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A trigger query
starts a fight
ByL.M. BOYD
“Trigger queries” are those questions which have been
known to start family fights. Our Love and War man is
collecting a list of same. From divorce records. They’re
not necessarily critical, insulting or degrading, not in
themselves. It’s what they lead to, however mysteriously.
These are trigger queries: “Pancakes again?” “Isn’t the
game over yet?” “A melon ball cutter? How much?"
“Don’t you want plain gingerale tonight?” And : “Do you
think it’s a little too small?”
Surveys prove a lot of tourists pick motels with swim
ming pools even though they have no intention of going
swimming. They just believe the places with pools will
also be better equipped otherwise.
Quick, name any fruit that comes most swiftly to mind.
If you didn’t say apple, you’re not among the majority so
queried.
SUPERHUMAN
Q. “Has anybody ever really disproved Adolf Hitler’s
theory that selective breeding could produce a super
human being?”
A. In away, it was disproved. Long ago. But not with
humans, because humans don’t breed selectively. On the
contrary. It was disproved with dogs, which have been
selectively bred for centuries, still without ever turning
out a super dog.
Rapid Reply: Figure 55 percent of your grownup weight
is water. Lose less than a fifth of it, you sruvive. Lose
more and you die. Generally, generally.
Q. “How many teeth has a horse?”
A. 40.
CHESS
The 20,000 books about chess exceed in number the
books about all other games put together, I’m told. One of
these chess books cites studies to prove that a good
memory is not the most significant faculty a top chess
player can possess, not at all. Imagination is, according to
this authority. The most remarkable chess performances,
it’s said, are not executed, the way a pianist renders a
tune, but are created, the way a composer dreams up
such.
The Downtown Jaycees in a certain city not to be named
here sponsored a new chapter in the nearby penitentiary,
brought its eager members along with large en
couragement, and at year’s end named from that group a
“Jaycee of the Year,” an award to recognize imagination,
enterprise and ambition. The honoree failed to make it to
the podium when his name was called, however. He’d
gone out a window. What ensued was a argument between
those who even moreso then wanted to give him the plaque
in absentia and those who didn’t. How would you vote?
L. M. Boyd, Box 681, Weatherford, TX 76086
Copyright 1977 L. M. Boyd
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Today
By The Associated Press
Today is Thursday, Oct. 6, the
279th day of 1977. There are 86
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1683, the first
German settlers in America ar
rived in Philadelphia.
On this date:
In 1848, Austria declared war
against Hungary.
In 1890, a Mormon Church
conference in Salt Lake City,
Utah, abolished polygamy.
In 1911, Italian marines occu
pied Tripoli.
In 1927, the era of talking pic
tures began with opening of
“The Jazz Singer” starring Al
Jolson.
In 1937, the League of Nations
condemned Japanese ag
gression in China.
In 1975, China established
diplomatic relations with Bang
ladesh, four years after the
Bangladesh war of independ
ence from Pakistan.
Ten years ago: A noted Soviet
nuclear scientist, Dr. Boris
Dotsenko, defected and sought
asylum in Canada.
Five years ago: The death toll
was put at more than 200 in the
derailment of a train near
Saltillo, Mexico.
One year ago: A coup in
Thailand resulted in a military
takeover.
Q&A
1. The capital city of Califor
nia is (a) San Diego (b) San
Francisco (c) Sacramento
2. “Remember the Maine!”
was the battle cry of which
U.S. war? (a) World War I (b)
Spanish-American War (c)
War of 1812
3. The filibuster record in
Congress is held by (a) Sen.
Joseph McCarthy (b) Sen.
Strom Thurmond (c) Sen.
Everett Dirksen
ANSWERS
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Thoughts
“You are indeed wiser than
Daniel; no secret is hidden
from you; by your wisdom
and your understanding you
have gotten wealth for
yourself, and have gathered
gold and silver into your
treasuries”; — Ezekiel 28:3,4.
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k—Griffin Daily News Thursday, October 6, 1977
Viewpoint
Fairness to all
The Griffin Dally News’ policy is to be fair
to everyone. The editor’s opinions are
confined to this page, and its columns are
Changing Spalding
Spalding County Commissioners ap
parently are recognizing the changing face
of their domain from strictly rural to
mostly urban.
Latest step to serve it was appointment
this week of Floyd Wilkerson as public
works director, promoting him from
warden which included the job of road
work. Assistant Warden Bobby York
moved up to warden.
As warden and road boss Mr. Wilkerson
has done a fine job and over the years has
supervised the growth and improvement
of the road net. At this week’s County
Commission meeting, for example, he
reported that 26.9 miles of paving under a
state contract have been completed. It was
long before his time, but Spalding was the
first county in Georgia to have a paved
road running all the way across it from
county line to county line. Tourists fleeing
the frozen north for the sunny climes of
Florida cheered when they reached
Spalding which was a modem spot in an
This burns us up
Already there was so much opposition in
the U.S.A. to the new Panama Canal
treaties — there are two of them — that
approval by the Senate was problematical.
Then those students in Panama burned
the U. S. Ambassador’s automobile! It was
empty and nobody was hurt, but they
pelted it with rocks then set it on fire.
The ensuing conflagration set off some
God gives us families
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I just can’t un
derstand what Is wrong in my family. It
seems like all we do Is argue. I am a
teenager, and my brother and I are the
only ones who go to church. We get along
well.-S. H.
DEAR S. H.: The Bible teaches that the
family is not merely a unit of convenience.
It is a gift from God, and yet, like so many
of God’s gifts, it sometimes becomes a
source a grief and unhappiness.
When does a family begin to fall apart?
It begins when various members of the
family insist on their own selfish ways.
That is when arguing and bickering start.
BiUy
Graham
O-o-p-s,
our fumble!
An editorial in this space saluting Griffin
Bears correctly added up their scores at
this halfway point in the season and
correctly compared them to their op
ponents. The impressive correct total was
stated to be Griffin 63 against Opponents
16. The incorrect headline was even more
impressive, “Bears 67 to 17”.
We are dead sorry about that fumble,
but every cloud has a silver lining and ours
is that the coach can’t make us practice on
Saturday morning.
My Answer
open to every subscriber. Letters to the
editor are published every Wednesday.
Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224.
otherwise often muddy and rutted state.
Times keep changing and it is good that
the County Commissioners have sense
enough to change with them.
A footnote to the above: Years ago when
your editor was in politics he and his friend
David Peeples visited the Spalding County
Work Camp (now elevated to “Correction
al Institution”). It is located across the road
from the Griffin Elks Club. The day was a
marvelous one with bright sunshine, a
strong enough breeze to whip the Stars and
Stripes at the Elks Club out from its staff
and snap it in the air. The Elks’ grass was
green and freshly mown. Flowers
bloomed. Looking through the somber
bars toward the club we remarked, “What
a pretty sight! ” To this Warden Wilkerson
responded, “Yes, we have a better view
than they have.” Now that is what we call
positive thinking.
heat in the United States as weU as there.
The Government of Panama has
apologized. In addition it ought to pay cash
for the car and catch and punish the
culprits. This was a destruction of
property and a criminal act which scarce
can be chalked up against youthful
exuberance.
Love is lost, and each person is only
concerned about himself.
If you know Jesus Christ as your Lord
and Saviour, you are beginning to un
derstand how Christ can heal human
relationships. You are also beginning to
understand that when God is neglected,
chaos results. Let me suggest first that you
pray for the other members of your
family. Pray that they will see their own
need of Christ and His love. Pray that they
will come to know Him as Lord and
Saviour. Pray for a specific way to witness
to them.
In addition, be sure that your own
example is helpful. Do not allow yourself
to be drawn into the family arguments, but
instead respond in love and kindness,
“live in harmony with one another; be
sympathetic, love as brothers, be com
passinate and humble. Do not repay evil
with evil or insult with insult, but with
blessing, because to this you were called so
that you may inherit a blessing” (I Peter
3:8,9 New International Version).
Gene shagged
flies for Luke
By BILL KNIGHT
Executive Editor
With the major league playoffs in full swing and the
World Series just around the comer, Gene McConnell’s
lifelong romance with baseball is new all over again
It began when he was an elementary student in Fulton
County in the mid 19205. He worked at old Ponce de Leon
ball park across from Sears as a Coke boy.
McConnell watched the great ones such as Babe Ruth,
Ty Cobb and Leo Durocher play there in exhibitions with
the Crackers. He kept one eye on the field while he popped
caps off the cold soft drinks.
The games were played in the afternoons then because
lighted playing fields had not made their way to the sports
scene.
On a hot sunny afternoon with a good crowd in the park,
McConnell would make $4 or $5. He made a penny for
every Coke he sold and another penny for every bottle he
picked up in the stands after the game.
In those days the drink boys were allowed to serve their
wares in bottles. No one then thought of tossing a bottle at
a player or ump.
Before the game when the drinks were iced down,
McConnell and other youngsters would shag fly balls for
the players during warm ups.
Later, as a freshman at Fulton High, McConnell was to
shag flies for Luke (Aches and Pains) Appling, the
Georgia baseball great who had so many years in the
majors. Appling was a senior at Fulton High.
McConnell was to go on and be an outstanding catcher
for Fulton. His school was not one of the Atlanta powers in
those days. Boys High and Tech High with Lanier in
Macon ruled the sports world. But Fulton managed to win
its part of the games and beat some teams they really
weren’t supposed to defeat.
McConnell says it was good coaching in high school that
helped the program at Fulton.
After high school, McConnell sometimes was called on
to catch as a semi-pro. A small town such as Ola or some
place like that would call on him to find a good pitcher and
come there to play a Saturday and Sunday game with the
local team. McConnell said they would board us, feed us,
and pay us something like SSO for the weekend. That was
good money in those days.
McConnell once signed a contract to play professional
ball in the St. Louis Cardinal farm system. But he never
reported. He was making more money in the hardware
business.
It was the hardware business that brought McConnell to
Griffin. He and Jim Pridgen, another Griffin
businessman, were in the hardware business in Atlanta as
young men.
Pridgen had gone with another firm but kept in touch
with McConnell.
Pridgen had approached McConnell on several oc
casions about a job. Finally he told McConnell, “I’m going
to make you an offer you can’t refuse.” And he did.
McConnell accepted and the two men worked together for
a large chain for several years.
This later was to lead the 2 men to Griffin where they set
up a hardware business in the mid 40s. Mr. Pridgen now
has the hardware business and Mr. McConnell has the
appliance and furniture business.
Selling appliances occupies much of McConnell’s time
these days.
But the crack of a bat is all it takes to get his attention. It
brings back the days when he and Earl Mann, later the
Atlanta Cracker owner, worked at old Poncy together.
McConnell popped Coke caps and Mann sold seat
cushions.
And both fell in love with baseball.
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