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— Griffin Daily News Wednesday, September 18,1974
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The Champ
Egg Layer
That marine snail called the tethys is about a loot
long. And when it lays eggs, sir, it lays eggs. About
40,(XX) a minute, in fact. In four months, it can lay 4(X)
million. Do you realize that's two tethys snail's eggs for
every man, woman and child in this country?
( ALL YOURSELF a Seasoned Citizen, too, if you
recall the Civilian Conservation Corps affectionately
known as the CCC. Lads who joined that Great De
pression outfit nearly 40 years ago gained an average
of six-pounds-plus within two months after they signed
up.
NOTE THAT Mildred is listed on one expert’s roster
of names most disliked by American women. Too bad, il
true. Social Security rolls show it to rank No. 9 among
the most widely used names of women. No. 9 among
the most widely used names of men is Frank.
LIGHT EYES
Medical specialists have verified the old contention
that people with light gray, light blue or green eyes are
more sensitive to glare than are people with brown eyes.
They do indeed make better use ol dark glasses.
Q. "HOW LONG would it have taken the Pony
Express riders to relay race on horseback all the way
around the world, pretending for the moment there were
no natural barriers such as oceans and mountains and
jungles?"
A. About 30 days.
THE NUMBER of female eggs required to produce
the next generation of the human race could be con
tained within a hen's eggshell. I'm told. All the male
sperm to fertilize said eggs would amount in total volume
to no more than that of a grain of salt. Remarkable!
THE HARD FACTS
Please note, too, that three out of every 10 shotgun
shells are fired at rabbits . . . HALF the men and women
who go into sales jobs either quit or get fired within two
years ... IN THE TIME it takes you to count off 15
seconds, another car will have crashed somewhere in this
country.
UNDERSTAND about 60 basic appliances are now
on the market. But only 10 were generally available
back in the 1920 s when your father was a lad. Ask the
old boy to name same. He should list clothes washers,
stoves, vacuum cleaners, irons, toasters, refrigerators, hot
plates, fans, dishwashers and clocks, that’s all.
NO DOUBT you know that Downing Street in Lon
don is the home of the British government. But were
you aware it was named after a member of the first
Harvard graduating class of 1642, George Downing?
THAT WORD "hotdog” to describe a sausage
cropped up first not in this country, but in Europe in
the 13th century, bear in mind.
Address mail to L.M. Boyd. P.O. Sox 17076, Fort Worth, TX 76102.
Copyright 1974 L M. Boyd
Is it necessary
to attend church?
Is it necessary to attend church
regularly? My husband and I feel that if
we abide by the world of Jesus and the
Bible, that is all that God requires. Ser
mons bore us. Financial pressures in a
worship service are distasteful to us.
Doesn’t the Bible say, “Where two or three
are gathered together in my name, I am in
the midst of them? We want frank advice.
E.W.
The first Christians didn’t have houses of
worship like us. They worshipped, read the
Word of God, and had fellowship in homes.
But they did meet together and they
profited from it. The writer of Hebrews
says: “Let us consider one another to
provoke unto love and to good works: not
Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 18,
the 261st day of 1974 with 104 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
first quarter.
The morning stars are Venus
and Saturn.
The evening stars are Mer
cury, Mars and Jupiter.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Virgo.
British literary great Samuel
Johnson, waiter of the first
English dictionary, was bom
Sept. 18,1709.
On this day in history:
In 1850, the Fugitive Slave
Act was passed by Congress,
allowing a slave owner with a
certificate to reclaim any slave
who escaped into another state.
In 1851, the New York Times
was published for the first
time.
In 1928, it was estimated that
4,000 persons had been killed
and S3O million damage caused
by a devastating hurricane
which had lashed Florida and
the West Indies for five days.
In 1961, U.N. Secretary-
General Dag Hammarskjold
was killed when his plane
crashed in Northern Rhodesia.
THOUGHTS
I said to myself, “I have
acquired great wisdom, sur
passing all who were over
Jerusalem before me; and
my mind has had great ex
perience of wisdom and
knowledge.” — Eccl. 1:16.
“Experience is not what
happens to a man. It is what a
man does with what happens
to him.” — Aldous Huxley,
English biologist.
MY r w
ANSWER
forsaking the assembling of yourselves
together, as the manner of some is; but
exhorting one another: and so much the
more as you see day approaching.’’
Hebrews 10:24,25.
Man is gregarious by nature, fond of the
company of his kind. Fellowship with
others is not only enjoyable for the normal
person, it is educational and an inspira
tion. In Sunday School we share our
Christian faith and beliefs with others. In
worship, we hear the word of God
proclaimed, and by our being present, we
bear a silent testimony to others. We show
whose side we are on.
Barring illness, or emotional problems,
all Christians should assemble together
regularly, as the Scriptures advise.
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
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fFe’re ‘The voice
Listening j of Griffin ’
The Griffin Daily News’ policy is to be fair to everyone. The editor’s opinions are confined
to this page, and its columns are open to every subscriber. Letters to the editor are
published every Wednesday.
Dear Mr. Melton: I have just read
today’s edition (Sept. 10) of the Griffin
Daily News. I am schocked that a person
of your intelligence and learning could
even think that what President Ford has
done in pardoning Mr. Nixon could in any
way be in the best interests of the nation.
Can you really believe that this will put
Watergate behind us? Quimby, we are now
seeing the ultimate phase of the cover-up.
Mr. Ford is definitely a part of it, and
should be impeached for the abuse of
powers. Mr. Nixon is still the lying,
arrogant hypocrite he has always been,
with no signs of remorse of what he has
done. If he had shown any signs of
penitence the American people would have
forgiven him gladly, and then Watergate
would have been behind us. What Mr. Ford
has done in pardoning Nixon is an insult to
everything that is sacred and right in
America. It is nothing short of an outrage.
To say that the Nixons have suffered
enough, therefore he should be pardoned,
and all charges dropped, is more than the
decent law-abiding citizens of this nation
can swallow. No, Quimby, Watergate is
not now behind us, nor will it be, until the
whole truth is at last known, whether or
not it comes in my or your lifetime.
It just might be that all law-breakers
have suffered enough. If so, then by the
same standard Mr. Ford handed Mr.
Nixon, let’s turn them all loose, and empty
all the prisons. The credibility of Mr. Ford
is ruined, as far as I am concerned, and I
believe he is a part of the ultimate cover
up, and was in the plan when chosen to be
the vice-president.
If you are willing for this to be published
in answer to your editorial, you are
welcome to use it. Your Friend, (Signed)
Hoyt S. McGhee, 424 Dobbins Mill Road
RESPONSE: Everyone to his own
opinion. Agree or not, I respect you and
yours.
Dear Mr. Melton: I would like to tell you
how much I appreciate the good common
sense and the evenhanded fair treatment
we see in the Griffin Daily News. Your
paper, and Bob Linch’s Weekly Advertiser
in Henry County, provide encouragement
and support for all of us interested in the
beneficial development of our Southern
Tier of counties.
I believe that all of us who live in this
area are very fortunate to have the
carefully considered opinions of your
editorial page and the open fairness of
your news columns to counteract the
sometimes erratic performance of your
large competitors to the north.
I like your brand of community
leadership-even in those few cases when I
don’t agree with you! Best regards,
(Signed) Cary Hall, Hampton
RESPONSE: Many, many thanks.
Dear Quimby: We would like to publicly
thank the Downtown Beautification
Committee for their work and effort in
making it possible for the Griffin-Spalding
County Recreation Department to be the
recipient of matching Federal funds. This
enabled them to purchase the new and
unusual playground equipment that has
recently been installed in a select area of
the City Park.
The funds, earmarked and received for
recreational use, were adequate enough to
secure two complete sets of this equip
ment. The remaining set is being held for
installation at the proposed new Fairmont
Recreation complex, which we hope is able
to take shape next year. Without a doubt,
this group of unique playground equip
ment is the most popular ever offered, as
the hundreds of children who have already
climbed, jumped and slid on it, have well
proven.
It was only through the committee’s
endeavor and decision to secure matching
Federal funds for this project that made it
possible for the Recreation Department to
offer this equipment to the children of this
community. (Signed) Sincerely, The
Griffin-Spalding County Recreation Board
Dear Mr. Melton: Thank you so much
for the front page space and all of the
special care you took with the “Miss
September at Shorter” article. I felt very
honored. I confess that I will always call
the Griffin Daily News my hometown
paper. I wish that many of the surrounding
papers were lucky enough to have your
“news-talent”. Please tell everyone hello
for me. God bless you and thank you,
again. Love, a Griffinite always (Signed)
Abbie R. Mansour
Fairness to all
Dear Quimby: I noted with real interest
the editorial in the Griffin Daily News
back on August 6 entitled ‘.‘Adequate
Taxes.” We appreciate your very kind
remarks concerning the job this depart
ment is doing.
I agree with you that the present state
tax structure appears to be adequate for
present state needs. We remain concerned
about property taxes and local financing.
We hope some additional improvements
can be made in that area.
The present well-being of the state’s tax
structure is due in no small part to your
very fine efforts as Chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee when you were in
the Georgia House of Representatives. We
appreciate your continuing interest in tax
matters. We hope to see you soon. With
kind personal regards. Very truly yours,
(Signed) John A. Blackmon, Com
missioner, Department of Revenue.
RESPONSE: Thank you, Commiss
ioner.
Dear Editor: I am hopeful you will find
informative and useful the attached
summary of President Ford’s first thirty
days as President of the United States.
As you know, President Ford has said s
this will be an open Administration. With
this in mind, I hope to be of assistance to
you in providing informational materials
on issues of concern to all of us. Sincerely,
(Signed) Paul A. Miltich, Special Assistant
to the President for Public Affairs, The
White House, Washington
(Editor’s Note: The summary follows.)
A recent Gallup poll showed 71 per cent
of the American people giving President
Ford high marks for his performance in
office during the first few weeks of his
Presidency.
The people have been watching a
President who on Monday marked his first
30 days in the job of Chief Executive.
During that time they saw Ford attack the
perplexing problem of inflation and make
a number of important foreign policy
moves. In his first 30 days, Ford has:
Addressed a Joint Session of the
Congress, declaring he will be “President
of all the people";
Launched a series of inflation-targeted
meetings leading up to an Economic
Summit September 27-28;
Asked for and quickly got from Congress
legislation creating a National Council on
Wage and Price Stability;
Announced plans to cut fiscal 1975
spending by $5.5 billion and send Congress
a balanced budget for fiscal 1976;
Called for federal spending cuts across
the board and declared that the military
budget is not sacrosanct;
Asked Congress to defer a 5.5 per cent
Federal employees’ pay hike for three
months, with the aim of saving S7OO
million;
Nominated Nelson Rockefeller to be his
Vice President;
Announced 40 appointments, including
the naming of an envoy to the People’s
Republic of China and ambassadors to
France, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Korea,
East Germany and Ghana;
Established diplomatic relations with
East Germany;
Invited the First Secretary of the Polish
United Workers Party Edward Gierek, to
visit the United States;
Signed a $25 billion omnibus education
bill, and $11.2 billion Housing and Com
munity Development Act, and a landmark
pension reform bill;
Met with representatives of the National
Association of Manufacturers and the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce;
Greeted 160 youngsters who participated
in the Little League Baseball World Series
at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and met
with the national student leaders of the
major youth organizations in America;
Announced that he “probably” would
seek the Presidency in 1976.
Immediately upon taking office, Ford
set a tone of stability and continuity -
announcing that all members of the
Cabinet would stay on indefinitely,
meeting with the White House senior staff
and asking them to remain in their jobs
during the transition, meeting with the
Ambassadors of the various countries and
with the NATO ambassadors to underline
the continuity of bipartisan American
foreign policy, and meeting with economic
advisers to point up his keen interest in
problems affecting the economy.
Toward the end of his first 30 days in
office, President Ford announced a
number of staff changes. It was clear he
was putting his own imprint on the
structure of the government.
Ford has surprised many observers
during his first weeks at the White House.
Berry’s World
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“Hey, that’s pretty good, Hon’ — ‘A man’s work
is never done ’!
Commentators and editorial writers
praised him for handling his new job with
sureness and demonstrating that he is a
“take-charge guy.”
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Dear. Mr. Melton: In last week’s paper I
noticed a long list of juveniles who had....
all been given probation sentences and
once or twice the mother was told to beat
his bottom” to which the mother replied
that she had already done that.
On a TV show from just such a court as
this in Florida all the offenders were or
dered not to a home or to serve time but
were made to repair or buy new articles
that had been destroyed and then they
were told to either clean the person’s yard
for six months that they had done the
damage to or serve with retarded
children; one offender had done something
to a retarded child. The ones who had
broken into schools and stolen were not
only made to pay for the repairs which had
to be done but were told they had to clean
the grounds of the school and keep the
walkway swept, etc. I have heard of this
working in the North on several different
occasions and I wonder why as much
crime as we have among our teen-agers
some such method cannot be used here.
When they are put on probation they
return to the same way of life knowing full
well they will again be let off with a harsh
scolding and told to have a “bottom
beating”. We need action and when a
youth or an adult knows he has to pay for
the damage and then make amends to the
person he has done his dirty work to by
cleaning, working, cutting grass, etc. he
will think a little more before he goes right
out and does the same thing again. The
streets of Griffin could well profit by these
youngsters having to use their Saturdays
to pick up the litter. Not only would this
keep them busy but it would keep many of
them from returning to crime. For in
stance the youth who had to serve with the
help at the retarded school said it made
him think so much about what he had done
that he was entering college this fall to
study to work with retarded children.
I do not want my name used in this letter
but I would like to see some action besides
a tongue lashing.
Thanks for letting me sound off! Sin
cerely yours, (Signed) Name Withheld.
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Dear Mr. Melton: Would appreciate so
much your publishing the following in your
“We’re Listening Column”.
First let me congratulate Mr. Dick
Piland Jr. on the purchase of the old
Dovedown Hosiery building. Although it
may take time to see Mr. Piland’s “dream
come true”, in his new adventure, I feel
sure some day he will be able to look back,
just as Mr. Evander Shapard 111, his
sisters and brothers have, and know that it
was all worth while.
It must be a marvelous feeling for him to
know he will be helping to preserve one of
Griffin’s historical buildings, and it will
not be tom down.
Although I do not know what his hiring
capacity will consist of perhaps there will
be jobs available for those talented in this
field, who will get to make Griffin their
hometown, if they live elsewhere and at
the same time jobs for some of our local
people.
I could not let the opportunity go by
without expressing just a few of my
cherished thoughts and unforgettable
memories during my 14 years employment
in the old Dovedown building, as Mr.
Shapard’s and Mr. Paul Daniel’s
secretary.
In the years to come, when all is com
pleted, all former employees of Dovedown
wall be grateful and appreciative to Mr.
Piland in preserving this building.
Again my very “Best of Luck”, to Mr.
Piland. Sincerely (Signed) (Mrs.) Frances
Faulkner, 713 Sherwood drive
GRIFFIN
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