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By Quimby Melton
This week’s International Bun
day School lesson Is the second
In the series “Keys to Under
standing the Bible’*. The title of
It is “Geographical and Cul
tural Backgrounds in the Bible.’’
The background scripture is Ge
nesis 13:14-17; Joshua 11: and
John 4:1-30.
The Memory Selection is Isa
iah 49:6, “I will also give thee
for a light to the Gentiles, that
thou mayest be my salvation
unto the end of the earth.”
The Scripture passages selec
ted for this lesson, two from the
Old Testament and one from the
New, give one an idea of how
they will better understand the
Bible, if they study where peo
ple lived (geography) and to
what social order (culture) they
belonged; for both played an
Important part in the events that
are told of and of the men who
wrote the Bible.
For instance one must know
that when King David wrote
the beloved 23rd Psalm it was
with the background of having
been himself a shepherd boy.
When he wrote “The Lord is My
Shepherd” everyone knew what
he was talking about. They
knew, for the Hebrews W’ere a
people whose chief livelihood
came from raising sheep.
Had David been brought up in
some other place, where the
land W’as not suitable for sheep
he would never have used shep
herd as his description of God.
Good Evening doubts if there
are many who will read th 1 s
column who have ever seen a
sheep, except at a zoo. And if
one were to go into the ghettos
of New York and described
God as a Shepherd one would be
met with blank stares. But if
one would paraphrase the 23rd
Psalm to read "God is My Big
Brother” it would be under
stood, for through the Big Bro
thers of Boys Clubs operating in
ghettos the boys know one who
cares, one who is interested in
them, and one who wants them
to make good.
God is described in many
ways in the Bible; and each
description is one the people of
that day and time could under
stand. The one description of
God that has been easily un
derstood and loved since the
first time it was used is found
in The Lord’s Prayer. Jesus
Himself told his disciples when
you pray say “Our Father which
art in heaven.” Everyone kn
ows what Father means.
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Not only should one, if he
would better understand the Bi
ble, study the history of the peo
ple about whom it is written, but
he should try and project him
self back to the days of the in
cidents told, and the circumstan
ces surrounding them. One
should also remember that the
books of the Old Testament
were written by different types
of people, law givers, priests,
poets, prophets, historians — all
inspired by God. But all had dif
ferent backgrounds.
The New Testament tells of a
new era when circumstances
and customs and culture were
quite different. New Testament
books were written during the
period of Roman strength.
The authors of the Old Tes
tament and the people of t h e 1 r
day were for the most part ag
riculturists; on the other hand
the early Christians, mainly liv
ed in towns and cities. Those for
whom the New Testament was
written were more "sophisticat
ed” than the ancient Hebrews.
But both Old and New Testa
ment were written by men in
spired by God. Don’t lose sight
of this as you study geography
and cultural background.
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This Sunday happens to be
Pentacost Sunday, the anniver
sary of the day when the H o 1 y
Spirit descended on the discip
les. That experience has been
discussed in previous lessons
and is well known by all.
As we study sacred geography
end culture let’s remember
someone has said, “A head illu
mined by knowledge, however
great, is a very different thing
from a heart strengthened by
faith.”
Being like Jesus Christ is more
difficult than learning about
Him. One is spiritually defor
med who, though he profess to
be a Christian, and though he
has stored up much knowledge
of the Bible, misses the real
purpose of the Bible. This lesson
gives us an Intellectual chal
lenge to learn more about the
Bible and a moral challenge to
try and become more Like the
Master.
‘Good Old Snoopy’
Shot Toward Sun
By EDWARD K. DELONG
UPI Space Writer
SPACE CENTER, Houston
(UPl)—Spending one last day
orbiting the moon, the Apollo 10
astronauts unwound today from
a marathon in space which Just
about assured an American
moon landing attempt in July.
‘‘Good old Snoopy,” the lunar
lander which helped them do it,
shot toward the sun.
Astronauts Thomas P. Staf
ford, Eugene A. Cernan and
John W. Young woke up early
in their 21st lunar orbit. It was
a considerably more relaxed
day than the 18 gruelling hours
they put in Thursday.
Ground controller Jack Lous
ma told thejn “everyone is
raving about your perfor
mance.”
“Pretty satisfying,” Cernan
said. “Pretty challenging.”
Stafford, Cernan and "Snoo
py” made the closest manned
approach yet to the m00n—9.5
miles. They proved that the
lunar lander can take men to
the verge of a lunar touchdown
and bring them back safely to a
mothership.
Most dramatically, Stafford
and Cernan showed that men
trained for the job could
successfully deal with malfunc
tions—the worst one born of
human error—which threaten
them 250,000 miles from home.
Life-Death Jury
Recommended
In Smith Case
The Georgia Supreme Court
has confirmed the murder con
viction of Ronald L. Smith.
However, the court reversed
the death sentence and recom
mended that a jury be empan
eled to determine whether or
not the defendant should be sen
tenced to life or death.
Smith was convicted in Spald
ing Superior Court of murder
ing Charles Vaughn, a West Ge
orgia College student.
The Georgia Supreme Court,
on April 24, reversed the Smith
case.
However, the court, on its own
motion, decided last week to va
cate its April 24 judgement
106 Are Candidates
For Vo-Tech Diplomas
Graduation exercises for the
Griffin-Spalding County Area
Vocational-Technical School will
be held Monday night at 8 o’clo
ck in the Spalding Junior High
School auditorium.
Mac Garrison will be the
graduation speaker.
Candidates for diplomas are:
Auto Body and Fender Re
pair — Bryon Stephen Marsh
all, David E. McClendon.
Automobile Mechanics—Tom
my Babb, Jerry Kenneth Bai
ley, Michael A. Brooks, James
Douglas Carden, Lon Lamar
Fleming, Gerald E. Hammock,
Michael Jones, Danny E. Math
is, Willie C. Puckett, David Nor-
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Jimmy Taylor and Wesley Blalock show diplomas
Griffin Tech students will receive Monday night.
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Now it will be up to Apollo 11,
the U.S. mission to land men on
the moon July 20, to take it
from there.
Ground controllers told the
astronauts that “Snoopy” was
23,000 miles away, “heading
straight up.”
After “Snoopy” rendezvoused
with the “Carhle Brown” Apollo
10 mothership late Thursday,
Stafford and Cernan rejoined
Young in it. Then “Snoopy”
was cut loose, turned nose up,
and its rocket engine touched
off.
“We haven't been able to tell
yet whether it’s going into orbit
around the sun or whether it’s
going to head straight at the
sun,” controller Jack Lousma
said. “Old Snoop, he doesn’t
give up.”
Lousma also said he had "a
congratulatory message” for
the astronauts:
“Congratulations on doing
W’hat I’ve been trying *o do for
a long time, signed, the Red
Baron.”
The astronauts were a little
testy, however, about some
changes in their flight plan.
“You can tell it like it is,
Jack,” Stafford said. “I knew
you guys couldn’t resist waiting
until we got airborne and then
changing all the formats."
leaving the Smith case undecid
ed.
The state’s highest court yes
terday confirmed Smith’s con
viction.
In its April 24 ruling, the court
held that it was error to over
rule the motion to exclude all
of Carol Jean Cone Smith’s tes
timony after she took the fifth
amendment and refused to tes
ify to her “illegal, illicit con
nection with the deceased.”
On reconsideration, the court
held that the witness’ claim of
protection against self-incrimi
nation was with respect to sep
arate transactions in no way
shown by her testimony to be
connected with the crime.
ton Scott, David M. Smith Jr.
Brick Masonry — William Th
rash.
Business Education — Perry
J. Boseman, George Cato, Joel
Kelly Williams.
Carpentry — Ben Durham,
William Knott, Era Rochester,
Henry Sims, Mack Whitaker.
Drafting — James Finley.
Electronic Technology —Ju
lian Walter Blanton, Wilbur Al
lyn Ellenwood, Grover Eugene
Conkle, Gary Lawrence Harper,
Thomas A. Jones, John (Tony)
A. Merritt, Terry Lee Norton,
Bobby Stanley Stamps.
Heating and Air Conditioning
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, May 23, 1969
Sullins, Loefer, Moss
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Gene Loefer, Anne Sullins, Arthur Moss.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Fair to partly cloudy
tonight and tomorrow.
LOCAL WEATHER — Esti
mated high today 88, low today
66, high yesterday 84, low yes
terday 64; sunrise tomorrow
6:36, sunset tomorrow 8:38.
—Joe N. Anderson, Charles Fa
bian Bridges, Stephen Glenn
Buchanan, Richard Arlen Bur
nett, Joseph Johnson Cox 111,
Edgar Fletcher 111, Frank C.
Johnson, James Orrin Taylor,
Paul William Trimble, Gary Ro
bert Ross.
Licensed Practical Nursing—
Tibba T. Butts, Carrie Ellis,
Louise F. Gaddy, Martha L.
Goddard, Ada Hammond, Mar
tha Howard, Sandra M. John
son, Jeannelle McCrary, Lucy
Mitchell, Lois C. Norris, Ezell
Pollard, Nelle A. Pope, Bertha
H. Stewart, Brenda Storey, Wil
lene Strickland, Jeraldine S.
Taylor, Saundra Whatley.
Machine Shop — Don L. Bab
cock, Freddie M. Gann, Harold
C. Hasler, James W. Mayo, Mi
chael George Sims, Bobby Lee
Smith, Jerome Smith, Jesse L.
Underwood.
Mechanical Technology—Char
les A. White.
Power Sewing — Estelle Br
antley, Bobbie Brown, Vivian
Carlton, Malinda Crawford, Fr
ances Fuller, Willie Mae Fon
fleld, Tommie S. Fuller, Virgin
ia Evans Gibson, Linda Re
nay Harps, Brenda Jones, Rosa
Lucier, Louise Lyons, Lula G.
Miller, Carolyn Mitchell.
Sheila M. Mitchell, Virginia
McCollum, Phyllis McGee, Cora
Norton, Bobbie J. Paige, Mary
Ann Pless, Patricia Redding,
Sally Redding, Betty Riggins,
Jo Ann Slaton, Barbara Stan
ford, Betty A. Stanford, Gloria
A. Stanford, Rosa B. Stinson,
Inez Thompson, Mattie Pearl
Williams.
Radio-Television Repair Ser
vice — James Wesley Blalock,
Jerry Jerome Latimer, James
Harris Walker.
Welding — Charles David Cr
ibbs, Harry Leamon Dearing,
Levis Jackson Jr., David T.
Neal, Danny Hugh Thomas, Don
nie Wayne Thomas.
S(L( Recruiting
Sunday Marchers
For Zebulon Project
ZEBULON, Ga. — Southern 1
Christian Leadership Conferen- i
ce (SCLC) leaders say they 1
are visiting some 20 middle Ge- 1
orgia communities to seek sup
port for the march in Zebulon <
Sunday. 1
The Rev. Ralph David Aber- *
nathy, SCLC leader, is schedul- 1
ed to lead the march. <
No time table has been an- j
nounced, however.
Meanwhile, protest marches
continued yesterday and last
night in Zebulon. A group of Ne- 1
groes marched in silence ar- 1
ound noon to Pike County High 1
and returned to New Hope
Baptist Church, headquarters
for the “Zebulon Project.” Ne- <
groes are protesting the P1 k e 1
Tri ■ County
Horse Show
Saturday
Tri-County Hounds will hold ,
their second annual horse show :
Saturday from 9 a.m. till 6 p. ■
m. at the Harris Place on Eth- ]
ridge Mill road.
The show will feature classes,
in the ring and on the outside
course, for jumping horses. They
will be for those in the age ran
ge from 10-years-old and up.
The classes will include pon
ies through 17-hand thorough
bred horses. About 50 of the top
horses in the southeast are ex
pected for the show.
All types of jumps are being
set up for the show. They will
include stone jump, gate jump,
cordwood jump, “chicken coup”
jump, brush jump, in-and-out <
jump and log jump. Most of the ■
jumps will be in the three to :
three and one half feet height :
range with some going to near i
four feet.
The Harris Place can be rea- i
ched from Griffin by going to
the dead end on South Sixth st
reet, turning right and going one '
fourth mile. Signs have been i
posted.
Trophies and ribbons will be i
presented to winners. They also
will receive cash prizes.
Admission will be free. Re- :
freshments will be available on :
the show grounds.
Vol. 96 No. 121
Board of Education’s refusal to
renew the contract of Principal
D. F. Glover of Pike Consolida
ted.
Last night 125 Negroes (most
of them adults) marched from
the church and around the Pike
Courthouse in Zebulon. An unid
entified leader spoke to the gr
oup near the town’s only traf
fic light. They sang a Negro sp
iritual and heard a prayer by
the speaker.
He said blacks now outnum
ber white’s In Pike County and
that the “white power structure
had better get right” or they
would be voted out of office.
School Supt. Harold Daniel sat
on a raised portion of the court
house sidewalk and listened to
the demonstrators. He said it
was the first one he had seen.
About a dozen white people
heckled the marches during
their 10-minute song, prayer and
talk session in the street.
There were no incidents and no
arrests.
No students showed up at Pike
Consolidated at Concord this
morning. East Pike in Zebulon
reported 99 students present.
These are two predominately
black schools.
If Accreditation Adopted
Library Could Lose
Some Federal Funds
If accreditation standards for
Georgia libraries are adopted by
the Georgia Library Association,
Hawkes Library and the Flint
River Regional Library could I
suffer a loss of some federal
funds, Walter Murphy, director
of the two libraries said,
“We are not In danger of los
ing the regional headquarters in
Griffin. However, we do stand
a chance of losing some of the
federal funds we are now receiv
ing,’’ Murphy said.
Libraries in the state are not
accredited by the association
now. Murphy said that the lib
raries have standards and
goals, but are not accredited.
Awards Presented
At Honors Program
Griffin High School senior
Anne Sullins was presented two
cup awards this morning at the
annual Griffin High Honors Day
Program. Gene Loefer and Ar
thur Moss also were cup win
ners.
Miss Sullins won the Beta
Club Cup for outstanding aca
demic achievement and the Key
Club Cup for outstanding girl
student.
Loefer was presented the Bill
Jones Cup for outstanding boy
student.
Moss was presented the Ral
ph Jones Cup for outstanding
achievement in math and scien
ce.
Griffin High Principal Bill
Cody made the cup presenta
tions.
Other awards presented were:
Business and Professional Wo
men’s Club scholarship, Sherry
Ison; Elks Most Valuable Stu
dent Awards, Anne Sullins and
Arthur Moss; Elks Leadership
Awards, Carol Betzold and Don
Braddock, runners-up Anne Sul
lins and Michael Charnigo; Elks
Nursing Scholarship, Katrina
Sampler.
Utility Club Nursing Scholar
ship, Cynthia Jones; Music Club
Scholarship, Nancy Waits; DAR
U. S. History Award, Pamela
Morris; DAR Good Citizen Aw
ard, Anne Sullins; WOW U. S.
History Award, Mary Jane Ste
wart; Flynt U. S. History Aw
ard, Walter Len Moore.
Kiwanis Fair Scholarships,
Pam Patrick and Betty Jane
Harrison; Alpha Delta Kappa
Outstanding Future Teacher,
Sherry Ison; American Legion
Scholarship Excellence, Arth
ur Moss; American Legion Mili
tary Excellence, James McCar
ty.
VFW Voice Os Democracy,
Pam Marquis, first place, Alex
is Fitzhugh, second place, and
Tommy Coker, third place;
American Legion Auxiliary Nur
sing Scholarship, Susan Dr
ake; UDC Bond, Cathy Norris;
Teen Board Scholarship, Lath
am Hill.
Military Department Superior
Cadets, Randy Harris and Da
vid Harden; Military Depart
ment Commanders Sabre, Ran
dy Harris and Tommy Peyton;
WKEU Speech I Improvement
Award, Scott Moore; WKEU
Griffin Girl
Will Present
Mrs. Nixon Gown
Sandy Foster of Griffin was
one of five students from the
Peachtree Fashion Center in At
lanta who presented, an original
ly designed gown to Mrs. Rich
ard Nixon at the White House
today.
Miss Foster is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Foster,
437 Bell street.
Miss Foster and the other stu
dents will go from Washington
to New York City where they
will tour and shop the fashion
market and mercahndise show
rooms. Their trip will be more
than a week.
“We are approaching 90,000
volumes In the two units, the
main building at Sixth and Tay
lor street and the Third street :
branch. Some of them are going
to have to be weeded out and
packed away out of reach of the i
public or discarded,” he said.
All federal funds at the state
level have been allocated for
the building of new library fa
cilities in Doraville, Whitfield
and Chattooga County.
The state had $220,000 in fed- <
eral funds to be allocated. The
four new facilities (Whitfield will
have two) took all the money.
Murphy said that the four were
second priority projects.
Speech H Improvement Award,
Mary Hedderman; DCT Outst
anding Student, Scott Moore.
Home Economics Outstand
ing Student, Regina Festerman;
REA Food Preservation Award,
Teresa Galloway; Outstanding
FHA Member, Lynn Pearl; Most
Valuable FTA Member, Sherry
Ison; Outstanding FTA Senior,
Terri Norsworthy.
Outstanding Members of Mix
ed Chorus, Nancy Waits, Jam
es Black, Don Braddock and
Steve Shockley.
Perfect Attendance: one year,
Jerry Grant, Earl Grogan,
Brooks Johnson, Diana Lovela
dy, Randy Lynch, Calvin Anth
ony Perry and Judy Ann Staggs;
two years, Shirley Bates, Susan
Drake, Robin Huckaby and Wil
liam Michael Rivers; nine years.
Penny Jackson.
AF Mechanic
Steals Plane,
Vanishes
MILDENHALL, England
(UPI)—A young U.S. Air Force
mechanic today stole one of his
unit’s Cl3O Hercules transport
planes and vanished. Searchers
could find no trace of the 97-
foot-long plane and it was
presumed down, possibly in the
Atlantic.
A U.S. Air Force officer said
Sgt. Paul A. Meyer, 23, was
“plain drunk” when he took off
alone in the $2.4 million
turboprop from the Mildenhall
Royal Air Force base, 90 miles
north of London, at 5:10 a.m.
(12:10 a.m. EDT). The plane
carried enough fuel for nine
hours of flight.
At 2:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m.
EDT), a spokesman said: “I
would say he must be running
low on fuel by now—we think it
is likely he Is probably over
water or down in water.”
“If he crashed in the sea he
would have a few minutes to
get out of the plane. There is
normal rescue gear on the
plane. It would be practically
impossible for him to land on
the ground.”
Country Parson
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“Folks feel safe remarking
about the weather because
nobody will ask them to do
something about it.”-
“Had we had $220,000 In local
funds, Griffin could have clai
med all of the money. Regional
library headquarters receive
top priority on the distrubution
of construction funds,” Murphy
said.
If the revised Nixon budget
passes congress no federal funds
will be available for library con
struction.
Hawkes Library and the Re
gional Library now receive fe
deral allotments for the purch
ase of materials and supplies.
Accreditation ratings by the Ge
orgia Library Association could
cause the amount to be cut,
Murphy said.