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Griffin Daily News Monday, November 19,1973
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1. M. BOYD
Death and
Doctors
Please note this There are more medical doctors per capita
in Washington, DC., than anyplace else in the country Yet,
what the statisticians call the "premature death rate" is higher
there than elsewhere Now that "premature death rate" is
lower in Alaska than in any other of these United States And
Alaska is the state with the fewest medical doctors per capita.
That beast which can change its complexion to the greatest
number of different colors is not the chameleon, but the squid
Latest studies indicate one out of every 40 men nationwide
insists he has seen a flying saucer . Professionally, the most
successfully minority folks nationwide are the Japanese-
Amencans, it's reported . Restarting your car's engine burns
less gasoline than one minute of idling Most popular quick
snack in Australia these days is said to be umble pie, a sort of
beef stew with tomato sauce
BUGLE BOY
Q "Who said, The boy who blows the bugle will never
blow a safe"'’"
A Don't recall the fellow’s name, but do remember he was
a Salvation Army band master
Q "Hasn't Lawrence Welk made a fortune on the reruns of
his taped TV shows?''
A Not on the reruns You may recollect the name of the
sponsor was set out in boldface lettering behind the band Right
in the middle of the TV picture That killed the rerun residuals
Understand the automobile boys are coming up with a dis
posable car Good for about 9,000 miles Then you throw it away
Expect it to cost approximately SSOO
GARLIC
Recently reported that most roses give off no fragrance Am
now advised that they can be made to do so by burying garlic
cloves around the rose bush roots No, this doesn’t make them
smell like garlic It's said just to stimulate the rose scent some
how Shrug
Two of the spoken words that lip reader cannot see to read
are "hair" and "egg " Or so an expert reports Presumably, a
lip reader therefore could become confused when seeing phrases
like "hard boiled hair'' and ’ 'long blonde egg
In the first year of marriage, the major cause of divorce
is said to be inlaws In the 20th year of marriage, the major
cause for divorce is said to be alcoholism
Add to your list of collective nouns A gnst of bees, a leap
of leopards, a tribe of goats and a sleuth of bears
The name Jamaica means the isle of springs
Address mail to L M Boyd P O Bom 17076 Fort Worth TX76102
Copyright 1973 I M. Boyd
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Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Monday, Nov. 19,
the 323rd day of 1973 with 42 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
new phase.
The morning stars are
Mercury and Saturn.
The evening stars are Venus,
Mars and Jupiter.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Scorpio.
American explorer George
Rogers Clark was bom Nov. 19,
1752.
On this day in history:
In 1863, President Abraham
Lincoln delivered the Gettys
burg Address on the Civil War
battlefield in Pennsylvania.
In 1874, William Marcy
Tweed, leader of New York’s
Tammany Hall, was sentenced
to 12 years in prison for
defrauding the city of sl2
million.
Also in 1874, the National
Women’s Christian Temperance
Union was organized in Cleve
land, Ohio.
In 1919, the U.S. Senate
rejected the Treaty of Versail
les, drawn up by the Paris
peace conference at the end of
World War I.
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THOUGHTS
And Jesus said to him, "If
you can! All things are possi
ble to him who believes.”
Immediately the father of
the child cried out and said,
“I believe; help my un
belief!” — Mark 9:23,24.
There is no problem of
human nature which is in
soluble. — Ralph J. Bunche,
former delegate to the United
Nations.
by Gill Fox
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Election tomorrow
Tomorrow is election day again in
Griffin, this time a runoff to choose
between (in alphabetic order!) Tiggy
Jones and Joe Williams as commissioner
from the First Ward. It will be the first
time that the ward has elected a member
of the governing board, but voting is
citywide.
Predictions are that another small
percentage of voters will go to the polls. In
Mrs. Burnett
The Chamber of Commerce has been in
operation here for about 60 years, and for
the first time it has elected a woman to its
board of directors.
It is significant, then, that Mildred
Burnett will take her place on its board for
the 1974-75 year, and we predict that the
organization will be a better one when she
Thanks, ‘Ma Bell’
The telephone company (“Ma Bell”) is
planning to spend eight million dollars in
Griffin.
Why? Because it recognizes the
tremendous potential of this area. Its
announcement said, in part, that it expects
the number of phones in its new Griffin
district of 15 communities to double in 11
Bicycle rules
Increasing numbers of bicycles are
regularly on the streets of Griffin and
roads outside town. More will be there
after Christmas which is not so long away.
Every cyclist should be familiar with
and follow these dozen rules of safety
which are recommended by the Bicycle
Institute of America:
1. Obey all applicable traffic
regulations, signs, signals and markings.
2. Observe all local ordinances
pertaining to bicycle operation.
3. Keep right, drive with traffic, not
against it. Drive single file.
4. Watch out for drain grates, soft
shoulders and other road surface hazards.
5. Watch out for car doors opening, or
Letter to Santa
After Thanksgiving we will begin
publishing letters to Santa Claus. We
already have received the first one and
forwarded it to the jolly old gent and can
not restrain ourselves from sharing it with
you. So here it is:
“Dear Santa, I have tried to be a real
The ungodly spirit
of self gratification
lam a girl, and I love another girl! lam
worried about my Christian life, however.
My attention has been called to 1 Corin
thians 6:9. Please help — as we are very
concerned. M.D.
First, let’s get the text of that reference
from Paul He wrote, “Make no mistake:
no fornicator or idolater, none who are
guilty either of adultery or of homosexual
perversion.... will possess the kingdom of
God.” These classes of sins were
especially prevalent at Corinth, where
impurity of mind and body was typical of
the local Aphrodite cult
Now all of these are developments of the
same ungodly spirit of self-gratification.
Today, the appeal to unrestricted sex and
unlawful use of sex is felt everywhere.
Quimby Melton, Jr.
Editor
Telephone 227-4334
point
the original election two weeks ago, they
stayed away in such droves that three out
of four eligible people did not vote. Thus,
only about 25 percent did. Since only one
vote more than a simple majority is
enough to elect, this meant that about
twelve and a half percent of the registered
voters could select a commissioner. This is
a dangerous situation which only the
people of Griffin themselves can correct.
does.
Mrs. Burnett is an exceptionally able
businesswoman, and unusually civic
minded. As such she will bring a touch to
the Chamber of Commerce heretofore
lacking and strengthen it not only becuase
she is a woman but also because she is
such an exceptional person.
years.
“Our new district is a sign of our
confidence in the future of this area and of
our state,” it said.
We share that confidence, as do most
others who are investing their time, their
talent, and their influence in and around
Griffin.
for cars pulling out into traffic.
6. Don’t carry passengers or packages
that interfere with your vision or control.
7. Never hitch a ride on a truck or other
vehicle.
8. Be extremely careful at all
intersections, particularly when making a
left turn.
9. Use hand signals to indicate turning
or stopping.
10. Protect yourself at night with the
required reflectors and lights.
11. Drive a safe bike. Have it inspected
to insure good mechanical condition.
12. Drive your bike defensively; watch
out for the other guy.
good girl this year. I will leave you out
some milk and cake. Please bring me a
real dog and a real pony. And if you do
have a dress bring that too. And don’t
forget Momie and Daddy and Charlie and
Nancy. Love, Julie Anne Horton, Route 3,
Box 107A, Griffin, Georgia. 7 years old.”
Experimentation in sexual perversions is
admired.
But let me say this loud and clear! We
traffic in homosexuality at the peril of our
spiritual welfare. Yoir affection for
another of your own sex is misdirected,
and will be judged by God’s holy stan
dards. You know such conduct would not
have been tolerated a decade ago. Because
morals have so eroded, however, it is now
applauded. But you don’t have to succumb
to this insidious temptation. Said Paul in
statement 13, “Sexual sin is never right.”
Read on in that chapter. You will
discover that the people guilty of such sin
were converted — were regenerated by
faith in Christ Such reformation is
possible for you. Seize it while there’s still
a chance.
MY
ANSWER
BERfIV'S WORLD
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“Dear, I agree that we all must do our parts, but
couldn't you turn the thermostat up just a bit?"
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OLYMPIA, WASH. (NEA)
Two progressive Republicans, Govs. Daniel Evans of
Washington and Tom McCall of Oregon, believe President
Nixon waited far too long to try convincingly to turn back the
adverse tide running against him in the nation.
They agreed, in successive interviews, that the momentum
of his Watergate-related difficulties will now keep Mr. Nixon
steadily overwhelmed and distracted, even if he avoids im
peachment.
Said McCall in Salem:
“The Presidency’s been emaciated. And I don’t think he
can make it well again ... I can’t understand, either, how he
thought he could take care of the vice presidential thing
(Spiro Agnew’s resignation) by putting in a Humpty Dumpty
like (Rep. Gerald) Ford.”
Both governors, members of a dwindling band of 19 GOP
state chief executives which not long ago totaled 32,
revealed that White House liaison aide Kenneth Cole
telephones them to give them advance notice of important
presidential moves like the naming of Ford, the release to
the courts of the controversial White House Watergate tapes,
the decision to fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. But
the governors’ judgment is not sought.
They are in accord with many other presidential critics in
laying the burden of miscalculation upon the President and
most key advisers. Evans feels especially strongly that Mr.;
Nixon seems handicapped by a “peculiar lack of foresight.”
If there are any truly seasoned political helpers in the
White House, and veteran former lawmaker Melvin Laird
may qualify as such, they clearly do not prevail with the
President at decision-time. Added McCall:
“He simply doesn’t understand the country’s reactions. He
hasn’t grasped things at all. He’s out of touch.”
At least as it affects their states, both Evans and McCall
give the lie to the contention of top White House sources that
the President, notwithstanding Watergate, is pursuing
government as usual.
Evans, presently chairman of the National Governors’
Conference which will hold its 1974 meeting in Seattle next
June, is particularly incensed at postponement of scheduled
meetings with White House people on proposed city-county
state assistance which might be contained in the President’s
fiscal 1975 budget now being put together.
McCall supports Evans’ view that the President and his
men are not attending to essential business.
The Oregon governor argued that it is this, as well as Mr.
Nixon’s long period of agonizing and temporizing over the
highly visible Watergate issue, which has caused a steady
wasting away of the President’s creditibility both as a man
and as an effectively performing chief executive.
What Mr. Nixon has done, as McCall sees it (and Evans
would agree), is to blow his priceless capital assets in the
Watergate ordeal of 1973. Nothing so vividly expresses these
governors’ frustration as did McCall’s anguished cry when
he heard the tapes would be released:
“Why in God’s name didn’t he do it months ago?”
Though they speak from the Pacific slope far from the
main 1973 battle scene, Evans and McCall possess high cre
dentials as vigorous, outspoken governors and politicians.
They are calling for something better in states at once
special yet typical of the nation’s urgent difficulties.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.I
Spirit Lifter
for the week
By RUTH STAFFORD
PEALE
Copley News Service
There are certain charac
teristics that make a person
ality stand out from the
crowd. Joy is one of them.
It’s because joy acts as a
lubricant or a medicine. It de
velops a relaxed flow of mind
and action that helps a person
do things well. And the great
est joy, the kind that produces
the maximum effect, is spir
itual in nature.
“These things have I spoken
unto you, that my joy might
remain in you, and that your
joy might be full.” John 15:11
If you have a specific spir
itual need, write me in confi
dence for free helpful liter
ature. Address Box Z-4, Foun
dation for Christian Living,
Pawling, N.Y. 12564.
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Bill Knight, Executive Editor
Quimby Melton,
Publisher
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The view from
the Pacific slope
WORLD ALMANAC
FACTS
The boomerang is a sickle
shaped throwing stick with
arms slightly curved in op
posite directions as in an
aircraft propeller. The only
returning wooden
boomerangs are used by
Australian aborigines for
sport, The World Almanac
notes. Larger, less angled,
nonreturning boomerangs
have been used as hunting
weapons in other areas of the
world.
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