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cocktail party
ByL. M. BOYD >a
Am asked who originated that abominable get-together
known as the cocktail party. An American-born woman
named Mrs. Alfredo de Pena. She lived in London at the
time. In the late 19205, it was. The party was for Oxford
undergraduates. They couldn’t get to her house in time for
tea and she didn’t want them there at the later dinner
hour. So she picked 5 p.m. to fit the need, and the students
themselves turned it into a mild liquor session.
Not a minority but a majority of the men in this country
when buying shoes just walk into any store, point to what
they have on their feet, and say, “Something like these.”
Or so reports a shoe salesman of lengthy experience.
Sounds about right. It’s exactly how I buy shoes, anyhow.
SEA LEVEL
Q. “What point in a city is used to measure its height
above sea level?"
A. Depends. In a big city, a busy intersection, usually.
In a little town, the courthouse, probably. In a village, the
railroad station. There’s no standard rule.
Q. “Which of our presidents declared Thanksgiving Day
to be unconstitutional?”
A. Thomas Jefferson did. And Andrew Jackson and
Zachary Taylor presumably thought so, too, because they
refused to appoint an official Thanksgiving Day.
Was none other than that most amorous of British prime
ministers, Lloyd George, who said, “Love is all right, if
you lose no time.”
EAGLE
Nobody grows fingernails faster than the Golden eagle.
In two and a half months, it’s tiny talons turn into meat
hooks four inches long. That bird’s wingspread growth is
pretty swift, too. From a few inches to almost seven feet,
likewise in two and a half months.
African slaves in the plantation fields of Trinidad years
ago were forbidden to talk to one another. So they sang
their conversations. In the French Creole dialect called
patois. That’s how calypso got started.
L. M. Boyd, Box 681, Weatherford, TX 76086
Copyright 1977 L. M. Boyd
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41 Contemporary
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42 Audacity
45 Os fingers
49 Evergreen tree
50 Region
52 Pretty
53 Actress West
54 Toothed
wheel
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56 Be wrong
57 Little
whirlpool
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City
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time
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14 Wipe
15 Spin
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voice
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18 Bottomless
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assertion
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24 Control
27 Pipette
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learning
33 Second
person
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35 Season of
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43 Heed
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45 Not alive
46 Saxhorn
47 Sloped
48 Minus
51 British
imperial color
9 Normandy
invasion day
10 Blue flag
11 Beginner
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21 Electrical unit
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Today
By The Associated Press
Today is Tuesday, May 31, the
151st day of 1977. There are 214
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1910, the Union
of South Africa was founded.
On this date:
In 1740, Frederick William I
of Prussia died and was suc
ceeded by Frederick 11, who
became known as Frederick the
Great.
In 1793, the Reign of Terror
began in the French Revolution.
In 1889, more than 2,000 lives
were lost in a flood at John
stown, Pa.
In 1916, British and German
fleets fought in the Battle of
Jutland off Denmark. It was the
only major engagement be
tween the two fleets in World
War I.
In 1943, in World War 11, the
French naval squadron at Alex
andria, Egypt joined the Allies.
In 1962 former Nazi Adolf
Eichmann was executed in Is
rael after his capture in Argen
tina and trial on charges of war
crimes.
Ten years ago: Western dip
lomats in Nigeria began ar
rangements to evacuate their
nationals because of the threat
of warfare.
Five years ago: President
Richard M. Nixon met with
Communist officials in Warsaw,
Poland.
One year ago: The estranged
wife of former Attorney Gener
al John Mitchell, Martha Mit
chell, died of cancer at the age
of 57.
Today’s birthdays: Prince
Rainier of Monaco is 54. Pro
football quarterback Joe Nam
ath is 34.
Q&A
1. The following men are
enrolled in the Pro Football
Hall of Fame EXCEPT (a)
Dick Butkus (b) George Halas
(c) Greasy Neale
2. According to the Chinese
Lunar Calendar, 1978 will be
the year of the (a) Tiger (b)
Horse (c) Dog
3. Tigran Petrosian is (a) a
species of cat (b) the 1963-69
world chess champion (c) the
genetic name for the tiger lily
flower
ANSWERS:
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Thoughts
“Either make the tree good,
and its fruit good; or make the
tree bad, and its fruit bad; for
the tree is known by its fruit.”
— Matthew 12:33.
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Page 4
Griffin Daily News Tuesday, May 31, 1977
The Griffin Dally News’ policy is to be fair
to everyone. The editor’s opinions are
confined to this page, and its columns are
The final days
Griffin-Spalding Schools end another
year Friday. So these are the final days in
the classroom.
Present youngsters are far too
sophisticated to sing the old-time year end
song, “No more classes, no more books; no
more teacher’s dirty looks.” But prospects
for the immediate future are the same as
always.
For those who graduate Friday night, a
new life stretches ahead. The end of one
phase will have come and immediately
upon its heels is the start of another.
For non-grads a long summer lies ahead
with all its pleasures. Another year of
classes is way off yonder in the distant
future of autumn.
Much has been accomplished this year,
much remains to be accomplished. But in
balance it was another good one in the
Griffin-Spalding System.
Perhaps the biggest plus mark is one
which more often than not is overlooked. It
Scary but logical
President Carter undoubtedly will
receive an avalanche of mail from irate
citizens reacting to his order to the
Treasury to begin a study of imposing tax
levies on Social Security benefits and
unemployment checks. The study is to
determine how much could be collected
without hurting those who need it,
according to his spokesmen.
The move is certainly unprecedented
and it will scare many people as well as
Let’s get going
Now that the cold weather is behind us
and we are not in the midst of an
immediate energy crisis, road repairs in
the city and county are underway. About
the only people not glad to hear that are
How to grow spiritually
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I am a new
Christian, having just come to faith in
Christ as my Saviour a few months ago. I
feel I am growing in my faith, butl want to
know how I can grow more. Do you have
any suggestions?-R. T.
DEAR R. T.: I’m glad you realize you
must grow in your relationship to Christ.
Just like a newborn child needs to grow
and become strong, every believer in
Christ needs to grow spiritually.
The wonderful thing is that God has
given us the spiritual food that we need for
our spiritual growth. First, God has given
us the Bible, His Word. You may already
be reading your Bible, but it should
become the foundation of your Christian
life. Job said, “I have esteemed the words
of his mouth more than my necessary
food” (Job 23:12). Peter said: “As
BiUy
Graham
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open to every subscriber. Letters to the
editor are published every Wednesday.
Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224.
is the cooperation of Superintendent and
Board of Education which work together in
what they consider the best interests of the
students.
This is emphasized here in Griffin by
dagger-point friction in two of Spalding’s
closest neighbors. The Lamar County
System has been plagued by troubles
between its board and its superintendent.
And in Fayette County, the community as
well as the schools were splintered into
factions fighting over a football coach who
is departing for another state.
The biggest Griffin-Spalding problem is
not one of cantankerous personalities but
of crowded conditions in the high school.
What is to be done about that will be
decided in the bond election, but even that
is way off yonder in November.
In these final days we wish everyone
happiness — students, teachers, staff,
administrators. Everybody. Even parents
and taxpayers who make it all possible.
hurt the President’s popularity. But if
incentives for work are to be achieved and
wasted money retrieved such a study is
logical no matter how strange the idea
may seem.
The study is part of the administration's
tax reform program. If it will help achieve
the goals we’re after — equal taxes and
less government waste — it should be
made no matter how frightening it may be.
the producers of shock absorbers.
Financing for more repairs is in the
works and officials vow they’ll get the
money one way or the other.
We say Amen! to that. Let’s get it going.
newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of
the word, that ye may grow thereby” (I
Peter 2:2).
Get a translation of the Bible that you
find easy to understand, and set aside time
each day to study a Bible passage. You
might want to begin with one of the
Gospels, such as John. Pray over the
passage you read, and ask God to guide
you as you study, and help you to apply it
to your life. Also, I have found it very
helpful to memorize verses and whole
portions of the Bible.
God has given us also the privilege of
prayer. You are now a child of God, and
God wants to hear His children talk with
Him. God wants you to learn to bring
everything that concerns you to Him in
prayer. “Pray without ceasing. In
everything give thanks; for this is the will
of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (I
Thessalonians 5:17-18). As we learn to
trust God in prayer, we grow in our
relationship to Him.
God has also given us other Christians to
help us. “Bear ye one another’s burdens,
and so fulfill the law of Christ (Galatians
6:2). You need to become part of a
fellowship of other believers. They can
help you with spiritual problems and
encourage you to grow.
He’s always around,
working for others
By JAMES STEWART
News Executive
It's a cold winter night and this is the man who is at the
church checking the water to make sure it has been cut off
and the pipes drained.
He also is the fellow who stops on the side of the road to
talk for a little while about the weather and what ever else
is happening on that particular day.
He is the fellow one can call on when he needs to borrow
a tool or to get his garden plowed.
He takes the reins when no one else wants them and gets
things done in his church and his community.
When the weather’s cold, he’s the fellow who drives up
in the yard of the home that is without heat except for a
fireplace and has a load of wood on his truck.
He’s also the fellow who sweats with his neighbors in
their fields when it is time to get up hay or to gather crops.
He's also there when the neighbors have a sick cow and
don’t know what to do.
He’s a serious man, but he’s also a man who enjoys
going to Atlanta to watch a Braves baseball game,
cooking hamburgers out with friends and is still amazed
at how fast and how far a jet airplane can fly.
He believes in America, mom, apple pie and children.
He’s patriotic and believes in the future of our country. He
loves to watch children play and enjoys seeing other
adults put their talents to work.
He may not be in church every Sunday morning, but you
can count on one hand the times he will miss during a
year. He’s always there when there’s work to be done. His
faith in God is deep-rooted.
He believes in fellowship and loves to have people
around him. And, people love to be around him. He likes to
meet each month with the people of his community and is
a promoter of ham and egg suppers and other get
togethers.
He’s a mechanic, a farmer, a cattleman, a community
leader, a church-goer, and a man the people he is in
contact with know they can talk to when the need arises.
He makes decisions with good judgment and believes
that common sense is worth much more than cents.
Although he has no children of his own, there are many
the age to be his children and grandchildren who call him
“papa”. He loves them all. He feels they are his children.
The same with his wife, who is called “mama” by those
same children.
He’s known to many Griffinites as the man who cooks
the barbecue. There once was a time when he was up night
after night during the week cooking barbecue for the
people of Griffin.
His fanning operation is not as widespread as it used to
be and the barbecues are far apart. He hasn’t quit. He’s
just letting things coast for a while.
No, really, there’s no time for things to coast because
summer is coming on and Ed Griffin wants to know who is
going to have their ice cream freezer going on Sunday
afternoon.
Quote/Unquote
“The President’s heavy
emphasis on reducing energy
waste deserves unqualified
national support . . . Wasting
energy is no different than
burning money. Let’s stop it.”
—William P. Chapman, presi
dent of the American Society
of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-conditioning Engineers.
“Winning is particularly
nice when the alternative is
extinction.”
—Felix G. Rohatyn, chairman
of New York City’s Municipal
Assistance Corporation, after
a New York State Court of
Appeals upheld the con
stitutionality of M.A.C.
"Women on the whole, they
do not go as devilish as men,
but when a woman gets
devilish she beats all records.
No man can equal her.”
—Morarji Desai, who has
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Cary Reeves
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of nations.
“The State Department
ought to come out of its ivory
tower and deal with reality.
Torture continues during
arrest and interrogation.
Things haven't improved.”
—Juanita Carter, mother of
an American prisoner in
Norte Prison, Mexico City.
“I like Ralph Nader. I think
he’s been on the button so far.
I know some people don’t
trust him, but the reason is in
credible. One young woman
told me she didn’t trust him
because he’s too honest. Too
honest! We’re so used to cor
ruption, we no longer trust an
honest man.”
— Author Studs Terkel, dis
cussing his heroes in a recent
interview.
GRIFFIN
NEWS
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Executive Editor
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