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By Quimby Melton
“For Whom Jesus Prayed”
Is the title of this week’s Inter
national Sunday School lesson;
* background Scripture is John 17;
and the Memory Selection is
“The Glory which Thou hast gi
ven me I have given to them,
« that they may be one as We are
one.” (John 17:22)
This chapter of John is known
to Bible scholars as “The High
. Priestly Prayer”; but as far
as this layman knows, scholars
do not agree on the location of
the place where it was prayed.
There are those who say it was
* in the Upper Room, where Je
sus and His disciples observed
the Last Supper; but in John 14
we read where Jesus said, “Rise,
* let us go hence”. So evidently
It must have been somewhere
between the Upper Room and
the Garden of Gethsemane.
« Our long-timefriend, Henry Jo
nes, who has written the weekly
Sunday School lesson for the
Wesleyan Christian Advocate for
* more than half a century, says
“Probably Jesus turned aside
on his way to the Garden at
some quiet spot, and said to the
disciples ‘Let us Pray.’ ”
As one thinks of Jesus and the
great importance He considered
Prayer, one naturally thinks of
“The Lord’s Prayer", given the
“ disciples when they asked that
He “teach them to Pray.” But
this Lord’s Prayer” was not
prayed by Jesus, it was given
» as a model prayer for man. So
one might say that the prayer
told of in John 17 was actually
The Lord’s Prayer, for Jesus,
„ Himself the Lord come to take
on the form of man on earth,
prayed it.
*
Recently Good Evening came
into possession of a book, “All
the Prayers of the Bible,” collec
ted by Herbert Lockyer. Exclud
ing the Psalms, which is in it
self a book of prayer from first
to last, there are more than 650
definite prayers In the Bible, of
* which more than 450 have re
corded answers. The author of
this book says one of the chief
difference between man and
animals Is that “man has the po
wer to pray.” Early in Genesis
we see that Adam learned to
“talk with God”, and talking
A With God is prayer.
Jesus Himself, the Perfect
Man, prayed frequently. It wou
ld take more space than we have
today to discuss His prayers. But
♦ we would like to comment that
Jesus prayed to His “Father”.
And we'd like to also call atten
tion to the unselfishness of Jes-
* us’ prayers, A good example of
this was when He prayed “Fa
ther Forgive them for they
know not what they do.”
, How in contrast is this unsel
fish praying of Jesus Christ and
the prayers of many of us today.
Most of our prayers are of the
« “gimmy, gimmy” variety; and
for blessings “on me and mine.”
„ There is a word being used a
lot these days — "communica
tion”. It is often said that one of
the troubles of the day is that
parents and their children can-
• not “communicate;” that na
tions cannot communicate with
each other.
There has been a tremendous
• advancement in the field of
"communiations”. Half a cen
tury ago there were few tele
phones, today one can pick up
, his telephone and “dial direct”
to spots thousands of miles
away. And it has even reach
ed the point where messages and
pictures can be bounced off a
• “Telstar” floating in space.
Some years ago the nation was
told that a “hot” line had been
opened between the White Hou-
♦ se and the Kremlin in Moscow,
that enabled either our Presid
ent or the head of the Soviet, to
pick up his phone and talk dir-
. ectly and immediately to the ot
her.
Now let’s think of Prayer as
a quick and positive communi
, cation link between man and his
God. We might say that this
line is "hot” in that one does
not have to call through any
“central” to make the connec-
* tion.
The communications line to
God in His Heaven, is always
open, the only way that it can
• be interrupted is for sin, on the
part of man, to shortcircuit the
line.
But even this “short circuit”
z . can be repaired if man will tru
ly repent, confess and seek
God’s forgiveness.
The message “God be mercl
„ ful to me a sinner” always rea
ches the forgiving ear of Our
Father.
Man Kills Wife,
Wounds Himself
A Griffin Negro woman was
killed and a Negro man wound
ed in an apparent murder-at
tempted suicide early today,
Griffin police sad.
Dorothy L. Pyron, 29, of 1461
Boyd row, Griffin was dead
on arrival at the Griffin-Spald
ing County Hospital with two
bullet wounds in her left chest.
Grady Pyron of 130 South
Second street, her husband, was
treated at the Griffin-Spalding
hospital and transferred to the
VA hospital in Atlanta for
treatment of a bullet wound in
his chest.
An officer said Pyron told of
ficers he shot his wife then turn
ed the gun on himself.
Capt. F. G. Driver and Officer
Glen Whidby spotted a black
and gray car on Memorial drive
early this morning while on
routine patrol and stopped it
because of the manner in which
it was being driven.
When they approached the car
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plate who expect the church
to provide bountifully for
others.”
128 - Bed Nursing Home
Planned In Griffin
Plans were announced today
for a $1,100,000 nursing home to
be constructed soon in Griffin.
The announcement was made
jointly by R. Windsor Daniel of
Hampton, president of Griffin
(See sketch on page 2.)
Medi-Center, Inc., and C. A.
Knowles, president of the Grif
fin Area Chamber of Commerce.
The facility will be at Everee
Inn road and Airport road. It
will be of 128 bed capacity and
employ 75 persons. The facility
will be constructed by Daniel
Supply Company of Hampton,
Ga.
Mr. Daniel described his com
pany’s plans at a news confer
ence this morning at the Cham
ber of Commerce. He said the
nursing home would be modern
in every respect with plans hav
ing been approved by Medicare
and Medicaid. Architects for the
building are Windsor and Lynn.
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Windsor Daniel, Bill Daniel and Cam Mitchell (front,
1-r) show architect’s rendering of proposed nursing
home. Looking on are (back, 1-r) C. A. Knowles,
Chamber of Commerce president; Z. L. Wilson,
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they saw that the driver had
blood on his chest and that there
was a woman on the back seat.
Pyron told the two officers that
he had shot his wife and then
shot himself.
Both were rushed to the Grif
fin - Spalding County Hospital
where she was pronounced
dead and he was treated and
transferred to Atlanta.
Pyron told Capt. Driver and
Officer Whidby that a gun on the
car seat was the one used in the
double shooting. It was a .25 cal
iber automatic pistol.
Police said Pyron had been
living with his parents on South
Second street and that she had
been living with her parents on
Boyd row.
No charges had been made
against Pyron this morning.
However, police said members
of her family had contacted them
about taking out a warrant ag
ainst him.
Air Traffic
Expected To Be
Heavy Here
Air traffic at the Griffin-Spald
ing airport is expected to be
heavy this weekend because of
the stock car races at Hampton.
The Griffin Civil Air Patrol will
stage "operation life saver” in
an effort to help pilots who fly
here for the weekend.
They will furnish weather in
formation and air traffic data
to visiting pilots in an effort to
promote air safety in the area.
Air traffic at the Griffin airport
always is heavier during race
weekends, according to Bob
White of the local CAP.
Mr. Daniel said he was “very
much impressed and grateful
for all the assistance he had re
ceived from local leaders.”
“Their interest, encourage
ment and help were significant
factors in our decisions”, he
said.
Mr. Knowles said the Cham
ber’s Industrial Development
Committee along with city and
county officials had been work
ing closely for the past two ye
ars with Mr. Daniel toward lo
cating the nursing home in the
Griffin area. “We feel Griffin
Medi-Center, Inc., will answer a
real need and be an asset to the
community”.
Mr. Knowles noted also that
the creation of 75 new jobs plus
the more than million dollars to
be spent on construction would
serve to boost the local economy.
Mayor Kimsey Steart, repre
senting the city at the news con
ference, said: “The city com
mission has been working with
Mr. Daniel in every way possi-
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Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, March 29, 1968
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Workmen put down shoulder base on Griffin-Barnesville By-Pass.
Youth Assembly
Delegates Hear
Both Governors
ble to help make his plans for
a nursing home in Griffin a real
ity. The property on Everee and
Airport Roads already is zoned
for the nursing home. We are
certainly pleased things have
progressed to the point that we
are able to have this official an
nouncement.”
County Commissioner Z. L.
Wilson expressed to Mr. Daniel
on behalf of the county continu
ed cooperation toward the suc
cess and possible growth in the
future of the nursing home. He
said the commissioners were
pleased with the confidence Gr
iffin Medi-Center officials had In
Griffin-Spalding County. Wilson
viewed the nursing home an
nouncement as an important
"new divensified industiy" sos
the Griffin area.
Griffin Medi-Center was the
second major industrial announ
cement to be made by the
Chamber this month. On March
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(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)
Spalding County Commissioner; Mayor Kimsey
Stewart of Griffin and Gene Cook, of the Chamber’s
Industrial Development Committee.
By ROBBIE HOLMES
The twenty-third annual state
MYCA youth assembly con
vened in Atlanta Thursday. Some
1,087 students and advisors from
all over Georgia were present.
Among them were nine Grif
finites, eight students and Mrs.
Ruth Nealy, advisor.
Thursday was an eventful day
for everyone attending the as
sembly.
Thursday night Gov. Lester
Maddox addressed a joint ses
sion. At the same session Youth
Governor Randy Fagler of Sw
ainsboro was given the oath of
office. He, too addressed the
assembly.
In addition, press delegates he
ard Remer Tyson, political edi
tor of the Atlanta Constitution,
and Bill Connover, news direc
tor of WQXI-TV. Both gave ad
vice on the techniques of report
ing the news.
Gov. Maddox began his ad
dress with a few words on bicy
cle riding. Getting into the body
of his speech, the governor said
that the ideals of youth were the
same as those of the Maddox ad
ministration.
He said that his administra
tion already has done more to
improve the quality of education
in the state than any other. He
said his administration has done
more to advertise and promote
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Georgia to the rest of the nation
than any previous administra
tion.
The results of this promotion
have been evident in an expan
sion of the state's industry, he
said. He said his administration
has raised state employes’ sal
aries.
The governor said that the Ge
neral Assembly rejected a re
quest for funds to provide for
hiring more GBI agents. He
said this didn’t make sense and
hoped the General Assembly
would reconsider this next year.
He said that Georgia should
have concentrated more on edu
cation in the years following
World War 11. If this had been
done, the state would have been
ready to meet the change from
a rural to industrial economy
and slums would not be as big a
problem as they are today, he
said.
The Governor lashed out at
Dr. Martin Luther King and the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference and the Ford Foun
dation for “causing civil strife”
in Tennessee.
He criticized the Office of Ec
onomic Opportunity for provid
ing legal aid to protesters. He
said that an OEO aide helped
start the Newark, N.J riots last
year.
The governor told of his rise
to success and said that he thou
ght he fought poverty by get
ting a job. He criticized the war
on poverty as a war on free en
terprise, personal initative,
and God.
The governor said that youth is
a time for vision for committ
ment and for goals. He challen
ged Georgia’s youth to set their
Continued on page two
Case Made Against
Tenant In Slum War
One case has been made in
Griffin’s war on slums and more
will come soon if property own
ers and tenants do not comply
with city regulations.
The case was made against a
tenant. Several other tenants,
as well as many property own
ers, have received warnings.
Hal Buckalew, building inspec
tor, said today that most ten
ants and property owners are
trying to comply with city
standards.
Griffin’s war on sub-standard
housing began about six weeks
ago.
Owners of sub-standard hous
ing are being notified by letter
to meet city requirements with
in 60 days or face legal action.
The 60 day period will be up
for some owners within the next
two or three weeks. That’s when
Buckalew expects to make more
charges.
“We will not hesitate to take
Shoulder Work
Nears Completion
Paving has been completed on
the Griffin-Barnesville four-lane
highway from U. S. 41 north of
Barnesville to U. S. 19 south of
Griffin. No date has been set for
the highway to be opened to traf
fic.
George Legg, State Highway
Engineer in Barnesville, said
base work is being done for pav
ing four-foot shoulders on the in
side of the lanes and eight-foot
shoulders on the outside of the
lanes. Fifty percent of the shoul
der work has been completed.
Legg said there is no doubt that
the highway will be ready by
the July 1 target date. He said
Man, 27, Dies
In County Jail
A Negro man who was book
ed in at the Spalding County
Jail this morning at 5:15 was
found dead in his cell about 8
o’clock, Spalding County Sheriff
Dwayne Gilbert said.
Gilbert said Harold Willis, 27,
of 554 Basin street, was found
dead this morning by Deputy
Albert Hubbard.
Sheriff Gilbert said Willis’ fa
mily called the Griffin Police
Department this morning and
asked that Willis be held until
they could contact Spalding
County Ordinary George Imes
this morning about a hearing.
Two officers picked him up at
the home on Basin street and
took him to the Spalding County
Jail where he was booked in.
Sheriff Gilbert said Willis went
to a doctor Monday and had had
mental problems since then. He
said Willis went to the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital Thurs
day and his medicine was chan
ged.
He said officers had been call
ed to the home earlier in the ni
ght but were unable to locate
Willis.
His father is Roy Willis, Sr.
Dr. Herman Jones of the State
Crime Laboratory in Atlanta will
come to Griffin to perform an
autopsy to determine the cause
of death, Sheriff Gilbert said.
Demos Meet
Saturday
The Spalding County Democra
tic Party’s executive committee
will meet Saturday at 10 a.m. at
the courthouse to set qualifying
fees for the September primary
and handle other party business.
The meeting will be held in the
grand jury room.
owners or tenants to court,”
city officials havesaid.
Most property owners are co
operating with the drive on sub
standard housing. They are fix
ing up their property so it will
meet city regulations.
Some owners have told offic
ials they will tear down their
property rather than go to the
expense of repairing it.
City officials expect the war
on slums to displace some fam
ilies. “However, they will bene
fit in the long run,” a spokes
man said.'
Buckalew expects 22 new low
rent apartments to be built here
with 60 to 90 days. The city ho
pes to issue a permit for the ap
artments within a week.
Over 114 housing units have
been condemned since the city
began the war on slums. That
figure could rise considerably
when a survey Is completed hi
another section of the city.
the target date was moved back
from Feb. 1 because of bad wea
ther.
“We have had pretty weather
for a couple of weeks and ev
erything is moving at a good
pace,” Legg said.
Guard rails and grassing are
yet to be done on the highway.
“Both of these will move at a
rapid pace if they are done by
people who are experienced in
this type of work. I don’t know
if the jobs have been sub-con
tracted or not,” Legg said.
The work is moving al
ong at about five miles per day
on the base for the inside shoul
ders. There is a total of 40 mil
es of this work including inside
and outside of the lanes, Legg
said. He said the work will move
slower on the outside because
the shoulders are wider.
There is some traffic on the
highway, even though it has not
been opened yet.
“There are some people who
live on some sections of the by
pass who must travel it to get to
their homes,” Legg said.
Those people who do not have
to travel it should not be on it,
he said. People don’t know it,
but their insurance will not co
ver accidents on the unfinished
highway, he said.
“It is dangerous for them to
be on the highway at any time.
The contractor has equipment
working on the road and it is ha
zardous working with cars pass
ing by,” Legg said.
“We have had two trucks to
turn over on the highway be
cause of traffic that should not
have been there,” he said. One
was an asphalt truck and the
other was a base truck.
Legg said that the work on the
shoulders could be completed in
six days if the weather remains
as it has been for a couple of
weeks. He said the guard rail
and grassing work would begin
immediately after the shoulder
work is completed.
Legg is engineer in charge of
the highway between Barnes
ville and U. S. 19 south of Grif
fin.
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PFC Monte C. Kinasz
Griffinite
Killed In Viet
Relatives of Army PFC Monte
Clifford Kinasz, who was kill
ed March 25, were notified of
his death Wednesday afternoon.
He grew up in Griffin and was
a graduate of Griffin High Sc
hool.
PFC Kinasz was serving with
the 25th Infantry Tank Division
in Vietnam near Trang Bang
when he was killed.
In addition to attending school
in Griffin, he attended Georgia
Southwestern College In Ameri
cus.
He entered the Army on May
18, 1967 and was sent to Vietnam
on Oct. 20.
Survivors in Griffin Include
two aunts, Mrs. W. A. Harris
and Mrs. Harold Hasler; two un
cles, Paul W. Clifford and Ben
jamin Clifford; and several
cousins. Another aunt, Mrs. Cl
audette Shockley, lives in Col
umbus.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Pittman-Rawls
Funeral Home pending the ar
rival of the body from Vietnam.