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VENIN Vj
By Quimby Melton
“God’s Presence With His Peo
ple’’ is the title of this week’s In
ternational Sunday School les
son. Background Scripture is
Exodus 25:1-9; 28:1-3; 29:43-46;
35:1-19; 40:1638; Leviticus 16:
29:34; 19:14; 26:1113.
The Memory Selection is “I
will walk among you, and will
be your God, and ye shall be mv
people.” (Leviticus 26:12).
This is the first in a series of
five lessons under the general
title “A Nation Emerges Under
God.”
This series of lessons covers
the period of time from the day
“God spoke unto Moses” and
told him to tell the Children of
Israel that if they would do cer
tain things that “I will walk am
ong you, and will be your God,
and ye shall be my people,” (the
Memory Selection this week) on
through the many years when
God, in response to the pleas of
the people gave them their first
king — Saul —.
As we studied this lesson and
the four other lessons in this ser
ies with the title “A Nation
Emerges Under God”, could not
help but think how similar, in
many ways, is the history of the
Children of Israel in olden days
and of this nation of ours; for if
there ever was a land where Fa
ith in God and a genuine desire
to worship Him was the chief
reason for its being founded, it
was America. And while we gl
ory in this "firm foundation”,
still we must not be so compla
cent as to overlook the many
times American people, like the
Children of Israel, have disobey
ed God, have become so puffed
up with victories and accom
plishments, that we have thought
we "could get along without
worrying God”, until suddenly
we realize the dangers tha t
confront us and plead with God
to come to our rescue.
The sooner we, as individuals
and as a nation, realize that we
need God and His Guidance al
ways and all the way, not just
when we are cornered by dan
ger, and seek Him with all our
being, then He will “Walk am
ong us, be our God, and we
shall be His people.” What a
glorious promise- And who made
it? God Almighty Himself!
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Charles M. Laymond tells a
story of two men "settling a 11
the problems of the universe”
during a coffee break. One of
them expressed the belief that
much of the trouble with the
world today is that the Church
has failed in its chief mission.
He urged his friend to attend
church “like you once did.” The
man replied "Oh the church
doesn’t need me. It’s gotten al
ong without me, and I without it.
In fact fo’- more than 2,000 years
the church has failed to right
the wrongs of the world. I can’t
see the importance you attach
to the church.”
Does my church need me? is
a question each of us might ask
ourselves. The answer is a pos
itive yes — and the answer to a
related question — Do I need my
church? is as positive a Yes.
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Dr. Laymon also tells another
interesting story about a small
chapel in England where a cus
tom of long standing is still ob
served at evening services. The
custom originated in the days
when each family had its spe
cially assigned pew. A tall can
dlestick was at the end of each
pew. Only when all members of
the family had taken their
seats was the candle lighted.
If any member of the fam
ily was absent the candle was
1 not lighted and that part of the
chapel was in darkness.
This meant that the amount
of light in the chapel depend
ed on the way members attend
ed the evening services. We
might ask, when tempted to miss
services, “will my candle re
' main unlighted?”
Many years ago a sports wri
ter was attending a night game
in Yankee Stadium. Suddenly
, the pow’er was cut off and the
huge field with thousands seat
ed in the stands was plunged in
to darkness. Then someone st
ruck a match and its little beam
shone for a moment like a fire
fly in the darkness. Others fol
lowed suite lighting cigarettes
and suddenly it seemed as
’ though stars were twinkling all
over the field.
The sports writer wrote his
column the next day on that sc
. ene, it impressed him so much
the way one little light could
pierce the darkness.
Dies my church need me?
Do I need my Church?
' is my “candle” at my church
unlighted?
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872
George Willis Starts Living Again
By JAMES STEWART
George Willis of Griffin joked
with a doctor in the hall of Em
ory Hospital in Atlanta one day
about a kidney transplant. The
next day doctors at Emory call
ed him and said they had a kid
ney for him and were ready to
perform the transplant.
George had been waiting three
years for the call.
Three years ago doctors detec
ted that George had a kidney di
sease and had to remove both of
his kidneys. He had been going
to Emory in Atlanta each week
to be connected to a machine to
remove fluids from his body and
filter his blood.
The transplant operation Was
performed in mid-March and
George is recovering at his home
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To Mark 113th
Birthday Sunday
Mrs. Mary Williams who was
born a slave near Hollonville,
Ga., in Pike County will celebr
ate her 113th birthday Sunday.
The affair will begin at 1 p.m.
at Williamson in the home of
Milton Roberson in a commun
ity known as Darktown.
The family plans a reunion
during the birthday celebration.
Born a slave and freed at the
age of six, the Pike native has
made her home in Forest Park
for the past several years.
She says she remembers when
some of Gen. William T. Sher
man's troops came through Pike
County. She recalled her moth
er was washing clothes for a
Mrs. Billy Moore who lived near
their home.
“I was just big enough to pick
up chips and put them around
the wash pot,” she recalled.
“Mrs. Moore and all the grown
people hid when they saw the
soldiers coming.”
“They went through the house
and got hams and caught chick
ens out of the barn. They caught
a hog in the yard and gathered
potatoes and corn to take with
them.
“One of them patted me on
the head and asked me if I was
by myself. I cried when they left
and mama gave me a whip
ping.”
She has been accustomed to
hard work most of her life.
"I used to cut cord wood, plow,
ditch split rails; I could do any
thing. I can still work if they
would let me,” she said on a
recent birthday.
She contributes her long life
to “the grace of the Lord,” be
having herself, and minding her
own business.
Her favorite food continues to
be cornbread and milk.
in Griffin.
In an interview with the Grif
fin Daily News, he said he is
looking forward to “getting back
to work.”
Four weeks after receiving the
“new” kidney, Willis returned
Griffin to recuperate. “There
was no pain from the operation”,
he said.
In late April, he, his wife and
daughter went to Savannah for
a few days vacation. “We almost
froze to death,” he said. It was
the first time he had had a va
cation in three years.
During the three years preced
ing the transplant, he was on an
almost all liquid diet. About a
week after the operation, he was
put on a regular diet.
Mrs. Willis said that she call-
Mrs. Mary Williams minding
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flowers.
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Sports. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Television. Page 4.
Billy Graham. Page 4.
Women’s News. Page 6.
Comics. Page 7.
Want Ads. Pages 8,9.
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GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, August 8, 1969
After Kidney Transplant
ed the doctor each night to choc
on her husband. When he said
George was on a regular diet,
she took a grocery bag of cook
ies and candy to him. “He was
packing away anything he could
get his hands on. He had not had
any solid food in three years,”
she said.
Two weeks after being releas
ed from the hospital, he return
ed to Emory for a check-up.
Doctors discovered that he had
contacted pneumonia. He was
re-admitted to the hospital for
nearly a week.
“Your resistance is kept at
such a low point to avoid possi
ble rejection of the transplanted
kidney that you have to be ex
tremely careful,” he said. Wil
lis’ daughter had contacted a
Water Cutoff
Saturday Night
A spokesman for the Griffin
Light & Water Department an
nounced that, weather permitt
ing, there will be a service shut
down on a portion of the water
system beginning at 11 p.m. Sat
urday, and continuing until ab
out 5 a. m. Sunday.
The area affected lies south of
Flint street and old Mt. Zion
road, along and west of Ham
mond drive; and north and west
of Williamson road.
Evergreen Forest and the
Spalding County prison will not
be affected. No portion of t he
North Expressway will be affec
ted, either.
The spokesman stated that it
would take some time to close a
number of valves to isolate the
area so some portions might
have water service much longer
than others.
Zond 7 Speeds
Toward Moon
MOSCOW (UFD—The Soviet
Union today fired an automatic
space station into orbit around
the earth today then sent it
hurling toward the moon for
photographs and study of the
, lunar surface.
“A powerful Soviet carrier
rocket” launched the station,
Zond 7, the Soviet news
agency Tass said.
Zond 7 will also ’ test
“improved onboard systems”
’ and the design of what Tass
’ called “the rocket space
’ complex,” Tass said.
Tass raid Zond 7 was first
put into orbit as an artificial
satellite of the earth.
“At a planned point of the
’ trajectory, an accelerating unit
’ was switched on to maneuver
the station into a lunar
| trajectory,” Tass said.
All systems were functioning
normally, the agency said.
summer cold this week and he
had taken it from her.
Shortly before the transplant
operation, Willis’ weight had
dropped to 114 pounds. He has
gained up to 160.
The kidney disease affected
contvol muscles to his feet and
legs. “I have regained some of
the control and doctors are
hoping that more of it will
come back gradually,” he said.
He was fitted with leg braces to
help him walk. However, he has
gained so much weight that they
no longer fit
“In March I went to Atlanta
for my usual examination and
was joking in the hall with a doc
tor about ‘When are you going
to get me a kidney.’ The next
day they tried to contact me at
Local Weather Pike Will Hire
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
90, low todatv 68, high yesterday
87, low yesterd a y 68, sunrise B ■ B
Negro Principal
Gov. Maddox:
‘We’re Losing War
Against Obscenity’
ATLANTA (UPT) _ A new
state law prohibiting the sale
Os OBSCene literature so nersons
under 18 is “entirely worthless”
without support from the pub
lic, Fulton County Criminal
Court Solicitor Hinson McAulif
fe said Thursday.
McAuliffe was among a group
of top state, Atlanta and Fulton
County law enforcement offi
cials summoni’d to an extra
ordinary meeting by Gov.
Tester Maddox to t' - v to form
late a course of action against
obseenitv.
If 18-year-olds can get the
obscene literature legally, Mc-
Auliffe explained, other youths
"can g°t it in a matter of min
utes” from their older friends.
Maddox praised effo r ts made
so far bv local law officers in
combatting the problem but
asked them if there were some
wav establishments selling ob
scene literature could be pad
locked.
“I fpel like if Long County
can nadlock a piac“ for running
a clip joint that we could pad
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home. Something was wrong
with the phone here and they
contacted my wife at the of
fice. We went to Atlanta.
“They were ready to perform
the operation and I was ready
to receive the kidney. However,
for some reason they decided
noi to perform the operation and
we returned to Griffin.
“The next day, the doctors
called again end said they had
changed their minds and had
decided to go ahead with the
operation. We returned to Atlan
ta and I received the kidney.” It
came from an anonymous donor
after his death.
Wilhs was the 22nd person to
receive a transplanted kidney
at Emory. Doctors told him that
he had received the kidney with
lock some of these places to
night for running a place that
is far worse than a clip iomt.”
the governor said, and told the
meeting that “we are losing
the war” against obscenity.
Atlanta Police Chief Herbert
Jenkins told Maddox he would
gladly padlock any of the
places permanently but needed
a court order to do so.
“You give me the authority
and the definition (of what is
obscene) and I will carry it
out.” Jenkins said.
Maddox replied that he could
not produce the court orders
himself, but urged prosecuting
attorneys to see if they could.
Atlanta City Attorney Henry
Bowden said the main problem
is the failure of the high courts
to back up law enforcement on
the issue and suggested that
perhaps the answer was to flood
the courts with so many cases
that they would come up with
a workable definition of obscen
ity which could be enforced by
police.
ZEBULON, Ga. — Pike Sc
hool Superintendent Harold Da
niel said today that the board oi
education plans to hire a Negrc
principal for Pike County Junior
High at Concord.
He said the decision was made
long before Federal Judge Ne
well Edenfield issued his ordei
yesterday.
Judge Edenfield ruled that the
Pike Board of Education was
justified in not renewing the
contract of D. F. Glover.
Mr. Daniel said today t h a 1
Halbert Crowder, an Atlanta Ne
gro, was hired to succeed Mr
Glover months ago. He said
however, that Crowder had la
ter resigned “in view of the cir
cumstances.” The circumstanc
es to which Crowder referred
was the controversy caused by
the board’s refusal to rehire Glo
ver.
Mr. Daniel said he was “jubi
lant” over the court’s decision
in the case and considered it a
victory. He said the decision
would not be appealed.
“We have nothing to appeal.
We won.” Mr. Daniel said.
He disclosed today that a white
man, Oscar Michael of Atlanta
had been hired as assistant prin
cipal at the junior high school
in Concord.
Mr. Daniel said that it’s possi
ble Crowder might reconsider
and accept the principal’s job.
If not, Mr. Daniel said he had
several other Negro applicants
from which to choose.
He said the board had realiz
ed many months ago that under
the court ordered desegregation
of Pike Schools, it would have to
hire a Negro principal for t h e
job, and had planned to do so.
Mr. Daniel said that he could
S p e no problems in the opening
oi school in Pike County this
fall.
Teachers arc to report Aug. 25
and the first day of classes Is sc
heduled Aug. 28.
“We expect to have a g 0 0 d
year,” Supt. Daniel said.
Spalding Grays
Leave Saturday
For 2-Week Camp
The Spalding Grays, Troop C,
Ist Squadron, 19oth Cavalry, will
attend 16 days of annual field
training at Fort Bragg, N.C.
Aug. 9-24.
The unit will leave tomorrow
morning by convoy and will bi
vouac overnight at the National
Guard Armory in York, S.C
On Sunday they will report to t'ns
bivouac site about 15 miles from
the main post. The entire field
training period will be spent on
bivouac which will include con
duct of extensive tactical train
ing and also the conduct of a
Platoon Test.
An advance detachment repor
ted earlier in the week in order
to prepare the bivouac site for
the unit.
Those reporting early were the
Troop Commander CPT Gain
es D. Hendrix, CPT William C.
Stephens, SGM William B. Jack
son, MSG Arthur W. Sauley
SFC Clifford W. Davis, SSG Pau
E. Hoffman, SSG Walter L. Rai
ney, and SP 5 Harold W. E.:
glish.
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less difficulty than the others
and made better progress toward
recovery.
“Now, I am looking for a job.
I really won’t know what to do
with myself. I have been closed
in for so long,” Willis said.
Willis is driving the family’s
car for short distances. How
ever, Mis. Willis does most of
it.
’ Georgit. (the Willis’ daughter)
has been fascinated that her
daddy plays with her and takes
up time with her. This is the fir
st time that she has known a
well daddy,” Mrs. Willis said.
Judge Upholds
[ Pike Board
In Glover Suit
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S ATLANTA (UPD—U.S. Dist.
e Judge Newell Edenfield Thurs
day upheld the decision of the
t Pike County school board not
e- to renew the contract of Negro
r. school principal D.F. Glover,
d, but ordered that Glover’s for
i- mer position be filled by a Ne
r- gro, or a temporary white prin
;- cipal until a suitable Negro is
d found.
y Edenfield said Glover had
)- failed to prove that his dismis
sal, which sparked nearly three
i- months ox racial turmoil last
n spring, was based purely o.i
a racial prejudice,
n ‘‘The recent orders of the
court requiring desegregation of
l. the Pike County schools can
neve? he crrried out with any
e hope of harmony so long as
a (Glover' remains the centra!
. bone of contention within the
1 Pike County system,” the judge
said in his ruling.
Last spring Edenfield ordered
r the county school system de
. segregated and approved, a p'c.n
1 consolidating the all-white Pike
s County High School and the Ne
gro Pike County Co-wo'i:'?.V',
. where Glover, a 19-year vet
r eran of the county school sws
i tern, had been principal for
3 eight years.
» Glover, 42, said he xvas the
best nullified to head the irte
j grated high school. The school
g board’s announcement of its re
s fusal to renew his contract
April 23 precipitated a series of
5 protest marches by Negro stu
dents.
In Thursday’s ruling, Edrn
jj field said C’over had not refut
ed six specific charges filed
against him by school board at
torneys at a hearing in June.
Thev included Glover’s al
leged failure to ho’d fire drills,
his fa'iure to prevent numerous
burglaries by not locking school
doors, tvs erects to sabotage
standardized achievement tests,
his refusal to r.tt-nd a sperva!
| series of regional meetings, his
insistence on using jr’/tt-sfhnis
, textbooks and h’s insuborclin?.-
j! tion to Supt. of Schools Er.ro' i
Daniel.
, The nevly-l-t-gra*?-’. Pike
”’ County K’.'h p- v rc’. :x n-'mlon
is to be head'd this f'U by a
v white princ.fr V, Sr'f
l " Sellers. Sellers, 23, is the G?or
, gla-born former dern of the
’’ Randolph-Macon Academy at
13 Front Royal, Va.
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