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Griffin Daily News Tuesday, May 24, 1977
Viewpoint
The Griffin Daily News’ policy is to be fair
to everyone. The editor’s opinions are
confined to this page, and its columns are
How to survive
In Atlanta, only five handguns were
turned in by late Sunday as a result of a
“Survival Days” campaign.
This was called a “misfire” of the
program which did not accomplish much
more in other cities of the nation.
Whatever else the failure may show, it is
Mrs. Crouch
We very much enjoy wishing happy
birthdays to many people, and every week
we have stories about parties for children,
adults and older friends who have reached
another anniversary of their entrance into
the world.
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© 1977 by NEA, Inc
"Isn't it awful how people are so into gossip these
days? Honestly, so what if a White House aide
doesn’t wear underwear!"
General Lewis Blaine Hershey died the
other day at age 83.
Directly he touched the lives of fourteen
and a half million American men whose
draft into military service he supervised in
three wars.
Six presidents signed the “greetings”
Nursing homes
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: We are facing a
decision about whether to put one of our
parents, who is now unable to care for
himself, in a nursing home. Do you think
this is wrong?—Mrs. R. G. R.
DEAR MRS. R.: I know something like
this is a difficult decision, and should be
made very carefully and prayerfully. You
will want to consider the possibilities you
have, and the needs of your aged parent.
Unfortunately, older people are
sometimes sent to a nursing home simply
to get them out of the way. This is not only
callous and selfish, but wrong from the
BiUy
Graham
Fairness to all
Greetings
My Answer
open to every subscriber. Letters to the
editor are published every Wednesday.
Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224.
some evidence that lots of people prefer to
stake their survival on possession of a
lethal weapon than on everybody else
giving theirs up.
This is a sad commentary on life in the
metro jungle. Theoretically, we condemn
it; practically, we share it.
Last week Mrs. Robert Otis Crouch
celebrated her one hundred and fourth
birthday and it was a special pleasure to
note it with a picture of this remarkable
lady. Happy birthday, Mrs. Crouch!
which every draftee received from 1941 to
1970, but as director of Selective Service,
General Hershey sent the letters.
The draft itself died before the honorable
old man, but those whom he greeted in the
name of one president or another never
will forget.
Bible’s point of view. The Bible commands
us, “Honor thy father and thy mother”
(Exodus 20:12). This kind of ingratitude
reminds me of Paul’s statement in II
Timothy 3:1-3: “There will be terrible
times in the last days. People will be lovers
of themselves, lovers of money, boastful,
proud, abusive, disobedient, to their
parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love”
(New International Version). When
possible, there are often definite ad
vantages to trying to keep a parent within
your home. However, there certainly are
times when a nursing home may be the
best arrangement for an aged parent, and
you will want what is best for him, as well
as what is best for your whole family.
Often an older person finds an attractive
retirement home a very satisfying en
viomment, and one which may solve one of
his greatest problems—loneliness. You
might investigate to see if there are any
Christian retirement centers in your area
where your parent’s spiritual needs will
also be met.
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Social insecurity
Women sensitive
to night noises
ByL.M. BOYD
Which is it in your family who’s mostly likely to be
awakened at night by barking dogs, the husband or the
wife? Surveys indicate that women tend to get to sleep
more easily than men, but are inclined to have a more
difficult time staying there. Women, it’s said, are three
times as sensitive as men to odd noises that rouse them.
Consider this nonsense sentence: “We and you have to
be the ‘in’ of it." Can you figure out what’s so special
about it? It’s comprised of the 10 most frequently used
words in English.
Just can’t verify the claim of some experts that the only
kind of animal known to die of grief is the ape mother. Will
check further.
A divorced man typically lets two years eight months
pass before he remarries, if ever.
NEW NAMES
Those scholars who make a study of given names
predict a large number of little girls called Farrah will
show up in kindergartens five years from now. And a
sizable number of little boys called Jimmy, too. That
happens after somebody like Farrah Fawcett-Majors
reaches stardom or a Jimmy Carter becomes president.
About 100 years ago, the bartenders in The Bowery of
New York City didn’t serve whiskey in glasses. Instead,
they hooked tubes to their whiskey barrels. The customers
were permittee for a nickel to drink from those tubes all
they could swallow without taking a breath.
CHILDREN AT PARTIES
What’s your stand on those couples who insist on
bringing their youngsters to grown-up parties? The credo
of many is: “If we’re good enough to be invited, so are our
children,”Can’t argue with that outlook, personally. For
some reason, though, we’ve lost touch with any such
pairs. Just don’t see them anymore. Odd, what?
The old high German word “hari” meant war. The old
English word “loddere” meant beggar. Our Language
man says that’s where we got our word “harlot,” a
trimmed down combination of hari and loddere. The first
harlots were “war beggars” more recently known as
camp followers
Item No. 683-B in our Love and War man’s file labelled
“Blondes” reads: “It’s not enough to understand that
gentlemen prefer blondes. You have to realize, too, that
blondes prefer gentlemen.”
L. M. Boyd, Box 681, Weatherford, TX 76686
Copyright 1977 L. M. Boyd
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Today
By The Associated Press
Today is Tuesday, May 24, the
144th day of 1977. There are 221
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1625, Peter
Minuit of the Dutch West India
Trading Co. bought the island of
Manhattan from the Indians for
$24 worth of goods.
On this date:
In 1819, Queen Victoria of
Britain was bom in London.
In 1830, the first passenger
railroad in the United States
began service between Balti
more, Md. and Elliott’s Mills, 13
miles away.
In 1844, Samuel Morse trans
mitted the first public message
by telegraph — from Washing
ton to Baltimore.
In 1883, New York’s Brooklyn
Bridge was opened.
In 1941, the German battle
ship Bismarck sank the British
battle cruiser Hood in the North
Atlantic, with a loss of 1,300
lives.
In 1962, astronaut Scott Car
penter became the second
American to fly in orbit as he
circled the earth three times.
Ten years ago: An ex
perimental train reached a
speed of 156 miles an hour in a
test run over tracks of the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Five years ago: President
Richard Nixon and Soviet offi
cials in Moscow signed an
agreement to put cosmonauts
and astronauts into orbit to
gether.
Q&A
Match up the Canadian
province with its capital city.
1. Manitoba
2. British Columbia
3. New Brunswick
4. Saskatchewan
5. Ontario
(a) Regina
(b) Winnipeg
(c) Toronto
(d) Fredericton
(e) Victoria
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Thoughts
Pilate said to them, “You
have a guard of soldiers; go,
make it as secure as you can.”
So they went and made the
sepulchre secure by sealing
the stone and setting a guard.
- Matthew 27:65, 66.
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Remember
camp meeting
By JAMES STEWART
News Executive
Mt. Zion United Methodist Campground has tom down
the old wooden hotel that was dust filled and was nearing
a dilapidated condition.
A new concrete block structure has replaced the old one.
It was completed last week and will be consecrated in a
service Sunday afternoon.
The new hotel is the third new structure in recent years
at the campground. A new tabernacle was constructed
when the old one was struck by lightning and destroyed by
fire several years ago. A new dining hall was completed
and put into service five years ago.
The debt on the dining hall has been paid and the note on
it will be burned at the dedication service Sunday.
It is appropriate the services be conducted Sunday
rather than waiting until the week of camp meeting. The
hotel was built during the tenure of the Rev. Neal Windom
as Griffin District Superintendent and that of the Rev.
Eugene Walton as pastor of the Mt. Zion-Pomona charge.
Neither will be returning to these assignments for another
year.
Every organization has to have leadership and many
provided the leadership and work connected with the
construction of the new hotel and other facilities for the
campground.
There, undoubtedly, will be those in Griffin who recall
spending some time at the campground, visiting the
spring for a drink of cool water, talking with the residents
in the tents and enjoying the meals in the dining hall. And,
some will probably remember the campground as the
place they went courting on Sunday afternoons.
And, there are some funny things that happen each
year. Most of the time they happen during the middle of
one of the services at the tabernacle and one has to sur
press his laughing for an hour or so. One of the things that
stuck in our mind was funny in one way and in another it
was not. There was a lady who was up in years and each
time the collection plate passed, she put her hand in the
plate as if to place money. Everyone around could see that
she did not have any money in her hand. One night, she
put her hand in the plate in such manner and it fell—not to
the floor, but in sawdust. There was a scramble to get all
of the coins and put them back in the plate.
One Saturday morning daddy said he would be ready to
leave for town at a certain time. We were ready at the
specified time. However, between the time he announced
the trip to town and our departure, myself and another
young teen had visited every tent on the grounds and we
had eaten something at most. No one needed to offer us
lunch.
Usually everyone would either go to the hotel or the
tents after meeting for a time of fellowship. The young
people would gather at the Noneses. Mr. Jones com
plained that he was having to buy a 10-ounce jar of instant
coffee every day, but he enjoyed every minute of camp
meeting and having the youth in his tent, and the youth
enjoyed their hospitality.
One night we arrived at camp meeting and the singing
service had already begun. The song we heard first was
“Showers of Blessing.” The rains came and the wind
blew. People moved from the north side of the tabernacle
to the center and south. The winds changed and everyone
moved to the center. They changed again and everyone
moved to the center front. The winds blew harder and
everyone got wet and the Rev. Hubert “Baldy” White
said it was the first time he had been baptized in the
middle of a sermon.
Camp meeting is an experience one will always
remember.
Things have not changed at camp meeting. People still
go to the spring for a cool drink of water, visit the tents for
fellowship and enjoy the meals in the dining hall. Now,
those who camp in the hotel will not have to put up with
the dust and wonder about overloading the electrical
system with electric fans or the noise on the bare wooden
floors. There is a new hotel.
And, the facility has not been constructed for use just
one week during the year, but for year-round use by the
churches of the Griffin District.
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61 Ands (Fr.)
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