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I — Griffin Daily News Thursday, December 11,1975
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Women Smoke
Differently
Nothing odd about the way the native men in Uganda
smoke cigarettes The way the women there smoke cig
arettes is odd, though. They put the lighted end into their
mouths to inhale the hot smoke. Our Love and War man,
who is an expert on the differences between men and
women, knows of no other place in the world where such
a difference shows up
RARELY IS a person with considerable creative talent
a good housekeeper. Or so says a scholar who has made
a study of such matters. It does not necessarily follow
that a good housekeeper is rarely a person with con
siderable creative talent. Not necessarily. But that's the
way I'd bet
BATHTUB
Q "Which will empty a bathtub faster, one two-inch
outlet or two one-inch outlets?”
A. The one two-inch outlet. It will empty it twice as
fast, in fact.
ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE everybody in Waukegan, 111.,
knows that town name originally meant “Little Fort.”
CAN YOU NAME that physical characteristic held in
common by General George A. Custer, Judas Iscariot,
Thomas Jefferson, George Bernard Shaw and Mark Twain 7
Redheads, all
TWENTY MILLION YOUNGSTERS a year are perman
ently disabled by injuries in sports. By permanently dis
abled. I don’t mean they all wind up in wheelchairs, but
they're hurt with some kind of hurt that lasts a lifetime.
Awesome
WEBSTER
That Noah Webster in 1806 published his first spelling
book in this country is widely known. Less publicized is
the fact that his first dictionary, conceived to American
ize the spelling of so many English words, turned out to be
a best seller not only here but in England. It became a
standard reference there for a considerable time even
though not all of its spelling innovations were accepted.
IT IS ALSO a matter of record that Mickey Rooney
has never married a woman shorter than himself.
CONSIDER THAT sort of man who always tries to be
the life of the party. It is useful for a single girl to know
such a fellow. But she had better realize that he, like a
clown, tends to be gloomy in private. This is the sort of
character she should meet only in public. He is inclined
to remain a bachelor. Such was the observation of that
renowned Love and War expert Madame Danaux.
Address moil to I M Boyd P O Box 17076, Fort Worth, TX 76102
Copyright 1975 1 M Boyd
SIDE GLANCES by Gill Fox
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Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Thursday, Dec. 11,
the 345th day of 1975 with 20 to
follow.
The moon is between its first
quarter and full phase.
The morning stars are Venus,
Mars and Saturn.
The evening stars are Mer
cury and Jupiter.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Sagittarius.
Former New York City
Mayor Fiorello Laguardia was
born Dec. 11, 1882.
On this day in history:
In 1816, Indiana was admitted
to the Union as the 19th state.
In 1936, Britain's King Ed
ward VIII abdicated the throne
to marry American divorcee
Wallis Warfield Simpson—“ The
woman I love.” His brother, the
duke of York, succeeded to the
throne as King George VI.
Rjccntcnnial
TACTS —
As early as March 1776 the
British used the term
"Brother Jonathan" to desig
nate Americans Legend has it
that the expression had its
origin with Gov. Jonathan
Trumbull (the elder) of
Connecticut. Trumbull was a
key man in the support of
Washington s army and the
Commander-in-Chief alleged
ly relied upon him a great
deal. However, there is no
historical evidence to con
nect the phrase with the
governor, The World Almanac
notes.
Thoughts
Do not love the world or the
things in the world. If any one
loves the world, love for the
Father is not in him. For all
that is in the world, the lust of
the flesh and the lust of the
eyes and the pride of life, is
not of the Father but is of the
world. — I John 2:15,16.
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Quimby Melton, Jr.
Editor
Telephone 227-633*
Fairness to all
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.
Doyle Jones, Jr.
Recording as it does the good and the
bad, a newspaper reflects the community
which it serves, and it reflects the
character and the personality of its editor
in the way it does its job.
Under the ownership and editorship of
Doyle Jones, Jr., who died this week, the
Jackson Progress-Argus has been a warm,
friendly and constructive newspaper
because he was that kind of person.
During his career he received and
deserved numerous recognitions including
that of “Man of the Year” in his own
community. He was a successful
newspaperman and recognized as such by
fellow editors throughout the state who
chose him to represent them on the Board
A story in the paper this week called
attention to the serious problem of
shoplifting in Griffin stores.
Nobody has any idea how much is stolen
here, but one store manager estimated the
figure at |25,000 a year at his establish
ment alone. Since legitimate customers
have to make up the loss in the form of
higher prices for what they buy, a
shoplifter steals from the public as well as
Here in Griffin we long have been
accustomed to seeing women in jobs once
held exclusively by men, but this week
there was something new in town.
For the first time in the experience of
one of our funeral directors, a woman was
a member of the honorary military guard
which fired the traditional fusillade of rifle
shots over the grave of a man entitled to
military honors.
Last week several female soldiers
marched in the Army bands which par
ticipated in the Chamber of Commerce
Statement was
‘widely misquoted’
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I have heard that
you are proposing to let homosexuals play
an active part in church offices. I was very
surprised, because I thought the Bible
treated this as a sin. Would you let me
know if this is true and why? Mrs. D.B.
Dear Mrs. D. 8.: lam afraid a statement
I made in response to a question at a press
conference not long ago was widely
misquoted, so that my actual meaning was
almost completely turned around.
There is no doubt that the New
Testament sees active homosexuality as a
serious sin. “Do not be deceived; neither
the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the
greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.
And such were some of you. But you were
New
position?
The see-saw protests, hearings, and
decisions following the Lakeside-Douglass
football championship indicate that in
additional to a good halfback and so on, a
successful team this year needs a good
lawyer.
Thieves
Women
oint
of Managers of their Georgia Press
Association. He was a successful busi
nessman, an avid and authoritative sports
fan.
At one time or another we have known
him as editor, fisherman, golfer, lover of
pets (particularly cats; his Tom was
the biggest I ever saw), sports fan partial
to the University of Georgia, fellow
alumnus of its Henry W. Grady Journa
lism School, fellow Elk in Griffin, fellow
diner at the Elder House in Indian Springs
and best of all, just plain friend.
He will be missed, and we join in extend
ing sympathy to his wife Martha and to
other members of his family.
from the store.
We have no pat or easy solutions to
suggest. Various stores handle situations
as they arise. We do, though, point out to
one and all who may be tempted that
shoplifting is a serious crime and stores
are making every effort to catch every
thief they can. In doing so, they are
protecting honest customers as well as the
stores.
Christmas Parade, and they kept in step
and tootled their instruments right along
with everybody else. Too, there were
young women in the ROTC unit from
Griffin High, and some weeks ago a
woman piloted the military helicopter
from Fort Benning which airlifted a
patient from Griffin to a Columbus
hospital.
All of which leads to no editorial com
ment except that times keep changing, and
they are changing in Griffin about as fast
as anywhere else.
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washed, you were sanctified, you were
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ and in the Spirit of our God.” (I
Corinthians6:9-11, RSV) When we come to
Christ, we are called upon to repent of our
sins and no longer practice the ungodly
patterns of living we may have enjoyed
before.
Thus, the only condition in which a
person who had been a homosexual might
become a leader in the church would be if
that person has repented of his sin and no
longer practices it The Bible, of course,
also sets forth other standards for church
officers in terms of their gifts and
spirituality, and these would have to be
met also. I would therefore oppose the
ordination of a minister who is a
homosexual.
MY
ANSWER
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“What did you say this meeting is about, the
CRIME rate or the PRIME rate?"
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Don Oakley
A lobbyist is a
lobbyist is a lobbyist
By Don Oakley
According to a story in the New York Times. Ralph Nader
has vowed vengeance against those congressmen who
defected on the recent vote for a Consumer Protection Agen
cy. a bill he has been pushing for six years and which has twice
passed the House and Senate but never in the same session
The bill passed again in the House, but only by nine votes,
compared with a 199-vote margin in 1974. thus ensuring that a
threatened presidential veto cannot be overriden
"Oh. they 're going to pay for it back in their districts." he is
quoted by reporter Joseph Lely veld
Meaning, of course, that the nay-saying congressmen will be
punished by the people at the polls next election
But either these congressmen voted as their consciences
dictated in this instance, which theoretically they are sup
posed to do occasionally, or they voted as they believed their
constituents in their home districts wanted them to vote —
which is also something that, as representatives of those con
stituents. they are sent to Washington to do
Exactly how does Nader s threat differ from that of any
other lobbyist who warns of retribution of some kind or
another against those representatives and senators who do not
vote the "right way” on a given issue?
This is not to say that Nader s plan of action is not perfectly
legitimate That is how democracy works, more or less, in this
country.
But what is sauce for one pressure group would seem to be
sauce for any other.
Flourishing prep schools
Despite high tuitions, the depressed economy and studies
questioning the economic pay-off of a college degree, college
preparatory schools are thriving, at least in New England
A survey of more than 200 prep schools from Connecticut to
Maine by the Higher Education News Service found
enrollment increases throughout the region this fall. Some
schools reported increases as high as 30 per cent
Boarding schools, which experienced a decline in popularity
during the late 1960 s and early 19705, have rebounded even
though annual cost (tuition, room and board) now averages
between $3,600 and $5,000
According to Donald Hagerman, headmaster of Holderness
School in New Hampshire, one of the few remaining schools
that still requires boys to wear sport coats and ties to class,
much of the phenomenon is a reaction to the "politicizing" of
the public schools.
"Public schools which find themselves embroiled in teacher
strikes, busing controversies, frozen budgets and politics have
disturbed many parents.” he says. “These parents, especially
in the large metropolitan areas, fear their children's
educations are neglected as the schools become laboratories
for social reform and teachers and programs endure the atten
dant distractions and interruptions."
To these parents, a sound college preparatory program,
even though costly, now looks very attractive, he says
Most American families can’t afford college prep schools,
of course. But there seems to be some kind of message here
that our public school administrators and every professional
in the field of mass education might be wise to begin listening
to.
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