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By Qoimby Melton
For many years there have
been books published, written
as daily inspirational guides.
Many denominations have such
books that have proven most
helpful to readers. Millions of
people make a practice of start
ing the day off by reading the
copy they have; many families
using the little book for family
devotions.
Good Evening has made a
practice of starting each day by
reading “The Upper Room”,
published by his church. From
time to time we have bought
other “daily inspirational”
books written by various
people.
Just the other day happened
to come across one that was
given us more than 60 years
ago, when as a boy lived in
Baltimore. Had forgotten this
book but as we thumbed
through the pages many fond
memories were awakened.
The book was published in
1906. The title is “The Friendly
Year”; with a daily quotation
from the writings of Henry van
Dyke. These were selected by
Dr. George Sidney Webster,
pastor of the Church of the
Covenant, New York City.
In the preface to The Friendly
Year, Dr. Webster wrote:
“In making this little year
book, of selections, the sug
gestion of which is entirely my
own, I have not sought to il
lustrate literary qualities, so
much as to bring out the
dominant note of human friend
liness and comradship, which
runs through the writings of an
author who knows books well,
but who cares more for people.”
Just to give our readers a
“taste” of the “The Friendly
Year” we turned to the quota
tion that is suggested one use as
a guide for tomorrow— Sept. 26.
“Look around you in the
world and see what way it is
that has brought your fel
lowman to peace and quietness
of heart, to security and honor
of life. Is it the way of unbridled
self-indulgence, of un
scrupulous greed, of aimless
indolence? Or is it the way of
self-denial, or cheerful in
dustry, of fair dealing, of faith
ful service? If true honor lies in
the respect and grateful love of
one’s fellow-men, if true suc
cess lies in a contented heart
and a peaceful conscience, then
the men who have reached the
highest goal of life are those
who have followed most closely
the way to which Jesus Christ
points us and in which He goes
before us.”
In 1906 Good Evening was liv
ing in Baltimore and attended
Trinity Southern Methodist
Church. He was a member of a
Sunday School class for boys
that was taught by a Miss Clara
Tucker a teacher in the public
schools. There were about a
dozen of us and this fine woman
was respected and loved by all
us young “hellions” because
she was understanding. That
Christmas she gave every boy
in her class a copy of “The
Friendly Year.” On the fly leaf
was a verse from the Bible:
“Stand fast in the Lord, my
dearly beloved.” Philippians
4:1; and then this “Be sure of
God, and nothing can overthrow
you. One man with God on his
side, is a majority against the
world.” Both are in her hand
writing.
It was the custom of this fine
Christian woman to hand each
of us boys a small slip of paper
every Sunday morning. On one
side was a verse from the Bible,
one for each day in the week; on
the other side there was some
special little note that was so
simple and yet so forceful that it
was in effect a great sermon.
There is no doubt in Good
Evening’s mind that this fine
woman, Miss Sara Tucker, dur
ing the long years she taught,
both in the public schools and in
Sunday School, probably had
better influence on those in her
classes than any other person of
her time.
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Scott Plans
Broad Middle
Leadership
By STEVE GERSTEL
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Sen.
Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania
intends to lead Senate Republi
cans along the “broad middle
of the highway” after they
broke decades of conservative
domination to embark on a new
era of GOP politics.
The 68-year-old newly elected
leader of Senate Republicans
promised not to inflict or
impose his ideology on col
leagues. But at the same time
he indicated to the liberal
moderate bloc which supported
him that he would not
“abandon any matter of con
science or conviction.”
“The way I speak and the
way I vote will be the same
after this election as before and
if that is persuasive and
influential, I’ll be most grate
ful,” Scott said in an interview
with UPI before his election.
“But it does not mean that I
expect someone else to change
his or her convictions either,”
Scott said.
Scott, generally considered a
key member of the senate’s
liberal bloc on most domestic
issues, refused to be labeled.
“I have preferred to have no
label, but if I must have one, it
is that of a moderate because I
believe that the broad middle of
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Dredging Alcovy
To Be Restudied
ATLANTA (UPI) - Georgia
Game and Fish Director George
Bagby says that the projected
dredging and channelizing of
the Alcovy River has been
turned over to an intergovern
mental task force for restudy.
This, in effect, means more
breathing room for sportsmen
and naturalists who oppose the
project on the grounds that it
will spoil natural wildlife set
tings.
Bagby announced the delay
Griffin Building
Ahead Os Atlanta
Rep. John J. Flynt Jr., said
today that the Griffin federal
building-post office com
bination project was ahead of
the Atlanta project. He said a
design contract was let Nov. 19
last year to Architect Gerald
Bilbro of Griffin and Dennis and
Oliver’s Firm of Macon. The
initial contract was for $5,300
and others have been let, he
said.
The General Services Admin
istration announced from
Washington that a contract for
design of the Atlanta federal
building and post office had
been let.
The offices of Sens. Richard
B. Russell and Herman E.
Talmadge said the contract
went to the architectural firm of
Finch, Alexander, Barnes,
Rothschild and Paschal of At
lanta.
Cost of constructing the build
ing has been estimated at
$26,850,600.
The proposed building in
Griffin will cost a million and a
POST OFFICE COMPANY
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Post
master General Winton M.
Blount says the Nixon adminis
tration is more determined than
ever to have the nation’s mail
service turned over to a
government corporation. “We
must have a meaningful reform
bill, not just a sham,” Blount
told newsmen Wednesday.
after a closed-door meeting in
Athens attended by himself and
by representatives of the De
partment of Interior and the
Soil Conservation Service.
The plans had called for
dredging of some 80 miles of
the river in Gwinnett, Walton
and Newton counties above
Lake Jackson.
Bagby will be a member of
the task force making the new
study of the project. He said he
will have several proposals.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, Sept. 25, 1969
half dollars.
Rep. Flynt said the General
Services Administration still
was working on land acquisition
for the Griffin building.
He said the administration
was seeking to acquire the land
bounded by Broad, Solomon.
Eighth and the railroad
crossing.
Asked if economy moves by
the Nixon administration might
delay the Griffin building, Rep.
Flynt said he hoped not. He said
the economy guides are not
clear.
But he added that the general
understanding is that projects
under way which would cost
more to delay them would be
continued.
He said he felt the Griffin
building would qualify for this
status and funds would not be
interrupted.
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Ceramic pieces like these
shown b y Mrs - Van Kinard (1)
H”. ™ and Carol McGuffey will be on
. display during the Griffin
Recreation Department’s *
annual arts and crafts show
I* Saturday and Sunday at the
community center in City Park. *
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Walkout Closes
Schools In Pike
Board Advises
Shut Down
After Incident
CONCORD, Ga. (UPI)-Raci
al tensions surfaced again in
Pike County Wednesday as
about 7.0 black junior high
schoolers walked out of class,
forcing the board of education
to close school until Monday.
No one was hurt or arrested,
said Pike County Sheriff J. A.
Riggins, as the black young
sters regrouped outside to pick
et and sing.
Black leader Robert Curtis
Jr. said a misunderstanding be
tween a black boy and white
girl triggered the walkout but
tension had been building all
week.
Curtis claimed white bus driv
ers refused to pick up Negro
youngsters and the board failed
to provide textbooks for blacks,
although the school is supposed
to be fully integrated.
School Supt. Harold T. Dan
iels met with ■ the board soon
after the incident. The board
advised him to close the junior
high school until at least Mon
day. Riggins said the county
high school five miles east in
Zebulon experienced no trouble.
The junior high school used
to be Pike County Consolidated
untij integrated this fall. This
same integration plan sparked
several weeks of demonstrations
and school boycotting last
spring, when the board refused
to give black principal D. F.
Glover a new contract.
Glover claimed that with his
19 years of seniority he was the
logical choice for principal at
the integrated junior high. Most
Negroes in the county backed
Glover and feelings ran high
for more than a month.
FRIENDLY SKIES
NEW YORK (UPI)-The U.S.
Weather Bureau’s New York
area teletype wire dispatched
the following report after the
New York Mets clinched the
Eastern Division title in the
National League Wednesday
night beating the St. Louis
Cardinals 6-0:
“Weather Bureau radar locat
ed showers of champagne over
Shea Stadium in New York.
They decreased very rapidly.”
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Man Burned Here
Cleaning With Gas
A Griffin man was seriously
burned yesterday when gaso
line he was using to clean paint
from a floor ignited, a spokes
man for the Dundee Volunteer
Fire Department, Station One,
said.
William H. Collins, who
makes his home in the old
Campbell’s Motel on Georgia
Three, north of Griffin, suffered
burns to his face, arms and legs.
Army Recruiter With Blonde
Hijacked Jet Airliner To C üba
By DAVID LANGFORD
MIAMI (UPI) - An Army
recruiting sergeant, who said he
had a wife and four children,
boarded a National Airlines jet
with a blonde and a baby Wed
nesday night and comman
deered the plane to Cuba.
The hijacker, identified by the
passenger list as Alfred Her
nandez, gave a stewardess a
telephone number in Miami and
said, “Call my wife and tell her
He was in fair condition today at
the Griffin-Spalding Hospital.
Chief Kenneth Roberts said a
gasoline can was found in the
apartment. He said the gasoline
on the floor apparently was
ignited by a pilot light on a
heater.
Chief Roberts said the
manager of the motel told him
Collins had painted the floor of
the apartment. Collins was told
that the paint would have to be
I’m leaving.”
The Boeing 727—Flight 411
from Newark, N. J., to Miami
with 72 passengers and a crew
of seven—landed in Havana at
9:03 p.m. and, after a three
hour delay, was allowed to re
turn to the United States.
Airline officials said Hernan
dez, a Latin American who said
he was an eight-year Army
veteran and had served a year
in Vietnam, the blonde and the
infant boarded the jet at
Charleston, S. C., The hijacking
occurred minutes after takeoff
from Jacksonville, Fla.
StewardessFrancineG. Palm-
Mower Runs
Over Man’s Hand
A McDonough man suffered
injuries to his hand yesterday
when the lawn mower he was
riding ran off the end of a sewer
pipe and ran over his hand.
Craig L. Parker of Mc-
Donough was admitted to the
Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital. His condition was
listed as good this morning.
A spokesman for McDonough
Power Equipment Co. said
Parker fell from the lawn
mower when it ran off the end of
the sewer pipe.
Parker was cutting the grass
at the plant when the mishap
occurred. McDonough Power
Equipment Co. is one of the
world’s largest manufacturers
of lawn mowers.
HORSES DIE IN BLAZE
TROY, N.Y. (UPl)—Seven
teen show horses, valued at
$250,000, died when fire swept
through a large barn at the
Misty Isles Hills Riding Club in
Center Brunswick, N.Y
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removed.
The manager told Roberts
that Collins apparently was
using the gasoline to remove the
paint.
Collins was found in the
shower in the apartment. He
apparently had gotten in the
shower and turned on the water
to extinguish his burning
clothing
Damage to the apartment
was estimated at SI,OOO.
isano, 21, said the soldier, wear
ing a uniform with a staff
sergeant’s insignia, approached
her in the plane’s galley wield
ing a gun. He ordered
stewardess Sheryl Lyndon, 23,
to tell the pilot, Capt. Walter
Kuehner, 50, to fly to Cuba.
“I went back and talked to
the man. He took out a revolver
and pointed it at me. I thought
I could bluff him. I told him
we didn’t have enough gas to
get to Havana. He told me, ‘I
saw you refuel in Jacksonville.’
He told a stewardess he had a
package with a bomb,” said
Kuehner.
The hijacker, in his mid-20s,
told stewardess Kay Strauss, 27,
he “felt there was nothing here
fbr him. He said he had been
getting some rough deals in the
Army and he was leaving.”
His “pretty heavy” girl friend
was identified on the manifest
as Lynda C. Lamb, but a tag
on her luggage read Lynda
Bunch.
The Country Parson
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“It takes only one cheating
church member to convince
a whole community that
church members cheat.’’
Copyright 1969, by Frank A. Clark