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By Quimby Mcftoa
“It takes a heap ’o livin’ in a
house t’ make it home.” That
quote from Edgar Guest, Hoo
sier poet, is well known to most
Americans. Ogden Nash says in
one of his poems “it ’takes a
heap ’o praying’ too.”
There is a lot of homey, com
mon sense in that idea of what
turns a house into a home. A
learned philosopher might use
long sentences with big words to
tell what he thinks it takes to
turn a house into a home — but
none of them could express it as
well as did Guest and Nash.
Some of the greatest truths
die world has ever learned have
been told in a few short well
chosen words. King Solomon,
the wisest man to live, realized
this when he wrote his Pro
verbs.
Every nation, every part of a
country has its proverbs or
“sayings”. Some of the oldest
are credited to the Chinese and
many are attributed to Con
fucius.. Chinese sage, teacher
and religious leader who lived
six centuries before Christ. For
some 2500 years what he said, or
is said to have said, has been a
guide of the Chinese people.
Confucius was wise and de
dicated to his beliefs and what
he said was said to influence his
people to do what was right.
The wisdom of Confucius be
came so well known over the
world that years ago, when
vaudeville was a popular part of
entertainment, comedians
would “put over’’ their humor
by starting, “Confucius says”.
Oldtimers will remember hear
ing this approach to a joke
many times.
Someone has said there is no
such thing as a new joke or a
new proverb, that basically
there are less than a dozen of
each. But Good Evening heard a
new one Monday night, at least
it was new to him, and the man
who used it did not introduce it
by saying “Confucius says”, be
simply told it.
Whether it is spanking new,
whether it is a revamping of an
old proverb, we don’t know. But
it contained some mighty good,
stomped-down wisdom.
Tommy Greer, speaker at the
DCT banquet Monday night told
how American people worked
over the years to build a great
nation and called on the youth of
today to join in keeping it great.
Then he said, a farmer friend
once told him “It takes a good
carpenter seven months to build
a good barn, but any jackass
can kick a hole in the wall in
half a minute.”
If that was an original pro
verb thought up by this former
Griffinite, and we believe he is
fully capable of such, or whe
ther it is just revamping an old
one we do not know. But it is
well worth thinking over.
As Tommy told this story, it
brought to mind the story told in
the New Testament of the man
who built his house on a solid
foundation and the one who did
not do so, “and the winds
came”. The house on a solid
foundation was unshaken, the
one on the weak foundation was
a complete wreck.
And we also thought of the
story in die Old Testament of
Sampson, the strongest man,
and how he finally succumbed
to Delilah, told her the secret of
his strength, that led to his be
ing bound, his eyes put out, and
put to work at the grinding
wheel. The story ends with his
getting revenge by pulling down
the roof of the big hall, killing
those who had gathered to jeer
at him, but being crushed to
death himself.
The story of the barn and the
jackass; the story of the two
houses built on different kinds
of foundation and the story of
Sampson are all worth study
ing-
We cannot afford to let the
foundation of our national home
be weakened;
We cannot succumb to the evil
wiles of those who like Delilah
would woo us into complacency
as to the dangers that exist;
And we all must be careful
that we copy the good carpenter
and build, rather than the jack
ass and kick a hole in the wall.
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Hardhats Show Their Colors .
Hardhats Lead
March For Nixon
NEW YORK (UPl)—Backers
of President Nixon jammed
City Hall Park Wednesday in a
noisy but peaceful rally—the
largest ever held supporting the
administration’s Indochina poli
cies.
Estimates of the huge crowd,
which included construction
workers, longshoremen, brick
layers, steamfitters and other
industrial and office employes,
ranged qp to 150,000.
Thousands of policemen, 2,700
of them on overtime, patrolled
the area but had little trouble
with the demonstrators who
heeded requests by their
leaders to “recognize the right
to protest whether we agree or
not”
The remark, by Peter J.
Brennan, president of the
Construction Trades Council,
appeared to be an admonition
to the hardhats who on May 8
demonstrated at City Hall and
later roamed the financial
district beating up a number of
long-haired war protesters and
college students.
No Arrests Made
There were no arrests
Wednesday and only a few
reports of minor scuffling.
In the only other hard hat
pro-administration demonstra
tion reported Wednesday about
1,000 flag-waving construction
workers paraded at City Hall in
Buffalo, N.Y.
The workers carried signs
Bolton Signs
For Reelection
Attorney General Arthur K.
Bolton of Griffin qualified yes
terday for relection with the
State Democratic Party in
Atlanta. He qualified soon after
Democrats opened books at the
State Capitol and will seek
nomination in the September
state primary and reelection in
November.
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saying “Stop the Reds—Win in
Vietnam” and “America—Love
it or Leave it” and handed out
bumper stickers reading “Sup
port out President.
Under a sea of American
flags the hard-hats and their
comrades shouted pro-Nixon
and patriotic slogans while a
band on the speakers platform
played “God Bless America,”
“76T.WorldWarIIfighting songs
and a medley of George M.
Cohan airs as a finale.
Directed Against Mayor
The rally was directed almost
as much against Mayor John V.
Lindsay as it was for the
President.
Many demonstrators carried
placards saying “Impeach the
Red Mayor,” “Impeach Red
John Lindsay,” “Dump An
archy” and “No Surrender.” A
loud cheer went up when a
hard-hat shinnied up a lightpole
and flung a rope over the top
Small Fry Litter Letters:
Food for Adult Thought
By HELEN HENNESSY
NEA Women's Editor
NEW YORK - (NEA) -
Earth Day sparked the clean
up fires in everyone from
politician to hippy.
But many weeks before,
the nation’s young children
took pens in hand to combat
litter via letters. A free trip
to Disneyland was thrown in
to rev up enthusiasm.
One letter began, “We are
supposed to be the ones with
the brains but we sure aren’t
using them. They’re com
plaining about higher taxes
to have all this cleaned up.
There should be higher fines
and longer sentences in jail
for these people.”
That letter was from 11-
year-old Rick Fidelyment of
Gurnee, 111., addressed to
television comedian Henry
Gibson on the subject of
littering.
Thousands of school chil
dren wrote to Gibson in a
national “antilitter” letter
contest.
“People who would dirty
up their country this way
have no sense of civic
pride,” was the view of Ber
nadine Bauer, a sixth grader
in Marienville, Pa.
“If a policeman stopped all
the cars at every mile and
made people turn around
and pick up all the trash,
they would be surprised how
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, May 21, 1970
from which was hung a stuffed
figure labeled “Lindsay’s war
heroes."
An honorable end to the war
in Vietnam and the right of
dissent were emphasized by
speakers who addressed the
huge throng.
“America does not want to
see the war in Vietnam,”
Brennan said. “What it wants
to see is democracy. We are
here as Americans. We are
here although we may not
agree with many things that
are said by others.”
“Has Right to Opinion”
Teddy Gleason, president of
toe International Longshore
men’s Association, said his men
believe “everybody has the
right to an opinion.”
“Most of the people who
expected trouble will be disap-
much had been scattered,”
said fifth-grader Cheryl Vocu
of Joliet, 111.
Gibson, a star of “Laugh-
In” and a dedicated litter
fighter in his own right,
judged the letters and played
host to the national winner.
His final selection was
8- Tina Marie Saxton
of Streator, 111.
“I think everybody should
clean up America,” Tina
wrote, “just like my mother
cleans house.
“We don’t throw litter on
our floors at home,” she con
cluded, “so we shouldn’t
throw it on the ground. That
is America’s floor.”
That statement of antilitter
sentiment whisked Tina, her
mother, her sister and her
9- brother off on a
trip to so-called Beautiful
Downtown Burbank, Calif.,
to visit Gibson and to spend
a day at Disneyland.
More than 60,000 school
children from first grade
through high school entered
the contest. The youngsters
agreed that they themselves
can contribute a lot to the
antilitter effort.
Fifth-grader, Scott Dawkins
of Memphis, Tenn., had a
specific, if somewhat long
winded, example. “How can
children help?” he asked
rhetorically. “Every time
they go to the store to buy
something, such as candy,
and they eat it on the way
pointed,” he added. “We want
peace as much as the others
want it, but we want an
honorable peace.”
+ft6rd-hat resentment of anti
war demonstrations boiled over
May 8 when several hundred
construction workers charged a
crowd of protesters in Wall
Street and chased them into
side streets in the financial
district.
About 70 persons were
injured in that melee, none
seriously.
Critical of Police
Lindsay was sharply critical
of police failure to contain the
hard-hats. The Patrolmen’s
Benevolent Association retorted
that the police detail assigned
to City Hall was inadequate
because of “the inconsistent
political directives imposed on
police by toe mayor’s office.”
home and throw the paper
down on the ground, they
should wait till they get
home to throw it away.”
A Tampa, Fla., sixth
grader, Lucinda Miller, put
the situation on a higher
plane.
“God has to look at it all,”
she observed, “and we only
have to look at parts. Just
think of what he has to look
at. Would you like to stand
over all of it?”
Gibson, who has written
antilitter poems that are
used by Keep America Beau
tiful, described the contest,
sponsored by glass container
manufacturers, as an effort
to tune the kids in to them
selves, to tap their pride, to
get them involved before
they’re beyond involvement,
to let them know they are
our hope.
Concern for animals was
also mentioned in the kids’
letters, particularly by chil
dren who live in rural areas
and respect outdoor life.
“I don’t know why people
throw litter on the ground
instead of in the garbage
cans,” wrote fourth-grader
Wayne Haas of Rosemount,
Minn. “Even raccoons know
that litter goes in cans be
cause that’s where they get
their treats.”
From out of the mouth of
babes perhaps one can learn.
(Newspaper Enterprise Assn.)
Vol. 98 No. 94
More Study
On ‘Tolls’
System
May Be
Feasible
By TOM GREENE
ATLANTA (UPI)-State and
highway officials were told to
day a toll road system for At
lanta “may be feasible,” but
further studies are necessary.
The report by consulting
firms seemed to preclude the
necessity for a special session
of the Georgia General Assem
bly to help finance the roads—a
move which has been consid
ered by Gov. Lester Maddox.
The report said preliminary
studies showed “toll roads may
be feasible and it is desirable
to contract for the final traffic
and civil engineering reports.”
But, the report added, “these
final reports are necessary be
fore a financing pattern can be
developed that will relate year
ly income to cost.”
Assistant Highway Director
Emory Parrish said these re
ports would take about 12
months to complete, and the
earliest they could be undertak
en would be next October.
The consultants said the de
lay was necessary because the
final feasibility study .which has
been delayed by uncertainty
over the exact location of a pro
posed toll route connecting the
Stone Mountain Freeway with
downtown Atlanta, will not be
completed until then.
Parrish said, “It is not com
pletely certain that all these
roads could support themselves
as toll roads. Therefore, further
study is necessary.”
The current study proposes
five toll routes in metropolitan
Atlanta, constructed at a cost
of $186.8 million.
Estimated toll income over
the proposed 37-year life of the
bonds which would be sold for
construction would be $81.6 mil
lion above total cost, the report
indicated.
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The Woman’s Division, Chamber of Commerce, opened a voter registration campaign today
which will run through Saturday. Shown coordinating the effort are (1-r), Mrs. Christine Duncan,
chairman; Mrs. Lucile Preston, president of the Woman’s Division; Mrs. F. L. Bartholomew, of
toe Board of Registrars staff. The registrars office was open today in the courthouse until 5 p.m. It
will be open from 9 a. m. tin 5 p.m. tomorrow and from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday.
| Marchers Set |
| Griffin Rally I
Some 300 marchers are ex
pected to arrive in Griffin at 6
pm. tomorrow for a rally and
an overnight stay. They will
leave Griffin Saturday morning
about 8 o’clock for Atlanta
where a climax rally is planned.
The march began at Perry,
Ga., to protest riot deaths at
Augusta, and campus slayings
at Kent State in Ohio and at a
college campus in Mississippi.
A. C. Touchstone, Griffin in
surance and businessman, said
he had been contacted by march
leaders about their plans to
spend the night here.
He said any Griffinites who
Lt. Gov. Smith
Signs To Run
ATLANTA (UPI)-Declaring
“Georgia’s future depends upon
constructive action, not destruc
tive oratory,” Lt. Gov. George
T. Smith today formally an
nounced his candidacy for re
election.
Smith made the announce
ment, and signed a declaration
of his candidacy in the Demo
cratic primary, at a sl6-a-plate
fund-raising breakfast attended
by an estimated 400 persons in
a downtown hotel.
He intended to pay his quali
fication fee later in the day.
Smith, citing his eight years as
speaker of the House and lieu
tenant governor, said experi
ence will be a major issue in
the campaign.
He will be opposed in the
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wish to provide lodging and
board for any of the marchers
could contact him or Raymond
Head, also a Griffin business
man.
Mr. Touchstone said anyone
wishing to make contributions
to help with expenses in the
march could contact him or Mr.
Head.
The location for the rally has
not been designated. It is sche
duled to begin at 8 p.m. Friday
night.
Ralph David Abernathy who
is helping coordinate the SCLC
sponsored march may appear
at the rally, Mr. Touchstone
said.
primary by Gov. Lester Mad
dox, who qualified Wednesday,
and by State Rep. Charles
Jones of Hinesville, who an
nounced his candidacy Monday.
The lieutenant governor was
introduced by State Sen. Bobby
Rowan of Enigma, who said he
opposed Smith four years ago
but now strongly supports him.
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