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By Quimby Melton
The International Sunday
School lessons continue to tell of
> Jesus and His ministry on
earth. This being so, it seems
appropriate that the hymn we
discuss this week should be
' “Tell Me The Stories of Jesus”
written by William Henry Par
ker. This hymn, written es
pecially for children, was first
published in The Sunday School
Hymnary (England) in 1885 un
der the heading, “The Life of
( Christ.” Since all of us are
God’s children, it is suitable for
all ages.
The music for this hymn was
, written by Frederic Arthur
Challinor, also an Englishman.
The first stanza of this hymn,
which is published in many
> Christian hymnals, will give
one, not familiar with the hymn,
an idea of its beauty and mes
sage.
’ Tell me the stories of Jesus
I love to hear;
Things I would ask Him to tell
me, if he were here;
Scenes by the wayside, Tales
of the sea,
Stories of Jesus, Tell
them to me.
William Henry Parker was
born in New Bedford, Notting
ham, England, March 4, 1845,
and was apprenticed in the
machine construction depart
'ment of a large lacemaking
plant in Nottingham, remaining
in the employment of the firm
most of his life.
When a small boy he began
writing verse, and after uniting
with the General Baptist
Church and becoming interest
ed in Sunday School work, he
began composing hymns for
anniversary festivals. This he
continued for many years, pro
ducing one or more each year.
These were published in news
papers and other periodicals
and in a book he published “The
Princess Alice and Other
Poems” in 1881. He died at Lis
card, Cheshire, England, in
1931.
Frederic Arthur Callinor who
wrote the music for “Tell Me
The Stories of Jesus” was born
a poor boy, son of a coal miner,
at Longton, Straffordshire, En
gland, Nov. 12, 1866. When 10
, years old he began working in a
brick-making plant, keeping at
such backbreaking work for two
years, then went to work as a
coal miner. At 15 he found work
at a china manufacturing plant;
but being ambitious for a
musical career, he spent most
> of the time when not at work in
the study of harmony.
t The coming of a piano into his
home as part of a legacy greatly
stimulated the boy’s interest in
music. By hard work he was
able, in 1897, to complete the re
quired work for his Mus. Bac.
degree. In a few years he gained
recognition and success as a
• composer, producing such
worthwhile cantas a “Bethany”
and “The Gardens of the Lord”.
He earned and was given the
Doctor of Music degree in 1903.
He specialized in the field of
writing for voices and has had
more than four hundred pub
lished compositions to his cre
dit.
“Tell Me The Stories of
Jesus” — those who seek to
follow the Master can never
hear too many of those wonder
ful stories.
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new ways to get along with
others — but he’s discovering
lots of ways not to.’’
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Homer Sigman, Mayor Joe Dutton, President Waggoner, and Gene Cook (1-r).
Rent Uniform Service
To Build Griffin Plant
Rental Uniform Service of
Greenville, S. C., today an
nounced plans to build a dis
tribution center in Griffin this
year.
The firm has purchased six
acres of land east of Heisdorf
and Nelson on the Everee road.
It expects to begin construction
in mid-March and begin opera
tions here by October.
The firm will employ 35 to 40
people.
Donald F. Waggoner, presi
dent, was in Griffin yesterday to
complete details for locating a
plant here.
He said he chose Griffin over
several other places “because
he liked the reception he
received here.”
The Griffin-Spalding airport’s
proximity to his plant site also
was a factor, he said. He stays
in contact with his other South
eastern plants by using an air
plane.
The firm was founded in 1955
with seven employes and one
truck. Now there are seven
plants in the organization with
70 trucks and 350 employes.
Mr. Waggoner will serve a
radius area of 75 miles with
Griffin as its center.
The firm distributes uni
forms, coats, shirts, coveralls,
and similar types of rental gar
ments.
Joel Turner will move to Grif
fin soon to begin preparations
for starting the operation here.
He will be plant manager and
several other key people who
will work with him will move
here, too.
Russell Waggoner Jr.,
brother of the president is vice
president. Zelma Waggoner is
corporation secretary.
The firm purchased the land
from a 30-acre industrial park
area recently made available
by the city of Griffin in the air
port area.
Mayor Joe Dutton along with
Homer Sigman, and Gene Cook
of the Chamber of Commerce
were on hand to welcome Mr.
Waggoner and his plant to
Griffin yesterday.
5-STAR WEEKEND EDITION
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Illness Can Trim Payment
By RAY DE CRANE
Distributed by Enterprise Press
The person who is injured,
or seriously ill, or who
spends a lengthy confinement
in a hospital is never envied
—unless it is at income tax
reporting time.
Then the evening-up proc
ess gets under way and the
injured or ailing person may
receive some compensation
in the form of special tax
treatment called the sick
pay exclusion.
The exclusion, if any, de
pends upon how much wages
or salary you received dur
ing your enforced absence,
the length of your absence
and whether or not you were
hospitalized.
If your pay stops when you
are out of work because of
Maddox To Seek
Tax Hike Again
ATLANTA (UPI) - If legisla
tors “want to go along with
helping all of the state” by
passing a statewide sales tax in
crease, he will consider some
local tax relief, Gov. Lester
Maddox says. Otherwise, local
tax legislation faces a guberna
torial veto.
Maddox is expected to call
when the General Assembly con
venes next week for increasing
the sales tax from 3 to 4 per
cent to bring in an additional
slls million. He would use much
of the money to give additional
state grants to cities and coun
ties, hoping they in turn would
reduce local property taxes.
There will also be a move to
pass local option sales and in
come taxes for local govern
ments and school boards — in
addition to allowing them to
charge taxes on hotel and motel
Griffin, Georgia 30223 Sat. and Sun., January 10-11, 1970
either an illness or an injury
this installment is not for
you. There is no point in
reading on, unless you are
looking for reasons to com-
Elain about what seems to
e an obvious injustice.
We’ll take up first the case
of those who receive full pay
or salary while they are
away from work. Their sick
pay exclusion begins after a
30-day waiting period. After
that they exclude their full
pay up to a weekly maxi
mum of SIOO. For periods less
than a full week, the daily
rate of exclusion would be
actual pay or S2O a day if
they are employed on a five
day week basis, or daily pay
or $16.67 daily, whichever is
less, if they work a six-day
week.
Persons who receive 75 per
cent or less than full pay
prices, amusements and mixed
drinks.
“Local option taxes would
help people in certain areas,
while the rest of the state would
go without any relief,” the
governor said Friday. That, he
added, would be “very discrimi
natory.”
After the General Assembly
refused to go along with his
sales tax increase last year,
Maddox vetoed a bill which
would have allowed a local tax
on mixed drinks.
Asked if he would do the
same this year, he said “there
is not going to be any local op
tion taxes, over my veto,” un
less there is some statewide tax
relief.
Maddox said he thought his
sales tax plan would pass this
year, “or I wouldn’t be propos
ing it.”
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during this period need count
off only a seven-day waiting
period. Thereafter the exclu
sion is the actual pay re
ceived or $75 a week, which
ever is less.
If the employe who re
ceives 75 per cent or less
than full pay spent at least
one day in the hospital dur
ing any part of his treatment
for injury or illness, his ex
clusion begins from the first
day of such absence.
After the first 30 calendar
days this worker, too, has his
exclusion stepped up to the
weekly maximum of SIOO or
full pay, whichever is less.
Whenever a sick pay ex
clusion is claimed, a state
ment must be attached to the
return explaining the cir
cumstances and detailing the
length of the absence,
amount paid by the em
ployer, its relationship to full
pay and whether or not you
were hospitalized.
Form 2440, available
through Internal Revenue
Service, is used for this pur
pose. Or you may attach
your own statement explain
ing the facts and detailing
your method of accounting.
On a joint return, where
husband and wife are each
employed, it is possible each
may have a sick pay exclu
sion. If so, separate state
ments must be completed for
each and attached to the re
turn.
(NEXT: Did you move
last year?)
Vol. 97 No. 8
Night’s
Receipts
Taken
A lone masked gunman took
the night’s receipts from the I
Holiday Inn here early this
morning while he held the night 1
clerk and another man at gun
point, Griffin police said.
The holdup occurred at 3:20
this morning.
Clifford Alexander, the night
clerk, described the robber as
being in his middle 20s, about
six feet tall, weighing about 180
pounds. He had on dark green
pants, a dark brown jacket and
gloves.
Mr. Alexander said the man
had his face masked with a
dirty cloth or handkerchief.
Archie Mitchell, apparently a
Holiday Inn employe, came
from the kitchen during the
holdup. He with Mr. Alexander
were forced to get behind the
counter at the reception desk.
Then the robber fled the scene.
Police said they have not yet
determined how much money
was taken.
They were investigating the
robbery today.
Begin Terms
COLUMBIA, S. C. (UPI) -
Three Georgia men have begun
serving life terms at South Car
olina’s central prison here for
the August murder of a highway
patrolman.
Authorities said the three,
Forrest Ward Phillips, 41; Ben
jamin Kenneth Gore, both of
Augusta, and Charles Roper Jr.
of Buford, were convicted
Thursday and sentenced Friday.
They were taken to Columbia
from Beaufort in a three - car
motorcade, under heavy guard
for their own safety.
Casualty
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Anoth
er Georgia serviceman has
been killed fighting in Vietnam,
the Defense Department said
Friday.
He was identified as Marine
Pfc. Richard F. Brown, son of
Mrs. Juanita B. Brown, 1648
Avery St., Savannah, Ga.
Mrs. Guy Woodroof (r) presents
a check for SI,OOO from the Ki- |
wanianns to Atty. Gen. Arthur
Bolton and Mrs. Arthur Turner
of the Griffin Area Chapter for
Retarded Children. The money
will help establish a sheltered
workshop for older youths and
adults.
Pt ’I
Stanley King
Is Proud Os Griffin
Because - -
1 am proud of Griffin because ... it is my home
town. For a nice quiet, comfortable town you
couldn’t find a better place to live. Needless to
say, why can’t Griffin have a better paying scale
so people won’t have to ride to Forest Park or
downtown Atlanta for better paying jobs? I’ll ad
mit the ride gets rough at times but it is well worth
it on payday. I would not move to Atlanta for any
amount of money for Griffin will always be my
home town. I work in Forest Park.
Stanley King
Griffin, Ga.
Break Seen
In Long Cold
“I don’t recall it ever being
subfreezing for this many
consecutive hours,” Horace
Westbrooks, Griffin’s official
weather observer, said this
morning.
The temperature was ex
pected to climb above freezing
(32 degrees) this afternoon. It
will be the first time the mer
cury has climbed that high
since Tuesday evening.
Mr. Westbrooks predicted the
temperature would rise above
the freezing mark about 2 p.m.
or 3 p.m. If it does, it will end
over 90 straight hours of sub
freezing temperatures.
“We may have had a pro
longed cold spell like this,” Mr.
Westbrooks said. “But I can’t
recall one.”
The mercury dipped to two
degrees Friday and didn’t climb
above 28. The mercury skidded
down to six this morning,
breaking the previous record
for Jan. 10 set back in 1962.
The forecast for the Griffin
area calls for more cold tonight
with possibility of rain or snow.
The prediction for tomorrow is
for warmer temperatures.
Inside Tip
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Handy Andy
Burglary, Fire
Probed Here
Police today investigated a
fire and burglary at Handy
Andy store on Hamilton boule
vard.
Officers patroling the area
noticed smoke coming from the
building this morning at 2:15.
They called the Griffin Fire
Department to extinguish a
small blaze.
Upon investigation, the offi
cers found the building had been
broken into from the rear.
A check indicated some blank
Handy Andy money orders had
been taken in the burglary.
Police today cautioned Griffin
merchants to be careful about
cashing such money orders.
They said clerks should require
proper identification when
cashing such orders because
they might be forged stolen
certificates.