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By Quimby Melton
Now that the Cabinet for the
Nixon administration has been
announced, people are beginning
to talk about the coming inaugu
ration of President Nixon on
Monday, Jan. 20.
There will be quite a contrast
between this inauguration and
proceeding ones, especially those
in the early days of the nation.
George Washington, “Father
of His Country" yas inaugurat
ed as first President on April 20,
1789. He took the oath of office
standing on the porch of the
Federal Hall in New York
City. The ceremony was short
and it did not cost the taxpayers
one penny.
Thomas Jefferson, third Presi
dent, was the first to be inaugu
rated In Washington. He walked
to the Capitol from a boarding
house and took the oath of office
in the old Senate Chamber. He
rode horseback to the Capitol for
his second inauguration and re
turning home followed a band
that played. This was the be
ginning of an Inaugural parade.
Tire first Inaugural ball was
held when James Madison be
came President in 1809; and the
first Inaugural reception in 1813.
It was at this reception that the
U.S. Marine band first played at
the White House.
James Monroe was the first
President to take the oath out of
doors since the capitol had been
burned by the British three
years before he was elected and
not been sufficiently rebuilt at
the time.
Andrew Jackson was the first
President to be sworn In on a
special platform built on the
east portal of the Capitol build
ing.
And It was the inauguration
of Jackson that drew the largest
crowd, up to that time, to Wash
ington. Estimates placed it as
high as 20,000.
But it was the reception that
was held at the White House la
ter than has gone down as the
wildest, most enthusiastic, one
ever held in Washington. Many
of the 20,000 Had come long dis
tances to celebrate with their
hero. They stromed into the
White House, stood on chairs,
tables and sofas to get a glimp
se of the new President. They
waved, shouted, drank freely of
the home distilled “spirits” and
spilled a lot of it over furniture
and carpets. It took much time,
labor and expense to clean up
the mess. It is also said many
“souvenirs” of the occasion were
taken home. These included sil
ver, pictures, rugs and even
some furniture.
The first pictures ever taken
Cf an inauguration was in 1857
when James Buchanan became
President. The first TV pictur
es of the Harry Truman inau
guration in 1948.
The first recorded costs of an
inauguration, that are known,
tell of Uncle Sam’s spending
$286.75 when William Henry Har
rison was sworn in in 1841. And
this included $135.00 to build the
platform. By 1853 the cost had
increased to $547.34 when Fr
anklin Pierce became President,
and conservative members of
Congress began to “wonder how
far this can go.”
It’s interesting to note that it
is estimated the inauguration of
President Nixon will cost “many
millions”. However only $400,000
of this will be paid by the Con
gress, which has appropriated
that amount to build the special
inauguration platform. Cost of
building the seats along the line
of the Inaugural Parade will
be met by selling tickets for
them. And the cost of other fea
tures of the day, including many
balls, will be borne by business
firms and by prominent mem
bers of the Republican party.
Everytime a President takes
the oath of office his speech is
of interest, not only to the peo
ple in this nation but throughout
the world. For what he says then
is considered as giving more or
less an indication of what h 1 s
policies will be.
Probably the best remember
ed inaugural speeches of all are
those of:
President George Washing
ton when he warned against
“foreign entanglements”;
Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
1933, when he told America “All
we have to fear is fear itself”;
And that of John F. Kennedy,
who in 1961 said, “Ask not what
your country can do for you —
ask what you can do for your
country.”
Breath Test To Help In
Drunk Driving War Here
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Band Concert
The Spalding Junior High School Concert and Advanced Bands will present a
Christmas program tonight at 7:30 in the school auditorium. Officers of the Ad
vanced Band discuss the program. They are (front, 1-r) Ken Henderson, section
leader; Tommie Allen, drum major; Carole Sibley, second lieutenant; Eleanor
Walker, captain, and Tommy Hopkins, section leader; (back) Keith Huckaby,
section leader; Jerry Kimbrel, first lientenant; Scott Slade, section leader, and
Marilyn Foster, section leader. Admission will be $1 for adults and 50 cents for
students.
Stealing Flourishes
During Yule Season
Bad check writing and shoplif
ters will be operating at full for
ce during the next two weeks,
according to detectives at the
Griffin Police Department.
They said the bad check wri
ters and shoplifters operate
throughout the year. However,
police said the Christmas season
is the prime operating time for
such law breakers.
Griffin merchants were warn
ed again to be on the lookout
for such law violators.
The detective bureau is seek
ing the cooperation of merchants
in reducing the amount of goods
stolen and the number of bad
checks passed.
The detectives said people cau
ght shoplifting would be taken to
court. They said the usual pun
ishment for the first offense is
a S3OO fine or 12 months in pri
son. The penalty on the second
offense can be 12 months in pri
son with no provision for a fine.
Very few cases of shoplifting
and bad checks have been re
ported to the Griffin Police De
partment so far during the
Christmas season.
“We are getting prepared,”
one detective said. “The next
two weeks will be one of our bu
siest times,” he said.
Detectives pointed out that
shoplifting is done by all ages of
people. Most of the shoplifting
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How shoplifter does it.
is done by people In their early
and late 20’s, records show.
The merchants have been re
quested to require proper iden
tification when cashing checks.
Social Security cards are not
good identification, the detectiv
es said.
They said cashiers should not
hesitate to ask questions of st
rangers and should take down in
formation, such as descriptions
and driver’s license number.
Cashiers have been alerted to
be cautious of any stranger in a
hurry. The detectives point out
“all strangers are not crooks,
but most crooks are strang
ers.”
Flim-flam artists also operate
during the Christmas season
when there is a lot of maney
changing hands, police pointed
out.
Griffinites have been warned
to be suspicious of people offer
ing any special deals, especially
on money that has been found
or won.
Griffin shoppers have been
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urged to place packages in the
trunks of their automobiles
where they will be out of sight
and can be locked.
"Our mission of cutting thefts
is impossible if we do not have
the cooperation of the merchants
and their employes,” the detec
tives said.
ALARMING STORY
CINCINNATI (UPD—Judson
W. Jermon, 43, a burglar alarm
salesman from Atlanta, Ga.,
reported to police here that
thieves broke into his car and
made off with $1,385 worth of
alarms. He said he did not have
a burglar alarm on his car.
TIRELESS PUPILS
AURORA, Ohio (UPD—About
2,075 pupils had an unscheduled
holiday Tuesday. Someone let
the air out of the tires of all
nine school buses.
New Device Here
Beginning Monday
A new device to help detect
drunk drivers will be put into use ■
here beginning Monday. It is
part of a state wide effort to cr
ackdown on drunk driving.
Beginning Monday all law en
forcement officers in Griffin and
Spalding County will send a re
cord of drunk driving offenses to
the State Department of Public :
Safety in Atlanta.
Suspects will have a choice of
taking a “breath” test or a blood
tffit. If they refuse, they face the
possibility of losing their drivers
license up to six months.
Results of drunk tests will be
sent to the State Department of
Safety as part of the overall war
on drunk driving.
An Intoximeter, to be used in
the breath tests, has been p u r
chased by Spalding County and
will be operated by officers of
the Griffin Police Department.
Officers of the Police Depart
ment will conduct tests for the
Sheriff’s Department and the
Georgia State Patrol.
Seven officers here have been
certified by Dr. Herman Jones
of the State Crime Laboratory in
Atlanta to operate the Intoxome
ter.
The device is used to deter
mine if a person has been drink
ing and if so, how much.
A spokesman for the Police
Department said it would raise
fines for drunk driving to absorb
test costs. The new law under
which the tests will be made pro-
It’s Girl For
Ethel Kennedy
WASHINGTON (UPD—
Ethel Kennedy gave birth by
Caesarian section today to a
girl—six months after the 1
assassination of the child’s
father, Robert F. Kennedy.
The 8 pound, 4 ounce baby is
Mrs. Kennedy’s 11th child, and
the 4th daughter. She was born
at 8:40 a.m. EST at Georgetown
University Hospital.
Mrs. Kennedy was taken to
the delivery room at 7:45 a.m.
by Dr. John W. Walsh who
performed the Caesarian opera
tion
Frank Mankiewicz, press se
cretary to the late senator,
made the announcement of the
birth. He said both mother and
child were “in excellent condi
tion.”
Mrs. Kennedy’s brother-in-law
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-
Mass., arrived at the hospital
shortly after 7 a.m. with his
wife, Joan.
Mankiewicz said the senator
was with Ethel during the
delivery.
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Tarzan Among Four
Aew Color Comics
“Tarzan,” the comic strip that
will join the expanded color co
miecs section of the Griffin Da
ily News this weekend, will br
ing readers the thrilling and sus
penseful tales of Edgar Rice :
Burroughs. The jungle-raised no
bleman is one of the nation’s ,
most popular fiction heros of all
times.
Also joining Tarzen in the co- ■
mic section will be detective Ker
ry Drake, The Wizard of Id, and
Emmy Lou. They will be among '
the eight pages of color comics
that will be featured each week
end.
A son of Lord and Lady Grey
stoke, the infant Tarzan was
"adopted” by a band of great
apes in the African jungle after
his parents had been killed on i
a hunting trip there. Later, as a
young man, he was found by an
other white hunter, who took
him back to England.
After being educated, Tarzan,
disenchanted with civilization
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vides that the suspect is not re
quired to pay for the test.
A suspect was required to pay
$lO for either a blood test or br
eath test before the new law
went into effect.
If a suspect refuses to take ei
ther of the tests, he will be gr
anted a hearing by the Depart
ment of Public Safety. The ar
resting officer would not have to
be present at the hearing but
could send an affidavit with the
record of the suspect.
The breath or blood tests can
be conducted only after an offi
cer has made an arrest.
Officers of the Griffin Police
Department will be equipped
with a pocket package and will
be able to conduct on the scene
breath tests.
“If a man is arrested in Grif
fin, then Newnan and Macon, on
drunk driving charges, he will
not be permitted to pay fine
at each place and continue to
drive. The records at the De
partment of Public Safety will
be checked each time a report is
turned in on him,” the spokes
man said. The suspect’s license
would be suspended for six mon
ths, he said.
Weather:
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FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
4REA — Increasing cloudiness
ind warmer tonight with chance
of showers beginning during
he night. Friday cloudy and
mild with chance of showers.
LOCAL WEATHER — Esti
mated high today 50, low today
28, high Wednesday 50, low
Wednesday 29. Sunrise Friday
1:33 a.m., sunset Friday 5:35
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“To stay healthy you need
to be careful what you put
in your mouth — and what
comes out.”
and its evils, returned to Afri
ca, where he dedicated his life to
a fight against wrongdoing.
There, he also took a wife, Jane,
and they had a son, Korak, who
is now approaching manhood.
In the current Tarzan adven
ture, the ape man has come
upon, in the dense jungle, a baby
ape, Balu, and its mother. Again
Tarzan is back among his old
friends and he watches as the
little ape playfully romps throu
gh the undergrowth and finds
there a strange, scaly creature.
Balu, curious, pulls it from the
bushes and almost immediately
the aroused animal, which pro
ves to be a small pangolin or
anteater, wraps itself around the
ape’s paw. Tarzan hears the
baby’s screams, rushes to t h e
ape and releases it from the
coil of the pangolin.
This is where readers pick up
the new Tarzan adventure this
week.
To Help Keep Christ In Christmas,
The Griffin Daily News Presents:
SILENT NIGHT
The Story of Christmas
by John J. Stewart
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Fourth of Ji. Series
“Fear Not, Mary; Blessed Art Thou”
“Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favor with God.”
The words, spoken to her by the angel nine months before,
kept running through Mary’s thoughts as she lay upon the
straw in the dimly lit stable. “Fear Not . . . fear not.”
The teen-aged Mary clenched her fists and clung to the
words as though they were all that she had to sustain her
in this difficult hour. “The Lord is with thee. Blessed art
thou among women.”
Tears streaked her face, her beautiful young face. “Be
hold the handmaid of the Lord,” she had told the angel in
sweet submissiveness. “Be it unto me according to thy
word.”
Nine long months had slowly crept by. But now was the
hour of her fulfillment. “Thou shalt conceive and bring
forth a son, and shall call his name Jesus. He shall be great,
and shall be called the Son of the Highest.”
To her was being entrusted the motherhood, the infant
care, the maternal guidance of the Son of God, the Creator
of heaven and earth, the Savior and Redeemer of all man
kind.
Her own name would be known and revered above that
of any other woman, even that of Eve, the mother of the
race, and Sarah, the mother of the covenant people.
She brushed her trembling hand across her forehead.
The perspiration ran down through her long hair. Yes, the
Son of the Highest. Her Son. “Fear not, Mary, fear
not . . .”
The ordeal was over. Joseph, kind Joseph, was care
fully handing the baby to her now. Weak but happy, she
returned Joseph’s smile, took the babe into her eager
arms, snuggled Him close to her bosom.
Happily she looked down at Him, kissed Him. What a
handsome baby, this Son of God. Her Son. How soft His
skin. How delicate His features. How tiny His hands and
feet. She touched each finger, each toe, felt His ears and
nose. Gazed into His eyes.
How glorious the miracle of birth, of life. How wonder
ful this newborn child, this baby Jesus.
“Blessed art thou among women!” Blessed, oh ye, so
blessed. “My soul doth magnify the Lord! And my spirit
hath rejoiced in God my Savior! For He hath regarded the
low estate of His handmaiden, for from henceforth all
generations shall call me blessed. For He that is mighty
hath done to me great things, and holy is His name.”
And so it was that “she brought forth her firstborn Son,
and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a
manger.”
Next — “Thou Shalt Call His Name Jesus”
No Haircut - - No Pay
SAN FRANCISCO (UPD—
Postal authorities Wednesday
suspended without pay a
mailman who hasn’t had a
haircut in a year.
The mailman, William E.
Cain, 24, has collar-length
brown hair his attorney de
scribed as "rather attractive.”
But Charles Harper, chairman
of the appearance board, said
“no haircut, no pay” for Cain, a
postal employe since Jan. 27.
Harper said he acted on the
basis of an Aug. 1 post office
bulletin which said carriers’
hair should be neatly trimmed
and clean. He said he interpret
ed this to mean it should be
above the collar.
Cain’s attorney, Ernest Besig
of the American Civil Liberties
Union, said there is “nothing
unreasonable” about the depart
ment’s regulation.
However, he said, Cain
“fulfills the regulation.”
“As a matter of fact, Cain’s
hair is rather attractive and has
a wave,” Besig Mid.