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v I y/' \ \ “...and that’s for failing your test on constitutional rights. ” Stars in her eyes may be fake By L. M. BOYD It’s possible to get contact lenses that make each of your eyes reflect a brilliant little star. Remember that, young fellow. If your girlfriend appears to have stars in her eyes, they may be fake. A man of medicine contends one of the best ways to treat hypochrondria in middle-aged women is to tell them their symptons simply suggest they’re growing older. There was a time when some nuns took their vows by wetting their thumbs on their tongues and pressing those thumbs against swords. More young women than young men move from one town to another during any given year. Average hand is as wide as the third finger on it is long. LIFE EXPECTANCY Q. “Is there any way to estimate one’s own life ex pectancy?” A. Several ways, none reliable. But maybe the most accepted goes like this: Add up the number of years your mother and father lived plus the years lived by your two grandfathers and two grandmothers, and then divide by six. That’s it. Q. “Isn’t the 21-gun salute this country’s longest?” A. No, the traditional noon Salute to the Union on the Fourth of July at most Army posts is now a 50-gun salute, one round for each state. Q. “What’s bill counter’s thumb?” A. A malady that bank clerks get from the manual counting of paper money. Certain orchids change their fragrance throughout the day, from heliotrope in the morning to carnation about noon to violet at night. Odd. SOFTDRINKS If those supermarket monguls were just a mite brighter, they’d get the grocery cart manufacturers to weld little soft drink bottle holders onto those vehicles. It’s long been known that the average shopper browses around the store at greater length—thus buying more than she’d planned to—if she’s permitted to sip on a cola or whatever as she goes. But she’s reluctant to carry such a bottle because she doesn’t have any place to put it down. Now the scientific vegetable growers say they’re about to produce a tearless onion and an odorless cabbage. I tell you they can’t do that without draining from those two dandy comestibles some of their zest. They ought to keep their hands off our onions and cabbages. The Royal chefs in England about 200 years ago were required to sign their dishes with identifying marks so the monarch would know who fixed what. L. M. Boyd, P. 0. Box 681, Weatherford, TX76086 Copyright 1977 L.M. Boyd |ipi| [ r Rli tKKTO« or PSWH*™ - jL 7ft l/T cx-JjRUI h— j u Xni 5"12< \ © 19776vN£*.hc..1M Reg.US.Plt.On. “I think we’ve finally gotten to the source of your inferiority complex ... you're inferior!” GRIFFIN Quimby Melton, Jr., Editor and Publisher Cary Reeves Bill Knight General Manager Executive Editor M auk (talar naftaaa Cto* al Mkrato f<™ IST*) M U tkwK M. W Itaator al Ito toaidtoal Fra*. Ito taaciaiak ft* k MUM ml kto Ito itotototof *ti al al koi am laataiail to* Mtotoa Bato. toato Saakw. tot 1. to» «. nmi t Ontom. al U 3 EM Sakaaa Stoat SMto. Sa. MUX to ton Caraara* Sacaak dan Faataia FM al toMto, Ca, Si* Can H Caato Today By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, May 12, the 132nd day of 1977. There are 233 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On this date in 1949, the So viets announced that the 328- day blockade of land routes to isolated West Berlin had been lifted. On this date: In 1774, the Boston Com mittee of Correspondence pro posed that the American Colo nies suspend trade with Britain. In 1820, the English woman who founded modem nursing, Florence Nightingale, was bom in Florence, Italy. In 1932, the body of the kid naped infant son of Charles and Mrs. Lindbergh was found in a wooded area in Hopewell, N.J. In 1943, the World War II Battle of North Africa ended with the German surrender of Cape Bon in Tunisia. In 1965, West Germany and Israel established diplomatic relations. In 1971, the New York Metro politan Museum of Art an nounced it had paid $5.5 million for a painting by the Spanish artist, Velazquez. Ten years ago: Venezuela an nounced it had intercepted a landing force of guerrillas led by Cuban army officers. Five years ago: Eighty-three people perished in the collision of a British refrigerator ship and a Liberian tanker off Ar gentina. One year ago: Islamic na tions convened in Istanbul, Tur key, to discuss the Palestinian and Cypriot problems. Barbs An old-timer recalls when an oil slick was what you gave your hair before going out for the evening. As a nation we’re not get ting healthier — it’s just that we can’t afford the luxury of a hospital stay. There’s nothing like a sunny day spent gardening from dawn till dusk to make a con dominium seem mighty at tractive. Thoughts If I ascend to heaven, thou art there! If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. — Psalm 139:8,9,10. Subscriptions . 1 I O „ <3 - 70: Delivered by carrier or by mail in the counties of Spalding, Butts, Fayette, Henry, Lamar and Pike, and to military personnel and students from Griffin : 62 cents per week, $2.68 per month, $8.04 for three months, $16.07 for six months, $32.13 for 12 months. These prices include sales tax. Due to expense and un certainty of delivery, mail subscriptions are not recom mended but will be accepted outside the above area at $17.50 for three months, S3O for six months, and SSO for 12 months. If inside Georgia, sales tax must be added to these prices. All mail subscriptions must be paid at least three months in advance. Page 4 I Griffin Daily News Thursday, May 12, 1977 Viewpoint Fairness to all The Griffin Dally News’ policy is to be fair to everyone. The editor’s opinions are confined to this page, and its columns are School bonds Much will be written and said between now and November when the people of Spalding County decide whether or not to load some more taxes on property owners in order to issue school bonds for a new high school. As one top local educator who asked to remain anonymous when we questioned him-her (you guess which), said, “Nobody is against education, but nobody wants to pay more taxes either.” The fact of the matter is, many if not the majority of those who vote will not have to pay more taxes directly if the issue passes because they do not own property which is subject to them. But indirectly they will pay more. If they rent homes or apartments their rent will rise, and the cost of everything sold will have to go up proportionately to pay for higher taxes on business premises. As we have com mented often in the past, “There is no free lunch." So the question to be resolved through public debate between now and the General Election in November and to be decided at the polls then is whether or not the proposed improvement in the physical facilities of the local high school are worth what they will cost the people of Spalding County for the 20 years following the issuing of bonds. There is no doubt that some people — especially elderly ones on fixed incomes — can not afford to pay another dollar in taxes or anything else. Provision should be made for them, but none has been at this writing. On the other hand, we checked the school office this week and found 1,628 students enrolled in the three grades presently housed on the Griffin High campus. Almost anyone who has visited the school recently knows that its facilities are overcrowded and insufficient for the present, not to mention the future. The community has been talking about a bond issue for something like a year. A group which calls itself Care met last May False vouchers The White House has confirmed that 73 members of the President’s transition staff last December and January received cash advances for 600 trips to Annapolis, Md., which they never took. Is a new Washington “scandal” breaking? Not really. The explanation is rather simple. Some members of the transition team were strapped for cash. They had to go without income for as long as six weeks until the payroll was set up and they could receive their salary checks. According to a White House spokesman, travel expenses were doled out as a substitute for advances on their pay. The government later was reimbursed. So this finagling with falsified travel vouchers had a legitimate purpose. But it • My Answer Christians and pot DEAR DR. GRAHAM: Last Sunday I talked with a young man about Christ, and he wanted to know if he could smoke marijuana and still be a Christian. How would you answer him?—E. J. DEAR E. J.: There may be Christians who use marijuana from time to time, just as there may be Christians who do other things that are carry-overs from their lives before they met Christ. However, it is wrong for a Christian to do such things for several reasons. In the first place, the use of marijuana is illegal in our country at the present time. For this reason alone, a Christian should refrain from using it. “Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to Billy Graham jgFjflbk open to every subscriber. Letters to the editor are published every Wednesday. Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224. to discuss a new bond issue, then these volunteers met on June 14 and outlined school needs. Care urged the School Board in October to develop a plan for an issue. This past January the school board ap proved a state study of the system’s needs. On February 14 the board called for a bond issue, and this week the board approved a definite plan. Original ideas called for some desirable but non-essentials, even some frills to which the public failed to rally. The Board of Education held four public meetings which were sparsely attended. The League of Women Voters held one. The board reduced the proposal from $lO-million (round figures) in local money to the present which will be submitted in three parts. The first part calls for a bond issue of $5,954,700 for a new high school and if it passses it will include improvements on the present Griffin High campus which will become a junior high and at Spalding Junior High which will remain a junior high school. ' The second item calls for a million dollars for a new stadium and would depend on whether the first item passes. It looks suspiciously like bait on a hook. Third item is for $160,000 in bonds for a cold storage building for food. At this point it seems to us that a strong case has been made for the high school bonds, but no case at all for the stadium. We already have a good one which can be improved and a track can be built for Griffin’s championship team at the new high school. As for the cold storage deal, it will take a lot of persuasion to convince us that we can not get along without one. This is a vital issue to the community and we will continue to report it fully. Readers’ opinions, pro or con, are welcome. Send them to us at P.O. Box M, Griffin, 30224. Every one will receive careful consideration. Please sign your name and give us your address. Thanks. is still a poor way to introduce new em ployes to the ways of working for the U.S. government. It will be four years and possibly eight before another White House transition occurs, but it is not unlikely that the start up of new government programs or offices will create the same problem for new employes. Is signing false vouchers going to be the accepted way to solve it? Congress should see to it that the laws governing disbursement of salary funds are flexible enough to avoid any in ducement for what amounts to fraud. The first thing a government employe should learn is that expense vouchers aren’t a substitute for a petty cash fund or a per sonal loan. be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good” (Titus 3:1 New International Version.) The second reason to refrain from drugs or alcohol is that they take away our rational thinking and make us open to thoughts and behavior that are not Christ like. What the Bible says about wine can also be applied to any other drug that influences our minds: “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18, New International Version). It is interesting that Paul in this verse doesn’t call drunkenness “debauchery,” but says it leads to it. The real issue here is that Christ calls us to complete commitment of ourselves to his will. We should not try to hold on to our own plans and desires, but yield them up to Christ. “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer yourselves as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—which is your spiritual worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:1,2, New International Version). & uh ' 1 sxP-6 © 1977 by NEA. Inc. "This has been a particularly rough day! I just heard Bert Lance is discouraging government agencies from using consultants!" Call her Bubbly Bonnie By BILL KNIGHT * Executive Editor Call her Bubbly Bonnie. She bubbles with boundless energy. But then, Bonnie Pfrogner always has been that way. She was when she, her husband, Lee, and their 5 children moved to Griffin Sept. 1,1971. They moved into a house on West Poplar street that Mr. Pfrogner had come to Griffin and picked out. Since then, she’s been busy with enough outside projects that would make most of us flee in panic. As a newcomer, she and 4 other women formed a Newcomer’s Club that still is a going concern today. “It was one way I could get to know people,” she said. Then, too, she picked up her bowling ball and headed for Griffin Lanes to join a women’s league. She and her family joined the First Presbyterian Church and Bonnie is active in many programs there. They were members of the Lutheran Church in Cumberland, Md., (population 30,000) where they lived for 10 years before coming to Griffin. They lived in a former Presbyterian manse at Cumberland.. “Some of those Presbyterian Bibles left in the manse must have gotten to us,” Bonnie quipped. She’s active in the Art Association and transferred her Junior Woman’s Club membership here when the family moved. She grew up sort of as an only child, since her older brother had already married when she was a tot. Bonnie was a “Tom Boy” growing up in Somerset, Pa., a town of about 8,000. Her future father-in-law was her homeroom teacher for 3 years in the town’s high school. Her future husband graduated a few years ahead of her. As the neighborhood Tom Boy, she always was ready to fill in as one of the guys on a baseball, basketball or whatever team was in season when needed. She still likes to shoot baskets on a goal in front of the Pfrogner home here. She and her husband, manager for Revco for Georgia, still play tennis together on weekends. She does all this, outside of looking after her 5 children. They are Rick, 17, Mark, 15, Tom, 12, Bonnie Lynn, 10, and Eric, 8. “I do have some quiet time to myself,” she confided. But we bet not much. The Junior Woman’s Club named her Griffin’s Young Woman of the Year last week. We bet the selection committee was out of breath when its members finished reading the activities in her nomination. We were! 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