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By Quimby Melton
Sunday, Oct. 1, will be
Worldwide Communion Sunday.
The Battle for Men’s Minds is
the title of this week’s Interna
tional Sunday School lesson.
Background Scripture is
Ephesians 4:11-16, 25-32;
Philippians 4:8-9; 2 Timothy
4:1-5; James 3:1-12.
The Memory Selection is
“Putting away lying, speak
every man truth with his neigh
bor; for we are members one of
another.” (Ephesians 4:25).
Before every major battle,
and the battle to gain control
over the minds of men is cer
tainly a major battle, the
commander-in-chief calls his
division, regimental, battalion
and company commanders to
headquarters to make plans
that will bring victory.
We have passed the skirmish
stage of battle today. We know
who the enemy is, where he is
and are appaled with the
strength of his weaponry.
Generally, the world is
divided into three camps: those
who would destroy every thing
that is decent and honest in the
world; those who are indifferent
and don’t care what happens;
and those who would like to
serve in the Army of the Great
Commander-in-Chief — God
Almighty. Those who would like
to serve in God’s Army will be
interested in the advice given in
“Open Windows,” a Baptist
guide to daily living.
This says we should “be still
and commune with God in
prayer.”
The entire poem, by Louise
Barker Barnhill follows:
BE STILL
Be still to probe the depth of
truth divine.
In spirit calm thy will to God
resign.
There is no thought, no word,
no deed
beyond his watchful care.
Be still and then with God
commune in prayer.
Be still. The Holy Spirit dwells
within
To keep the soul full-free of
binding sin.
In tranquil times his voice
directs
more clearly those who seek.
Be still and know that God will
ever keep.
Be still. God’s own holy grace
is thine
To cleanse thy soul and char
acter refine.
There is no better way to keep
faith strong, secure, and
whole
Than being still for God to feed
the soul.
We all can't be commanders
of a unit in God’s Army, but we
can be faithful and devoted
buck privates; and if we pray
sincerely to God and listen for
his voice, we can be a great
asset to our Commander-in-
Chief in the battle to gain
control of the minds of men.
We suggest as a theme song
for this lesson a hymn we have
reproduced several times, but it
is so appropriate we run it
again. It is “Rise Up, 0 Men of
God” and follows:
Rise up, O men of God!
Have done with lesser things;
Give heart and mind and soul
and strength
To serve the King of kings.
Rise up, O men of God!
His kingdom tarries long;
Bring in the day of brotherhood
And end the night of wrong.
Rise up, O men of God!
The Church for you doth wait,
Her strength unequal to her
task;
Rise up, and make her great!
Lift high the cross of Christ!
Tread where His feet have trod;
As brothers of the Son of man,
Rise up, O men of God!
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY:
90, low today 70, high yesterday
90, low yesterday 66, high
tomorrow in 80s, low tonight in
mid 60s. Sunrise tomorrow 7:35,
sunset tomorrow 7:20.
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Thomaston armory packed
for hearing on Flint dam
THOMASTON, Ga. (UPI) —
More than 500 persons packed
the Thomaston National Guard
armory Thursday night and
early today, debating construc
tion of the proposed Sprewell
Bluff Dam and Reservoir on the
Flint River.
State Natural Resources Com
missioner Joe Tanner, who has
expressed opposition to the rpo
ject, told the crowd that it ap
peared to his department the
benefit of the project “has been
inflated and the costs underesti
mated.”
A spokesman for U. S. Rep.
Fletcher Thompson, Republican
Senate candidate, contradicted
Tanner’s remarks, saying the
dam would generate electric
power and increase recreational
facilities.
State Rep. Marvin Adams of
Thomaston added that the pro
posed lake would attract 1.4
million people a year, while
only 10,000 now use the river
area.
James A. Hayes, of Atlanta,
Rep. Brown
New ambulance rules softer
Rep. Clayton Brown of Griffin
said today that new ambulance
service regulations approved
for Georgia by the U. S. Depart
ment of Transportation are 75
percent softer than those
originally proposed.
He said the DOT has ap
proved the regulations as mini
mum.
Rep. Brown said he would
turn over the new rules to
Spalding County Commission
ers. They have been making a
study to see what can be done to
provide ambulance service for
this community.
Local funeral homes here
have notified county com
missioners that they will not
provide ambulance service
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who favors the dam, proposed
by the U. S. Army Corps of En
gineers at a site about 10 miles
west of Thomaston, said the
project will benefit wildlife.
He warned against “following
some Pied Piper environmental
ists who, if we’re not careful
will cause more damage than
U.S. rejects tax break on wheat
WASHINGTON (UPI) -The
Treasury turned down today
the request of U.S. export firms
for a tax break on the sale of
American wheat to the Soviet
Union.
The refusal was contained in
additional proposed regulations
that the Treasury announced
for the Domestic International
Sales Corporation (DISC) pro
gram.
Acting under a 1971 law,
Continental Grain Co., the
largest exporter involved in the
400 million bushel sale to
Russia, asked the Treasury to
after Dec. 31.
They made their decision
after reviewing proposed
ambulance regulations last
spring. They said they could not
meet the requirements.
Since then, the county com
missioners have been wrestling
with the matter.
Rep. Brown said that the two
people who were with the state
and responsible for drawing up
the original ambulance service
rules no longer are with that
department of state govern
ment.
The Griffin lawmaker who
had a hand in drawing up the
state ambulance service bill
maintained that Georgia had no
choice but to adopt rules if it
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the war in Vietnam.”
Tanner has said rivers have
been looked at in the past as
only resources to be developed
and the benefit of keeping the
Flint in its semi - wild state
should be explored. He said a
great wildlife and fishing area
would be damaged by the dam.
forgive the taxes on half its
profits on the transaction.
The law allows a U.S.
company to set up a special
corporation to handle its
receipts from exports, and
defer indefinitely the taxes on
half the profits.
Continental’s request for the
tax break was disclosed in
correspondence which included
letters from Sens. Russell B.
Long, D-La., and Herman E.
Talmadge, D-Ga., respective
chairmen of the Senate Finance
and Agriculture committees.
was to get federal highway
money.
Rep. Brown said one of the
regulations in the revised rules
says ambulance attendants
must complete a first aid course
by September, 1973.
Another requirement is that
they must have completed a U.
S. Department of Transporta
tion ambulance attendant
course of 50 academic hours by
1975.
Rep. Brown said he would
pass the new rules on to Spald
ing County Commissioners so
they could use them as a guide
in determining what to do for
local ambulance service.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UPI)
— One of three American pri
soners of war released by Hanoi
begins medical tests at Maxwell
Air Force Base today while
considering whether to continue
his military career.
When he arrived at the base
Thursday night, Air Force Maj.
Edward K. Elias told reporters
that military authorities had
treated him “fine” since his re
turn to die United States a few
hours earlier.
Base officials said Elias, 33,
would remain indefinitely at the
Maxwell hospital, the regional
facility nearest his home of Val
dosta, Ga.
They said after Elias receives
his medical clearance he can
either ask for a discharge
or get his choice of Air Force
assignments, excluding combat.
Officials said under the Geneva
Convention freed prisoners of
war cannot return to combat.
Officials said Elias’ wife
would be allowed to stay in the
hospital and that other mem
bers of the family would be
housed in VIP quarters on the
base. The major’s 3 - year-old
son, Michael, was expected to
day.
Elias came here aboard a
medical evacuation jet from
New York, where he had ar
rived by plane from Copen
hagen on the last leg of a jour
ney that began in Hanoi.
A crowd of about 70 persons,
mainly military personnel,
watched quietly as Elias
emerged from the plane, saluted
sharply to the driver of a wait
ing military car and smiled and
waved to the onlookers.
The major, his wife, Georgia,
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Barney Elias, had been greet
ed inside the plane by Lt. Gen.
Alvin Gillem 11, commander of
the air university at the base.
Before being whisked away
to the hospital, Elias stuck his
head out a window of the car
and said, “I’m glad to be
back.”
Responding to a reporter’s
question, he said he had been
treated “fine” by military au
thorities.
Elias went to Southeast Asia
in July, 1970, and was shot
down over North Vietnam April
20, 1972.
He is a graduate of Hendrix
College in Conway, Ark., and
underwent military training at
Mountain Home Air Force Base
in Idaho.
Thefts go up
BERKELEY, Calif. (UPI)—
The student-operated bookstore
at the University of California
reported Thursday it lost
$117,000 because of thieves last
year.
Theft the year before ac
counted for a loss of $74,000 and
led to intensified security.
But, said Associated Students
Executive Director Don Wal
den, “apparently the thefts
simply went up more than the
arrests.”
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“I wish truth would circulate
with the same ease that rumor
will.”
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TULSA, Okla.—Paul Marie Pfeifer, 5, the 1973 March of Dimes poster child, plays in her backyard
at Tulsa. Paula has never used crutches but wears twister cables with attached bellyband and leg
braces. She was born with an open spine (spine Bifida) and an accompanying small growth
(myelomeningocele.) (UPI)
Lot limit controversy
Health Board will try
to work out new rules
The Chairman of the Spalding
Health Board believes it can
work out with city and county
commissioners some
regulations that would set
minimum house lot sizes.
Dr. George Walker, chairman
of the health board, said he
would call another meeting to
review the board’s thinking on
the matter.
The health board had invited
city and county commissioners
to discuss the proposal in a joint
meeting yesterday at the Health
Center. All three boards had
representatives present.
Some real estate men attend
ed.
David Elder, chairman of the
Spalding County Com
missioners, asked why there
suddenly seemed to be a
problem over lot sizes.
He said he believed the local
government bodies had found
themselves suddenly in a
predicament that was uncalled
for.
Jack Moss, vice chairman of
the county commissioners, said
he thought there had been a
break-down in communications
among the health board, the
commissioners and the zoning
board.
He said he believes the bodies
have the tools necessary to do
the job of protecting the health
of the community.
At issue is a health board
proposal to set minimum lot
sizes for new houses with septic
tanks.
The regulations would not be
retroactive.
The health board had asked
that houses not served by public
water or sewerage be con
structed on acre lots of 100 ft.
width and that houses with
public water but no sewerage be
on lots of about a half acre 100
feet wide.
Some real estate people and
city and county commissioners
questioned the proposal.
Vice Chairman Moss said that
the county commissioners were
vitally interested in protecting
the health of the citizens. He
said the commissioners had
shown its willingness to cooper
ate with the health board in the
past.
Scott Searcy, a city com
missioner, wondered if the rules
applied to city developments.
Ralph Davis, sanitation
engineer for the Health Depart
ment, said in some cases they
might.
Dr. Walker said that it was
not the intent of the health
board to work a hardship on
real estate developers or people
buying property for new homes.
He said the primary concern
of the health board is to assure
health protection.
Chairman Elder wondered if
the health board had the
authority to set lot size limits.
He suggested that the health
board might have made the
proposal to the county zoning
board then to the county com
missioners.
In retrospect, Dr. Walker said
that might have been the best
course.
Dr. Edward S. Vanderhoof,
director of the West Health
District in which Spalding is
located, said the proposed rules
were to have been advertised
and a public hearing called to
discuss them with citizens.
Dr. Vanderhoof said he
believes the local health board
has the authority to set lot size
minimums when health
protection is involved.
He said many other counties
in the district already have
adopted the minimum
proposals on lot sizes.
He asked Chairman Elder if
the proposed minimums
became state law would they be
enforced here. Elder said they
would.
Someone wanted to know that
if a proposed 170-unit trailer
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park on the Old Harbor House
property north of Sunny Side
had stepped up interest in the
health board rules.
Sanitary engineer Ralph
Davis said he thought it was
coincidental that the two things
came up at about the same
time.
Dr. Vanderhoof said the
health board was making the
proposal in an effort to keep this
county from getting in a mess
like South Atlanta had.
Developers Walter Susong
and Joe Jones of Atlanta have
submitted plans to develop the
trailer park north of Sunny Side.
Health officials said the two had
first proposed putting four
trailers on an acre but in
creased it to six.
Health Department officials
said that the engineering data
presented to them would permit
six trailers on an acre and the
Health Department had no
choice but to approve.
The Health Department
stipulated, however, that should
the septic tank system on a
trailer fail, it would have to be
abandoned.
Davis said the Health
Department is seeking
minimum lot sizes to allow for
expansion of septic tank
systems when they fail.
Commissioner Moss
suggested that the Health Board
not approve a new house until a
well is installed that meets
health standards.
Dr. Walker said he would
have to call a meeting of the
Health Board to see if this could
be worked out.
Under present agreement,
county building officials will not
issue a permit for a new house
until the Health Department
has approved.