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By Quimby Melton
In connection with Rosh Has
hanan — the Jewish New Year—
reread the book “Shalom”, writ
ten some 20 years ago by Rob
ert St. John. In this book he tells
graphically and interestingly of
the efforts of the Jewish people
to establish the Jewish nation Is
raeli.
The title itself Is interesting.
For the word Shalom means
“Peace.” Jewish people of all
lands say, when greeting one an
other and friends of other blood
“Shalom Aliechem” — “Peace
be with you.” What a wonderful
way to greet friends; for Peace
Is something everyone dreams
of, someday, sometime.
Reading the book came across
another expression; this one
from Yugoslavia, which is used
when bidding one goodbye or
goodnight. “Laku noc”, they
say. Translated into English
this is “May the little gods of
the night protect you while you
sleep.”
What a wonderful way to e n d
the day.
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All of which started Good
Evening to thinking of the mean
ings of words, and how some are
prone to intrepret the meaning
of words to suit themselves; and
even how from time to time
words and their original meaning
Is changed by public usage.
There are dozens and dozens
of references to the use of words
one will find in various “quote”
dictionaries. But here is one we
like:
Said Humpt:, Dumpty, in
“Through the Looking Glass”,
sequel to Alice in Wonderland,
“When I use a word it means
just what I choose it to mean —
neither more nor less.”
That attitude seems to be, and
always has been, the tendency
of many — to have a word mean
what he chooses it to mean, and
expecting all to agree with him.
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There’s one word being used
frequently these days, the true
meaning of which we are afraid
is being intrepreted by some as
did Humpty Dumpty choose.
This word is “Involved”.
Individuals, organ! zat io n s,
churches, nations should become
“involved." we hear and read.
But to become “involved” seems,
in the minds of some, to mean
one should go to any extrem
es to carry their point, or have
their way.
This intrepretation of “invol
ved” parallels the old theory
than any means is justified by
the results.’
It would seem to us that inst
ead of using “involved” it might
be better to say that all should
be “actively interested in”.
And while we’re talking about
Words:
Recently read an article by
some columnist who thought it
would be a good idea to abandon
use of any word spelled with
four letters. He said that so
many “four letter words” are in
common use today — words that
one formerly only saw scrawl
ed on the walls of men’s rest
rooms — that the only thing to
do was to ban all four-letter
words.
Can’t agree with him about de
leting all four-letter words from
our language.
For to do so would be to wipe
out such words as “love”,
“life”, “wife”, “baby” and so
on. All of these and many others
are good words.
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tell if a fellow thinks too
little — see if he talks too
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Mrs. Donald Crowder, her husband, and brother, Freck, talk things over in
hospital room at Emory University.
Brothers Wait
For Decision
Donald Crowder, 43, of Griffin
and his brother Ferrell “Freck”
Crowder, 36, of the U. S. Navy
awaited a decision from dqctors
today on a kidney transplant.
They may get the word Friday.
Donald Crowder is being trea
ted at Emory University Hospi
tal in Atlanta for a kidney ail
ment. His brother who is station
ed in Pensacola, Fla., checked
into the hospital Monday for a
series of tests. He has volunteer
ed to give one of his kidneys to
his brother, Donald.
The two men learned of the
need for a transplant last April.
The Griffin man had been in
the hospital here twice then la
ter learned a transplant might
be the answer to his illness.
Doctors consulted with Don-
Wallace Aides Deny
He’ll Marry Blonde
CHICAGO (UPD—The Chica
go Tribune said today that pres
idential candidate George Wal
lace has been accompanied on
campaign trips by a pretty In
dianapolis blonde who says that
she and the former Alabama
governor will soon be married.
A front page photo showed
Wallace and Miss Ja-Neen
Welch with their arms around
each other, both smiling broad
ly.
“For the past several weeks
Ja-Neen Welch has appeared at
Wallace’s side at various public
gatherings, including a session
at Midway Airport (Chicago) in
which she hugged and kissed
him for the benefit of news
photographers,” the story said.
Miss Welch, who appears
from her picture to be in the
mld-20s, “is reported to have
announced to the Indiana press
that she and the governor will
soon marry,” the Tribune said.
Wallace aides in Indianapolis
"fiercely denied” all Miss
Welch’s claims, although they
admit she has been on several
campaign trips with Wallace,
the paper said.
“All we know Is that she has
done some television commer
cials. She popped up two or
three times on the campaign
trail and now she’s saying all
these things. The governor
knows nothing about her,”
Richard Smith, campaign man
ager said.
Moss Wins In
Runoff Vote
Jack Moss defeated Louis
Goldstein for the Democratic no
mination for Spalding County
Commissioner here Wednesday.
Incumbent Moss received 3,229
votes and Goldstein, a former
city commissioner, received 1,-
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aid’s wife and his brother Freck,
and when the facts were laid
out, his brother volunteered to
give one of his kidneys.
"They haven’t found anything
wrong withe me,” the veteran
Navy man said Wednesday af
ternoon.
“Freck” Crowder checked in
to the hospital for the transplant
tests Monday and has been there
since.
He left his wife and five child
ren in Pensacola where they
make their home.
Crowder has another year to
do with the Navy before comple
ting 20 years. He plans to retire
next July.
He has asked the Navy to give
him permission to give the kid
ney to his brother. They still are
Smith said Miss Welch
worked as a Wallace girl volun
teer but that “she will no long-
Charges Pile Up
In Burglary Case
Two men who were arrested
Monday and charged with a bur
glary at the Griffin Elks Lodge
have been charged with a series
of burglaries and larcenies in the
city and county, police said.
Additional charges of burglary
of VFW Post 5448 on West Pop
lar street and breaking and en
tering an automobile were filed
against the Atlanta pair Wed
nesday morning.
More charges were placed ag
ainst them Wednesday after
noon and this morning.
Included in the new charges
against Ralph H. Pendley, 19,
and Floyd D. Shirley, 18, both
of 845 White street, S.W., Atlan
ta, are:
Two more burglaries of t h e
Elks Club, two more burglaries
of the VFW, a burglary at Kni
ght’s Grocery on North Hill st
reet, a burglary at West Griffin
School, a burglary at the Eagles
Club on West Solomon street, a
burglary at Service Wholesale
Co., on Anne street, a burglary
at Gatlin’s Auto Service, an at-
053.
The balloting was a runoff whi
ch was necessary when none of
the four candidates in the pri
mary two weeks ago received a
majority.
Moss will face Sam Cooley, Re
publican nominee for the county
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, September 26,1968
awaiting word from the Navy
on the request.
“Freck” noted that he and his
four brothers, including Donald,
all had served in the Navy. Their
late father, Henry P. Crowder
of Griffin, served in the Army.
Mrs. Nellie Crowder, their mo
ther, makes her home in Experi
ment.
Mrs. Rachel Heath and Miss
Norma Crowder, two sisters of
the Crowder brothers, live in Gr
iffin. Another sister, Mrs. Carol
Brown, lives in California.
The three other Crowder bro
thers are: Smith Crowder, 39, of
Charleston, Lenwood, 40, of Cal
ifornia and Wallace, 26, of Jack
sonville, Fla.
Donald’s wife is with him at
Emory Hospital this week.
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campaign. You can bet on
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tempted burglary at Harris’ Gro
cery on Meriwether street, lar
ceny of a battery from a tractor
at 18th and Poplar streets, lar
ceny of a rotary button from a
car at Vickery and Young Used
Cars on West Broadway, Lar
ceny of gas from vehicles at Gr
iffin Ready Mix Concrete Co.,
and O’Dell’s Case, and an at
tempted larceny of money from
a soft drink machine at Barfie
ld’s Service Station at Sunny
Side.
City detectives and deputies
of the Spalding Sheriff’s Office
are continuing to work on the
burglaries and larcenies. They
said additional charges may be
made, the officers said.
Pendley and Shirley are for
mer Griffinites. They were arres
ted Monday in the vicinity of
Melrose Subdivision.
Officers said merchandise tak
en in some of the burglaries and
larcenies has been recovered.
Pendley and Shirley are being
held in city jail while officers
continue an investigation.
commission post in the Novem
ber 5 general election.
In another runoff race Wednes
day, Lewis Strickland defeated
Ray Stonica for constable in the
1825 district, post two.
Strickland received 432 and
Stonica 416.
Fortas’ Enemies
Zero On ‘Politics’
Senate May
Try To Choke
Debate Friday
By ROY MCGHEE
WASHINGTON (UPD—
Filibustering opponents of Abe
Fortas’ nomination as chief
justice today zeroed In on what
they claim is the “political”
method by which Earl Warren
announced his plan to retire,
arguing that technically no
vacancy exists on the Supreme
Court.
As the Senate talkathon
against Fortas went into its
second day, there were signs
the leadership would move as
early as Friday in an attempt
to choke off debate to vote on
bringing the nomination itself to
the floor.
Democratic leader Mike
Mansfield, D-Mont., took the
floor at the outset of today’s
session and emphasized that the
Senate was not yet at the point
of arguing the merits of the
Fortas nomination, but was
simply considering the question
of taking up the nomination.
Procedural Matter
“This is only a procedural
matter,” he said. “The Senate
is not facing up to the Fortas
nomination.”
Mansfield told reporters there
was a possibility he would file a
cloture petition to halt debate
Friday or Saturday. Republican
leader Everett M. Dirksen said
he expected the move to be
made Friday.
The question of the manner in
which Chief Justice Warren
submitted his request for
retirement and the way Pres
ident Johnson accepted it—
conditioned on confirmation of a
successor—was stressed by Sen.
Howard Baker, R-Tenn. He
argued there was “political
motivation” in the nomination.
If a petition for cloture—a
parlimentary device requiring
a two-thirds majority vote to
halt debate —were filed Friday
or Saturday it would come up
for a vote early next week.
Opponents of the nomination
insist they have enough votes to
keep the Senate from invoking
cloture. The latest count showed
36 solid votes against shutting
debate, according to Baker
and Sen. Robert P. Griffin, R-
Mich.
Griffin High
Classes Elect
Their Officers
Three classes at Griffin High
have elected class officers for
1968-69.
They are:
Seniors — Quimby Melton 111,
president; Jeanne Morris, vice
president; Debbie Mays, secre
tary; Robin Wheaton, treasurer.
Juniors — Bill Cole, president;
Hal Elder, vice president; Deb
bie Folds, secretary: Janice
Cobb, treasurer.
Sophomores — Steve Bozeman,
president; Pam Butler, vice
president; Dru Dixon, secre
tary; and Sally Boyd, treasurer.
Campbell Wants
Imitation’
Milk Labeled
ATLANTA (UPI) — Imitation
milk may have a clean bill of
health from the State Supreme
Court, but Georgia’s agriculture
commissioner is going to make
sure housewives know it isn't
the real thing.
Commissioner Phil Campbell
said Wednesday that while h»
might not be able to ban the
milk because of the Supreme
Court ruling, he can use “truth
in labeling” laws to regulate the
new product.
Campbell once forbade the
sale of the imitation milk and
was told by the high court that
he could not do so.
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Gov. and Mrs. Maddox flash “V” for victory signs
as the governor quipped: ‘‘Don’t you think it’s time
Georgia had a woman governor?” He has mentioned
he might run his wife for governor in 1970, since he
cannot run to succeed himself.
Gov. Lester Maddox
Leaves ’Em Laughing
Gov. Lester Maddox, in an “al
ways leave ’em laughing” mood,
fired quirks and barbs one after
the other in a talk to the Griffin
Kiwanis Club Wednesday.
Some samples:
As he chatted with newsmen
across the table from him before
his talk, he discussed defections
from the Georgia Democratic
Party to the Republican side.
“They are in trouble. They
should have done like I did and
just got half way out (of the
party),” he quipped.
Answering references made to
his directive that state depart
ment heads should review and
cut their budgets:
“I don’t want Georgia to be
come an Essex or an Edsel.
‘But progress takes money. If
you know of another way, see me
after the meeting and we’ll take
it up at 2:30 at the capitol.”
Discussing the Chicago Demo
cratic Convention:
“Chicago was a mess. It could
have been worse. They (the De
mocrats) could have accepted
me. That really would have been
something!”
On the presidential campaigns:
“Things have gotten bad for
Humpty Dumpty. He is so fa r
down on the totem pole that he
is talking about law and order.”
On George Wallace:
“If things were right in the
White House today, a campaign
like that of George Wallace wou
ld be insignificant.”
On Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark:
“The ought to cart him out of
Washington before nightfall and
send him back where he came
from — wherever that is.”
"Many people have been busy
looking under the bed (for com
munists) when they should have
been looking in the bed.”
On Georgia:
“Georgia is solving its prob
lems and for those who don’t
want to help—Phooey on them!”
Gov. Maddox said he thought
Nixon would get some votes in
Georgia.
"He (Nixon) made two trips to
Atlanta for the funeral of Mar
tin Luther King.”
The Georgia chief executive
said he was troubled by some of
the fiscal policies of the GOP
candidates. He said he thought
the” would not be good for the
country.
Gov. Maddox said of the news
media in Atlanta:
“They can see no good in any
one they oppose. They can see no
bad in anyone they support.”
Gov. Maddox said that they
seized every opportunity to show
his administration in an unfavor
able light.
Gov. Maddox told the club he
would be in Los Angeles next
week to persuade a $5-million in
dustry to come to Georgia. He
said it had almost been lost be
cause they didn’t like Georgia’s
corporation tax.
While in Los Angeles, he said
he would tape an interview with
Joe Pyne, national television in
terview type show seen in Atlan-
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HORSING AROUND, Georgia Robinson carries
“Gray Ghost’s Mare” in St. Petersburg, Fla. The
miniature Shetland pony is four months old and
stands 24 inches high. Its owner said it is just about
full size and much smaller than standard Shetlands,
which stand about four feet tall.
14 - Month - Old
Shot In Head
In Accident
A 14-month-old baby was acci
dentally shot in the head when
a .22 caliber pistol being clean
ed by her uncle discharged, po
lice said.
Officers said Macella Free
man, 14-month-old daughter of
Mrs. Mildred Freeman, of 630
West Broad street, was admitted
to the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital and later transferred to
Eggleston Children’s Hospital in
Atlanta.
They said the pistol was being
cleaned by Albert Stinson, a ve
teran of the Vietnam war, who
is stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C.
Mrs. Freeman was combing
the baby’s hair and Stinson was
in the same room cleaning the
pistol, officers said. They said
the pistol discharged. The bullet
struck the girl above the right
eye.
She was listed in serious condi
tion at Egleston this morning.
No charges were placed again
st Stinson, officers said.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy and a
little warmer tonight. Mostly
fair and mild Friday and Satur
day. Cool Friday night.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 84, minimum today
66, maximum Wednesday 87,
minimum Wednesday 65. Sun
rise Friday 7:31 a.m., sunset
Friday 7:30 p.m.
ta on Channel 11 on Saturday ni
ghts. Maddox did not know
when the show would be shown
in Georgia.
Before the meeting, President
Wayman Hutson had asked the
club to sing “Happy Birthday”
to the governor. He will celebr
ate one next Monday. The club
which honors members having
birthdays once at a monthly
meeting, handed over its birth
day cake to the governor. He
beamed as the club sang to
him.
Mrs. Maddox accompanied her
husband to Griffin for his talk.
The Kiwanis Club had urged
members to invite their wives
and make it a “ladies” pro
gram. More than 200 attended.
Lee Roy Claxton, program
chairman, introduced the spea
ker.