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—r — © 1977 byNEA Z' "Take this clear and simple memo of mine and convert it into legalese, so it will sound official!" Patron saints of cooks, gardeners ByL. M. BOYD Proof of the claim that women make the best gardeners, please note, does not lie in the fact that the patron saint of gardeners in St. Dorothy. Nor are men necessarily the best cooks just because the patron saint of cooks is St. Lawrence. Question arises as to whether a fish can drown. Cer tainly can. It has to be able to close its mouth so its gills can get oxygen from the water. Hook it in such a manner so that its mouth is held open above the surface, even though only slightly, and it will drown. In London’s Whipsnade Zoo, a 15-year-old two-ton rhinoceros named Mulunda died of a heart attack shortly before a 5-year-old two-ton rhinoceros named Myrtle died from spinal injuries, autopsies revealed. Zoomen there said the beasts didn’t exercise appropriate caution in their attempt to multiply. RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Q. “What’s the averag annual mileage of the typical recreational vehicle?” A. About 3,300 miles. Seasoned Citizens will tell you there was no such thing as retirement in this country until about 45 years ago. At least, as a national policy. And worldwide, retirement didn’t become a general way of life for the elderly until 95 years ago in Germany. This comes up because a youthful customer asks what was the standard retirement age 100 years ago. Wasn’t any. You worked until you could figure out how not to have to. 808 AND RAY There’s a reason why that comedy pair call themselves Bob and Ray instead of Ray and Bob. One of their first radio programs was a pregame show to lead into the broadcast in Boston of the Braves and Red Sox baseball outings. It was called “Matinee with Bob and Ray." The station manager wanted the title to rhyme. Do you recall that mathematics professor who retired to a seashore hideaway which he named “After-Math”? He was the fellow who said: “It’s impossible to teach a boy mathematics, if there’s a pretty girl in his class. And the boy who’s the exception wouldn’t be worth teaching." Losers of presidential elections like to remember that the first to do likewise was none other than Thomas Jef ferson. John Adams beat him. George Washington, as all know, was unopposed. Nobody yet seems to have explained satisfactorily just why contributions to churches tend to rise dramatically during recessions. There was a time—only about 200 years ago, in fact— when dentists treated toothaches by digging red hot knives in the patients’ gums. L. M. Boyd, Box 681, Weatherford, TX 76086 Copyright L. M. Boyd ! ills i W) A~~~ xf|[ sSW > "When the coffee doesn't keep me awake it’s price gives me nightmares!” GRIFFIN Quimby Melton, Jr., Editor and Publisher (ary Reeves Bill Knight General Manager Executive Editor Mns M aud (SMovtw CMaf. a M*ts fem NMtM M). t>«H Smfe,. Im 1, tab «, Mm i W») I. Ml fttam ■. M 22«. MuU *n» taraM CknsMm a 323 (M Ma Strwl Wfe twill, r«a n» tamoiM baa a latilbl ucliuit, ta uh Im S«aM Cta fetal M M Mta. c. uUtM nuts a M taul tan infill tan* Stall CM I* CM -Berry’s World — >sl Today By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Septem ber 29, the 272nd day of 1977. There are 93 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On this date in 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England to claim the throne. On this date: In 1789, the U.S. War Depart ment established a regular army with a strength of 700 men. In 1918, Allied forces in World War I scored a decisive break through of the Hindenberg Line in Germany. In 1923, Britain began to rule ■Palestine under a mandate from the League of Nations. In 1941, in World War 11, the United States and Britain agreed to send war supplies to the Soviet Union to help resist Nazi invaders. In 1944, the Soviets invaded Yugoslavia. In 1963, Pope Paul VI opened the second session of the Roman Catholic Vatican council. Ten years ago: The 106 mem bers of the International Mone tary Fund, meeting in Rio de Janeiro, unanimously approved a major reform of the world monetary system. Five years ago: Nationalist China severed diplomatic rela tions with Japan because of the Japanese recognition of Com munist China. One year ago: Syrian troops in Lebanon drove Palestinian guerrillas out of most of their key mountain positions east of Beirut. Q&A 1. What Florida city’s name means “old town’’ or “deserted fields’’ in the Creek Indian language? 2. The original name of St. Paul, Minn, was Pig’s Eye. True-False 3. Which animal is faster, the zebra or the giraffe? ANSWERS: jnoq jad sapui jg ‘ajjEjtf aqi snsjdA ‘jnoq jad sapm Os )B ‘ejqaz g japps jsjij sp Puejjej „aAa s.Sij,, ajjaij joj ‘anjj, z aassßqßnßi I Thoughts But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways, will receive anything from the Lord. — James 1:6,7. Subscriptions o r ?7T'' 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 Thursday, September 29, 1977 Page 4 The Griffin Daily News’ policy Is to be fair to everyone. The editor’s opinions are confined to this page, and Its columns are Trackless track town The Chamber of Commerce has an nounced that a sure-enough real live motion picture company has selected Griffin to film a movie. The plot will revolve around a high school student who is on the track team and tries to win the state meet. Well, the movie-makers have selected a good place for that since Coach Johnny The sales tax The fairly close defeat of the local option sales tax in Griffin this week sur prised a lot of people. Now Griffin voters and others throughout the state should heed the warning contained in an announcement about public hearings scheduled over Georgia to consider raising the sales tax statewide. Nine of these hearings are Fair time is near More evidence of the speed of time is found in announcement last week of the various events scheduled at the Spalding County Fair which the Griffin Kiwanis Club presents annually. Watching watchdogs Too much red tape in government? The fault, dear fellow citizen, lies not with the public servants but with the public. We accuse the bureaucrats only because we wish to divert attention from the real culprits: Ourselves. Such is the thesis advanced by political scientist Herbert Kaufman in a book being published by the Brooking Institution entitled “Red Tape: Its Origins, Uses and Abuses.” Why is the public at fault? Because every time the government is asked to protect one group of people from another group of people, as in relations between buyers and sellers or between employers and employees, red tape Is Bible God’s Word? DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I have a Sunday school teacher who says that no intelligent man today believes the Bible as the Word of God. Instead, it contains many errors and contradictions. Is he right in this?-I. B. T. DEAR I. B. T.: There are many Bible scholars of recognised standing throughout the world who would not agree with this statement at all. Many of them have devoted their lives to studying the Bible, and they still believe that the Bible is the infallible Word of God. These men are fully aware of the possible problems and alleged contradictions. But they also know that the Bible is God’s Word, and Billy Graham IHM Viewpoint Fairness to all My Answer open to every subscriber. Letters to the editor are published every Wednesday. Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224. Goodrum’s Griffin High track team is State Champion of Georgia. But as everyone knows by now, Griffin High has no track. The magic of the theater will provide one for the screen, but it will take a more prosaic bond issue which we will vote on in November to provide one for real life. planned through October by the tax reform subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee. Our experience indicates that most tax “reformers" just want to take the load off their own backs and put it on somebody else’s. There must be some exceptions to this observation, but we cannot think of any. Can you? People all around look forward to it and enjoy it. Few of us realized how close it is. The dates are Oct. 10-15, and they are just around the comer. Time keeps flying. results. “Much of the great volume of govern mental requirements and prohibitions that we encounter on all sides owes its existence to the government’s endeavors to keep some people from being hurt by other people,” he writes. The public is again to blame because of its distrust of government. “There are watchdogs who watch watchdogs watching watchdogs,” Kaufman notes. The result is more red tape. But by far the greatest generator of red tape, according to Kaufman, is our complex system of taxation. There is a lot to what the man says. they know there are many explanations for the apparent problems. There are many reasons, of course, for believing that the Bible is God’s Word. For example, archaeology has shown in many startling ways the accuracy of many historical details in the Bible. However, for the believer in Jesus Christ I think one of the most compelling reasons is Jesus’ own attitude toward the Bible. Time and time again He quoted the Old Testament, and always identified it with the Word of God. We should follow His example and study the Bible as the Word of God. The Apostle Peter said that “we have not followed cunningly devised fables’* and that “holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” (II Peter 1:16, 21). Remember, if God had not given us His Word, we would have no certain knowledge about Him. It would be a cold and bleak world. But God has spoken to us, and we can know His will through ffls Word. The Bible. Study it, know it, memorize it and obey it. As you do so, the conviction will grow within you that this is indeed God’s Word. Movie makers to borrow house By BILL KNIGHT Executive Editor When the movie makers come to town sometime early next month, they’ll put at least one Griffin family out of their home for a week. Don Segars said he plans to take his family to a motel while the film people use his home on East College street to shoot some scenes. One movie maker told Segars that it would cost at least $200,000 to build a house like his for a movie set. The Eastern Airlines pilot was talking about the up coming experience when a small group of men gathered under a large tree at Rock Eagle last weekend. They were there with hundreds of others to attend a weekend men’s church retreat. There was a break in the schedule and small cluster of men were swapping chit chat as they enjoyed a pleasant late fall afternoon. Segars didn’t know exactly when the film crews would be here to take over his house. It’ll all be announced when the public relations people for the film makers have a press conference to tell the people of Griffin what they can expect to happen when the shooting begins. The movie makers plan to use Griffin as the setting for a film about a track star. Already the word has gone out that people with cars made in the 1950 s and 1960 s to get ready for a call. There’s no telling what else the movie people will need and ask for when they come here. The Segars household will have its family routine in terrupted considerably. Being on the move and adjusting to changes is not new to Don Segars. As one who flies Eastern’s 7275, he’s used to hopping all over the country and hanging his hat in different motel and hotel rooms between flights. Don didn’t exactly set out to be a pilot but likes his work. He was in the Air Force ROTC at Emory University as a student. When he finished his studies there he did a stint with the Air Force. When he got his discharge he continued his flying career. “Everybody was grabbing people getting out of the service and asking ‘Are you a pilot?’,’’ recalls the Griffin man. The commercial airliners were after every experienced pilot they could get. Segars liked what they offered and that’s how he became a professional commercial pilot. Now the movie makers haven’t mentioned needing a pilot for any of their scenes. Their story will center on a young track star who does his flying low to the ground. But should there be a need for a pilot, Don might be open to an offer. It’s going to be interesting to observe movie making first hand — especially for the Segars’. Quote/Unquote “(Nureyev) is one of the most vulnerable and appeal ing persons I've ever met. He has absolutely nothing in his life except his art ’’ —Leslie Caron, in a recent in terview. Epochs Desert region of shifting sand Nine (Fr.) 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The Griffin Daily News welcomes letters from readers and publishes them on the “We’re Listening” page every Wednesday on a first come first serve basis. Rules for letters are published every week on that page. “If you're an old ball player and want to go to football heaven, go to George Allen.” —Jake Scott, former Miami Dolphin, on being 32 years old and going to the Washington Redskins. 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