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By Quimby Melton
This week’s International
Sunday School Lesson begins a
series of five lessons on “God
Working Through Jesus.” The
subject this week is “The King
dom is at. Hand.” Background
Scripture is Isaiah 11:1-5; 61:1-
4; Matthew 4:12-25; 935-38; Acts
2:22-35.
The Memory Selection is
“Jesus began to preach, and to
say, Repent: for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand.” (Matthew
4:17.)
The Scripture passages
selected for this week’s lesson
reports the beginning of Jesus’
ministry of preaching, teach
ing, and healing in Galilee.
Headquarters for this min
istry in Galilee was the thriving
city of Capernaum, at the north
end of the Sea of Galilee. This
city had a large gynagogue,
where Jesus often taught. To
day there are remains of a large
synagogue in modern Caper
naum, which is thought to have
dated back to the Second Cen
tury A.D. But there is a posi
bility, some hold, that these
ruins could be those of the very
synagogue in which Jesus
preached. It is also interesting
to note that this city was the
hometown of Peter and that
Jesus probably lived with this
disciple while in Capernaum.
The first “text” we find that
Jesus chose during his ministry
in Galilee was “Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Read Matthew’s account of the
preaching of John the Baptist
and you will find that the “text”
he and Jesus used was the
same, with emphasis put on the
word “Repent.”
Our lesson continues by say
ing Jesus went “about all Gali
lee teaching. . preaching. . and
healing.” Though Jesus em
phasized these three “teaching,
preaching, and healing”, one
can feel quite certain “teaching
and preaching” were stressed
by Jesus. Mark tells us (1:37-38)
that when Jesus was told that
everyone was searching for him
because of his healings, His
answer was “Let us go on to the
next town, that I may teach and
preach there also; for that is
why I came out.”
But let us continue the lesson,
we read in the Scripture of this
lesson “When he saw the
crowds, he had compassion on
them.” And that’s why He not
only taught them, preached to
them, but healed them of
“every disease and every infir
mity.”
“Repent: For the Kingdom of
Heaven is at hand,” those were
the words of Jesus Christ some
2,000 years ago. And today they
are just as true as then.
Just where the Kingdom of
God is located, we do not know.
No one can draw a map show
ing the boundries of this “king
dom”. One cannot go to some
travel agency and have them
make arrangements for a trip to
that kingdom. And even if one
could, that does not mean that
one could become a Citizen of
that Kingdom without meeting
some rigid requirements.
Just as one coming to Amer
ica and seeking citizenship
must meet certain require
ments, so every person on this
old world must meet certain re
quirements —for we are just
“pilgrims in a foreign land”
when it comes to the Kingdom
of God.
There are two ways a foreign
er can enter America: He can
“slip in” or he can come on a
passport. But there is only one
way he can become a citizen.
If he “slips in” he will be
caught and deported; if he
comes on a passport the time he
may remain, without renewing
it, is limited.
To become a naturalized citi
zen, with all the privileges and
responsibilities of a native-born
American he must meet rigid
requirements. He must prove
he wants to be a good and loyal
citizen.
“Repent” is the first step and
master key to the Kingdom of
God.
Just Like Rugby
PARIS (UPl)—“Just like
taking a pass in rugby," was
Jean-Pierre Chopin’s comment
after he caught a five-year-old
boy who fell Thursday from the
seventh story of a Paris
apartment block.
Chopin, a 28-year-old physical
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‘Youth Revolution’
Just Starting: Haggai
The youth revolution is just
beginning, Dr. Tom Haggai told
the 302 people at the annual
Griffin Area Chamber of Com
merce here last night. It was
held at Spalding Junior High,
Unit Two.
The nationally known speaker
described today’s young people
as having knowledge without
wisdom, energy without ambi
tion and courage without con
viction.
He said the situation should
be a challenge to the older
people in this country. The
young people need understand
ing and guidance, he said.
Blaming adults for the youth
revolution won’t do, either, Dr.
Haggai said. He said the World
War 11, and Korean war genera
tion of adults hadn’t done too
badly, considering the great
amount of change with
which it has had to cope. Dr.
Haggai called that generation
the “transitional” group.
He said that young people of
today, having lived through
swift changes, will be used to it.
Haggai said the older genera-
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Specific Rulings Cover Gifts
By RAY DE CRANE
Distributed by Enterprise Press
Most allowable charitable
contributions on your income
tax return are the obvious
ones. They include payments
to your church (including
building fund payments and
any special assessments)
and cash contributed to a
United Appeal, health fund,
to a nonprofit hospital or ed
ucational institution.
But many people have
legitimate charitable con
tributions they frequently
overlook.
If you are a duly elected
delegate to a church con
vention and you have out-of
pocket expenses in connec
tion with attendance at such
convention sessions, your ex
penses are deductible as a
contribution.
This could include trans
portation expenses and a
reasonable amount for meals
and lodging. Use of your
own car for such purposes
entitles you to a deduction
of five cents a mile.
GRIFFIN
DAI LY NEWS
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education teacher, was in a
building across the road when
he saw Rafik Meliani-Marrouki
balanced on a seventh-story
balcony. Chopin rushed down
the stairs, crossed the road and
was just in time to catch the
child.
tion, like all others, was not
handed a perfect world either.
He said that no generation has
ever been able to solve its own
problems. Maybe the present
young generation will be able to
do so, he said.
Adults need the listed as well
as hear what young people are
saying, Dr. Haggai continued.
He said he talked with a
college student about the
morality of the Vietnam War.
He told the student he thought
the Vietnam war was immoral.
But he added that World War 11,
the Korean War, The Civil War,
the Spanish-American War,
even the war of Jerrico, all were
immoral, too.
Then he asked the student if
his doctor ever gave him any
medicine when he was sick and
if the student knew that the
medicine was poison.
“Sometimes we have to deal
with one bad situation in order
to prevent an even worse situa
tion,” Dr. Haggai told the
student.
He said he believed this was
the case in Vietnam. It was
Similarly, if you are a
choir member attending
weekly choir practices or if
you are a church volunteer
worker on a building fund
program and use your car
to contact church members
for pledges, a five-cents-a
mile car deduction can be
claimed.
Hospital volunteer work
ers, such as Gray Ladies,
and Civil Defense workers
who are required to wear
distinctive uniforms may de
duct the cost of purchasing
and laundering the uniforms.
Out-of-pocket gasoline ex
pense for attendance at
meetings may also be
charged, or the five-cents-a
mile rate may be used here,
too.
Purchase of raffle tickets
for a church activity or
scholarship or building fund
program are never deduct
ible. Any prizes won in such
a raffle or drawing are tax
able. At this time the cost
of the raffle tickets may be
subtracted from the win
nings.
Griffin, Georgia 30223 Friday, January 16, 1970
Junior College Panel
Studies Sites Here
either call the communists’
hand there or allow it to go un
checked in a domino fashion,
the speaker said.
He said he was convinced that
the communists intended to
take over the world, if they
could.
The student told Dr. Haggai
that this was the first time any
adult had ever taken the time to
talk with him in such a manner.
Telling ourselves that the
student revolution involves only
five to seven percent of the
youth won’t do either, Dr. Hag
gai said. Sure the other 95 per
cent are good, law abiding citi
zens, he said.
But he said history shows that
revolutions which have toppled
other governments involved
sometimes five percent or less
of the country’s total popula
tion.
Students want to be involved
in the action of the day, Dr.
Haggai said.
“We turn them off immedia
tely when we tell them they are
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Attendance at benefit per
formances entitles the ticket
purchaser to a deduction of
the excess over the custom
ary charge for attendance
at the event.
Gifts of clothing, furniture
and appliances to a recog
nized charity are deductible
at their fair market value—
what you could have sold the
items for on the open
market. It is well to get an
appraisal of the items at the
time of the donation to sup
port your deduction.
Whenever property valued
at more than S2OO is con
tributed to a charitable in
stitution a detailed state
ment setting forth all the
pertinent facts must be at
tached to your return.
(NEXT: Deductions for
interest.)
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
55, low today 36, high yesterday
49, low yesterday 36. Sunrise to
morrow 7:42, sunset tomorrow
5:48.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Parker com
pliment Dr. Tom Haggai (r) on
his talk.
Nominations
For DSA Award
The Griffin Junior Chamber
of Commerce (Jaycees) today
called for nominations for the
annual Distinguished Service
Award which the club presents
every year.
Cecil Mays, chairman of the
DSA committee this year, asked
that nominations be mailed by
Feb. 2, to him, Box 471 in
Griffin.
Nomination blanks may be
obtained from any of Griffin’s
three banks, Mays said. The
Jaycees will announce the win
ner at its Feb. 9 meeting.
Nominees should be between
21 and 35 years of age, and a re
sident of Griffin or Spalding
County for the past year.
The winner will be picked
based on community service
and leadership demonstrated
last year.
Nominees do not have to be
members of the Jaycees, Mays
said.
City Moves To Correct
Business Fee Errors
The City of Griffin govern
ment said today that it had
“erred very badly” in not ex
plaining completely the details
of a business license increase.
“This was an oversight and
certainly not intentional,” the
City Commissioners said today.
They said they were taking
steps to correct the error.
The commissioners said fees
were increased 30 percent last
summer when the budget was
made up in order to raise some
$40,000 to balance the books.
The city said it would correct
errors that have caused any
businesses to pay more than the
30 percent increase.
The business license or
dinance was approved Dec. 9 at
a public meeting, the com
missioners said.
“These instructions were
given out, but through some
misunderstanding, some fees
ran much higher than had been
planned and did not show up un
til notices were sent out,” the
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Ability
Reviewed
A Chamber of Commerce
Committee for a junior college
here has moved ahead on sever
al fronts, following announce
ment several weeks ago that the
Board of Regents, University
System of Georgia, would re
view this community’s applica
tion for such a facility.
Dr. Alex Jones and Atty. John
Carlisle are co-chairmen of the
committee.
In an updated report on the
panel’s work today, the co
chairmen said that a site sub
committee headed by James K.
Searcy, a Griffin real estate
man, is preparing recommen
dations for the site of a junior
college.
Carter Greenway, Griffin
CPA, is heading the sub-com
mittee on finances. His group is
preparing material to illustrate
Griffin’s ability to finance
building a junior college.
Carl Ridley, hospital ad
ministrator here, reported that
his sub-committee is making
rapid progress toward comple
tion of the new application in
booklet form.
Dr. Arthur Krepps, chairman
of the resolutions committee,
has received some replies from
his letter to several govern
mental organizations and civic
clubs, seeking their endorse
ments of the junior college.
The Griffin City Commiss
ioners and the Griffin-Spalding
Board of Education, have ap
proved endorsement resolu
tions.
The community has been
working many years to secure a
junior college for this area.
Now that some of the most
populous areas of the state have
secured a junior college, Griffin
has moved up on the priority
list.
The Board of Regents, which
governs the University of
Georgia, expressed renewed in
terest in Griffin’s application as
the 1969 year closed. The board
indicated a review of the Griffin
situation early this year.
Griffin has had an application
on file for a few years and it will
be brought up to date so the
board will have the latest in
formation when considering the
Griffin request.
commissioners said.
A statement issued today con
tinued:
“The most confusion seems to
be the type of license charged
on a gross receipt rate. If your
gross receipts were no more
than last year, your fee should
be only 30 percent more. In case
a merchant’s business has
grown, his fee increase will be
charged accordingly. As those
incorrect fees were duly made
law, and the city attorney has
ruled that after the Ordinance
has come in effect as of Jan. 1, it
cannot be changed. The only
way for the City to correct this
error will be for each one to buy
his license as billed. Then, after
the deadline of Feb. 10, the city
will refund to each one the
amount incorrectly charged,
except the city will refund from
the nearest multiples of $5.00
above the corrected fee.
“Your City Government
apologizes for this error, and
the confusion it has caused and
asks for your cooperation in this
correction.”
Mary Tuggle And
Willie Miller
Are Proud Os
Griffin Because--
I am proud of Griffin because of the great prog
resses that is being brought forth by the people.
The people of Griffin have played an important
role in its future.
I am proud also of the way the Griffin Spalding
County School System has been integrated, provid
ing black students with more and better opport
unities.
This shows that Griffin’s future is greatly influ
enced by the people. This makes me proud to
know that they care enough to develop Griffin to
its greatest possible climax in every way.
Mary Tuggle and
Willie Miller,
Students at Griffin High.
Mt. Zion Plans
Dedication
The new Mt. Zion Baptist
Church at Taylor and Fourth
streets will be dedicated Sun
day.
The Rev. O. H. Stinson, pas
tor, and church members, ex
tend a special invitation to “all
our friends and well-wishers to
share with us in this service.”
The Rev. Stinson said: “We at
Mt. Zion have sought in an hum
ble way to symbolize in this new
church something of our
thoughts of God and our concern
for man.
“To us this structure is not
just a church temple to be ad
mired and forgotten, but a sanc
tuary dedicated to the transcen
dent God with added accomoda
tions for human service.
“To this end our members
and many of our friends have
given generously, and for this
we are deeply thankful.
“We hope to justify what we
have done through enlarged
service as a redemptive institu-
Fire Protection
Voted Down
CLARKESVILLE, Ga. (UPI)
—A plan to provide fire protec
tion for 13,000 persons outside
the municipalities of Habersham
County was voted down Thurs
day.
The area was served by two
paid firemen and 20 volun
teers, who had as their equip
ment a 1956 truck with a 1941
pumper unit. The truck, how
ever, was withdrawn from fight
ing fires at private homes last
June 15 to conserve the deter
iorating vehicle for protecting
schools, industries and the
county hospital.
Clarkesville residents, who
pay taxes for fire protection,
were not affected by the refer
endum. The city has its own
equipment and allows the coun
ty volunteers to house their ag
ing truck in city facilities.
The referendum would have
imposed taxes on county resi-
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tion in this community.”
Dr. Emory R. Searcy, minis
ter of the Mt. Zion Second
Baptist Church in Atlanta, will
be the main speaker at the de
dication service. A fellowship
dinner will be held at the close
of the service.
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dents for fire protection. .But
937 persons voted against the
proposal, while only 729 voted
in favor of it. The referendum
carried only three militia dis
tricts out of the 14.
County Fire chief Claude Mar
cus said the truck had been
maintained with money raised
from country music shows and
sales of such things as first aid
kits and soap.
STORAGE PROBLEM
BECKLEY, W. Va. (UPI)-A
Beckley radio station an
nounced Thursday that anybody
with a worthy cause and a good
size pickup truck can lay claim
to 50,000 Christmas cards.
WWNR received 158,000
Christmas cards during a
holiday campaign to bring some
cheer to mental patients and
other institutionalized persons.