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Berry’s World I—l i— fcjM j— J (ffidSE/ I 9 1 ra / © 1977 by NEA. Inc * "Ws decided to rough it this summer, so we brought the BLACK AND WHITE TV! What’s distinctive in this sentence? ByL. M.BOYD Our Language man requests you figure out what’s distinctive about this sentence: “At best, Carl denies ever feeling guilt; he is just keeping letters my niece ordered published quite recently; such tactics undermine values while 'xtinguishing youthful zeal.” All right, you’ve got it: The words are in alphabetical order. No end to the number of words that begin and end with the same 2 letters, but how many words that begin and end with the same three letters occur to you? Start with un derground and ionization. When you send freight by car, it’s called a shipment, but when you send it by ship, it’s called cargo. Why this odd difference? Quick, rearrange “priest” to form five new words! Nothing to it! Stripe. Sprite, Tripes, Esprite, Ripest. GOLD AND BOWLING Q. “Which is the more likely, statistically—the making of a hole-in-one in golf or the rolling of 12 consecutive strikes in bowling?” A. The hole-in-one is far more likely. Odds against it, about 30,000 to one. Odds against a perfect bowling game, about 290,000 to one. Q. “Is there any sizable group of Christians in Egypt?” A. Surely. The Copts, descendents of the ancient Egyptians. About 1,500,000 of them. They’ve been Christians since about A. D. 100. Q. “What’s the highest active volcano in the world?” A. Cotopaxi in Ecuador. At 19,600 feet. Pretty little thing. Almost a perfect show ringed cone. Q. “Do whales get barnacles?” A. Some do. Doesn’t hurt them. Except to slow them down a little. ’ SOLAR ENERGY An electric kitchen with a large line of cooking ap pliances was put on display at the World Columbia ] Exposition at Chicago in 1893. But it took another half century for the electric kitchen to get more than a toehold. Room air conditioners went on the market in 1932. But it wasn’t until after World War II that they became popular. And the time gap between early TV and its eventual boom was just about the same as the gap between early CB radio and its eventual boom, approximately 20 years. Do you suppose it’ll take 20 years to put solar energy into most homes hereabouts? Imagine so. An authority on color contends the most powerful combination a girl can wear to attract the eyes of men is red with orange. Don’t forget, alligators can close their ears tightly just as camels can close their noses tightly. L. M. Boyd, Box 681, Weatherford, TX 76086 Copyright 1977 L. M. Boyd / f 7 \ I t L I . . | UK -Eri Hl ▼ ? 11 11 \ /1 \ \ J t n B _l ® ( C uzzihNtA tm ihi us r al on “It's the latest rage ... it repels insects and attracts boys!” GRIFFIN Quimby Melton, Jr., Editor and Publisher Cary Reeves General Manager M*m <■ and (Satecnrhaai Ou* a *Mna ftn> »W») to ro. Draw to. »H ttoatoar to Ito tomuM fraaa Tto tonnail haa • aatiM ndatwh to Hm mate tow nftol a to tocto aam r*liiai« tonal Bill Knight Executive Editor ****** **■ ht * S“*to. «•!.**< nutoifMto » Omltoto. a MJ CM Satoaw Stiaat. Cnffia, Ca. 3l»n. b, lam tatonbaa. Sacaad Qaa> ’nt* rad a Soda. Sa., Satoto Can » Caato. Today By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Aug. 18, the 230th day of 1977. There are 135 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On this date in 1587, Virginia Dare was bom at Roanoke Island, N.C. She was the first child bom in America of Eng lish parents. On this date: In 1708, British forces cap tured the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. In 1870, Western Australia was granted representative government. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed American neutrality in World War I. In 1963, James Meredith be came the first Black to be graduated from the University of Mississippi. In 1970, the socialist Black teacher, Angela Davis, was placed on the FBI list of 10 most-wanted fugitives. In 1974, representatives of 130 nations met at the World Popu lation Conference in Bucharest, Romania. Ten years ago: Pope Paul VI issued sweeping orders reorga nizing the administrative body of the Catholic Church, the Ro man Curia. Five years ago: The U.S. Senate approved partial con version of the United States to the metric system. One year ago: President Ger ald Ford won the presidential nomination on the first ballot at the Republican National Con vention in Kansas City. Q&A 1. Japan's national flag is a red sun on a white field. Which nation’s flag depicts a red sun on a green field? 2. There are more Jews living in New York City than in Jerusalem. True-False. 3. There are less calories in brown sugar than in granulated white sugar. True- False. ANSWERS dno jad saijo[eo OZZ ‘Je3ns pa;e[nuejß :dna jad saijo]eo o? 8 ‘Je3ns umojq lasjej £ oog'tyK 'luaiesruap : 000‘8ZZ‘I ‘X)!3 ifjOA Mahj :anjj, g qsspqSueg j Thoughts For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. (John 12:8). Subscriptions c U t A ' 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 •—Griffin Daily News Thursday, August 18, 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 This summer has been hot in several respects. Temperatures have soared above the norm of usual summers and local bodies of government, not to be out done by Mother Nature, have heated up and let off some steam of their own. Some folks would say the hot tem peratures and temperaments are the result of this past winter when tern- Extension Service forestry and wildlife specialists say no group of wildlife in Georgia is as misunderstood, mistreated and feared as snakes. They say the reasons are varied. The Garden of Eden story accounts for part of it. Some folks fear snakes because they can’t distinguish the few poisonous ones from the many that are harmless. But the most likely reason, according to the experts, is that “we know Monthly report Here is your monthly report on press agent mail sent to us by various federal boards, offices, bureaus and commissions unwanted, unasked, and unused at your and our taxpayer expense: Your final destination DEAR DR. GRAHAM: Life seems so hard sometimes that I really yearn to go to heaven. Why doesn’t God just take us to heaven after we become believers?-Y. C. L. DEAR Y. C. L.: God’s greatest promise to Christians is that some day all the trials and temptations of this life will be over, and we will go to be with God throughout all eternity. “In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil, or fade-kept in heaven for fl 1 ! Fairness to all Hot stuff An apology Anybody can make a mistake. All of us do. But it takes a pretty big person to acknowledge one then apologize for it. That is just what City Manager Roy Inman did publicly this week after saying earlier that merchants had not paid up for offstreet parking. Upon request he checked further back, found the bill had been paid and said so personally at a public meeting. Lesser men would have announced the correction through somebody else. Already held in high esteem, his forth right action added inches to his stature. Snakes Received this period, 82, pieces of mail, last period 72. Leader this time as always: U. S. Department of Agriculture, 26 of the 82. My Answer open to every subscriber. Letters to the editor are published every Wednesday. Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224. peratures were way down and tem peraments were wanned only at the side of a roaring fire. Whatever the case, as they usually do at this time each year, many people are longing for cooler temperatures. We confidently speculate that at least as many are longing for cooler temperaments. so little about snakes that our ignorance gives rise to fear.” As for us, neither personally nor editorially do we blaze with desire to get so closely acquainted with snakes that we can tell the poisonous from the harmless. In our judgment, the best thing to do about them is leave them alone and hope they will do likewise. you” (Peter 1:3-4, New • International Version.) What a wonderful promise! It is natural that you want to go to heaven, for you know heaven is your final destination, and “so shall we ever be with the Lord” (I Thessalonians 4:17). This was Paul’s desire too, as he says in Philippians 1:22-23: “I should find it very hard to make a choice. I am tom in two directions-on the one hand I long to leave this world and live with Christ, and that is obviously the best thing for me” (Phillips Translation). But Paul also knew that God had a purpose in keeping him on this earth, and we should have the same conviction. God wanted to use Paul in the lives of other people, to help them grow in Christ. (See Philippians 1:24-26). You see, you came to Christ because other people told you about Him, and you never would have heard about Christ if there had been no Christians around to tell you. Pray that God will help you see the opportunities He has for you and seek to be used of Him during your time on earth. Francina has youth’s secret By BILL KNIGHT Executive Editor Legend has it that Ponce de Leon came to the new world and, among other things, looked for the Fountain of Youth. There’s a place near St. Augustine, Fla., that attracts tourists because it’s supposed to be where the Spanish explorer thought he had found the secret of staying young. Francina Kennedy of Griffin has never been there. She doesn’t need to go. The gray haired lady stays young by being around young people. She’s been that way ever since we first met her. In 1964, she came to Griffin as a professional Girl Scout leader for the Pine Valley Council. She worked at the job with the vigor of a person just beginning a new career. But she wasn’t. She was just coming from the dean’s staff of Converse College in South Carolina. In that capacity, she set a fast pace for the students around her and led many of them each year on trips to Europe. One of her stops always was in Austria where she and her students visited the salt mines. Mrs. Kennedy donned a leather suit with the rest and slid down into the mines with her young charges. It never frightened her to plunge into the deep darkness. Many of her students would scream in horror as they slid down. Mrs. Kennedy recalls one trip into the mines. The girl holding her shoulder as they slid down was so frightened she bit into Mrs. Kennedy’s arm. She retired from professional Girl Scout work in 1969 but didn’t really retire. “I’m busier now than ever,” she confided. Soon after retirement, she was off on a skiing trip to the North Carolina mountains. She tried her hand at the winter sport and came home with her broken leg in a cast. Bom in Sparta, Ga., the youngest of 9 children, Mrs. Kennedy always has had a spirit of adventure. As the daughter of a Methodist minister, the Rev. Ellison Richards Cook, she moved around the state quite a bit. One move sent the Cook family to Zebulon years ago where her father was pastor of the church there. (Her grandfather, the Rev. William Francis Cook, was pastor of the Griffin First Methodist Church many years ago.) Mrs. Kennedy calls West Point, Ga., home because that’s where she spent her high school days. She graduated from old GSCW at Milledgeville, taught school 3 years, then got married. She and her husband, Willoughby T. Kennedy of Knoxville, lived in Greenville, S. C., 17 years where they reared a son and daughter. Mr. Kennedy since has died and both the Kennedy children are married with families of their own. Mrs. Kennedy admits she was something of a tom boy with her husband. She went hunting and fishing with him and played golf. She’s never known anything but an active life with young people so it’s not surprising she helped organize a Sunday School class for college age students at the beginning of this summer. “I was a little hesitant because I didn’t know if my gray hair would matter to them,” Mrs. Kennedy confided. It didn’t. Her students loved her instantly. “I got good vibes,” she chuckled. “I believe in young people.” . “I’ll bet on them.” And she wasn’t reaching for a dipper of water from the Fountain of Youth when she said it. She didn’t need it. 53 Oil 57 Skin problem 58 Painfulness 61 Experienced persons (abbr.) 62 Flying saucers (abbr.) 63 Shade tree 64 Do newspaper work 65 Newts 66 Aviation agency (abbr.) 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