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Berry's World © 1977 by NEA. Inc "That sounds great, Rosy, but now tell me about your trip IN ENGLISH!" World’s first oyster cocktail By L. M. BOYD In 1866, a California miner walked into a bar and or dered a shot of whiskey and a plate of raw oysters. He downed the drink, but the oysters kept slipping around the plate, so he poured them into the empty shot glass and doused them with ketchup and hot sauce. Historians say that was the first oyster cocktail. The miner talked so loud and so long about how good it was that the bartender decided to sell the concoction for 50 cents a glass. Our Language man, not our Love and War man, is checking out this query from a client: “Why is it that a dizzy blonde is a woman with charm while a dizzy brunette is just a female with vertigo?” It was around 1905 that the sporting set in Jacksonville, Fla., raced ostriches with young boys as jockeys. TO STIFFEN NYLON Q, “How can you stiffen nylon curtains?” A. Mix a little cold water with one tablespoonful of gelatin. 2. Add two quarts of boiling water. 3. Dip curtains while still wet from washing into gelatin solution. 4. Squeeze and roll in towel. 5. Iron while still damp but not wet. The stiffer you want your curtains, the less water you use to make your solution. If there were such a thing as an average dog, it would eat about half as much food every day as an average man, if there were such a thing. ANIMAL LIFE Were you aware that about 45 per cent of this earth’s animal life is in the oceans? Look at these numbers. 8.5. 4.9.1. 7.6.3. 2. What order are they in? Spring this query at the dinner table. The party who says “alphabetical order” gets dessert. About nine out of 10 murders are unpremeditated, and the crime of murder is the first and only crime for which seven out of 10 murderers are convicted. Young fellow, if your dad is a big business boss, your chances of becoming one, too, are eight times better than the chances of a blue-collar man’s son. Or so say the pollsters. Surveys reveal the average shopper buys something every 28 seconds while in a supermarket. Each day in this country on the average, lightning kills one person and injures four others. Building codes in France stipulate that houses must be constructed so as to last for at least three generations. ROCKS A pebble has been defined as any rock less than two inches in diameter. And as previously reported here, a boulder is said to be any rock more than 10 inches in diameter. The boulder definition sounds all right. But a two-inch rock seems a little big for a pebble, wouldn’t you say? Believe these definers left out a couple of categories. After pebble comes sling-shot load, and after sling-shot load comes creek-skipping stone. Two inches in diameter is just about right for a creek-skipper, so long as it’s flattened out a little. Any rock between two and 10 inches is supposed to be officially known as a cobble, but we always called them shovelbusters. L. M. Boyd, Box 681, Weatherford, TX 76086 Copyright 1977 L. M. Boyd See ‘ r travel I W * ■ ■r? V © ik.th rm us w 0" / “Sorry, sir, but our Summer Wine Tour of France is fully booked!” Today By The Associated Press Today is Friday, June 17, the 168th day of 1977. There are 197 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On this date in 1775, the Rev olutionary War Battle of Bunker Hill was fought. The British attacked Americans manning positions across the Charles River from Boston. Twice the British were repulsed, but the outnumbered defenders finally retreated. On this date: In 1579, Sir Francis Drake landed on the California coast. In 1703, the founder of Meth odism, John Wesley, was bom in England. In 1940, France asked Germa ny for peace terms in World War 11. In 1943, Allied bombers pounded the Italian city of Naples and the island of Sicily in World War 11. In 1967, Communist China an nounced it had exploded its first hydrogen bomb. In 1974, President Richard M. Nixon, visiting Israel, promised the Israelis the same type of nuclear aid that would be fur nished to Egypt. Ten years ago: Soviet Pre mier Alexey Kosygin attended the opening ceremony of an emergency session of the United Nations General Assem bly and heard an appeal by U.S. Ambassador Arthur Goldberg for joint efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. Five years ago: The downfall of the Nixon Administration be gan with the discovery of the Watergate break-in in Washing ton. Q&A 1. The correct name for the painting known as “Whistler’s Mother’’ is (a) "Portrait of Mother” (b) ‘‘American Gothic" (c) “Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1: The Artist’s Mother” 2. The Japura River flows into (a) the Sea of Japan (b) Amazon River (c) Gulf of Alaska 3. The zipper was invented by (a) Ziepper (b) da Vinci (c) Judson ANSWERS: O) £ <q) Z (o) I Thoughts The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are fol ly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. — I Cor. 2:14 Subscriptions O- < V7T'' 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. © Griffin Daily News Friday, June 17, 1977 Page 4 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 Griffin: vacation city With the announcement of local textile mills’ vacation schedules, we experienced a nostalgic tingle. Traditionally textile people work their final shift July 1 and then as if by the wave of a magic wand, Griffin is transformed to a city of vacationers with literally thousands enjoying themselves shopping, sporting and trips out of town. The scene has changed some over the years. In the early days the number of vacationing textile employes leaving town How to make good Gordon Junior College awarded degrees to 118 candidates for graduation at ceremonies which marked the end of another successful term. They and their relatives and friends heard a fine commencement address by George Hightower of Thomaston who is President of Thomaston Mills and also president of the Gordon College Founda tion. A successful and enthusiastic man himself, he offered some appropriate suggestions which we pass along herewith. Success, he said, is not reached by a Just about everyone encounters situations from time to time when it is “bad if you do and bad if you don’t”. Public officials probably run into them more often than just plain folks. The Honorable Commissioners of the City of Griffin encountered one when they set aside SIO,OOO to give to organizations and groups devoted to good works. First, they were fussed at for ear marking public money for contributions when public needs including higher salary increases for city employes are so ‘Not really welcome’ DEAR DR. GRAHAM: My husband and I are new believers. We don’t have much money, but we have been attending a church near us and have been growing in Christ. However, we have recently gotten the impression that we are not really welcome at this church because we are not as well-dressed as most of the members.- Mrs. V. G. DEAR MRS. G.: People originally wore their best clothes to worship because they wanted to give their best to God, and show respect for Him. However, whenever people become concerned about im pressing others in the church with their clothes, or when they look down on someone who cannot afford fine clothes, then they are guilty of pride and judging BiUy Graham Fairness to all Fussed at My Answer open to every subscriber. Letters to the editor are published every Wednesday. Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224. was small. Most stayed here and enjoyed Independence Day together. Later, out-of-town vacations became the vogue. Now with gasoline prices soaring more are staying at home. That’s where the nostalgia comes in. It’s like old times with picnics in the park and a real holiday spirit. We have all of this to look forward to in the best traditions of the Fourth of July. Happy vacation! single bound; it is a continuing process. One should set goals and strive to reach them. Three attributes compose his for mula for success: 1. a positive attitude, 2. enthusiasm, 3. faith in God, in America, in your fellow man, and in yourself. The graduates have heard many lec tures and speeches during their school days, but we doubt if any better ones have fallen upon their ears. We wish all of them success and hap piness as they embark upon future en deavors, and we congratulate them with much pleasure. pressing. Then supplicants fussed at them for not providing more than SIO,OOO aside for the espoused causes. With this in mind it might be in order for City Manager Roy Inman to set “the uniform of the day” for commission meetings. If he does, we suggest thick hides, flit guns, and mosquito netting about commissioners’ heads. P.S. What is to become of Community Chest and funds like that? according to outward appearances. This is wrong. The Bible says, “My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favoritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes...have you not discrimination among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?” (James 2:1-4, New International Version). I suggest you talk candidly with your pastor about this. Thank him for the spiritual help you have received from the church, but be honest about your concern. If you still feel your fellowship there is being hindered, you may want to pray about finding another Church that will help you gorw spiritually, and in which you can have a ministry. Remember that “the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart” (I Samuel 16:7). Don’t be overly concerned about what others think but be concerned with what God’s will is for your life. The capture' of Earl Ray Tennessee law enforcement agents did the citizens of the United States a tremendous service this week when they captured James Earl Ray alive. No. 1. He is a confessed killer and shouldn’t be running free. No. 2. His capture spared us of the ordeal of having to listen to, and read, any more of the “conspiracy” charges that accompanied his flight from Brushy Mountain State Prison. Echoes of the announcement of Ray’s escape hadn’t died before some people were yelling, “conspiracy.” Some suggested Ray was allowed to escape so he could be killed to keep him from testifying concerning the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Another theorized Ray probably didn’t escape but was abducted. The suggestions Ray was set up to be killed or that he was abducted were put to rest when he was taken alive in the mountains of East Tennessee. There have been preliminary investigations into the “conspiracy” claims. Nothing was uncovered that hinted of a conspiracy. Ray’s escape shouldn’t have come as such a shock. He has done it before. James Earl Ray was a wanted man when Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis in April of 1968. He escaped from his cell at Brushy Mountain State Prison in 1971 but was recaptured 15 minutes later. Ray attempted an escape from a work detail in 1972 and was sentenced to 30 days in a disciplinary cell for the try. The assassin has tried to repudiate his confession but an appeals court has ruled against him. Now that Ray is back in custody, the House Assassination subcommittee should move swiftly with its investigation into the slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee investigators have questioned Ray 5 times. The committee chairman hasn’t reveal anything he said. Ray’s attorney has been quoted as saying Ray revealed nothing earth shaking. The escape artist should be placed under tight security until the committee completes its investigation and the findings made public. Quote/Unquote — Ballet star Rudolph Nureyev, on seeing the rushes of “Valentino,” his first ven ture as a screen actor. "If we were a growth stock, we would, perhaps, not be a spectacular investment, but we would surely be in the blue chip’ category on the basis of the steadiness of our growth, and all this without any significant plant expan sion!’’ —Chief Justice Warren Burger of the Supreme Court on the increasing number of cases handled by the court each year. ‘‘My daughter said she didn’t want me to take the job 47 Morose 49 Performed anew 51 In seclusion 53 Anil 57 Mediterranean sailing vessel 58 Tantalized 59 Oak 60 Long ago DOWN 1 Command to a horse 2 Religious sister 3 One (Sp.) 4 Underwater ships 5 Girl (si.) 6 Deprive of sensation 7 Old-womanish 8 Merchandise 10 Show appreciation 11 Mixed (pref.) 12 Legislative body 15 Inspire 17 Tale ACROSS 1 Antelopes 5 Bite 9 Sexless person 12 Steam bath 13 Empower 14 New York State city 16 Lucifer 18 Sounded horn 19 Flying saucer (abbr.) 22 Punishing 24 Noun suffix 25 President of Yugoslavia 27 Resurface 29 False name 31 Percussion in strument 35 Jeered 37 Graphic 38 South Pacific island group 40 Ancient writing 41 Egypt (abbr.) 44 Arise (2 wds.) 46 Intermediate (prefix) 7” 2” 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |ll ?3 14 15 7e 77" ■BTT" 77" “ TTTMIT - 2^|®24 - 25 29 35 36 38~ S^IHpO - TFpFTTriBJu Tslßpe - 47” 50 5I 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 17 (NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN) DAILY Quimby Melton, Jr., Editor and Publisher Cary Reeves General Manager M*<s a> M (SrtunptM OiMt* •> IS7S) k 1.0. 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