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By Quimby Melton
People who love to sing
hymns and who love to hear
hymns sung by excellent choirs
will enjoy a Union Service Sun
t day night, sponsored by six
“uptown” churches.
The Union Service will be a
“Hymn Festival”, held at the
t First Baptist Church, with the
First Baptist, First Christian,
First Presbyterian, First Unit
ed Methodist, Hanleiter United
• Methodist, and St. George’s
Episcopal Church sponsoring
the event and with the combined
choirs of these churches fur-
* nishing the program.
The Festival will begin at 7:00
o’clock and is part of a nation
wide program being sponsored
* by the National Association of
Music Clubs. The Griffin chap
ter arranged for the Griffin
, Festival. The Rev. Joe Preston,
of the First Baptist Church, will
direct the combined choirs;
Mrs. Tom Brgke, Jr. will be the
• accompanist.
One can get an idea of the
treat that awaits those who at
tend the Hymn Festival when
• they are told that among the
hymns the large choir will sing
will be such universally loved
ones as, A Mighty Fortress Is
• Our God, by Martin Luther;
Love Divine, by Charles Wes
ley; 0 God, Our Help in Ages
t Past, by Isaac Watts; God of
’ Our Fathers by Daniel C.
Roberts; and Holy, Holy, Holy,
by Reginal Heber.
, In addition to these the pro
gram includes:
How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling
Place, Thou Whose Almighty
* Word, All Praise to Thee,Once
to Every Man and Nation, Fes
tive Hymn to Worship, Now
Thank We All Our God, and
• Word of God Across the Na
tions.
These hymns make up an ex
cellent program and Good
* Evening is looking forward to
being present when the Festival
is held.
From time to time we have
written about many of these
hymns in our Saturday “Hymns
We Love To Sing” column.
* Today we’ll comment on only
one of them and we will do so by
quoting Alfred Lord Tennyson,
himself a writer of several be-
• loved hymns, Lord Tennyson is
reported to have told Bishop
Welldon he considered Holy,
Holy, Holy “die greatest hymn
* ever written, taking into con
sideration its purity of lan
guage, its devotion, its spiritua
lity, and the difficulty of treat-
* ing such an abstract theme
poetically.”
(Lord Tennyson, you will
4 remember, wrote among other
great hymns, Strong Son of God,
Immortal Love; and Sunset and
Evening Star.
» In addition to the program of
hymns sung by the choir there
no doubt will be some congrega
tion singing. So turn out prepar
< ed to enjoy great singing and if
there is congregational singing
sing with a heart full of thank
fulness as expressed in the
• hymn by Henry Van Dyke
“Joyful, Joyful; We Adore
Thee.”
Injunction
> ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) - A
judge has taken steps to ease
a threat of “danger” to the
University of Georgia and its
’ students by issuing a tempor
ary injunction against campus
demonstrators.
Clarke County Superior Court
Judge James Barrow, acting at
the request of the State Board
, of Regents, enjoined 18 stu
dents, the Students for a Demo
cratic Society (SDS) and 500
“John Does” from “destroying
or damaging” property.
Barrow said the injunction
would remain in effect until
May 29. He ordered the defend
ants to show cause at a May 28
hearing why the injunction
, should not be made permanent.
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Apartment
Complex Set
Plans were announced today
for the construction of a 120-unit
apartment complex at Beck and
Anne streets.
Gene Cook, chairman of the
Griffin Area Chamber of
Commerce Housing Committee,
announced Heritage Apart
ments Company will begin con
struction on the project im
mediately. The company was
formed and the project secured
through the combined efforts of
Star Enterprises, Inc., of
Atlanta and local investors,
Cook said.
The units will be rented under
the rent subsidy provisions of
Secton 236 of the Federal
Housing Authority. Cook said
the rents willbebased on annual
income. He said that as a
tenant’s income increases the
amount of rent he will pay will
increase. Searcy-Murray
Realty Company of Griffin will
handle the rentals.
The complex wiill include 15
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Talks With Protesters
WASHINGTON (UPI) -A
troubled and restless President
Nixon drove to the Lincoln
Memorial before dawn today
where he told a surprised group
of long haired, bearded young
people in earthy language that
he understands why they are
Becomes Realty
MACON, Ga. (UPI) - The
new Georgia Association of Ed
ucators is scheduled to become
a reality today.
The professional educational
organization results from the
merger of the former all white
Georgia Education Association
and the Negro Georgia Teach
ers and Education Association.
The parent National Education
Association ordered the merger
two years ago.
The delegate assemblies of the
two groups were to meet in
Macon today to formally ratify
the merger, already approved
by a vote of the membership.
5-Star Weekend Edition
GRIFFIN
Daily Since 1872
two-story buildings. The units
will have 70 two-bedroom
apartments and 50 three
bedroom apartments. Each
apartment will have central
heating and air conditioning.
Cook said the Chamber’s
Housing Committee viewed the
announcement as another pro
gressive step forward in
meeting the housing needs of
the community.
Chamber president Homer
Sigman pointed out that since
January, 1969, apartment
construction in Griffin-Spalding
County has totaled nearly 300
units.
Cook said that the complex is
expected to be completed by the
first of 1971. But he said that
units will be offered for rent as
they are completed. He said
some units may be ready to rent
within four or five months.
Meanwhile, construction is
nearing completion on a 132-unit
rent subsidy apartment
program on North Hill street.
The complex is expected to be
finished by the end of June.
M. O. Gustafson of Imperial
Homes which manufactured the
units said Federal Housing
Administration (FHA)
scheduled the project for 15
months but it is likely to be
finished in nine.
protesting his Cambodian poli
cies.
“I told them that I know they
think we are a bunch of so-and
so’s,” Nixon said later. “I used
a stronger word then.”
“Sure you came to demon
strate and to shout your slogans
on the Ellipse,” Nixon told the
students as the sun rose.
“That’s all right. Just keep it
peacefiil. Remember I feel just
as deeply as you do about this.”
Nixon was accompanied only
by his Cuban-born valet Manuel
(Manolo) Sanchez, and three
Secret Servicemen who Nixon
said were “petrified” that he
had left the sanctuary of the
White House.
He arrived at the memorial
at about 5 a.m., spent about 35
minutes there chatting with
about 50 sleepy eyed students
who would later join as many
as 100,000 demonstrators near
the White House for a rally
protesting Nixon’s Indochina
policies.
He then drove to the Capitol
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Sat. and Sun., May 9 - 10,1970
A-etten to
Mother’s Day is an excel
lent time to ask: How long is
it since you wrote to your
mother?
The champion letter-to
mother writer of ALL time
probably was a British war
secretary and lord high
chancellor named Richard
Burton, Lord Haldane.
From 1877, when his father
died, Lord Haldane wrote a
letter to his mother every
single day for the next 48
years—until she died, in 1925,
at the age of 100.
Missives to mother make
up an important part of the
world’s best letters, reflect
ing the trust and admiration
that unite mother and child,
whatever their ages. Here
are some excerpts from let
ters written by famous
people to their mothers:
George Washington tries to
calm his mother’s fears
about his part in the impend
ing Revolution.
Mount Vernon,
14 August, 1775
Honored Madame,
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where he gave Sanchez a brief
running account of American
history in the empty House
chamber. The group returned
to the White House at about
7:30 a.m. after eating a
breakfast of corned beef hash
with an egg at the Mayflower
Hotel.
Nixon retired at about 2 a.m.
today after his nationwide
televised news conference but
found he couldn’t sleep.
“I got up and called Manolo
and asked him if he had ever
seen the Lincoln Memorial at
night,” Nixon said. “He never
had. I said let’s go see the
monument.”
Nixon described his discus
sion with the students as a give
and take session.
“They were fine kids from all
over the country,” the Pres
ident said. He described it as
“one of the most interesting
expediences in my life. I was
sort of carried back myself to
when I was in college and in
law school,” he said.
If it is in my power to
avoid going to the Ohio
again, I shall; but if the com
mand is pressed upon me,
by the general voice of the
country, and offered upon
such terms as cannot be ob
jected against, it would re
flect dishonor upon me to
refuse; and that, I am sure,
must or ought to give you
greater uneasiness, than my
going in an honorable com
mand. . .
♦ ♦ *
Napoleon Bonaparte
showed strong affection for
his family, and expected
from them an almost mili
tary obedience. The little
corporal’s mother outlived
him by many years, and in
this letter he asks her to help
discipline the errant brother
who was to be named king
of Westphalia.
Chateau de Stupinigi,
April 22, 1805
Dear Mother—
M. Jerome Bonaparte has
arrived at Lisbon with the
woman he is living with. I
The Griffin High School annual this year was dedicated to
Mrs. Tom Pyron, Spanish teacher. The faculty member talks
with Mary Hedderman (1), business manager; and Janice
Cobb (r), editor-in-chief about this year’s edition.
“I told them I know it is
awfully hard to keep this in
perspective,” he said, referring
to the Vietnam War and his
decision to send U.S. troops to
Cambodia.
One thing I am working with
all my heart for is the time
when you will have the
opportunity to know the people
of China,” Nixon said he told
the students.
He said his conversation
ranged over many subjects—
travel, racial problems and the
environment.
Nixon said he thought his
chat was far more useful than
bringing students into the White
House.
“There were no TV cameras
and no press,” Nixon said.
“They did not feel the awesome
power of the White House. I
was trying to relate to them in
away they could feel I
understood their problem.”
Nixon told them to have a
good time and “don’t go away
bitter.”
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have ordered the prodigal
son to travel by Perpignan,
Toulouse, Grenoble and
Turin, and to report himself
at Milan. I have told him
that if he varies this route he
will be arrested. Miss Pater
son, who is living with him,
has taken the precaution of
bringing a brother with her.
I have given orders that she
is to be sent back to Amer
ica. If she attempts to evade
these orders, and appears
either at Bordeaux or in
Paris, she will be escorted to
Amsterdam, and put on
board the first ship for
America. . . .
Assuming that he comes to
Milan, I want you to write to
him. Tell him that I have
been like a father to him.
Tell him that it is his sacred
duty to obey me, and that his
only hope is to do as I com
mand. Get his sisters to
write too: for, once I have
pronounced his sentence, I
shall be inflexible, and his
whole career will be ruined
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President Nixon was up early today. He drove to the Lincoln Memorial, got out of his limousine
and mingled with a group of antiwar demonstrators here for the big rally. The Chief Executive
chats with Barbara Hlrsch, 24, of Cleveland, Ohio (left) and Lauree Moss, 24, of Detroit, Mich.
Man on right is a secret service agent. (UPI)
gale had to go to Germany
to study nursing because her
native England did not offer
such an education for fe
males. In this letter, “The
Lady with the Lamp” as
sures her mother she has
chosen the right vocation.
Kaiserwerth
Dear Mother:
. . . The operation to which
Mrs. Bracebridge alludes
was an amputation at which
I was present, but which I
did not mention, knowing
that she would see no more
in my interest in it than the
pleasure dirty boys have in
playing in puddles about a
butcher’s shop. I find the
deepest interest in every
thing here, and am so well
in body and mind. This is
Life. Now I know what it is
to live and to love life, and
really I should be sorry now
to leave life. I know you will
be glad to hear this, dearest
Mum. God has indeed made
life rich in interests and
blessings, and I wish for no
other earth, no other world
Agnew Helps
In Dedication
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga.
(UPI) — Vice President Spiro
T. Agnew, pinch-hitting for
President Nixon, helps dedicate
massive carvings of three Con
federate heroes on the sheer
granite face of Stone Mountain
today.
A possible crowd of 100,000
persons — one of the greatest
turnouts for any Southern event
in recent years — is expected.
Agnew was scheduled to ar
rive about 3 p.m. at Dobbins
Air Force Base in Marietta
from Boise, Idaho, go directly to
Stone Mountain and leave im
mediately after the dedication
to return to Washington.
The official theme is “Unity
Through Sacrifice,” and tower
ing over speakers and audience
alike will be the monumental
tribute to a lost cause: huge
carvings of Robert E. Lee, Jeff
erson Davis and Stonewall Jack
son. They cover an area larger
than a football field and are
bigger than the carvings of
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln
and Theodore Roosevelt at
Mount Rushmore.
In fact, the man who did the
Rushmore carvings started the
Stone Mountain display. He was
famedsculptorGutzon Borglum,
who began the awesome task in
1923. However, he quit two
years later and Augustus Luke
man succeeded him. Lukeman
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See Page 3
but this. . .
* * *
In spite of being the hus
band of Queen Victoria,
Prince Albert of Saxe-Co
burg-Gotha had no position
in the English royal family
for 17 years. Then he was
given the title of Prince Con
sort, an event he described
in this letter to his mother.
June 1857
Dear Mother:
I have not said a word to
you about my change of title,
and I now present myself be
fore you as an entire
stranger, Prince Consort, to
wit. The change had be
come necessary as our sons
grew up, all sorts of con
fusion having already arisen,
especially as the names of
all three begin, like my own,
with an A, and I was certain
to appear to them, in the
long run, like a stranger in
the land, as they alone were
English princes, and I mere
ly a Coburg prince. Now I
have a legal status in the
English hierarchy. It was
also a source of weakness
Continued on page five.
quit in 1928 when money ran
out. The project remained dor
mant until 1964 when sculptor
Walker Hancock took over.
The carvings themselves are
finished, but park officials have
another two years of landscap
ing work before them.
Fair and warm weather was
forecast. Dedication of
ficials urged visitors to come
early and park at the Stone
Mountain Industrial Park, tak
ing shuttle buses to the site.
Only cars of the 5,000 invited
guests will be allowed inside the
park.
“We complicate some
problems by not knowing
that the best thing to do
about them is nothing."
Copyrisht 1970. bv Frank A. Clark