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YENIN VT
By Quimby Melton
This week’s International Sun
day School lesson begins a ser
ies of four lessons on How to St
udy and Understand the Bible.
This week’s lesson is “Keys to
Understanding the Bible.”
Background scripture is John
5:37-46; 16:12-15; Acts 8:26-35;
16:10-12; James 1:22-25.
The Memory Selection is "Se
arch the scriptures; for in them
ye think yd have eternal life;
and they are they which testify
of me.” (John 5:39.)
For many lessons we have
called attention to the fact that
the Bible still leads the list of
“best sellers” and have sought
to impress our readers with the
fact that just to possess a Bible
is not sufficient, one must read
and study the Bible if it is to be
worth anything to him.
One commentator asks the
question how widely is the Bi
ble read and then he quotes a
senior newspaper writer as say
ing the general public is unin
formed about the Bible today.
Fifty years ago, he affirmed, a
writer like himself could count
upon a reader understanding a
biblical allusion. Not now.
Then he added Batman has re
placed Samson, the law of the
jungle has shattered the Golden
Rule; and the hippies would lis
ten to the Sermon on the Mount
only if you threw in Joan Baez
as an added attraction.
That’s a rather strong indict
ment of the people of today. But
just how true is it?
How many of us read our Bi
ble because we love it?
How many of us read it becau
se to us it echoes “How Great
Thou Art” sung in praise of God
Almighty?
How many of us read the Bi
ble because we know that ev
erything we read in it gives us
new hope and new strength to
face the problems of the day?
How many of us read our Bi
ble because we by studying it
have found it to be the Truth,
the Whole Truth and Nothing but
the Truth?
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Our lesson this week tells of
“Keys” to understanding the
Bible. A key is used to unlock a
door or a gate or some other
thing that keeps one from enter
ing. A key is used to start the
motor of one's automobile so
they can mave forward; a key is
necessary to open the drawer in
the safety deposit vault at the
bank so you can get your saf
ety deposit box in which you
keep valuable papers.
The key is a most important
thing in everyone’s life today.
We like that reference to the
safety deposit box key: First re
member one cannot open the
drawer by himself; it takes an
employe of the bank, with a se
cond key, to join you in opening
th door. And we believe that
while one may use the keys sug
gested by this lesson to get at
the true meaning of the Bible,
that a more potent key is found
when one prays to God Him
self, that as they read the Bible
He will give them the wisdom
(key) to fully appreciate its ev
ery word.
Our lesson discusses “keys”
to better understanding of t h e
Bible. These are suggested by
more learned men than this lay.
man. Boiled down we believe
the keys are simply these:
Read the Bible regularly, pra
yerfully, picking it up expecting
a blessing as you read.
Set aside a time each day to
read the Bible. This can be the
most important part of the day
to you.
Read your Bible slowly and
carefully, not with one eye on
the clock, hurrying through.
Take time to really study, rem
embering the Bible is the insplr
ed Word of God.
When a friend recommends a
novel to one as being interesting
and well worth reading, one
gets the book and begins read
ing it expecting to find it inter
esting.
The Bible is recommended by
many friends. When you open it
to read do so with the same ex
pectancy you have when you
start reading some other "inter
esting story.”
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Mostly cloudy and
mild with showers tonight and
Saturday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Esti
mated high today 72, low today
60, high yesterday 63, low yes
terday 57. Total rainfall .13 of
an inch. Sunrise Saturday 6:40,
sunset Saturday 8:33.
Fortas Backlash
Threatens Others
By FRANK ELEAZER
WASHINGTON (UPl)—Re
percussions from the resigna
tion of Supreme Court Justice
Abe Fortas spread throughout
the three branches of govern
ment today and threatened to
extend to other high officials.
There were these develop
ments:
—Wright Patman, chairman
of the House Banking Commit
tee, said the case of Treasury
Secretary David M. Kennedy
and his alleged ties with the
bank he formerly headed
“seems much more serious
than the Fortas affair.”
—Rep. H.R. Gross, R-lowa,
said he hoped the House
Judiciary Committee would
investigate Justice William O.
Douglas’ relationship with the
Albert Parvin Foundation. Sen.
Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., called
on Douglas to resign.
—Several congressmen criti
cized Atty. Gen. John N.
Mitchell for disclosing he
turned over to Chief Justice
Ear] Warren "certain informa
tion” about Fortas. Rep. Robert
W. Kastenmeier, D-Wis., said
the Judiciary Committee should
investigate Mitchell.
Denies Deal
—Tile Justice Department
denied it made any sort of deal
with imprisoned financier Louis
E. Wolfson to get more
information about his connec
tions with Fortas.
—Senate Leaders Mike Mans
field and Everett M. Dirksen
promised that in the future
there would be more intensive
examination of presidential
nominees.
Fortas, 59, resigned Wednes
day night—the first justice in
the court’s history to quit under
pressure. The announcement
came Thursday morning—ll
days after Life magazine
revealed he received, but
returned 11 months later, a
$20,000 fee from the Wolfson
family foundation. Fortas was
on the bench at the time.
Among names mentioned as
possible appointees by Pres
ident Nixon included: Charles
S. Rhyne, Washington, former
president of the American Bar
Association and Nixon’s college
roommate: Secretary of State
William P. Rogers; Mitchell,
Former Atty. Gen. Herbert
Brownell; and U.S. Circuit
Judges Henry J. Friendly of
New York and Warren E.
Berger of the District of
Columbia. If Nixon chose to
elevate an associate justice to
succeed Warren, speculation
centered Justice Potter Stew
art.
Memo To Warren
In his memorandum to
Warren, Fortas said he agreed
to receive a $20,000 annual
lifetime fee for services to the
foundation because of his
interest in its work in racial
and religious cooperation. He
said he returned the fee when
he learned the Securities and
Exchange Commission had
transferred its investigation of
Businessman
Elected Head
Os State GOP
ATLANTA (UPI) — Savan
nah businessman Wiley Wasden
has been elected new chairman
of the Georgia Republican Par
ty.
Wasden won the election by
the party central committee
Thursday after earlier winning
the nomination from a nominat
ing group over two other can
didates.
The 33-year-old Savannahlan
beat out Rep. Joe Higgen
botham of DeKalb County and
Gene Miller, a Columbus auto
mobile dealer. Miller reportedly
had the backing of GOP Nation
al Committeeman Howard “Bo”
Callaway and Commltteewoman
Mrs. Florence Caudle.
Wasden was backed by out
going chairman G. Paul Jones
of Macon, whom he will replace
in July.
Jones submitted his resigna
tion two weeks ago for what
he called business and person
al reasons.
The new chairman said he
plans to work toward estab
lishing GOP organizations in all
of Georgia’s 159 counties, and
build a party that “will com
pletely destroy the Democratic
Party.”
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872
Wolfons’s stock dealings to the
Justice Department for crimin
al prosecution.
“There has been no wrong
doing on my part,” Fortas said
in the memo. “There has been
no default in the performance
of my judicial duties in
accordance with the high
standards of the office I hold.”
It was learned that from 1962
to 1966 Fortas was an officer of
Great America Corp., an
insurance holding company in
Carson City, Nev. The papers
of incorporation for the firm
was filed in 1962 by former
Nevada Lt. Gov. Clifford Jones,
whose gambling license in Las
Vegas had been suspended in
1955.
It was revealed Thursday the
Justice Department talked to
Wolfson at his Florida prison
May 4 through his laywer,
telling him he would be forced
to testify before a grand jury if
he did not cooperate. Wolfson
then answered questions put to
him by the FBI, a department
spokesman said.
Calls For Action
Rep. Clark MacGregor, D-
Minn., called for action on his
bills to ouAlaw paid outside
work-in excess of ssoo—by
officials of all three branches of
government and to require full
disclosure of source and
amount of all income.
MacGregor said prospects for
his bills depended largely on
public reaction to the Fortas
matter.
North Labels
Nixon Peace
Plan ‘Absurd’
PARIS (UPl)—The United
States today presented Pres
ident Nixon’s new peace plan to
the Communists at the Vietnam
peace conference. North Viet
nam dismissed it as "absurd.”
Chief North Vietnamese nego
tiator Xuan Thuy said his
delegation still favored the Viet
Cong’s 10-point proposal for
peace presented last week.
The North Vietnamese re
mark was the first reaction
from the Hanoi group since
Nixon went on television
Wednesday night to give his
plan to end the fighting in a
year’s time.
“Tlie Nixon administration
continues to maintain its
absurd demands and continues
to intensify the war,” said
Xuan just before the 17th
session of the talks opened.
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7Yro Gavels
Jean Bailey accepts gavel from Scott Moore as symbol
of her election as president of the Griffin High DCT
Club for the next school year. She already holds the
gavel for state president of VICA. Miss Bailey is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B Bailey, 1310 Pleasant
drive; and Moore is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Moore, 1704 West Poplar.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, May 16, 1969
Georgia Court Changes
Ruling In Smith Case
Apollo
Crew
Ready
By CIIARLES E. TAYLOR
CAPE KENNEDY (UPI)—
The relaxed and ready Apollo
10 astronauts put on their
spacesuits today in a final
rehearsal for their blast off
Sunday atop a "beautiful
monster” on a trip 32 times
around the moon.
Commander 1 nomas P. Staf
ford, John W. Young and
Eugene A. Cernan, climbed into
simulators about 9 a.m. EDT
for the practice session. The
machines duplicate the controls
and responses of the Apollo
spacecraft and its lunar landing
traveling companion.
The space team got in two
good periods of relaxation
Thursdaj'—an acrobatic ride in
jets in the morning and a
workout in the moonport gym
at night.
Weathermen gave an optimis
tic forecast for the 12:49 p.m.
takeoff time part cloudy
weather at the launch
site with 10 to 15 mile an hour
easterly winds. Weathermen
said, however, there is always
a chance of thundershowers
which could stall last-minute
launch preparations.
The countdown on the Saturn
15 booster rocket and the
spacecraft on top of it was
rolling along again after a 16-
hour rest period that ended at 1
a.m. EDT.
The main task was loading
the fuel cell power generators
with hard-to-handle liquid oxy
gen and liquid hydrogen—a Job
launch Director Rocco A.
Petrone called “quite a pains
taking, precise operation.”
The last break for the ground
crews comes Saturday after
noon before the final countdown
starts early Sunday for the
12:49 p.m. takeoff.
Tiie astronauts were expected
to take Saturday off, winding
up a training schedule that
started with 16-hour days, but
tapered down to a relaxed
schedule in the final prelaunch
days in order to avoid fatigue
problems which have plagued
previous Apollo teams.
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Hospital Equipment
The Griffin-Spalding County Hospital Auxiliary has presented the hospital with
a check to purchase an ultrasonic unit for cleaning instruments used in the operat
ing rooms. Mrs. Lewis Simonton, president, presented the check to (1-r) Alyn
Jones, Carl A. Ridley, Carl Richardson and Ed Willis. Ridley is hospital admini
strator and the others are members of the hospital authority.
Sheriff Would
Serve Warrants
Sheriff J. Astor Riggins today
denied charges that there is no
justice for Negroes in Pike
County and said that warrants
properly sworn out by Negroes
against any white person would
be served.
Negroes taking part in the
boycott of Pike County Consoli
dated High. School have charged
that they couldn’t get warrants
against whites, who they claim
ed heaved bottles and rocks at
them during marches and de
monstrations.
“If warrants are issued I will
serve them” the sheriff said.
The warrant issue first deve
loped last week when SCLC
leaders claimed they couldn’t
get any against white people.
It arose again last night when
the Rev. A. D. King, brother of
the late Dr. Martin Luther King,
led some 150 marchers from
Mt. Hope Baptist Church to Just
outside the Pike County jail
yard.
The Rev. King questioned
Sheriff Riggins about warrants
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Milner Reader
Has Polly Tip
Mr. Clay English of Route One,
Milner, will have a suggestion in
the Polly’s Pointers to appear in
the weekend edition color comic
section of the Grifftn Daily
News.
Watch for it.
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Junior College
Survey Planned
A Chamber of Commerce com
mittee decided yesterday to
move in two directions in its ef
forts to get a junior college for
this community.
The committee will update a
1964 application to the Board of
Regents for a junior college.
It also plans to make a survey
of graduating high school sen
iors in Griffarea communities to
find out what their plans are.
One of the key questions that
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and the Sheriff told him he
would discuss the issue with
boycott leaders but not with all
the marchers.
“We’re going to have a con
frontation Friday,” Willie Bold
en, SCLC organizer told a meet
ing after the march to the jail.
“We’re going to deal with
those billy clubs tomorrow,” he
said.
Bolden also pinpointed May
25th as the day for another cl
ash between the demonstrators
and authorities.
“That’s going to be another
Charleston, 5.C.,” he told the
marchers.
“It’s going to be a long hot
summer in Zebulon,” he said.
Bolden, director of the
“Zebulon Project” for the SCLC,
announced plans for the demon
stration in a news conference
at SCLC headquarters in Atlan
ta. Rains, meanwhile, kept
demonstrators off the streets in
Zebulon.
Bolden said SCLC will try to
marshall “thousands” of dem
onstrators for the May 25
march and announced that
among the expected partici
pants will be Rev. Ralph D.
Abernathy, the head of the
SCLC, and Dr. Horace Tate,
executive secretary of the Geor
gia Teachers and Education As
sociation.
Bolden also announced that
the SCLC had sent telegrams to
a number of state and national
leaders — including President
Nixon and Gov. Lester Maddox
—asking them to use their in
fluence “to end Injustice in
Pike County.”
The Pike County Board of Ed
ucation yesterday submitted its
desegregation plan.
the survey will Include will be
"Would you have attended a ju
nior college in Spalding County
this tall, had one been located
here?”
Committee members who talk
ed with Chancellor George Simp
son of the University of Georgia
System reported on their discus
sions.
They indicated the chances are
good that this community will
get a junior college within the
Under the plan, the first gr
ade will remain at the first gr
ade center in Zebulon.
The second and third grades
will be at the present East Pike
Elementary School.
Grades four, five and six will
be located at the present Pike
Elementary School.
Grades seven, eight and nine
will be located at Pike Consoli
dated High in Concord. That
school probably will be known
as Pike Junior High.
The 10th, 11th and 12th gra
des will be located at the present
Pike High School in Zebulon.
Country Parson
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“It’s just as well that all
worthwhile goals are not easy
—men do their best when they
face a challenge.”
Copyright 1969, by Frank A. Clark
next four years.
Simpson suggested that the
1964 application be updated.
Atty. John Carlisle and Dr.
Alex Jones are heading the com
mittee made up of Clifford Seay,
Dr. Arthur Krepps, James K.
Searcy, Carl Ridley, Dick Slade
and Allen Marshall 111.
Quimby Melton Jr., and Rep.
Clayton Brown attended the
committee meeting as special
guests.
Sets Aside
Its Ruling
On Testimony
The Georgia Supreme Court
has vacated its judgment re
versing the Ronald L. Smith
case.
The ruling leaves Smith’s ap
peal for a new trial undecided.
On April 24, the Georgia Sup
reme Court reversed the case by
ruling there was an error in Sm
ith’s trial in Spalding Superior
Court.
The state court held in its Ap
ril ruling that the motion to ex
clude all of Carol Jean Cone
Smith’s testimony should have
been sustained instead of over
ruled during Smith’s trial.
Refusal to exclude her testi
mony "demands a new trial,”
the court held.
The high court reconsidered
the appeal on its own motion and
the latest Judgment leaves Sm
ith’s appeal for a new trial un
decided.
Reuben Garland, Smith’s at
torney, filed a motion, yester
day asking the Georgia Supreme
Court to reinstate its April de
cision that reversed the Smith
case.
Smith was sentenced to death
after being found guilty of mur
dering Charles L. Vaughn of Gr
iffin.
Industry Here
Gets Award
For Excellence
Griffin Industries, Inc., Its
employees and staff received a
signal honor from Sears, Roe
buck today.
Elmer T. Brumfield, Nation
al Merchandise Manager of foun
dations for women, presented an
addition for 1968 to the Sears
Symbol of Excellence Award
granted to Griffin for the com
pany’s performance in 1967.
pany’s performance in 1967.
cognition for the second conse
cutive year.
Sears presents this award an
nually to a small segment of the
2,000 suppliers who are judged
to be outstanding. It is based
primarily on excellence of qua
lity in the merchandise pro
duced for Sears and also in
meeting delivery schedules.
“This award”, said Mr. Brum
field, “is Sears’ way of indicat
ing that the subject company,
through it’s excellence of quality
and service of supply has made
a contribution to Sears’ nation
al reputation. It recognizes the
part that each employee plays
in the superior performance ac
hieved.”
The award was accepted of
ficially at an afternoon recep
tion, and again, in the evening
at the Moose Club, by Mr. Os
car Unger, General Manager of
Griffin Industries and it’s asso
ciated companies.
Said Mr. Unger, “It is my ex
treme pleasure on behalf of the
entire Griffin Staff to accept this
gratifying recognition of our per
formance for the second conse
cutive year, and we are grate
ful for the opportunity. We shall
strive constantly to maintain
and improve our efforts.”
In addition to the Griffin staff,
the dinner at the Moose Club
was attended by the stockhold
ers, Larry Gluckin and Mrs.
Cora Witten, by some of the Se
ars Staff from Atlanta and Chi.
cago, and by numerous mem
bers of the Griffin community,
Griffin Industries is a major
producer of bras and girdles for
distribution throughout the en
tire Sears retail world. The com
pany has been located in Griffis
for more than fifteen years and
employs almost 600 people, all
of whom are engaged in the
production of Sears merchandise.