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By Quimby Melton
Maybe you, like Good Even
ing, sometimes find yourself
humming or whistling a song you
have not heard for years. Why
it came to mind you cannot ex
plain, but there it is; and before
long you begin to remember
some of the words.
Such was the case this morn
ing as we drove to work. The
Irish song “Mother Machree”,
made popular many years ago
by the Irish tenor John McCor
mack, seemed to be keeping
time with the tires as they turn
ed and hummed.
Just before we got to work the
words “I’ll kiss the dear fingers,
so toiled worn for me, O G o d
bless you and keep you, Mother
Machree” were on my lips. Why
not a column about fingers and
hands? We mused. The normal
person has ten fingers an d
two hands and they are most
handy things to possess.
Hands can be beautiful, even
though they may be “toil-worn
with care”, or twisted with arth
ritis, for such are the hands of
unselfish service to those one
loves.
Hands can be strong, even the
, daintiest of hands, for “T h e
hand that rocks the cradle is the
hand that rules the world.”
Hands can be helpful, “Think
that day lost whose descending
sun views from thy hand no
noble action done” as Jacob Ro
bart wrote a friend in 1697.
Hands may be used by man to
build — to destory; to help; to
hinder; to improve —to neglect;
to save — to abandon.
The mind of man is mistress
of the world, a wise man of ages
past once said; another added,
and it is by his hands man br
ings to pass the thoughts of
man’s mind, be it for good or be
It for bad.
Hands are restive and expres
sive. Have you ever noticed the
bands of one who is anxious,
worried, in sorrow? They may
be able to control their express
ion, seen smiling bravely; But
the hands! there seems to be a
direct hot line of nerves running
into each finger.
And of course everyone kn
ows how expressive are the
hands. Speakers use them to dr
ive home a point; hand are clap
ped when one wishes to express
joy or approval; and it has been
said “tie the hands of a French
man (or some women) and they
cannot say a word.”
Hands can be clasped in
friendship and hands can be
clasped in prayers of thanksgiv
ing for God’s blessings to on e
and his loved ones.
But the hand can be used to
show contempt for, or to con
demn another as the expression
“thumbs down” indicates.
Still hands are emblems
o f rest. Have you ever
noticed the dear hands of a lov
ed one or friend who has “fall
en asleep?” Their work on ear
* th done, those silent hands lay
still on the breast awaiting the
time when they can once again
be useful in doing the Master’s
will.
The Dictionary of Quotations,
by Bergan Evans, is one of
Good Evening’s favorite refer
ence books. There are 78 quotes
on Hands. Not to mention many
on Handiwork, Handle, Handful
and related words.
Don’t overlook the importance
of your hands.
They can be an asset to y o u
and to your fellow man, or they
can be an evil.
Here are two quotes we jot
ted down thinking we would use
them in this column but so far
have not done so —we Pa ss
them on as a conclusion.
“For all you can hold in your
cold dead hand is what you have
given away,” Jaoqum Miller
“And having looked to govern
ment for bread, on the very fir
st scarcity they will turn and
bite the hand that fed them.
Edmund Burke English states
man and orator (1729 90.
The Country Parson
ShhH
‘Ji s *rong to be merely
good if you could be better.”
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Bus Drivers
Board Matter,
Daniel Says
ATLANTA (UPI) —A charge
of “continuing harassment” of
Negroes was hurled at Pike
County school officials Tuesday.
The charge came jointly from
spokesmen for the Georgia
Teachers and Education Associa
tion (GTEA) and the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference
(S C L C). Pike Coun*v School
Supt. Harold Daniel said the ac
cusation was unfounded.
Dr. Horace C. Tate, GTEA
executive director, and SCLC of
ficial William Lockett charged
that eight of 10 Negro school
bus drivers in Pike County had
been dismissed because they
would be driving white children
to integrated schools next year.
The bus drivers, Tate and Lock
ett said, also supnorted Nesro
Principal D. F. Glover in his
battle with the board last
spring.
Daniel replied in Zebulon that
only four of the 10 Negro school
bus drivers failed to have their
contracts renewed, and he said
it had nothing to do with the
fact that they might be driving
white children.
In fact, Daniel said, the four
drivers will be replaced by oth
er Negroes. He said it was
“purely a board matter.”
The four dismissed drivers at
tended a news conference at
GTEA headquarters in Atlanta
Tuesday. They introduced them
selves as Willie James Starks,
who said he drove a school bus
for 14 years; Willie B. Wood,
seven years, David Lee, 18 years
and Olden Willis, 10 years.
Starks said he had not been
officially notified of his dismis
sal, but heard it through anoth
er person. Danie 1 said the
word got out before he could
notify the men.
Lockett warned of demonstra
tions, petitions to county, state
and federal officials or “any
thing necessary, in a nonvio'mt
manner” to get the men rein
stated.
Federal Court Suit Seeks
Revamp Before '7O Elections
ATLANTA (UPI) — A federal
court suit was on file today
seeking an order to force reap
portionment of Georgia’s Con
gressional districts on a popula
tin basis before the 1970 elec
tions.
The suit, filed Tuesday by
seven registered voters in the
Fourth and Fifth Districts,
asked the court to order all
candidates for the U.S. House of
Representatives to run state
wide and at large in the ’7O
elections if the General Assem
bly fails to enact a valid reap
portionment law by then.
The court was asked to de
clare the present state statute
setting up Congresssional
districts, adopted in 1964, uncon-
Moon Men Get
Big Town Blast
By RANDOLPH PENDLETON
NEW YORK (UPl)—The Big
Town blasted off In thunderous
welcome today to America’s
men from the moon.
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A.
Armstrong, Michael Collins and
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. rode the
route of Lindy, Ike and
MacArthur up Broadway to
start a 20-hour day that would
take them from the concrete
canyons to a state dinner with
Presedent Nixon tonight in Los
Angeles.
It was the public’s first real
glimpse of the space men since
they returned from the flight
that put Armstrong and Aldrin
on the surface of the moon July
20. New Yorkers made the
most of it with cheers,
billowing tickertape and tons of
shredded paper and an outpour
ing of official oratory.
“We have honored many
voyagers before—men who
sailed around the world, men
who flew alone across the
ocean,” said Mayor John
Lindsay in City Hall ceremo
nies.
“But today we honor three
men who forged the first link
between the earth and the
stars. . .for that victory New
York thanks you and the world
thinks you.”
Thousands Line Up
The sun bathed the city
thriugh its usual pall of smoke
and haze and temperatures
were in the 80’s. Thousands of
people began lining up hours
before the astronauts arrived.
Space was at a premium in the
windows of the towering
buildings that line the Broad
way financial district.
Drums went bang, cymbals
clanged and bugles blared away
along the route. They weren’t
all in great tune and the echoes
against the buildings jarred the
ears, but it was all for the
space heroes and a foretaste of
noisy celebrations still to come.
stitutional and void.
The plaintiffs contended that
the General Assembly did not
attempt to set up Congressional
districts on an equal population
guideline, but often paid more
attention to preserving seats of
incumbent Congressmen to pre
serve the “integrity of county
lines” and other matters.
The suit said the present re
alignment of the state’s 10 dis
tricts was chosen after the Gen
eral Assembly “rejected a num
ber of reapportionment plans
that would have more nearly
achieved equality of representa
tion among Congressional dis
tricts.”
As it now stands, the suit
contended, apportionment dis-
Griffin. Ga.. 30223. Wednesday, August 13, 1969
Chase Ends On Curve;
Two Boys, 14, Injured
Next stop: the Windy City and
a royal Chicago welcome.
American flags hung as a
canopy from buildings along
Broadway. And each street
lightpole bore a small U.S. flag,
an orange-and-white New York
City flag and a dark-blue flag
of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
“I’ve never seen so many
cops,” said 9-year-old Joe
Cappolano Jr., of Huntington,
W. Va., as his father jockeyed
for space on the thickening
street.
‘Cheap Thrill 9
Fatal To Youth
PITTSBURGH (UPl)—Four
young people paid $1.79 for a
cheap high that “made the last
star in the universe go out.”
It never turned on again for
one youth.
The survivors told authorities
Tuesday how Raymond Stein
harter, 20, of nearby Carnegie,
died.
Steinharter, two other boys
and a girl purchased a
preparation of burn lotion and
insect repellent Sunday night
from a drugstore. They took it
to the deserted platform of the
Carnegie Railroad station and
passed it around, each person
taking his turn inhaling it.
Three of them fell uncon
scious. Steinharter, who had
described the stuff as a “good
cheap thrill,” never regained
consciousness.
An autopsy showed Steinhar
ter suffocated from the fumes.
Local Weather
LOCAL WEATHER — Esti
mated high today 86, low today
65, high yesterday 86, low yes
terday 66. Sunrise tomorrow 6:59,
sunset tomorrow 8:17.
criminates against the plaintiffs
and other residents in the
Fourth and Fifth Districts, as
well as voters in the Sixth and
Seventh Districts.
The Fifth District takes in
most of Fulton County, while
the Fourth includes the rest of
Fulton, DeKalb County and
Rockdale County. Atlanta is in
both districts.
The plaintiffs have asked for
a three-judge federal panel to
hear their suit. Plaintiffs in
clude Joseph W. Calhoon, Mrs.
Gretta M. Dewaid, Manuel J.
Maloof, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Webb, John Poss and Ruth
Meazeil. Defendants named in
clude Gov. Lester Maddox and
Secretary of State Ben Fort
son.
Marine Leader
Among Dead
In Viet Fighting
By WALTER WHITEHEAD
SAIGON (UPl)—North Viet
namese troops killed a U.S.
Marine battalion commander
and five of his men today in a
battle near the coastal city of
Da Nang. Far to the south, Viet
Cong overran a South Vietna
mese base in the Mekong Delta.
Machinegun fire killed the
Marine battalion commander as
he led his troops in an assault
on Communist infantrymen dug
in on coastal plains 18 miles
southwest of Da Nang.
Military spokesmen said the
North Vietnamese had ap
parently gone into the plains
area in search of rice.
The two battles were the
most spectacular in the latest
fighting which subsided from
the outbreak of attacks Tues
day that resulted in the
heaviest fighting in Vietnam in
six months.
Heavy Toll
The fighting Tuesday killed 90
Americans and wounded 600
others. Allied forces killed
more than 1,450 Communist
troops.
Since North Vietnamese
troops attacked near the
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Sun
day more than 130 Americans
and more than 1,700 Communist
troops have been killed, reports
showed.
A force of 700 Marines
pushing through rice paddies
contacted elements of a North
Vietnamese regiment dug in
a’ong a tree line, spokesmen
said. The Communists opened
Lre with machineguns.
Tile gunfire killed the Marine
unit commander and five of his
men. The fighting wounded 14
of the Marines.
The Viet Cong attacked the
South Vietnamese base at Phu
Binh provincial capital 60 miles
southwest of Saigon and drove
off the Saigon government
platoon defending it.
Recapture Base
Government reinforcements
lifted in by helicopter later
recaptured the artillery base,
spokesmen said.
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They Ran
Through Two
Police Blocks
Two Gastonia, N.C., youths
were injured this morning about
3:30 when their speeding car
slammed into a utility pole at
Hammond drive and North Ex
pressway during a police chase.
Donnie Ray Moore and Rickey
Dean Hudson, both, 14, were ad
mitted to the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital for treatment.
Moore suffered chest and 1 e g
injuries and Hudson suffered
cuts to his face and head.
Moore was listed by police as
driver of the car.
Clayton County police began
the chase shortly after 3 o’clock
near Jonesboro on the Express
way. The chase between Jones
boro and Griffin reached speeds
at 115 miles per hour.
Claytort County officers radio
ed ahead and Griffin police sta
tioned cars at the Expressway
and Lucky street and at the Ex
pressway and Ellis road.
The speeding car whizzed by
both of the police cars ■with Clay
ton County officers in pursuit.
Clayton County officers said
when the car rounded the cur
ve north of Ellis road it banked
against the curb, tearing away
chrome trim and damaging the
wheels.
Moore lost control in the cur
ve at Hammond drive and North
Expressway. The car slammed
into the utility pole, cutting the
pole in two.
Hudson was thrown from
the car. His body was seen by
police officers as it was zoom
ed by a neon motel sign.
Officers estimated that the car
was running approximately 95
miles per hour when it went out
of control.
The frame of the 1963 Pontiac
Bonneville was broken by t h e
impact. The top was rolled down
on the right side to near the
floorboard. The gas tank was
ripped away.
Firemen from Station Two on
the North Expressway were
called to wash away gasoline
and oil.
City electrical crews were
called in to repair damage to
the utility pole and wiring. They
replaced the pole and re-mount
ed the wires after regular crews
reported for work this morning,
emporary repairs were made
after the accident.
Officers said the youths told
them they were on their way to
Florida. They gave no reason for
speeding.
The car they were driving was
owned by Moore’s father. It was
demolished. A wrecker operator
had to wrap it with cables tc
pull it to a lot on South Fifth
street.
Officers said Moore told them
he drove the car around the
block a couple of times before
he left home “to get used to it.”
An investigation of the mishap
was being conducted today by
Griffin Juvenile Officer Homer
Williams and other members of
the Griffin Police Department.
British Troops Baek I p
Police In Ireland Battles
By DONAL P. O’HIGGINS
LONDONDERRY, Northern
Ireland (UPl)—Three compa
nies of British troops moved
into this embattled city today
to reinforce police in their
house-to-house battle with Ro
man Catholics in the Bogside
Catholic stronghold.
In Belfast, the government
banned all parades and demon
strations for the rest of the
month.
Police, weary from 18 hours
of street fighting, inched their
way into Bogside, amid burning
buildings and clouds of tear
gas. Prom the roofs, showers of
molo to v cocktails exploded
around them.
The British troops were
summoned as “a precautionary
measure,” authorities said, and
fanned out before daybreak.
Bands of young men and
women armed with revolvers
guarded makeshift barricades
in Bogside. “You’H never take
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Parents Abandon
Children At Depot
MIAMI (UPl)—They were
noticed, even in the hustle and
bustle of the Miami bus station.
The young boys all were bald.
The teen-aged girl was fright
ened.
They had been abandoned by
their parents, the girl told
investigating policemen Tues
day.
“I’m tired of all of you,” she
said her stepfather told the
Private Schools
Seeking Grants
ATLANTA (UPI) — Framers
of a proposed new state Con
stitution have been asked to in
clude authority for state tuition
grants to students attending
private colleges.
A delegation representing the
Georgia Association of Private
Colleges and Universeties ap
peared Tuesday before the edu
cation articles committee of the
Constitution Revision Commis
sion.
the bogside!” they shouted,
hurling firebombs at advancing
police.
A Catholic priest, Rev.
Edward Daley, his clothing
scorched and his face black
ened with smoke, dashed into
buildings organizing the evacua
tion of families.
Continue To Fight
There was no stopping the
grim-faced young men of
Bogside. “No secretarian police
well take our homes,” they
roared, continuing to fight for
their territory.
Catholic doctors worked at
casualty clearing stations in
Bogside. They said many of the
injured refused to go to
hospitals for treatment for fear
their names would be handed to
police and they would be
arrested.
The savage violence erupted
Tuesday when Catholics hurled
bricks, iron bars, and rocks into
the ranks of thousands of
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•children when he let them out
in front of the bus station and
drove off with their mother.
The girl, Laura, 16, said her
parents, Jim. and Florence
Johnston, had arrived in Miami
three days ago from New York
City. Johnston shaved the heads
of the boys, Larry, 14, John, 9,
Roy, 8, and Billy 6 shortly
after their arrival.
Mrs. Johnston told the
children there was no money to
feed and clothe them, the girl
said.
The children said their father
had worked as a farmhand at
Lockport, N.Y., where the
family has relatives, before
moving to New York City four
months ago.
Police began a search for the
parents, who are liable to
charges of contributing to the
delinquency of minors.
The youngsters were turned
over to juvenile authorities.
“I hope we don’t split up,”
said Laura. ‘T’ve always sort
of taken care of the others
when mother was at work.”
parading Protestants celebrat
ing a 2SO-year-old Protestant
victory over a Catholic Army.
Police drove hundreds of
Catholics back into their own
Bogside District beneath the
ancient city walls shortly after
the attack on the parade. There
the Catholics erected barri
cades and repelled armored car
and tear gas charges with
firebombs and stones in fight
ing that continued into the
predawn today.
First Tear Gas Used
It was the first time Ulster
police have ever used tear gas.
They tossed the cannlsters at
Catholics after rioters broke
into two gasoline stations to
make molotov cocktails which
they flung at police and into
buildings.
Clergymen and residents
worked to evacuate women,
children and elderly persons
from endangered apartment
houses.