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© 1977 by NEA Inc
"Jimmy Carter has a lot of nerve talking about
‘human rights'. Look what THEIR system did to
Elvis Presley!"
All those titles
start with a ‘P’
Why is it so many words used to denote persons in
authority, leaders, rulers, so on, begin with the letter
“P”? Consider these: President, Pope, prince, premier,
prime minister, principal, pharaoh, parliamentarian,
parson, priest, patriarch, pastor, pasha, parent, primate,
potentate, prefect, pilot and prelate.
It’s not true to say the problems of today’s youth are
identical to those of previous generations, as so often is
claimed. For instance, what about the University of Utah
coed who lost her contact lens in her boyfriend’s beard?
That sort of thing didn’t happen when I was a lad.
KNESSET
Q. “What’s the ‘Knesset’ in Israel?”
A. The law-making body. What we call our Congress,
what the British call their Parliament.
Q. “When Prince Charles assumes the British Throne,
who’ll inherit the title of Prince of Wales?”
A. Nobody. It’s always conferred by the Crown.
Already mentioned that the lateral lines on the sides of
fish are regarded as a sixth sense. Client wants to know if
there's a seventh sense on any sort of animal. Believe so.
The pit viper senses infrared which is invisible to mam
mals. By use of the pits behind its eyes, it can locate its
prey even when blinded. Or so says a medical authority.
LOVE AND WAR
Goethe said, “Girls we love for what they are; young
men for what they promise to be." You frequently hear a
boy referred to as “a promising young man." But nobody
says, “she’s a promising young girl.” In a similar vein,
some men are described as “self-made,” but no women
are.
L. M. Boyd, P. O. Box 681, Weatherford, Tx. 76086
Copyright 1977 L. M. Boyd
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By The Associated Press
Today is Thursday, Aug. 11,
the 223rd day of 1977. There are
142 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1954, a formal
peace announcement in In
dochina ended more than seven
years of fighting between the
French and the Communist
Vietnamese.
On this date:
In 1857, the first Atlantic
cable broke after 335 miles had
been laid, and work was halted
until the next year.
In 1900, Victor Emmanuel be
came King of Italy.
In 1928, Herbert Hoover ac
cepted the Republican nomi
nation for president.
In 1935, Nazi storm troopers
staged mass demonstrations
against Jews in Germany.
In 1945, as the Pacific war
was nearing an end, the Allies
informed Japan that a Japanese
surrender offer was acceptable.
In 1965, rioting and looting
broke out in the predominently
black Watts section of Los An
geles.
Ten years ago: The Soviet
Union informed the United
States that it would agree to a
treaty to try to limit the spread
of nuclear weapons, and an
American delegation hurried to
Geneva to wrap up details.
Five years ago: North Viet
namese and Viet Cong forces
shelled and carried out sniper
attacks on three approaches to
South Vietnam’s capital of Sai
gon.
One year ago: Seventeen
blacks were killed and 50 in
jured in racial disturbances on
the outskirts of Cape Town,
South Africa.
Barbs
Cities that don't want to be
joked about on TV shouldn't
elect clowns to municipal of
fice.
Counting one’s blessings
takes less and less arithmetic
as time goes on.
The trouble with most
promising politicians is just
that.
At the price of books today,
who can afford speed reading?
Pioneering, '77: Having the
"on" switch go phtt on the air
conditioner during a hot spell.
Thoughts
I came not to call the
righteous, but sinners to
repentance. (Luke 5:32).
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—Griffin Daily News Thursday, August 11, 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
Only in the U.S.A.
Taxes seem to stay in the news locally as
well as nationally.
Here in Griffin, voters who live inside
the city limits will go to the polls on Sept.
27 and decide whether or not to put a local
option penny on top of the present almost
ail-inclusive three cents statewide sales
tax. The additional cent would go to the
city.
Then in November at the same time as
the General Election, voters throughout
Spalding County including those outside
the city limits as well as those who live
Industrial authority
Chairman Jim Goolsby of the city’s
industrial committee has told the public
that if Griffin is to succeed in attracting
industry it must have a legal industrial
authority.
Setting us straight
Thank you, Postmaster James Chappell
for telling everybody why the stamp
machine often is jammed on weekends.
We had complained about this
editorially and he told us why it happens.
Some lunks put slugs and other things in it
trying to cheat Uncle Sam, but they suc
ceed only in cheating honest nieces and
nephews who make a trip, try to buy a
stamp and can not get one. The culprits
Scampering along
My how the summer is scampering
along.
Already Griffin stores are featuring'
back-to-school items, the football team is
Praying for guidance
Dear Dr. Graham: I watched part of
your last television crusade while I was at
work as a technical director for a
television station. I have believed in Jesus
for some time, but lately I’ve been praying
especially for guidance. How will ! know if
I’m really receiving it? — G. D. S.
Dear G. D. S.: Thank God for the clear
cut promise of His divine help. For
example, read Psalms 25:8,9 (Revised
Standard Version): “Good and upright is
the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in
Billy !
Graham
Fairness to all
open to every subscriber. Letters to the
editor are published every Wednesday.
Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224.
inside will decide whether or not to tax
property additional money to pay for a
school bond issue.
Results of both elections remain to be
seen. The points as we see them at this
particular time are: first, sufficient
numbers must take the trouble to go to the
polls if the decision is to be truly
representative of the desires of the people.
And second, we know of no place but
America where people individually and
collectively have the opportunity to decide
such things. May it ever be so.
He has done his job in pointing this out
and we hope the County of Spalding will
join with the City of Griffin in establishing
one.
probably are the same types who damage
and destroy mail boxes around the county.
What we would like to see is some of
those old-fashioned hard-nosed Postal
Inspectors who caught vandals and put the
fear of the Stars and Stripes into them.
Mail boxes and stamp machines were
respected then even by punks.
In the meantime, we appreciate our
Postmaster setting us straight.
working out, and teachers, administrators
and staff are getting ready to start another
year. First day of classes is scheduled for
Monday, Aug. 29 which is not far around
the comer, is it?
My Answer
the way .. . and teaches the humble his
way.” And from Isaiah 30:21 (Living
Bible): “If you leave God’s paths and go
astray, you will hear a Voice behind you
say, ‘No, this is the way; walk here.’ ”
I believe the verification for whether
guidance is truly of God is found in the
sources for that guidance. If direction is
bom of studying the Bible, of time spent in
prayer, of consultation with Christian
friends, and of the inner persuasion of the
Holy Spirit, you’re on the wavelength of
divine help. If, in addition, circumstances
confirm your conviction, you can
generally proceed with assurance.
Consider this statement from the church
father Augustine Hippo: “When I
vacillated about my decision to serve the
Lord my God, it was I who willed, and I
willed not. . . All you asked was that I
cease to want what I willed — and begin to
want what you willed.”
Tom Simonton
and the big one
By BILL KNIGHT
Executive Editor
Ernest Hemingway once defined courage as grace
under pressure.
Well courage, in that context, is certainly one of the
character traits of Tom Simonton.
The Griffin native who is a successful football coach,
has just published his third book on how to win the game.
And a winner he is.
Now head football coach at Dublin, Ga., he went there so
his three sons could have room to grow up and not be
caged in with sidewalks and tall buildings. Before going to
the South Georgia town, Simonton was at Russell High
School in East Point. That school had been on a long losing
streak in football for many years.
But Simonton went there and turned things around. He
put them back in the win column again.
Before that Simonton had coached at Thomaston where
Jim Cavan was the head man. He was at Newnan, Man
chester and Walter George in Atlanta as a coach before
that.
Simonton went to the University of Georgia on a track
scholarship under Spec Towns.
He was an outstanding track man at Griffin High,
especially in the short sprint events.
The Griffin native is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
Simonton of Griffin and brother of Dewitt Simonton, well
known Griffinite.
Simonton met and married Lynn Smith of Charlotte
while he was at Newnan. She was a teacher there. Now
they have three sons, Mike, a seventh-grader, David, a
fourth grader, and Steve who is a pre-schooler.
Simonton figured in a game that had to go down as a
classic in Georgia High School annals.
It was in 1953 in Thomaston.
The background was something like this:
Griffin and Spalding County School Systems were
merged after voters of the community decided the matter.
That meant putting together two high schools with long
winning football traditions.
Kimsey Stewart of Spalding was named football coach.
Jim Cavan at Griffin High went to Thomaston.
Late that summer, Coach Stewart took the two teams to
football camp at Pine Mountain. There he began putting
together into one unit, boys who had been fierce cross
town rivals the year before.
It was a challenge for Stewart. Both teams had plenty of
veteran talent and many thought the combination might
be an unbeatable one.
Charlie Waller of Griffin who went to Decatur High to be
a successful coach and later was head coach of the pro San
Diego Chargers, showed up one day at camp.
He watched as Coach Stewart ran his charges through
their paces.
“I’ve never seen that much football talent one high
school team anywhere,” Waller commented.
Griffin finished camp and came home to open the
season.
The squad went to Thomaston that warm Friday night
with thousands of Griffinites expecting an easy victory.
But Coach Cavan had some other ideas.
He put together a scrawny lot and made a football team
of them. They fought the rugged Griffin team throughout
the game and appeared to be on the way to an upset vic
tory.
When rain fell in the fourth period many Griffin
followers made their way to their cars and headed home,
they thought in defeat.
Thomaston was leading by a touchdown and appeared
to have the situation well in hand.
But Griffin got one last chance. The Eagles, as they
were known then, worked the ball down near the
Thomaston goal with time running out and the rain falling
heavier.
There was time for just one more play.
This final play was to be the whole game wrapped up in
one.
Charlie Byars brought the Griffin team up to the line of
scrimmage. He looked at the Thomaston goal just a few
yards away. He looked at the scoreboard which showed
just enough time for the one play.
Byars took the snap from center. There was grinding,
crunching and groaning as the big linemen clashed one
final time.
Byars dropped into the pocket to look for a receiver.
He spotted Tom Simonton out of the comer of his right
eye.
Simonton was right where he was supposed to be, in the
comer of the end zone.
Byars let go.
Tom gathered the wet, slippery football into his arms
without a flinch. Griffin had a 19-18 victory.
Simonton had demonstrated what Hemingway meant
by grace under pressure.
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