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"A Priest Saves a Nation” Is
the subject of the International
Sunday School lesson this week.
It tells the story of Jehoiada, the
priest, who furnished the leader
ship that led the people, during
the reign of the boy king Joash,
to worship the true God.
lhe background Scripture is
from 2 Kings 11 and 12; 2 Chro
nicles 22 through 24. The Me
mory Selection is "The priest’s
lips should keep knowledge, and
they should seek the law at his
mouth; for he is the messen
ger of the LORD of hosts.” (Mal
achl 2:7)
Let’s start with a little back
ground. At the death of Jehos
aphat, who "walked in all t h e
ways of his father Asa. . . which
was right in the eyes of the
Lord,” his son Jehoram became
king. His wife Athaliah, daugh
ter of Jezebel, influenced him to
Introduce the worship of Baal.
He was a very unpopular king
with the people and was sickly
and did not rule long. Then his
son Ahaziah was killed in a coup
engineered by Jehu of Israel.
Athaliah, mother of the slain
king-elect, seized the throne and
for six years she ruled. In or
der to prevent any other coups
this woman ordered all the des
cendants of David killed, thus
thinking there would be no clai
mant to the throne from the
blood of David.
But the slain king had a sister,
Jehoseba, who was as strong
minded as her mother. Learn
ing that her mother planned to
kill all the males of David’s fam
ily, she took Joash, her nephew,
and hid him.
The aunt who hid the infant
heir to the throne was the wife
of the high priest Jehoiada. He
called a meeting of the “Cari
tes”, who were the royal guard
and also served as a guard at
the Temple. He told them that
a descendant of David was alive
and they joined in a plan to get
rid of the wicked queen and
place the boy Joash on the
throne. The plan went smoot
ly; the people accepted the boy
as king and shouted "God Save
the King.” Athaliah hearing the
shouting went out to see what it
was all about and was killed.
The high priest who had led
the overthrow of the woman then
made a covenant between the
Lord and the people. The people
then destroyed the temples of
Baal and killed the priests of this
false God. They wanted to re
move all signs of the false god,
the worship of whom had led
Judah to sin.
This great reformation of Ju
dah had its beginning with the
desire of a woman to preserve
the royal line of David. She hid
the boy and brought him up. She
told her husband what she had
done and he, the high priest,
planned restoration of the throne
to the house of David.
Two people, a woman and her
husband, conceived the whole
idea and by their enthusiasm
brought the whole nation to fol
low their leadership. One who
studies the history of Judah can
not help but come to the conclu
sion that conditions then were
similar to those of today. There
were then and there are now
false gods that too many follow.
Will the people of today follow
the leadership of those who
seek to establish in the hearts of
all worship of the True God? Or
have pagan ideas so filled the
hearts and minds of man that
the ministers will preach in vain
Or even worse, will the minis
ters cease denonuncing what
they know is wrong because to
do so "is not popular?”
Also will the layman of the
Church rise up and work with
their minister in cleaning up
eliv? Remember the ablest min
ister is but one person and he
cannot possibly "clean out the
stable” all by himself. He has
the right to expect his laymen to
join with him and preach and
live the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
One does not have to be an or
dained minister to be a valu
able worker in God’s vineyard.
Good Evening was interested
In part of this lesson — that
part which tells of the wife of
the priest actually starting the
"ball rolling” that enabled her
husband, the priest "To Save
a Kingdom.” We have often
thought that even the ablest
minister, could not bo as effec
tive in his work, if it were not
for the woman in the parsonage,
the pastorium, the manse.....
whatever one might call the
place where the preacher and
his family live.
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Research Equipment
Dr. M. D. Jellum and Dr. R. E. Worthington check an electronic digital integrator
at the Georgia Experiment Station in Griffin. The research support by Corn
Products Co. made possible the purchase of the equipment. The two Griffin che
mists have developed a rapid and accurate gas-liquid chromatographic proce
dure to determine fatty acid composition of seed oils. The equipment will in
crease the amount and accuracy of future oil research.
Spinster Leaves
Money To Tech
ATLANTA (UPI) — A $1 mil
lion endowment has been left to
Georgia Tech by a spinster who
once ran a boarding house for
Tech students.
The gift Is twice as large as
any one contribution ever made
to the school.
The gift is from the estate of
Miss Louise Martin Fitten, the
daughter of John Holmes Fit
ten, who was a professor of
mathematics and astronomy at
Oglethorpe College here.
Country Parson
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“One way you can see
the weakness of a fellow's
faith is by how seldom he
expresses it to someone
else.”
Child Guidance Clinic For
Set At Health Center
A Child Guidance Clinic has
been set up at the Spalding Co
unty Health Center.
It will serve school age chil
dren who are experiencing be
havior and emotional problems.
The clinic will serve only stu
dents and parents of Scalding
County.
Eugene M. Anderson has been
employed by the Health Depart
ment to direct the clinic. He
holds a master’s degree to social
work from Tulane University.
Dr. Francis T. Miller, clinical
psychologist at Emory Univer
sity, will begin working part
time on Wednesday, June 1. A
psychiatrist will be employed to
work with the program.
Individuals must be referred
to the clinic by a professional
person such as pediatricians,
ministers, school counselors and
nurses.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, May 13, 1966
Damage Light In
Rain Storm Here
Heavy rains which drenched
the Griffin area for a short per
iod Thursday night caused minor
damage to the city’s electrical
system.
Charlie Smith of the Light and
Water Department said a tree
limb knocked out power in t h e
Lake avenue area for a short
time.
Lightning burned out a switch
In a control box on one of the
city’s traffic lights.
The Street Department report
ed two trees downed by winds
which accompanied the rain
and lightning. One of the trees
fell on Boyd’s row and the other
was to the western portion of the
city.
Power In the Lake avenue area
was restored shortly after the
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Mostly cloudy and mild
Saturday. Scattered showers
and thundershowers decreasing
tonight and Saturday.
LOCAL WEATHER High
today 70, low today 62, rainfall
•09 of an inch; high Thursday
61, low Thursday 76, sunrise
Saturday 5:40; sunset Saturday
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Light and Water Department
was notified of the outage. The
switch was replaced in the traf
fic light.
Street crews cleared the down
ed trees this morning.
Vo-Tech Budget
For 1966-67 Set
The Griffin - Spalding Voca
tional Technical School expects
to have $806,580.14 with which to
operate during 1966-67.
This is reflected in the propos
ed budget adopted by the school
board of education.
A total of $48,051.91 to the bud
get Is uncommitted and is the
anticipated fiscal year balance.
The school expects to move in
to its new home near Spalding
Junior High this summer and
open classes there this fall.
For several years, classes
have been held to school build
ings and other space about the
city and county.
When the building Is complet
ed, the entire Vo-Tech program
will be put under one roof.
Edwin V. Langford is director
of the program.
Clinic hours will be from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday. If necessary, the clinic
will be open one evening each
week for working people.
Anderson, a native of Georgia,
received his AB degree at Mer
cer University, Macon. He is a
member of the Academy of Cer
tified Social Workers and the
National Association of Social
Workers. He was employed by
the Veteran’s Administration an
Family Service Association of
America for five years.
He is married to the former
Roma Beggs Martin of Macon.
They have a son, David, three.
The family is making its home
at 604 Terrace street.
US Air Armada
Blasts Commies
Peking Vows
To Repay
‘Debt Of Blood'
General Lead Viet Nam
SAIGON (UPI) — U. S. jet
fighter-bombers lashed Commu
nist North Viet Nam Thursday
with the heaviest air raid of the
war, a military spokesman
reported today. Peking said the
TX.S. planes shot down a MIG17
over Communist China and
vowed to repay this "debt of
blood.”
Peking said the incident was
25 miles north of the border.
The Americans said a MIG17
was shot down about 50 miles
south of the Chinese border.
And in Washington a warning
that Jet airfields may be
bombed in North Viet Nam
raised the possibility of a
stepped up air war.
The ground war increased in
ferocity and in a daylong battle
a surrounded U.S. .Marine
squad 370 miles north of Saigon
held off hordes of Communists
until Leatherneck planes
zoomed in and burned scores of
guerrillas to death with na
palm, a spokesman reported.
A UPI front dispatch said the
Marine squad of 14 men killed
at least 30 Viet Cong. Marine
artillery and Jets hurling
flaming napalm ran the Viet
Cong death toll to 175 in an
operation a Marine officer
described as a "fish fry."
Hit Training Camp
The Marine squad had
stumbled onto a guerrilla
training camp complete with
lecture halls, propaganda
material and barracks, The
squad radio was destroyed as it
fought to the last man but
other Marines heard the firing
and wiped out most of the 200
to 400-man Viet Cong force.
South Vietnamese reported a
major victory 54 miles south
west of Saigon, killing 92 Viet
Cong in a three-sided assault on
a guerrilla supply center. The
South Vietnamese swept
through the fortified Viet Cong
village and captured 20,000
pounds of rice and a giant
underground pharmaceutical la
boratory containing 10,000 tubes
of drugs. The Vietnamese
credited U.S. helicopter gun
ships with killing most of the
Viet Cong in an action reported
still underway.
But it was the air war that
took on new dimensions. While
U.S. Navy and Air Force planes
carried out 135 millions against
the North, B52 bombers from
Guam hit a Viet Cong training
center near Da Nang while
other planes flew 335 separate
flights against targets in the
South.
A "mission” is flown by two
or more planes. Exact figures
were a military secret but the
raids over a vast area of the
north eclipsed the highwater
mark of 250 sorties on April 4,
1965. Air Force planes flew 86
of the missions Thursday and
Navy planes 49.
Stocks Struggle
To Whip Slump
NEW YORK (UPI) —The
stock market struggled around
noon today to pull out of an
early slump. Trading was very
active.
Overnight news that General
Motors and Chrysler suffered
early May sales drop sparked
the early selloff. At its worst
the Dow-Jones industrial aver
age was down more than 9
points but by noon had shaved
some of the deficit.
The United Press Internation
al market indicator showed an
average loss of 0.94 per cent on
the 1,314 issues traded at noon
There were 879 losers and 211
gainers. The Dow Jones unoffi
cial noon industrial average
was down around 8 points.
Glamor shares were hard hit
In the first hour but rebounded
considerably to the second
hour.
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‘Aerie 9 Dedicated
The 1966 “Aerie,” the Griffin High yearbook, is
dedicated to Mrs. Clara Loving, a Griffin High Eng
lish teacher. Announcement of the dedication was
made to students and faculty in chapel this morn
ing. Mrs. Loving was presented a bouquet of red
roses and an engraved edition of the annual. She
was presented the book by Teresa Mills, Editor-in
Chief. Students received their annuals this afternoon.
Won’t Run For Congress
Mayor Proposes
Leased Post
The mayor of Griffin said
prefers a privately
post office leased to the
government as opposed to a
erally owned building to house
the service as well as other
ernment offices.
He discussed his views in
talk to the Griffin Lions Club
Thursday night.
Mayor Louis Goldstein took
sue with Rep. John J. Flynt, Jr.,
of Griffin. The mayor said Rep.
Flynt reportedly is working
secure a $2.5-million marble fed
eral complex to house a p o s t
office, federal court and other
U. S. offices here.
Mayor Goldstein declared:
“I feel that all efforts should
be abandoned to secure » gov
ernment owned tax-free build
ing and demand a post office in
Griffin, Ga.”
Mayor Goldstein today denied
rumors that he might oppose
Rep. Flynt to a congressional
race. He was asked about the
rumors after taking issua with
the Griffin congressman on the
post office building.
Mayor Goldstein said his talk
was not Intended to be political.
He said he was Interested to
getting a post office to serve the
people of this community.
“I have known Congressman
Flynt for as long as I can rem
ember. Our differences in the
past have been differences of
opinions, and not of a personal
nature. His actions and bis fai-
Cities Reluctant On
Sales Tax
ATLANTA (UPI)—The presi
dent of the Georgia Municipal
Association has taken issue with
Gov. Carl Sanders’ declaration
that a local sales tax would be
the best method of solving the
financial problems of city gov
ernments.
Steve Knight said Wednesday
the average local politician
"would be reluctant to assume
the responsibility” of placing a
new tax on the people. He said
the state government should
continue .to collect the sales tax
and "return a portion of It to
the municipalities.”
Sanders had said Tuesday that
lure to act concerning the sub
ject of this discussion are his re
sponsibility because he is a con
gressman from this district,”
Mayor Goldstein said.
Mayor Goldstein pointed out
that a federally owned building
would be tax free, whereas, a
leased post office building would
mean tax income to the city and
county.
“I have heard from several
sources that Mr. Flynt turned
down a private leased post office
for Griffin costing an estimated
$275,000. Just for curiosity, I add
ed a lot cost of $25,000 to t h 1 s
figure to round it out to $300,
000,” he said.
Such a building would yield
$4,850 to city and county taxes
per year, Mayor Goldstein said.
“Do you realize that in f i v e
years that would buy 20 police
cars, resurface 50 blocks of st
reets, completely pave and curb
16 blocks of unpaved streets,
build five or six new baseball
fields? Why, to swap this in
come for a government owned
office building with all the gov
ernment controlls and restric
tions is ridiculous to me,” the
mayor asserted.
People do not want further ow
nership or controls of property
by the government, he said.
Rep. Flynt was not available
for comment on the mayor’s
speech today. His office to
Washington said he was en rou
te to Georgia.
cities should go Into the taxing
field “on a broader base” and
the General Assembly should
pass legislation to that effect.
The governor maintained that
direct grants from the state
"will never be sufficient to take
care of the growing demands
of the cities.”
Knight, a Columbus city com
missioner and mayor pro tem
of that city, said a one per cent
hike in the state sales tax would
bring in about $70 million in
new revenue to the state. He
said if half of that goes to clt
ties, Columbus’ share would be
more than $1 million annually.
Talmadge Asks
Troop Cut In
Western Europe
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Sen.
Herman Talmadge suggested
today that the United States
should reduce some of its troop
commitments in Western Eur
ope.
Talmadge, in his weekly
newsletter, said that pulling out
some of the six American divi
sions now stationed in Western
Europe might “make the people
there realize that they should do
more for themselves, and help
us protect the free world from
communism.”
"I think it might be well for
us to call to France’s attention
its debts to the United States
and insist that these debts be
paid up. The Republic of France
owes more than $7 billion to the
United States at the present
time,” on loans made during
two world wars.
Talmadge said that President
Charles de Gaulle, “by Ida pres
ent attitude, is demonstrating
the height of ingratitude, and
moreover, he is doing his best
to destroy the NATO alliance
which was designed primarily to
protect Western Europe and also
as a defense organization for the
United States of America.”
The senator said that the gold
drain was caused to a large
degree by U. S. aid programs
and troop commitments over
seas, “yet those same people
that those six divisions are p-o
tecting in Western Europe are
presently trading with the en
emy in Viet Nam.
Talmadge criticized mass’ve
foreign aid programs while the
Viet Nam war continues in an
address Thursday at the Uni
versity of Georgia.
Talmadge criticized other
free nations Thursday for not
shouldering their share of the
common defense against com
munism and helping to assist
under - developed nations. The
senator said the U.S rushed all
over the world with food, mon
ey, men and guns, trying to
feed, clothe and defend nations.
He said this was a monumen
tal task and that the burden on
American manpower is becom
ing increasingly difficult to car
ry. The time for reappraisal is
long overdue, he added.
“Today many of the nations
which have been pushed along
the road to unparalleled pros
perity by American assistance
are well able to start doing
more for themselves,” he said.
Talmadge also expressed con
cern over anti-American dem
onstrations in Viet Nam ana
lack of a stable government
there. He said if it is found the
South Vietnamese no longer
support the U.S. and are un
willing to fight for themselves,
this country should reassess its
involvement there.
10 Injured In
Fall At Mill
In Thomaston
THOMASTON, Ga. (UPI) —
An overhead passageway at
Thomaston Mills on which ! 4
men were working collapsed
Thursday, sending the men and
their equipment thudding to the
pavement 35 feet below.
Two of the wokmen, Bentley
Childs and Robert Long, were
reported In serious condition at
Upson County Hospital. Eight
other men were injured, but
not seriously.
A spokesman for the mills
said the passageway collapsed
after a steel brace apparently
gave way.
NEW OUTFIT
LONDON (UPI) —The Lon
don Fire Department said
Thursday Its women employes
soon would get a restyled
uniform featuring ■
a shorter :
skirt—an unfashionable one
Inch below the knee.