is that of Fire Chief Leonard
ritts. Other Boy Scouts filled similar positions in the city and county
ments during Scout Civic Day. govern
Scouters Take
Over For
Boy Scouts of the Spalding Dis
trict today climaxed Boy Scout
Week with the observance of
Civic Day. The Scouts took over
the offices of the city and county
for the day.
The Scouts and officials of the
city and county met at the city
hall courtroom this morning and
were assigned to the officials.
The boys followed the routine of
the officials this morning and
were treated to lunch at noon
at Russell’s Restaurant.
The Scouts continued their “Du
ties” this afternoon until dismis
sed by the official.
The oaths of office were ad
Arnall Opposes
School Mergers
GORDON, Ga. (UPI)—Form
er Gov. Ellis Arnall, has come
out in opposition to consolida
tion of Georgia school districts.
Arnall, again campaigning
for the governor ship, said
Thursday he saw no need to de
duce the number of school dis
tricts from 196 to 40, as has
been urged by state education
leaders.
The former governor told the
Wilkinson County Jaycees that
he opposed consolidation be
cause “this would mean haul
ing children as far as 50 miles
from their homes to their
schools.”
His stand places him in op
position to the "Peabody re
port,” a survey conducted at
the request of the State Educa
tion Board. TTie report said
fewer school districts would
streamline the state’s education
system. The proposal has come
under heavy fire from rural
leaders.
Arnall said that when he was
governor during World War II
the number of school districts
was reduced from 1,453 to 196.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, February 11,1966
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Cloudy to partly cloudy
and mild tonight and Saturday.
LOCAL WEATHER — High
today 65, low today 56, high
Thursday 68, low Thursday 49,
rainfall .5 of an inch, sunrise
Saturday 7:24, sunset Saturday
6 : 20 .
ministered to the Scouts by City
Manager Jack Langford in the
absence of the city attorney, W.
H. Beck, Jr. The boys were as
signed to the officials by Scout
Executive Jerry Meyer.
Boys assisnged to the various
officials were:
Mayor, Randy Tarleton;
City Manager, Tony Singletary;
City Engineer, Hal Johnson;
Building Inspector, Joe Spain;
Chief of Police, Philip Statum;
Captain of Police, Steve Howard.
Patrolman, Walter Gary; Dir
ector of Public Works, Aaron
Teal; Director of Recreation,
John Davis; Superinendent of
Sanitary Department, Don Duf
fy; Superintendent of Dog Pound
David Doscher; Superintendent
of Cemetery, Andy Crossfield.
Superintendent of Light and
Water Department, Tommy
Thornhill, Superintendent of
Filter Plant, Steve Harris; Chief
of Fire Department, Bill Jones;
Clerk of Court, David Landrum;
Ordinary, Gordon Brown; Sher-
Tent Dwellers
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI)— The
"upper class” tenants of Ft.
Gordon are the tent dwellers.
That’s the word from the men
who live in them.
Rep. Robert G. Stephens, D
Ga., charged earlier this week
that troops at the post here
were being forced to live in
tents because of recent military
construction cutbacks. He said
they had to occupy the tense
during recent sub-zero weather.
The tents were warmer than
the barracks, according to the
soldiers. Some of the troops ad
mitted they got cold, but added
they were warmer than their
buddies in the barracks.
GHS Students To Lead
Motorcade To Rally
iff, Bruce Jones; Tax Commiss
ioner, David Smith; Tax Asses
sor, Larry Biles.
County Agent, Glenn Bunn;
Juvenile Probation .Officer, Cr
aig Stephen; Superior Court Pro
bation Officer, Kemsy Shedd;
Warden, Pat Newton; Health
Department Sanitarian, Vick
Kitchens; School Superintendent,
Wade Spradlin; Chairman of
County Commissioners, Danny
Morris; District Scout Executive
Tony Wofford.
STRANGE LOOK
AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI) —The
Secret Service said Thursday
an identifiable feature of
counterfeit $20 bills being
passed in this area is a strange
look in Andrew Jackson’s eyes.
TALK ON WEEDS
ST. LOUIS (UPI) Dr. Mark
B. Weed spoke to the Weed
Soviety of America Thursday
about how to kill crabgrass.
The tents contain two oil
burning stoves and a liner to
keep in heat.
Co. Joseph Fell said the
tents are also more desirable
because there is more privacy
in a seven-man tent than in a
57-man barrack. Also, he said,
there is less disease in tents
because there is less contact
with other persons.
“Tents aren’t good, but neith
er’s the Army,” quipped a re
cruit.
"Hell,” growled a sergeant.
"During World War H I didn’t
see a barrack for the first four
years."
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Climax: At Stadium
Griffin High students will end
two months of work on “Affirma
tion: Viet Nam” Saturday when
they lead a motorcade to Atlan
ta Stadium for a rally to support
the U. S. commitment in Viet
Nam.
The motorcade from this area
will form at the Griffin High
parking lot beginning at 11 a.m.
Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert will lead
it to the stadium.
Several busses will be avail
able for those people who do not
want to take their automobiles.
Gerrit Gustafson, one of the
leaders in promoting the pro
ject here, cautioned Griffinites
to dress for rainy weather. He
challenged people of this area
not to let inclimate weather spoil
their plans to go to the rally.
Gustafson and other leaders
of the movement called on Grif
finites to "evacuate the city"
just for a few hours Saturday
afternoon and attend the rally.
The students working on the
project will have several ban
ners designating the Griffin de
legation. Some of them will be
placed on cars on the motorcade.
Others will be used to hold up
at the stadium rally to identify
the Griffin backers of "Affir
mation: Viet Nam."
A spokesman for the Griffin
students said that more than
7,000 signatures had been secur
ed on an opinion poll asking if
people supported the U. s. com
mitment in Viet Nam.
About 98 percent of those sign
ing the polls said they support
ed the commitment.
Backers of the project want
the mass rally to be a symbol
to the world that most of the
American people support their
government’s efforts to block
communists in Viet Nam.
The rally will be an effort to
counter some of the demonstra
tions against U. S. commitment
in Viet Nam.
Students from other schools in
the area plan to meet in Griffin
and go with the group.
Pike and Henry High schools
have indicated they will come
to Griffin to join the motorcade
from here.
A number of nationally known
entertainers will join government
officials in participating in the
rally.
Dean Rusk, Secretary of State,
is scheduled to appear and ac
cept the opinion poll signatures
during the ceremony.
Also scheduled to appear are:
Gov. Carl Sanders, Sen. Herman
Talmadge, Sen. Richard Russ
ell, Gen. Lucius Clay, many
Georgia congressmen, 14 am
bassadors including those from
South Viet Nam, South Korea,
Australia and the Republic of
China.
Singer Anita Bryant and a
group of Hollywood entertainers
who toured Viet Nam during the
Christmas holidays with Bob
Hope will be on hand to partici
pate.
Sgt. Barry Saddler, the singer
of "The Story of the Green Be
ret”, will be present.
Joint Building
Not Mentioned
In Presentments
A Spalding County grand jury
which met this week during the
February term of Superior Court
did not include in its present
ments any reference to a pro
posed city - county administra
tion building.
In a speech recently to a Grif
fin civic club, Mayor Louis Gold
stein had suggested that a gr
and jury might appoint a non-po
litical group to study the mat
ter.
However, no reference was
made to the proposal in the pre
sentments.
Mayor Goldstein has sugges
ted that a city-county build
ing be constructed to re
place the present city hall buil
ding, county courthouse and
county jaiL
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Melton, Gaissert
Vote Against
Salary Measure
ATLANTA (UPI) Rep.
Quimby Melton Jr. of Griffin
thinks a proposed $4,200 salary
plus $1,000 minimum expense
money is too much for the “part
time” job of being a state legis
lator.
Rep. George Gaissert also of
Spalding County Joined Rep.
Melton in voting against the sal
ary proposal.
Melton, editor of the Griffin
Daily News, added in speaking
against the proposed new sal
ary in the House Thursday that
by part-time he did not intend
to mix news reporting and law
making.
Rep. William Fleming of Au
gusta, challenging Melton’s ar
guments against the salary bill
before it passed the House by
a 122-64 vote, asked Melton
whether he reported legislative
doings for his own paper.
"That’s an absolute error and
mistake,” Melton said. "I have
never written a line (while on
legislative duty) for my paper
or any other paper.” He said
his paper uses a wire service.
“I am also a lawyer and I
don’t practice any law during
legislative sessions," Melton
added.
Melton was almost alone in
openly opposing the pay hike as
a matter of principle, although
a number of House members
objected to various details. Sev
eral suggested different sala
ries.
Rep. Earl Story of Lawrence
ville proposed a lesser salary of
$3,600 plus expenses, saying a
vote for the salary bill was a
sure way for a House member
to stir up political opposition
for himself.
This proposal was defeated,
as was one by Rep. William
Wiggins of Carrollton to change
the figure to $2,400.
Lions Club Here
Expects 500 For
District Meeting
More than 500 people are ex
pected to attend the Lions As
sembly for Georgia District 18-E
to be held in Griffin tonight.
The meeting will begin at 7:30
at the Griffin Moose Lodge.
Dr. Noah Langdale, president
of Georgia State College in At
lanta, will be the featured speak
er.
Representatives of some 47
clubs in the District are expect
ed to attend.
District Governor Frank Holl
bert III of Senoia will serve as
master of ceremonies and han
dle the business of the session.
Ben F. Hoard is president of
the Griffin Club which is host to
the district meeting.
Quirks
ANGRY MAN
TERNI, Italy (UPI) —Police
said Aldo di Vanni, 42, became
violently angry when questioned
on suspicion of fraud—so much
so that he smashed his fist
through a glass door panel at
the police station, whipped off
his wristwatch and swallowed it
before startled policemen could
stop him. He was hospitalized
for observation.
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PHEW ON DEPEW!
AKEWOOD, Colo. (UPI) —
A garbage truck caught fire,
turned into an auto junkyard to
dump the flaming debris and a
fire truck came by to dampen
the odorous mess. It all
happened on Depew Street.
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Rev. Westbury (1) and Rev. Pruett plan trip to
Africa, Europe.
Griffin Minister
Will Visit Africa
Two ministers, one from Grif
fin and the other from Jenkins
burg, will leave Tuesday for vis
its to missions in Africa and Eu
rope.
The ministers are the Rev. E.
P. Pruett, pastor of the First
Assembly of God Church in Grlf
fin, and the Rev. S. J. Westbury,
president of Westbury Medical
Care Home in Jenkinsburg.
The trip which will last for se
veral weeks will take the minis
ters to several African and Eu
ropean countries.
In addition to visiting missions,
the ministers will fill preaching
and speaking engagements.
One of the primary purposes
of the trip is to visit a mission
Meningitis Shots
For Ft. Gordon
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI)—Army
Surgeon General Leonard Hea
ton announced Thursday in
Washington that a mass innocu
lation against contagious men
ingitis will start immediately at
Fort Gordon, Ga. because of
the death of a soldier at the
base from the disease.
Maj. Charles Morn, informa
tion officer at Ft. Gordon, con
firmed that Pvt. Robert W.
Given of Norristown, Pa., died
of the disease but said offi
cials at Fort Gordon had “no
comment” on the proposed in
noculation.
Morn said that Given, 19,
died in his barracks bunk
Wednesday morning about five
and one half hours after he re
ported he was sick. He said
Given went to the dispensary
and " reported he felt dizzy and
a little queasy,” but Morn said
Given had no symptoms of the
disease at the time and his
temperature was normal.
Given’s symptoms, he said,
"developed late and the disease
progressed exceedingly rapid
ly."
Two other soldiers at the base
with meningitis were reported
“doing very well.” In the past
three months there have been
five other meningitis cases at
the camp and all have re
covered, the Army said,
“This is the meningitis sea-
in Kenya to advise and help
Missionary Milburn Siekler of
Endwell, N.Y. start a building
program.
The Rev. Westbury helped the
Rev. Siekler get started in miss
ionary work.
The Rev. Pruett and th e Rev.
Westbury will leave Kennedy
Airport Tuesday and fly to Brus
sels. From Brussells, the two
ministers will go to Rome then
from Rome to Nairobi in Afri
ca.
The ministers hope to visit
Leopoldville while in Africa.
They will visit a large leper co
lony in Cairo.
A tour of the Holy Land along
with many European countries
is included on the trip.
son,” Morn said.
Heaton, informed of the death
by Rep. Richard Schweiker, R
Pa., said an anti-meningitis
drug campaign at the camp
would begin immediately.
Morn said of the campaign,
“we’re pot for or against it,
we just don’t have any com
ment at this time.”
Schweiker said several wor
ried parents with sons at Fort
Gordon first notified him of the
death and asked for an investi
gation.
Country Parson
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take to assume that wis
dom is something that
comes with age.”