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By Quimby Mdton
, “From Prosecutor to
Missionary’’ is the title of this
week’s International Sunday
School lesson. Background
> Scripture is Acts 9:1-31; 11:19-
30; Galatians 1:11-17.
The Memory Selection is
“Rise and stand upon thy feet;
> for I have appeared unto thee
for this purpose, to make thee a
minister and a witness both of
these things which thou hath
* seen, and of those things in the
which I will appear unto thee.’’
(Acts 26:16.)
One can thrill just reading the
title “From Prosecutor to
Missionary’’ if one remembers
the Horatio Alger stories of his
, youth. For this lesson tells how
a man who was all wrong was
changed into one all right and
was so overjoyed he spent his
, life telling others the good news.
Had Horatio Alger written the
Book of Acts instead of Luke he
would have written the story of
> Paul’s experience on the road to
Damascus and might have
given it the title “From Bigot to
Bishop.’’
’ The background Scripture of
this week’s lesson tells how
Saul, the prosecutor, was
Changed into Paul, the mission
* try; it also tells how Peter be
came a changed man following
his vision on the rooftop and his
, Visit io Cornelius the centurian.
He was convinced all men could
become true followers of Jesus
Christ so he baptised Cornelius
> tato the faith. And when he was
criticised by some of the dis
ciples he silenced them by tell
ing how God, that day on the
> rooftop, said “What God hath
cleaned, that call thou not com
n»n.”
' W The early Christians who
1 sought to follow the orders of
God “Go ye into all the world
and preach the Gospel to all
men” took this literally. When
‘ Jesus said “all”, He meant just
that and not “some”.
, As one reads the story of the
devotion of the early Christians
to the Master one is impressed
With many interesting stories.
» In addition to the story of Peter
and Cornelius; and of the con
version of Saul and his change
from “Prosecutor to Miss-
* tonary” one will also find the
story of the stoning to death of
Stephen and his forgiving spirit
which so impressed Saul, who
* stood by, that it is believed the
seed for Saul’s conversion was
sowed right there.
i And there is the interesting
’ Story of how Peter and John
Were called before the temple
rulers and ordered to stop
, leaching about Jesus. They de
fied them by asking should they
obey them or God, and the men
Who would have done most any
i filing to stop them, proceeded
no further because they knew
file people respected and believ
ed in Peter and were fearful;
’ tor their own safety.
There’s also another interest
tog story in the Book of Acts:
* How and where believers in the
Master were “first called Chris
tians.” It was at Antioch where
, Paul had been summoned and
Where he spent a whole year
preaching and teaching.
| The stories of Peter and Paul
are stories of men changing.
And in both cases the change
was complete. Both were “old-
I line” believers in God. Peter
was not as active a church
member as was Saul the
selfrighteous leader of the
■ synagogue. He was so high in
the exclusive government of the
church, that he looked on Jesus
I Christ, as a fraud. (Had Jesus
r come in pompt and reported to
I Saul and the other Pharisees
I and made them part of his
’I court, Saul would have pro
f claimed him the Messiah.)
But when Saul met the Master
J that day he became a com
f pletely changed man.
H How one truly converted to
►■being a Christian is changed is
Swell described by Lee Tolstoi,
I Russian novelist, in “My Con
| version.” He wrote “Five years
1. ago faith came to me; I believed
| in the doctrine of Jesus, and all
I my life was suddenly changed.”
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‘Operation Griffin’ Pushes
Defensive Driving Course
“Operation Griffin” will be
gin May 3-9. It is a drive, but a
drive with a twist, because its
aim is to collect automobile
drivers rather than money —
good drivers, that is, through
participation in the National
Safety Council’s Defensive
Driving Course.
“Operation Griffin,” began
with the Georgia Safety Coun
cil. Officials of that organiza
tion met with a nucleus of
Griffin’s business and civic
leaders in the latter part of
April to determine the
feasibility of such a safe driver
program for the Griffin area.
A committee, consisting of
Gene Cook, John Newton, Gary
Powell, Felton Rainwater, Ho
mer Sigman, and Frank
Thomas, selected Albert Har
rell, manager of the Griffin
branch of the Southern Bell
Telephone Coir as general
chairman. Sinw -Ji, Stephen
0. Squires, Jack J. Smith Jr.,
and Flynt Langford have been
chosen as co-chairmen by Har
rell, and an organization has
been built by them.
“Since the beginning stages of
the program,” says Harrell,
“our goal has been to reach
every man, woman, and child in
the Griffin area with a program
so penetrating that li. will make
Griffin one of the most safety
conscious cities in the nation.
Our major thrust has been, and
will continue to be made by
means of the Defensive Driving
Course — DDC — and, as a re
sult, we intend to make Griffin
more densely populated with
defensive drivers than any city
of its size in the United States.
To do that, we have had to de
velop a strong organization.”
In addition to the chairman
and co-chairmen, the organiza
tion consists of vice chairmen
and workers for membership,
church, retail, women’s club,
civic, and student, aong with
vice chairmen for publicity,
DDC, and a treasurer.
Publicity work, has been
undertaken jointly by E. C. Hul
sey and Don Young.
The Membership Committee,
under the leadership of Squires
and vice chairmen Bob Eu
banks and Jim Murray, has the
job of contacting local business
es to stir interest throughout
GRIFFIN
Daily Since 1872
Georgia through membership in
the Georgia Safety Council. An
organizational meeting of the 20
man committee was held on
April 17, at which time busi
nesses were selected for con
tact A follow-up meeting took
place April 24, and the cam
paign continues.
Retail Vice Chairman Bill
Ramsey has supplied his 20 man
committee with enough DDC
promotion kits to supply one to
each of the approximately 125
retail stores in the downtown
Griffin area. Each kit contains
descriptive material on the De
fensive Driving Course and 20
cards, each of which entitles the
bearer to attend all eight hours
of the Course.
Civic Club Vice Chairman P.
A. Bond and his seven-man
committee have the Job of plac
ing DDC promotion kits in the
hands of civic club leaders and
increasing their interest in safe
ty through various safety
speakers. Along the same lines,
Vice Chairman Hester Handley
is working with the 17 Women’s
GOP Opens State Meet
With Quarrels Mended
By TOM GREENE
COLUMBUS, Ga. (UPI) -
Georgia’s Republican Party, its
internal differences mended or
suppressed, opens its election
year statewide convention to
day.
All outward signs indicate
party leaders have ended their
quarrels and will present a pic
ture of unity during the two-day
convention.
The convention was scheduled
to open at 1 p.m. with U.S. Sen.
Howard Baker of Tennessee of
fering the keynote address.
The two main bones of conten
tion within the party recently—
subjects that appeared ready to
ignited feuding among the 2,000
delegates — have apparently
been put aside. Perhaps the
state’s most powerful Republi
can, National Committeeman
and former congressman How-
Griffin, Georgia 30223, Friday, May 1, 1970
Clubs in Griffin to promote in
terest in driving safety.
Through the efforts of Vice
Chairman Jim Joiner and A. C.
Touchstone, many of the
churches in Griffin are support
ing a program which will help
their parishioners stay alive be
hind the wheel.
One of the most successful
committees to date, according
to Harrell, has been the Student
Committee, headed jointly by .
Joe Akin and Bill Cody. With the
support of interested local citi
zens in town, 500 high school
students will receive scholar
ships for the eight-hour Course.
Twenty students in the two
high schools have been given
coupons for distribution to their
classmates while the entire stu
dent body of Vocational Tech is
expected to take the Course as
part of their curriculum.
The Defensive Driving Course
is an eight-hour standardized
course developed by the Nation
al Safety Council with the assis-
ard “Bo” Callaway, was in the
middle of both controversies.
One was the election of a
state chairman; the other
other whether party officials
should endorse candidates be
fore the party primary.
“I think Bo would like to see
apeaceful convention,” said one
high GOP source Thursday, who
reported that Callaway and
State Party Chairman Wiley
Wasdenof Savannah “appear to
be working closely together.”
There were reports Callaway
was trying to find someone to
oppose Wasden for party chair
man.
The other controversy was
stirred up several months ago
when Callaway called a surprise
news conference to endorse
James L. Bentley for Governor.
Party members throughout the
state, and particularly in the
tance of teaching and traffic
safety experts. It is taught by
trained instructors in eight, one
hour sessions of classroom in
struction. To this point in
“Operation Griffin,” 21 people
frorA Griffin have been quali
fied as instructors, with the
number expected to reach to 50
in the next six months.
Scheduling of DDC classes for
the “Operation Griffin” project
is being handled by Flynt Lang
ford. At a fee of $4 per person,
the course is being offered May
3-9, with classes being held from
May through November. The
eight sessions may be taken in
any order and duration. Alex
Stewart is the treasurer for the
project
DDC class cards may be ob
tained at most of Griffin’s retail
stores, through civic clubs, and
most churches May 3-9. A sche
dule of class dates for May,
June, and July is now available
at the Chamber of Commerce.
Atlanta area, were upset, say
ing the national committeeman
should not take sides prior to
the party primary.
There is still talk of trying to
have Callaway censured but the
tough talk of two days ago
seems to be eroding.
The three announced GOP
candidates for governor are out
in force. Former television
newsman Hal Suit has moved
his entire staff here. Bentley
has staff members and so does
Fulton Superior Court Judge
Jeptha Tanksley.
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Vol. 98 No. 77
10,000
Gls Are
In Sweep
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Pres
ident Nixon made an early
morning visit to the Pentagon
today to discuss with the
nation's top military leaders his
decision to commit American
troops to combat action in
Cambodia.
As reports from the war zone
said 10,000 Gls were participat
ing in a sweep aimed at
knocking out what Nixon
described as the Communists’
main command center for the
Vietnam War, the President
conferred with the Joint Chiefs
of Staff and Secretary of
Defense Melvin R. Laird.
White House Press Secretary
Ronald L. Ziegler said the
military chiefs told Nixon “the
operations appeared to be going
well.”
The morning was overcast
and the President’s mood was
somber, as in his speech
Thursday night on radio and
television telling the public that
he had concluded the Cambo
dian action was necessary to
protect American forces in
Vietnam from flanking attacks.
There will be other Allied
attacks on Communist “sanc
tuaries” in Cambodia bordering
on Vietnam, Nixon said, that
will be carried out mostly by
South Vietnamese forces.
But he said he determined
that “a combined American
and South Vietnamese operation
is necessary” to wipe out the
Communist headquarters in the
so-called Fish Hook sector,
north of the region where the
first U.S. advisers to enter
Cambodia went into action
Wednesday with South Vietna
mese forces.
“This is not an invasion of
Cambodia,” Nixon said. He said
the areas being attacked had
been “completely controlled
and occupied” by North Vietna
mese for five years in “blatant
violation of Cambodia’s neutra
lity.”
Nixon declared: “Once ene
my forces are driven out of
these sanctuaries and their
military supplies destroyed, we
will withdraw.”
Nixon’s action produced these
developments:
Many members of Congress
strenuously objected to the
move, with one Republican,
Sen. Charles E- Goodell of New
York calling it “ghastly” and a
Democrat, Sen. Frank Church
of Idaho today calling for
congressional action to “set the
outer limits” of Southeast Asia
intervention. Church said Nixon
had taken in his Cambodia
decision “the same route we
started down in Vietnam.”
Maddox
Crestview
Speaker
Gov. Lester Maddox will give
his personal testimony at the 11
a.m. worship service Sunday at
the Crestview Baptist Church
on the North Expressway.
Following the service, the
congregation will have a picnic
style lunch in the basement of
the church.
Besides giving his personal
testimony, the pastor said the
governor might have some
“items of local interest” to dis
cuss during his talk.
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ATLANTA - An employee of the
Capitol Food Company leaves
an ammonia-filled food locker
here where six other employees
were overcome by the gases.
Wearing gas masks, Atlanta
Six Survive
Ammonia Fumes
By RABUN MATTHEWS
ATLANTA (UPI) - “We had
to do something,” said Julius
Levitt. “They wouldn’t have
lasted much longer.”
Six men, screaming and fran
ticallyfighting through choking,
blinding ammonia fumes barely
survived as it was.
Levitt, president of the Capi
tol Food Co., and several em
ployes rammed a fork lift
through a section of a huge
freezer and dragged the trapped
men to safety with help from
firmen.
“I could hear them hollering
in there,” recalled Bobby Gibbs,
plant storage manager. “I went
in one door but couldn’t get to
them. I couldn’t see a thing
even with my gas mask on.”
Gibbs ran back outside,
jumped on a fork lift and
smashed through a thin parti
tion and insulation into the
freezer.
A high pressure ammonia line
was severed about 3 pin., when
a fork lift, moving frozen foods
about in the 300 foot by 400 foot
freezer, struck the partially-ex
posed pipe.
There were nine men inside
the freezer at the time, accord
ing to company officials. Three
were near one of the electrically
operated doors and quickly
rushed outside. The remaining
six, blinded and unable to see,
could not find the exits.
Rescuers fried to get in
through a door, using gas
masks, but could not see in the
dense cloud of ammonia fumes.
“If you get in there and it’s
really concentrated,” said bat-
Iff
“A fellow shouldn't listen
only to those with whom he
agrees — but to those who
make him think.”
Copyright 1070. by Frank A. Clark
Inside Tip
Drugs
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firemen broke into the freezer
locker and rescued the men.
Three others were in the locker
when a forklift truck ruptured
the ammonia line, but managed
to get out. The six men are in a
local hospital. (UPI)
talion fire Chief T. H. Roberta,
“it will collapse your lungs real
quick.” Roberts said there is
also a danger of pneumonia
after exposure to excessive am
monia fumes.
One of the three men who got
outside immediately after the
ammonia pipe was ruptured,
Carlton McQuagge, said the six
men who were finally rescued
were all conscious when they
were pulled out. But he said
several collapsed outside while
being moved to ambulances.
The men were taken to local
hospitals for treatment and ob
servation.
Joe Cox
Retires
From News
Joe H. Cox retired today as
Mechanical Superintendent of
the Griffin Daily News after 24
years with the newspaper.
He will be succeeded as fore
man of the composition depart
ment by one of the men whom
he trained, Lenwood Dix.
Mr. Cox came to Griffin from
Manchester, Ga., where he had
just sold the Manchester Mer
cury which he had owned and
published. He began work on
the Griffin Daily News on Sept.
2,1946, as master machinist and
Linotype operator. Since then
the paper has doubled in size,
and he has trained all the men
in his department. Mr. and Mrs.
Cox live at 38 Terracedale
Court. They are the parents of
Dr. Joel Cox of Griffin.
Lenwood Dix joined the staff
of the Griffin Daily News as an
apprentice printer on Decem
ber 8, 1952. He is a Spalding
High School graduate and a
Korean War combat veteran.
He has been a printer, Linotype
operator, and assistant foreman
of the composition department
of the paper. Mr. and Mrs. Dix
and their three
Chuck, Lyn, and Tim — live on
Walker’s Mill Road, Route 4,
Griffin.