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By Quimby Melton
The International Sunday
School lesson this week begins a
series of lessons on The Gospel
of St. Luke. The first of the
series is “Like Tells The Good
News”. Background Scripture
for this lesson is Luke 1:1-4;
Acts 1:1-5.
The Memory Selection is “It
seemed good to me to write unto
thee in order that thou mightest
know the certainty of these
things wherein thou hast been
instructed.” (Luke 1:3-4)
The story of the Life of Jesus
which Luke tells in his gospel is
most interesting and impress
ive. It rings with truth. It is the
testimony of an educated
physician, who hearing of the
many miracles Jesus had
performed, and of His promise
of salvation to true believers,
set about to investigate for
himself the life of this remark
able man. The more Luke
learned about Jesus the more he
became convinced that Jesus
was indeed the Son of God —
Immanuel — the Messiah the
Jews had looked for. Part of his
investigations led him to friend
ship with Paul, the great Chris
tian missionary.
Luke and Paul made an
unusual “team”. Luke was a
Gentile and Paul a Jew. Luke
was a physician, Paul a tent
maker. Both were among the
best educated men of their day.
Once Paul had his experience
on the road to Damascus he was
converted from a persecutor of
the Christians to one of their
own. And one might say Luke
was one of the most important
converts of St. Paul.
The subject of this lesson is
“Luke Tells the Good News”.
Can anyone imagine any better
news, any more glorious news
than the story of Jesus Christ?
And Luke in his gospel and in
the Book of Acts, which Luke
also wrote, tells it in an interest
ing, authrentic and convincing
manner.
An expression one hears often
these days is “Tell it like it Is! ”
This expression was coined by
the younger generation. They
truly want to know the facts —
not a lot of things “dressed up”
to make them more attractive.
They want no “sales pitch" they
simply want the truth. And
Luke gives them the truth,
unblemished; basically the
truth, nothing more.
We suggest to our younger
friends, and our older friends as
well, that they read during the
month of December the entire
book of St Luke and the Acts.
Then they will capture the true
spirit of December—the birth
month of Our Savior.
Good Evening has started
reading Luke and expects to
read both that Book and Acts by
Christmas Eve.
Good Evening believes that a
study of these two great books
> of the Bible will convince one
that both Luke and Paul are
saying to us today that the hope
of the world lies in the Church.
1 The Church has a mission. Just
what that mission is has become
more of less a matter of dispute
, for there are many who distort
this mission. Prejudice, selfish
ness, the desire to keep step
with the modern trend, all have
i led to weaken the support given
the Church.
What are the issues of today
that are dividing the Church.
And how can they be settled? By
proclamation? By Service in the
t community; By Prayer? We
believe they all may and will be
solved by sincere Prayer to God
Almighty.
’ One never knows when and
where they will have a reveal
ing of the true mission of the
Church. Albert Einstein paid a
great compliment to the Church
when he had to revise his
opinion of the Church when he
1 saw her “stand squarely across
the path of Hitler’s campaign
for the supression of truth.”
3 “The truth shall make you
free” — (John 8:32).
Sleet slick streets
make driving hazard
Roads in the Griffin area
remained hazardous at noon
today but none were closed.
A spokesman at the Georgia
State Patrol Post here
cautioned drivers to use ex
treme care.
“The roads are passable,” the
spokesman said. “However,
they are extremely hazardous.”
Patrolmen investigated only
several minor wrecks this
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WASHINGTON—At national headquarters announced and potential candidates for the
Democratic presidential nomination concluded an agreement on the amount of money each would
spend in the primaries. Parties to the pact were (front, 1-r) Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash.,
Chairman Lawrence O’Brien and Sen. George McGovern, S.D. (back) Sen. Hubert Humphrey of
Minnesota and Sen. Edmond Muskie of Maine. (UPI)
Weekend tour starts
The weekend tour of homes
got under way here today with
an antique show and sale at the
St. George’s Episcopal parish
hall. It will continue tonight
until 8 p.m. and tomorrow from
10 a.m. until 8:30 p.m.
The event is being sponsored
by the Griffin-Spalding
Historical Society.
Six homes will be open to
visitors Saturday and Sunday
afternoon from 2 till 5 o’clock.
The homes are: Mrs. Wilbur
Barnes, 434 East College street;
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Beal, 545
South Hill street; Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Carlisle 111, County Line
road; Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Hollberg, Jackson road; Mr.
Child care plan debated
WASHINGTON (UPI)
Walter F. Mondale, D-Minn.,
said it would lift hundreds of
thousands of children with
“cheated backgrounds” from
“lives of hoplessness and
Repairs
to delay
state court
Judge John Goddard of the
State Court of Spalding County
announced today that the
December session would be
delayed one week because of
repairs being made to the
courtroom in the courthouse.
Judge Goddard will hold a
plea day tomorrow morning
beginning at 10 o’clock in the
grand jury room.
He will call the court calendar
on Dec. 13 beginning at 10 a.m.
but jurors for this term of court
will not have to be present that
day. They will have to report
Dec. 14 at 9 a.m. for the trial
portion of the December
session.
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morning. Most of them were
caused by slidding off the
slippery roads.
Griffin Police were called to a
couple of minor accidents
caused by the severe weather
conditions.
Griffin area roads became
very hazardous this morning
due to freezing rain and sleet as
the temperature hovered
around freezing.
j and Mrs. Robert Johnston, 936
i Springer drive; Mr. and Mrs.
> Robert Shapard 111, Jackson
i road.
t In addition to the homes, the
i First Baptist Church buildings
with the exception of the chapel
I will be open during the tour
; hours Saturday and Sunday
afternoons.
> The church buildings and the
r church chapel (Old Hunt house)
will be open during the can-
- dielight tour Saturday night.
The candlelight tour will be
> held Saturday night from 7:30
until 10 o’clock. The homes on
> this tour are those of Judge and
> Mrs. John Goddard, 530 East
College; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
despair.”
Sen. James B. Allen, D-Ala.,
said it was a monstrous
mimick.y of life in the Soviet
Union. It would, he said,
“undermine the family as the
basic unit on society.”
They both were speaking of a
bill, adopted by a 63 to 17
Senate vote Thursday night, to
establish local comprehensive
child card centers in communi-
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“Church members are folks
who want a forceful,
courageous preacher who will
say only what they want to
hear.”
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Roads were in good condition,
except they were wet, until
about 8:30 a.m. when the sleet
began to stick on them, causing
a slush that slowed traffic to a
snail’s pace.
The U.S. Weather Service in
Atlanta had warned of the
freezing rain and hazardous
driving conditions.
The service said the rain
likely would end tonight
Smalley, 945 Maple drive; and
Mr. and Mrs. John Newton, 1076
Maple drive.
Bus service to the outlying
homes will be provided
Saturday and Sunday afternoon
from the First National Bank
parking lot. They will leave
about every 15 minutes.
The Griffin Old Car Club will
provide shuttle service to the
Barnes and Beal homes because
of the limited parking space at
the homes.
There will be no bus service
for the candlelight tour.
There is no starting point for
the tour. Ticket holders may go
to any of the homes at any time
during the tour hours.
ties across the nation.
It Is the most far-reaching
new social legislation likely to
emerge from Congress this
year.
The intention is to provide a
place where children age 3 to 5
from poor and low income
families can receive educa
tional, nutritional, social and
health attention while their
parents are at work.
Deadline
The Salvation Army today
extended its deadline to Wed
nesday for making applications
for Christmas food baskets.
Today was to have been the
deadline but bad weather
probably kept many applicants
from getting to the Salvation
Army headquarters to make
requests. Capt. Gary Cook said.
Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
32, low today 32, high yesterday
43, low yesterday 35. Total
rainfall 1.73 inches. Sunrise
tomorrow 7:28, sunset
tomorrow 5:27.
followed by clearing.
Snow, sleet and freezing rain,
dumped out of a Gulf storm
moving northeastward through
the state, virtually shut down
much of north Georgia today.
Hazardous driving conditions
were reported as far south as
Macon. Most school systems in
the northern part of the state
shut down although the State
Highway Department said no
roads were officially listed as
closed.
The spokesman added he was
“sure some are impassable but
we don’t know which ones at
this time.”
The National Weather Service
issued a flash flood watch for
the entire state as rainfall dur
ing the night three inches in
central and south Georgia. An
other warning for tides of pos
sibly three to four feet was is
sued for the coast.
And of course, in the northern
part of the state, hazardous
driving warnings were out as
the snow and ice accumulated.
As the heavy precipitation
moved north it turned to sleet,
snow and freezing rain north of
a line from LaGrange to Au
gusta through Middle Georgia.
The sleet and snow was fore
cast to continue until late this
afternoon.
Schools were closed in the
counties of Fulton, Cobb, De-
Kalb, Cherokee, Hall, Dawson,
Banks, Forsyth, Borrow and
most counties north of Gaines
ville. Atlanta apparently was
about the only system in the
sleet and snow belt that did not
close for the day.
Numerous businesses and
several major industries in
Georgia closed on account of
the weather conditions. Traffic
continued to move on the main
highways and expressways al
though at a slow pace, while
many side streets and roads
not heavily traveled were com
pletely iced over.
Sen. David Gambrell, who
had scheduled speaking engage
ments today at Gainesville Ju
nior College and North Georgia
College in Dahlonega, cancelled
the trip because of the weather.
In the Atlanta metro area,
deet began to fall in the early
morning hours and continued
steadily through the morning
traffic rush hours. There were
numerous reports of stalled cars
on Atlanta streets.
Some power failures were re
ported in the North Georgia
mountains where two to three
inches of sleet and snow were
already on the ground before
mid-morning.
Georgia Highways 5 and 140
in North Georgia were reported
completely iced over.
The Weather Bureau in At
lanta said driving in North
Georgia was almost impossible
without chains.
The weatherman also warned
of strong gusty winds 15 to 30
miles per hour which combined
with the sleet and snow caused
some damage to trees and util
ity lines.
Meanwhile, on the Georgia
coast, a storm tide warning was
issued for tides three to four
feet above normal today and to
night with gale force winds
causing flooding in the low-lying
coastal areas and significant
beach erosion,
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This was to be the day that workmen finished renovation of the courtroom in the Spalding
Courthouse. But a roof that has plagued the building for several years spoiled all that. This
morning courthouse personnel found at least five or six places that leaked in the courtroom. Water
also leaked into the judges quarters and adjoining office. The plastic trash can in the foreground of
this picture was put there to prevent more water from falling on the newly carpeted floor.
Repairmen were busy today trying to determine the extent of the damage and what it would take
to repair it.
Doctors
ATLANTA (UPI) - The Med
ical Association of Georgia has
thrown its support to the State
Board of Health in its fight
against Gov. Jimmy Carter’s
government reorganization
plan.
Dr. Harrison Rogers of At
lanta, a MAG spokesman, called
Carter’s plan to do away with
the board and transfer the
Health Department to a new
Department of Human Re
souces “politics as usual.”
Rogers said his group “can
not support the governor’s plan
to abolish the present board and
Police check
beating leads
Maj. R. E. Irvin, chief of the
Griffin Police Department
Detective Bureau, said this
morning that his department is
Mortell
expansion
near end
The Southern Division of the
Mortell Company in Griffin
expects to complete a 10,000
square foot addition to its
Everee road plant next week.
Doug Whitaker, general
manager of the plant, said the
additional space would provide
for storage and production.
The plant has 34 employes
and came here in 1966.
Mr. Whitaker said that the
wonderful acceptance of
products in the southeastern
section of the United States had
made the expansion possible.
The firm produces protective
coating products.
back board
substitute in its place a new,
hand-picked board that from all
indications would be consider
ably more political than profes
sional.”
Rogers issued the statement
in the governor’s outer office
while Health Board Chairman
Dr. B. W. Forrester of Macon
and Vice Chairman Dr. Earl T.
McGhee of Dalton met with Car
ter on the issue for more than
an hour.
Carter said after the meeting
that he had asked for their sup
port “but they didn’t give me
an indication they would sup-
working on some good leads into
the robbery and beating of
Jasper Earl Pendley, 50, of
Hampton. They hope to make
arrests in connection with the
incident soon.
Mr. Pendley was found un
conscious behind a house on
Lynn street yesterday morning.
He was transferred from the
Griffin-Spalding Hospital to the
Veterans Hospital in Atlanta
yesterday and remained in a
semi-conscious condition,
unable to talk this morning. In
addition to serious head in
juries, he suffered a broken jaw
and nose, and was in the in
tensive care unit at the hospital.
Mr. Pendley operates the
Village Trade Mart on Main
street in Hampton and was
collecting accounts on Lynn
street when he was assaulted
and robbed. His wallet con
taining an unknown amount of
cash is missing. He apparently
was beaten around 9 p.m.
Wednesday and dragged to the
rear of the house where he lay
until 4 a.m. the next day.
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port my proposals under any
circumstances except to con
tinue the board as it presently
is.”
Carter added that he had of
fered the possibility of assuring
a certain number, perhaps
three, of the new-nine-man Hu
man Resources Board would be
composed of doctors.
McGhee said he felt that
three doctors on the board
would be better than none “but
we’re still of the opinion that
health matters should be pri
marily decided by health pro
fessionals.”
Griffin
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accredited
Griffin Tech has been fully
accredited by the Southern
Association of Colleges and
Schools, according to Ed
Langford director.
He said that unless there are
major changes in the present
setup, the Griffin institution, the
accreditation certificate will be
automatically renewed an
nually for five years.
Mr. Langford said that some
areas of the school cannot ac
cept any more students and
maintain accreditation stan
dards. But he said that none of
the students now enrolled will
have to leave so the school can
meet Southern Association
standards.
Some courses of study the
school offers have reached
capacity. The only way more
students can be accepted in
these crowded areas is to ex
pand the program, Mr.
Langford said.
Griffin Tech is one of four
vocational technical schools
accredited in Georgia. The
other are Atlanta, DeKalb and
Pickens County (Jasper).
Thirty-one vocational technical
schools are accredited by the
Southern Association.