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By Quimby Melton
“Proclaiming The Resurrec
tion” is the subject of our Eas
ter Sunday School lesson. The
background scripture is Luke 24.
The Memory Selection is “Re
pentance and remission of sins
should be preached in His name
among all nations, beginning at
Jerusalem.” (Luke 24-47.)
The account of the Resurrec
tion as written by St. Luke is
probably the best loved one tell
ing of this event which was the
climax of the entire gospel st
ory. It puts the final stamp of
God’s approval on the ministry
of His Only Begotten Son and it
throws open the door of oppor
tunity to all who believe to tell
the Good News to “all the
World.”
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Good Evening is going to lea
ve the telling of the story of
those who went to the tomb that
Easter morning to those who
will teach various classes Sun
day.
This layman, as he studied the
stories of “Holy Week”, was
once again impressed with the
truth that Jesus Christ died on
the cross as the supreme sacri
fice for sinners; and that in His
Resurrection He not only won
victory over death; but opened
the door to untold blessings for
those who believe on Him.
One of our favorite passages
In the Bible is one that tells “I go
to prepare a place (inheritance)
for you, and if it were not so I
would have told you.”
As we have read this many ti
mes we always wonder just what
the place (inheritance) He will
prepare will be like. “In my Fa
ther's house are many man
sions” Jesus said. But w'hat will
those mansions be like?
Now call it coincident if y o u
wish; but this week Good Even
ing in reading about Holy Week
went to his files and got out an
old copy book, one of many we
have, that contain many of the
sermons preached by our grand
father during the early 1890s. We
found one titled “The Believer’s
Inheritance.”
The text from 1st Peter 1; 3-4
Is “Blessed be the God and Fa
ther of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which according to his abundant
mercy, hath begotten us again
to a lively hope by the resur
rection of Jesus Christ from the
dead to an inheritance incorru
tible and undefiled and that fa
deth not away reserved in hea
ven for you.”
(Now remember Paul in Ro
mans 8:17 says believers
are heirs of God and joint-heirs
with Christ.)
Good Evening jotted down an
outline of this sermon and sug
gests that some may want to de
velop these notes into a full fled
ged audit of “The Believer’s
Inheritance.”
This inheritance will be incor
ruptible, its splendor and gl
ory shall never fade; It cannot
he defiled, and it is kept in trust
for the “heirs.”
The inheritance is given those
with complete faith. The gold
en text refers to those “begot
ten again”, this is another way
to say “born again”.
Our hope is a lively hope, not
a dead hope, not a languid, fad
ing hope — It is a living, vital,
active, joyful hope.
The source of this lively hope
Is the eternal mercy of God
Almighty and Christ is the chan
nel through which this mercy
flows.
Let us not forget that to en
rich us with the hope of this in
heritance He died, He rose and
He ascended.
Grandfather Melton was pri
marily an evangelist. He con
cludes this sermon with a plea
to those who were listening:
“O how happy and blessed are
Christians. Brothers and sisters
do you feel this hope cheer and
animate you? We are saved
by hope! O glorious hope!
“But hopeless sinners how wr
etched is your state. You have
not this lively hope of a glor
ious inheritance beyond the gr
ave. Do you want this hope?
Then by repentance towards God
and faith in our Lord Jesus
Christ, you may have this hope,
which will be sufficient to cheer
your lonely hours, strengthen
you when you are weak. It will
lighten your pathway to the gr
ave, and stand there as a faith
ful sentinel to guard your dust,
till the morning of your resur
rection and you are clothed with
the raiment of immortality.
Then let us all prove our hearts,
and by faith exlalm Lord ever
more give us this hopel”,
GRIFFIN
DAILY NEWS
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Ready For Hunt
The Griffin Recreation Department will hold Easter egg hunts Saturday morning at
10 o’clock at the Griffin Community Center and the Fairmont Community Center.
Prizes will be awarded to the boys and girls finding the most eggs. Miss June
Foster, Recreation Department secretary, looks at some of the 10,000 candy eggs
for the hunts.
‘Strip* Deaths Raise
Total In Area To 19
Two people who died at the
Griffin-Spalding County
tal this week of injuries suffer
ed in accidents on the Griffin
Barnesville “killer strip” raised
the toll for the five-county area
this year to 19.
Jess White, 43, of Lynn Haven,
Fla., was the highway’s latest
victim. He was injured in a wr
eck three miles south of Griffin
on “killer strip” Wednesday. He
died Thursday night.
Mattie E. Deason of Barnes
ville, who was injured in a traf
fic accident last Friday night at
U. S. 41 and East College st
reet extension, died Thursday
morning.
They were the second and
third victims for the “killer st
rip” this year. Another person
was killed in an accident in Jan
uary south of Milner.
Eleven of the 19 people killed
in the area this year have been
in Monroe County. Six of those
deaths were on U. S. 41 between
Barnesville and Forsyth. The la
Weather;
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
ARBA — Mostly fair and mild
tonight. Saturday partly cloudy
and a little warmer.
LOCAL WEATHER — High
today 81, low today 40, high
Thursday 75, low Thursday 49,
sunrise Saturday 6; 39, sunset
Saturday 6:54.
State Money For
Schools Cut Here
The Griffin-Spalding County
School system will be faced with
the problem of digging up near
ly $100,000 more from somewhere
to operate in the 1967-68 school
year.
This w'as indicated today af
ter Supt. George Patrick, Jr.,
received the system’s charge
back notice from the state.
The system’s chargeback for
1967-68 is $466,994. The charge
back for the current school year
which ends in June is $371,521.90.
This means, Mr. Patrick ex
plained, that the local system
will have to make up the differ
ence by some means. The act
ual difference is $95,473.
Chargeback figures are rea
ched through a complex econo
mic formula worked out under
the Minimum Foundation Pro
gram for Education law under
which the state operates its sc
hools.
When a chargeback figure for
a local system increases, it me*
ass that the state sends less mo
ney to the system, Mr. Patrick
Griffin, Go., 30223, Friday, March 24,1967
test were two Ohio Wesleyan
University students last Friday.
Five of the people were killed
in a smashup west of Culloden.
Eight of the area deaths have
been this month. The two stud
ents were killed on U. S. 41 nor
th of Forsyth; two people were
killed in an accident last week
end on the Birdie road in Spald
ing County; two people were kill
ed in accidents on the killer st
rip; another person was killed
19
on U. S. 41 north of Forsyth; and
one person was killed in an ac
cident two miles north of Hamp
ton on Georgia 3.
Four people were killed in Fe
bruary accidents. One was kill
ed in a school bus-truck accident
on North Hill Street extension
in Spalding County and three
died in an accident north of For
syth on U. S. 41.
January claimed seven lives
in the area. Five were killed in
the smashup west of Culloden;
one was killed on the “killer st
rip” south of Milner; and one
was killed in an accident on U.S.
341 south of Barnesville.
At this point last year seven
had been killed in this five coun
ty Griffin State Patrol area. The
total is 19 now.
Sgt. W. E. Butler of the Grif
fin State Patrol said his post is
off to a bad start for the year in
explained.
With the increase in the char
geback for the Griffin-Spalding
System during the next school
year, the system will get less
money from the state for sc
hools.
Mr. Patrick said the finance
committee and the school board
would look closely at the budget
for the next year to see If it can
be cut in some places and adjust
ments made in others in an ef
fort to absorb the increase.
Mr. Patrick said every eifort
would be made to find a way to
raise the additional money with
out asking the people for more
local school money.
The budget for the current
school year was held to an ab
solute minimum and cuts were
made in several places, Mr. Pat
rick pointed out.
The budget for the next school
year will get a close look from
school officials again and will
be held to the minimum, Mr.
Patrick indicated.
traffic deaths. He said people
are not using enough caution on
roads in the area.
The heavily traveled U. S. 41
route passes through three of the
counties — Spalding, Lamar and
Monroe — in Butler’s district,
Another heavily traveled route,
U. S. 23 and Georgia 42, pass
es through the other two coun
ties — Butts and Henry.
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Mrs. Edna Kinard looks at one of the few remaining dresses in clothing bank.
2,000 Pieces Of Clothing
Handled ‘Bank’
More than 2,000 pieces of clo
thing were distributed to needy
children and families In the
Griffin-Spalding County commu
nity this year through the Kl
wanis Club clothing bank at West
Griffin School.
The clothes, which range from
shoes to evening dresses, were
distributed by Mrs. Edna Kin
ard, who operates the bank for
the Kiwanis Club.
The bank closed for tite I960
07 year Thursday with only u
tew pieces of clothing left.
City Braced For
Easter Traffic
Police Posted
On Taylor
For Big Rush
Griffin police officers were
stationed at traffic lights in the
downtown area on U. 6. 41 to
help keep heavy Florida bound
Easter traffic moving.
Griffin Police Chief Leo Black
well said the traffic has been
heavy through the city all week
and has picked up today. He
said the traffic is expected to
be heavier over the weekend.
The traffic officers were sta
tioned at lights at South Eighth
and Taylor streets, Hill and Tay
lor streets and South Sixth and
Taylor streets.
The officers usually handle the
traffic on Friday afternoons and
sometimes on Saturdays.
They were at the lights this
morning before 10:30.
Most of the traffic is out-of
state headed to Florida for the
Easter Weekend.
Chief Blackwell said the only
thing the city could do is try its
best to keep the traffic moving.
He said this is the purpose of the
officer’s operating the traffic li
ghts.
Sgt. W. E. Butler, commander
of the Griffin State Patrol Post,
also noted the heavy influx of
Easter traffic. He said the traf
fic has been heavy throughout
his district this week and he ex
p ec ted it to get heavier. His dis
trict covers five counties: Butts,
Lamar, Henry, Monroe and Sp
aiding,
Sgt. Butler and Chief Black
well urged motorists to drive
with extreme caution over the
weekend. They urged motorists
to stay off the main highways in
the area as much as possible
and to use alternate routes.
Clothing was collected last
fall by members of the Kiwanis
Club during the annual clothing
drive. Another drive is planned
for this fall.
The 2,000 pieces of clothing
were distributed to 150 families
and more than 500 children.
Charles Mobley, principal ol
West Clrlffln and u Kiwanis
member, said evening dress/-*
collected In the drive were re
worked by the Home Kc Depart*
mint at Urliflu High, under the
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Registration In
Schools Drags
about half of the students
supervision of Mrs. Bess Hos
kins and given to needy girls.
Mrs. Hoskins Home Ec class
es went to the bank last fall af
ter the clothing drive and se
parated and hung the clothes on
hangers.
Mobley urged all peoople who
have clothing they plan to dis
card to save it for the clothing
drive next fall.
The program has been opera
ted foi Vftwl years by the
Kiwanis Club,
expected to enroll in the Griffin
Spalding School System next
year have been registered, Supt.
George Patrick, Jr., said today.
The registration deadline is
March 31, a week from today,
the superintendent reminded pa
rents.
All parents who have children
expected to be in the system
next year were mailed registra
tion forms the first of this mon
th, Mr. Patrick said. About half
of them have been returned.
The superintendent indicated
some schools are expected to be
crowded. Unless parents get their
registration forms filled out and
into the hands of school officials,
their children might not be
able to attend the school of their
choice because of crowding, Mr.
Patrick explained.
The Griffin-Spalding system
operates under the freedom of
choice program. Under this
plan, a student may register for
the school of his choice.
If crowding in some schools
results, Mr. Patrick said, some
students may not be able to at
tend the school of their choice.
If parents have lost the regis
tration forms sent them earlier
this month, they may pick up
new ones at the superintendent’s
office or other school offices.
The forms may be returned to
any of the schools or superinten
dent’s office by mail or by hand
delivery, Mr. Patrick said
He urged parents to see that
their children are registered im
mediately.
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“A community’s renewal
projects must begin in the
hearts of its citizens.’’
Redwine Quits
As Secretary
To Gov. Maddox
By A1NN MOHR
United Press International
ATLANTA (UPI)—Morgan R.
(Bucky) Redwine, 43, resigned
today as Gov. Lester Maddox’s
executive secretary and the
governor confirmed reports
Redwine was stepping down be
cause he allegedly bought li
quor for minors and arranged
dates for a secretary in his
office.
Redwine, of Athens, told
newsmen his resignation result
ed from what he described as
‘‘a little bit of every thing.”
“Bucky made a mistake,”
Maddox said. “He’s a good
man. He was just careless. He
is a very able person.”
Maddox immediately accept
ted Redwine’s resignation and
announced the $15,120-a-year
job would be filled by early
next week.
Gerald Bruck, a student at
Yale University, told United
Press International that Red
wine arranged dates for him
and Don Gordon, a student at
Ohio Wesleyan University, with
a secretary in Redwine’s office
and her roommate. They were
arrested on charges of possess
ing liquor.
The governor confirmed the
report, but he vigorously de
fended Redwine.
Maddox said the minors
“were arrested for having five
or six cans of beer in their
car. Mr. Redwine was in his
room at the Henry Grady
Hotel.”
“This is making a mountain
out of a mole hill,” the gover
nor said. “I could show you
five to ten thousand young peo
ple drinking and drunk.”
But Maddox said anytime
someone on his staff did not
come up to his stands “moral
ly,” he would be fired.
Bruck said Redwine, an Ath
ens businessman, took the four
young people out to dinner in
Atlanta Wednesday night and
loaned them his car after pur
chasing a bottle of Scoth and a
six-pack of beer at a liquor
store.
Police said they arrested the
four Wednesday night in Red
wine’s car in front of a night
spot. They were taken to police
headquarters, booked and jailed
on charges of possessing liquor.
Bruck said Gordon called
Redwine from police headquar
ters to make arrangements for
their release that night.
They were released after
spending about four hours in
jail, Bruck said.
Parents To Get
Police Notice
Griffin Police Chief Leo Black
well in a statement issued today
said parents of boys and girls
under 18 who are charged with
a law infraction will be notified
by the police department in a
form letter.
Chief Blackwell said the policy
has been adopted by the de
partment because some parents
have complained that they did
not know a case had been made
against their child.
He said that cash bonds post
ed cannot be forfeited. The boy
or girl and at least one parent,
if possible, will have to be in co
urt, Chief Blackwell said.
Chief Blackwell’s statement
said:
“In the future, the parents of
any boy or girl less than 18 ye
ars of age who gets Involved
with any kind of law Infraction
to the extent that a case is made,
will be notified by a form letter
of the charges and date of tr
ial. The boy or girl will have to
be in court and be accompanied
by one parent, if possible. There
will be no cash bond forfeitur
es.
“This Is being done because
so many parents have stated
that they didn’t know their child
had been involved in a law vio
lation.”