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LN. BOYD
Little is written
about hog drives
You've heard all about the cattle drives of the Old West,
but what do you know about the hog drives? During the first
half of the 19th Century, hog farmers west of the
Appalachians wanted to get their pork to the big eastern
towns. So they organized drives over the National Trail which
is now U. S. 40. Toll gate records indicate millions of hogs
were so driven.
Theatrical performances on Thanksgiving Day almost invari
ably have failed, primarily because most people have preferred
to stay home to dinner rather than go to a show. Our
Language man has been informed by Chet Switell that the
entre of the dinner, therefore, came to be used as the descrip
tive term for such a performance. Namely, a turkey.
STONED
Q. "Where'd we get the slang term 'stoned' to mean
'drunk'?"
A. From a mixture of rum and hard cider which the
colonial folk called "Stonewall."
Item 14068 in our Love and War man's file labeled
"Flirtation" is a short note from a young lady who claims to
be an expert on the subject. Her key sentence reads: "Before
going to parties, I always take the flint out of my cigarette
lighter, then flick it like mad."
Men used to be taught that a cold shower would suppress
their romantic urges. Theories change, what? More and more
medical specialists now claim the cold shower more often than
not stimulates amorous arousal.
A first-class postage stamp in Sweden costs 23 cents, please
note.
ATHLETES
You have to overlook the extraordinary trophy winners
when you consider this: The average college athlete two years
after graduation earns an annual salary of $7,600. The average
nonathlete two years after graduation earns SII,OOO. Or so
indicate the most recent statistics at hand. If true, the figures
suggest there's a hole in that widely held belief that collegiate
sport makes a dandy ladder to success.
Address mall to L. M. Boyd, P. O. Box 681, Weatherford, TX 76086
Copyright 1977 L. M. Boyd
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Almanac
For
Today
By The Associated Press
Today is Monday, Jan. 3, the
third day of 1977. There are 362
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1777, General
George Washington’s ragged
and hungry army routed Brit
ish regulars in the Battle of
Princeton, N.J.
On this date:
In 1661, the English writer
Samuel Pepys recorded in his
diary that for the first time, he
had seen women on the stage.
In 1870, construction began on
the Brooklyn Bridge in New
York.
In 1935, 90 per cent of the
people in the Saar voted for re
union with Germany.
In 1959, President Dwight
Eisenhower signed a proclama
tion admitting Alaska to the
Union as the 49th state.
In 1967, the slayer of accused
presidential assassin Lee Har
vey Oswald, Jack Ruby, died of
cancer in a Dallas hospital.
Ten years ago: Federal
agents rounded up 70 armed
men in the Florida Keys and
accused them of plotting to in
vade Haiti as a prelude to war
against Cuba.
THE
WORLD
ALMANAC’S
Q&A
There are specific names for
groups of animals. Match up
the group name to the correct
animal.
1. gaggle of
2. murder of
3. colony of
4. pride of
5. span of
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b- lions
c- geese
d- mules
e- crows
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Thoughts
All who have sinned without
the law will also perish
without the law and ail who
have sinned under the law will
be judged by the law. For it is
not the hearers of the law who
are righteous before God, but
the doers of the law who will
be justified. — Romans 2:12,-
13.
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Quimby Melton, Jr.
Editor
Telephone 227-433*
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.
Our ’77 resolution
Hope you had a happy and enjoyable
New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day and
that 1977 will be the finest and most
blessed of an ever increasing fine number
of years.
As for us, we make this one resolution:
To try and improve your hometown
newspaper day by day and to deserve the
confidence of the community by fulfilling
Normally we do not comment upon
discord in domestic affairs. But Herman
Talmadge and Betty Shingler Talmadge
both are friends and neighbors, and both
are so prominent in the public life of
Georgia that we do hereby express
sadness over their problem.
Just the other day we read that a decade
Associated Press
Starting today readers of the Griffin
Daily News will be seeing the byline of The
Associated Press.
The paper will continue to emphasize
local news and pictures. They are of
primary importance, and since this is the
only newspaper in the world which
features them above all else, they are our
primary responsibility. We recognize this
and appreciate the opportunity.
It seems to us that people now have less
time to read, and along with local news it is
Car tags again
The new 1977 car tag decals went on sale
at the Courthouse today, and judging from
the past, it won’t take long to get one for
awhile. Then as the April deadline nears,
lines will get long and a few tempers short.
Tax Commissioner Ruby Hill has plenty
of staff on hand to handle the sales, and she
also has made provision as in the past for
sending them by mail. All one has to do is
phone her office to learn the amount due,
Start visiting
the ill, lonely
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I am concerned
because in the church where I worship the
emphasis is very much on the beauty of the
buildings and the grounds rather than on
the needs of the people. We hear about the
need for new equipment and the painting
of the premises, but people are not being
visited in their homes. I feel that a
minister’s first priority should be the
people and not the buildings. Do you
agree? — R.E.S.
DEAR R.E.S.: You will very likely find
that there are other people in your church
who feel as you do on this subject. You
should form a group and start visiting
those of your congregation who are ill or
lonely. Meet with your group regularly to
pray for these people by name, and tell
your minister what you are doing, giving
him reports of your visits and the condition
of the friends you have seen.
our responsibilities as well as enjoying the
privileges of service.
We appreciate you the reader who make
the paper possible. We appreciate the
advertisers, and above all else we
appreciate the gifts of life, of freedom, and
of the love and Grace of God Almighty.
Happy New Year.
Divorce
ago one of every four new marriages was
destined to end in divorce and that by 1990,
only 13 years from now, one of every two is
expected to end that way. That is sad
news.
And the Talmadge troubles are sad news
too.
our desire to present enough news of
Georgia, the nation and the world that a
person can keep sufficiently informed by
reading this newspaper without having to
supplement it with another.
After careful study we have decided that
The Associated Press could best help us
perform this function. We will appreciate
any advice or recommendations you may
have on this or any other matters
concerning the paper. Thank you.
send it in and get the decal by mail.
Human nature being what it is, hundreds
of us will wait until the last minute and join
the lines in March. At least this provides a
rubbing of shoulders of the citizenry from
all walks of life, and some folks enjoy the
fellowship of visiting in line while waiting.
Those who do not will be well advised to
go ahead and pay their car taxes and get
their decals now before the waiting begins.
It is not up to you to tell your minister
how he should do his job. He must do what
he feels is right under God’s guidance. If
God has burdened you with the needs of
other people, it is because He wants to use
you to meet those needs.
By engaging in a pastoral ministry of
this kind you will be promoting true love in
your church, performing a real Christian
service, helping and encouraging your
minister, and seeing for yourself how the
Lord can use you in this ministry. By doing
this work quietly with a small group of
people you may have a far-reaching effect
upon the whole life of your church.
Jesus said, “Inasmuch as ye have done
it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me”
(Matthew 25:40). Become a visitor to the
needy in Christ’s name and Jesus will take
it as though you are doing it all for Him.
MY
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"Frank is still unhappy that the Dallas Cowboys
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Take
time
to live
BY BERTHA M. COMBS
Time moves on. Time does not wait for anyone. There is
a time to all things, a time to every season, a time for
every duty man is required to perform. The passing of the
Old Year and the beginning of a New Year is a page
turned in the book of everyone’s life. It is up to the in
dividual what he will do with his new page whether he will
seek to keep it pure and clean and spotless. There are
signs along life’s way as there are signs along the highway
to caution the individual to drive carefully. Many times
the idea is expressed in “Slow down and live,” which
means, “Take Time and Live.” These are warning signs.
An individual has only one mortal life and it is important
that he takes time to preserve that life until the Master
calls for him. If every driver will heed warnings there will
be more lives saved for him. If every driver will heed
warnings there will be more lives saved and much talent
and abilities preserved that may positively benefit the
society.
It is even important for the individual to take time on his
job no matter how small it may seem; take time to do his
best. If the worker will take enough time to understand
what is expected of him on his job he will do a better job
and he will enjoy his work, and each day when his work is
done the individual will feel a sense of satisfaction which
is that quality that makes one happy. Each student needs
to take time at school to leam and to love. The school
plays a significant role in the society and a unique role in
the history of a people, nation, and world. The school has
an influence on the lives of people everywhere. Therefore
the school is an important segment of a society.
Instruction has been a part of history of the world. It is
important that the student takes time to think, to leam, to
appreciate and to love.
The true witness for Jesus Christ will take time to share
his Divine experiences with others. It is Christlike when
the believer shares with others regardless of race, color,
creed or national origin. This sharing is witnessing for
Christ. It is righteous to thank God for His blessings and
praise His Holy name, to thank God for His Son who came
to the world to save man from his sins. It is righteous for
each person to take time to pray. Some people never
receive abundant blessings because they never ask the
Lord in sincere prayer, they never seek neither do they
knock at the door of God’s mercy.
Real life is giving of ones self in every undertaking. It is
important for each person to take stock of himself, how
much he has given of himself to others in the passing year.
It must always be remembered that regardless to one’s
carefullness or his negligence Jesus will one day make His
second coming to the world — the end of time. One needs
to take time to straighten up his life through faith and
righteousness and the passing on to that mysterious realm
will be peaceful.
St. Matthew 24:30,31 “And then shall appear the sign of
the Son of man in heaven... And he shall send his angeles
with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather
together his elect from the four winds, from one end of
heaven to the other.” These are signs of Jesus’ second
coming to the world which time no man knows. One must
needs to seek God’s righteousness for he who seeks finds
and he will never be the same for he will be a new creature
in Christ. The devout believer has deep faith that the Love
that came down at Christmas 2000 years ago will glow in
the hearts of men who will call on His name all year long.
- It is important that each believer in God the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit take time to take stock of his own
life and ask God to help him start a new and fuller life of
righteousness for the sake of the advancement of God’s
kingdom in the earth. The Holy Scripture tells us that all
earthly things shall pass away, but the Word of God shall
stand forever. “Take Time To Live”, be a witness for God
and accept His will.
GRIFFIN
Quimby Melton, Jr., Editor and Publisher
Cary Reeves,
General Manager
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E. Solomon St, Griffin, Ga.
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Executive Editor
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