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— Griffin Daily News Monday, November 29, 1976
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Such huge spending has resulted in a bigger and bigger government debt. The
interest alone on the national debt has more than doubled in ten years and is
now over S4O billion a year. In fact, the interest burden on the debt constitutes
ten percent of the federal budget!
Ask your representatives in Washington whether they have the courage to help
stop this deadly trend. If they do not, we'll eventually wake up to find ourselves
living in a fool's paradise.
This editorial comment appeared in the October 1976 issue of Reader's Digest.
I. M. BOYD
Short girls soon
become confident
Tall girls tend to become more attractive as they grow
older. That isn't generally true of short girls, not quite. Tall
girls are usually a bit slow in gaining their confidence. Short
girls are apt to get pretty self assured at an early age. Tall girls
in later life are inclined to reconcile age with appearance fairly
comfortably. But short girls as they age seem compelled to
dress and make up their faces to appear younger. Or so claims
an authority on the female of the species.
Although the male hamster is ordinarily ready both to fight
and to mate at every opportunity, it will do neither, if its nose
is doctored in such a manner so as to prevent it from detecting
odors.
Another little known cure for the hiccups. I'm told, is the
swallowing of a tablespoonful of peanut butter.
ALLIGATORS
Q. "How come in those moving pictures of swamp alligators
with their mouths wide open, you never see their tongues?"
A. An automatic mechanism in an alligator's mouth pulls its
tongue back into its throat every time it opens its mouth. To
act as a valve against inrushing water.
When the vegetarians say the average 70-year-old person
has devoured 150 head of cattle in such a lifetime, it's quite a
confession. Not all vegetarians are willing to admit that meat
eaters can live to age 70.
Please don't overlook for membership in the Proper Job
Club that cashier in Bozeman, Mont., named Noreen Money.
First question a stranger is asked by the courteous host in
China is, "Are you hungry?" Second question is, "How old are
you?"
Elephantstrumpet in their sleep, bear in mind.
Address mall to L. M. Boyd, P. O. Box 681, Weatherford. TX 76086
Copyright 1976 L. M. Boyd
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Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Monday, Nov. 29,
the 334th day of 1976 with 32 to
follow.
The moon is between its first
quarter and full phase.
The morning stars are Mars
and Saturn.
The evening stars are Mer
cury, Venus and Jupiter.
Those bom on this date are
under the sign of Sagittarius.
American author Louisa May
Alcott was born Nov. 29, 1832.
On this day in history:
In 1890, the first Army-Navy
football game was played. The
Middies won, 24-0.
In 1929, Lt. Cmdr. Richard
Byrd and three crewmen
became the first persons to fly
over the South Pole.
In 1963, a Canadian plane
crash near Montreal killed 118
persons. Also in 1963, President
Lyndon Johnson appointed the
Warren Commission to investi
gate the assassination of
President John Kennedy.
In 1975, President Ford left
Washington for a 10-day visit to
Communist China.
There’s
no natural
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Birth defects
are forever.
Unless you help.
March of Dimes
THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY THE PUBLISHER
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 227 613*
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.
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Sheriffs Academy
Thanks to the work of a veteran Georgia
Sheriff, Dwayne Gilbert of Spalding, 40
brand new “rookie” Georgia sheriffs are
taking the most extensive training course
in the nation before assuming their
responsibilities.
Two of the new ones are neighbors of
Spalding, Sheriff-elect Randall Johnson of
Fayette County and Sheriff-elect Billy
Leverette of Butts County.
The six weeks course is being conducted
in Atlanta at a motel near South DeKalb
Mall, and there is nothing else like it in
America. As Chairman of the Georgia
Sheriffs Training Committee of the
Georgia Sheriffs Association, Spalding’s
Gilbert has worked for years to create it.
Cinderella of Griffin
This year we have congratulated the
Griffin High Bears so often that we have
about run out of superlatives with which to
do it. Nevertheless, having advanced to
the North Georgia AAA finals, they
deserve them more than ever today. So we
do it again with pleasure. And we keep'
thinking of a couple of childhood stories
and getting them mixed up together.
One is the story of “The Three Bears”.
The other is “Cinderella”. Just as nobody
The next 13 years
As noted by Charles L. Andes, chairman
of the Franklin Mint Corp., the birthday
party of 1976 is only the start of the
Bicentennial era. In an address to the
Pennsylvania Sons of the Revolution, he
reminded the nation that the story of the
Republic’s origin will be told and retold for
another 13 years through the 200th an
niversary of the ratification of the Con
stitution.
And of more importance, Andes insisted,
is the rare opportunity to use the history
lesson in preparing the United States for
the next century.
“We can choose our destiny,” he said.
Americans first identified their goals of
self-government and independence 200
years ago. They then spent five years in
the battle for freedom and another eight in
devising a durable system of government
embracing those principles.
Those who know
Christ are certain
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: Recently a friend
showed me Revelation 13:18 in which the
evil beast that comes near the end of the
world is given a sort of code name, 666. She
claimed that the numbers could somehow
be related to the alphabet, and could be
made to spell out the name of one of our
high government officials. What about
this? - G. B.
DEAR G. 8.: There have been many
ingenious attempts, sometimes seemingly
plausible ones, to decipher the meaning of
this term. Some scholars have suggested
that it stood for the name of one of the
Roman emperors. Many other suggestions
have been made, and history has shown
them to be wild speculations at best. The
exact meaning intended by the author of
In 1960, there was a two-day course for new
sheriffs, and this was repeated in 1964. In
1968 and again in 1972, it was for a week.
This year it has been expanded to a full six
weeks.
A Georgia sheriff has tremendous
responsibilities and the training which the
Georgia Sheriffs Academy is now
providing will help prepare new ones to do
their jobs well.
Thus in taking the lead in creating the
nation’s first program of this kind, Sheriff
Gilbert of Spalding has served the entire
state of Georgia and probably the rest of
the country which probably will follow
Georgia’s lead in this, as it is now doing
more often in numerous other areas.
in the story expected Cinderella to amount
to much, nobody expected much this
season of Griffin's Bears. It was supposed
to be a re-building year for them. But they
have gone all the way to the North Georgia
Gridiron Ball riding in the magic coach of
hard work, teamwork, and dedication. And
we wish them success this week as they eat
Wheeler’s porridge. And that is how the
two childhood stories keep intermingling
in our mind.
They had the wisdom and endurance to
keep attacking their problems until they
found the right answers.
Can we do less today?
Our problems are demanding as we peek
into the third century of independence.
We need not fear the Redcoats
occupying Philadelphia, but red ink does
threaten our budgets. And we must work to
rebuild confidence in government, in
business, labor, education, and even in
religion.
Americans must master the energy
crisis, reverse the decline of big cities and
of downtown areas in places like Griffin,
solve problems of unemployment, in
flation, poverty, tax reform and of crime.
Thus there is no lack of problems. Nor is
there lack of opportunity to solve them. So
the next 13 years will be what we make of
them — as will all of our future.
MY
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Revelation is simply not clear to us today.
I believe it is extremely dangerous,
however, to assign the name dogmatically
to any historical figure.
Some scholars also suggest that the
number “666” was not intended to name a
specific person, but instead was a symbol
of the evil one who would come. In the
ancient world, the number “7” was seen as
a perfect number. Thus the number “666,”
according to this interpretation, simply
underlines the incompleteness and im
perfection of the evil one.
Whatever the meaning, those who know
Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour are
certain that not even the evil one “shall be
able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord”
(Romans 8:39).
Berry’s World
© 1976 by NEA. Inc
"Memo To: The world. Subject: Crises. So tar
so good. Remember, there will be no crises
while I'm still in charge ..
Giving thanks
is joyous
experience
BY BERTHA M. COMBS
Giving thanks is a joyous experience for thankfulness
comes from the heart. Each day each person should stop
to give God thanks for all the good things that he enjoys.
There are many blessings bestowed upon man each day
and yet if any one blessing is not given by God, people
would suffer and fall into dire need. Blessings come from
the Lord. Blessings are bestowed upon the believer
bountifully and no man can hinder. Blessings fall upon the
good person and the evil person also.
Psalm 100 is a Psalm of praise, “An exhortation to
worship God joyfully and thankfully.” The beautiful
words of this Psalm sound out to all nations upon the face
of the earth, “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye
lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his
presence with singing.. .Enter into his gates with
thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful
unto him...and bless his name.” Singing is praising God.
Sacred songs, songs about the Lord and His goodness give
adoration unto the name of the Lord. The Lord is in every
place. The truly thankful believer will bless the name of
the Lord in his heart and rejoice in the salvation of the
Lord Jesus Christ.
Singing is an art which lifts the soul from depression,
from the lowest stage of despair to the heights of glory and
happiness. Singing is the combination of words and vocal
sounds that flows metrically from the heart and soul.
Many people enjoy singing songs that are true to life yet in
every life there must be need for serious and sacred
singing in praise to God.
The people of the United States of America have many
things for which to be thankful, schools where each child
has opportunity to study and learn and develop to his
maximum; religious freedom, to be recognized as an
individual of worth and ability; to have life and the
physical needs and even provision made for the han
dicapped and less fortunate. Each year a special day is set
aside for the Nation to observe Thanksgiving, yet it needs
be remembered that every day is a day to give thanks to
God for all His goodness. Each morning is a time to thank
God for sparing one through the nighL Each night is a
time to thank God for His care through the day. There are
so many things to give thanks for that a list is almost
impossible—the day for man to work and enjoy, the night
for rest and sleep, the stars and the moon to beautify the
nighL the great earth man’s home with all her beauties
and wonders, a mind to think, freedom of speech, to live
and love in a land of freedom and opportunity. These are
only a few for which to be thankful.
“The Joy of Thanksgiving' is an experience that only
the true believer can realize, to be thankful is to
have a certain happiness. Every one wants to be happy.
The world is a wonderful place and everyone should find
time and have space to be happy at heart for life, food,
shelter, clothing no matter how poor, and the many other
needs of life all which are given freely by God if man will
seek God’s righteousness. It is righteous when one gives
thanks at all times even when things are not going well for
him. There will still be the unspeakable joy in the heart of
the believer, that God lives and Jesus lives and the
believer will live also.
The thankful person yields his will to God on humble
submission. SL John 3:16 tells us “For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting
life.”
Jesus came into the world to save that which was losL to
save man from his sins, not to condemn. These blessings
God bestows upon all who will believe and the redeemed
soul overflows in thankfulness that cannot be expressed in
words. The Great Gift for which man should be thankful to
the Heavenly Father is Jesus ChrisL His birth, His life,
and His resurrection. This wonderful Gift gives each
believer hope that he, too, shall rise again unto a new life
even after death. This is "The Joy of Thanksgiving.”
GRIFFIN
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Quimby Melton, Jr., Editor and Publisher
Cary Reeves,
General Manager
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