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Two pots of holly
in old California
ByL. M. BOYD
Here’s to Mr. and Mrs. Deida Wilcox, once of Topeka,
Kansas—clink! In 1883, they bought some California
farmland for $1.25 an acre, and proceeded to raise figs.
Mrs. Wilcox had brought with her on her westward trip 2
pots of English holly. That prompted them to name their
place Hollywood. It’s still called that.
Each basketball player in Australia belongs to a club.
He practices 2 nights a week and plays in competition on a
third night. What’s noteworthy, I think, is that he pays to
practice: about 80 cents a session, if he’s a member of an
adult club,or 40 to 65 cents, if he’s with a junior outlft. The
practice fees pay for the gym rent.
At the Aquarina Springs in San Marcos, Texas, is a pig
named Ralph that dives, swims in a fancy manner, and
does tricks underwater. Some pig.
The sunset in Antarctica frequently appears green.
ROCK OF GIBRALTAR
Q. “Why was the Rock of Gibralter so named?”
A. Credit a Mohammedan general called Tarik for that.
He crossed the straits from Africa to invade Spain about
A.D. 700. And he named the place in his honor, the Hill of
Tarik, or in his lingo, Gibel-al-Tarik. Somehow it wound
up as Gilbralter. That waterway in front of the big bolder
had been known as the Gates of Herculese, but it, too,
came to be called the Straits of Gibraltar.
Q. “How many coins of ours have presidential portraits
on them?”
A. Six. Lincoln penny, Jefferson nickel, Washington
quarter, Roosevelt dime, Eisenhower dollar and Kennedy
50-cent piece.
Q. “Our busiest airports are. . .?”
A. Chicago’s O’Hare, Atlanta’s and Los Angeles’s in
that order.
FIRSTBORNS
Tests show first-born youngsters are more dependent,
more conscientious, more ambitious and more anxious
than the later-born offspring. First-born boys tend to
marry at an earlier age, but that’s not necessarily the
case with first-born girls. Even though first-borns aren’t
more intelligent than the later-borns, they somehow
manage to become better readers. They’re inclined to
dominate the professions. And more of them wind up in
“Who’s Who.” Relatively fewer of them turn into
alcoholics.
In 1845, a man near the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia
River flipped a coin. Had it come up tails instead of heads,
the biggest town in Oregon would have been named
Boston instead of Portland.
The computer boys report that June marriages end up
with a higher divorce rate than marriages in other
months.
L. M. Boyd, Box 681, Weatherford, TX 76086
Copyright 1977 L. M. Boyd
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Today
By The Associated Press
Today is Saturday, Oct. 15th,
the 288th day of 1977. There are
77 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1964, it was
announced in Moscow that So
viet Premier Nikita Khrush
chev had been ousted from of
fice.
On this date:
In 1522, the Spanish govern
ment named Hernando Cortez
governor of Mexico, then called
New Spain.
In 1917, the German spy,
Mata Hari, was shot by a firing
squad outside Paris.
In 1928, the German dirigible,
Graf Zepplin, landed at La
kehurst, N.J., after the first
commercial flight across the
Atlantic.
In 1945, former French Pre
mier Pierre Laval was executed
for betraying his country to
Nazi Germany during World
War 11.
In 1946, Nazi war criminal
Hermann Goering committed
suicide by taking poison one day
before he was to have been
executed.
In 1969, composer Cole Porter
died in Santa Monica, Califor
nia, at the age of 72.
Ten years ago: The United
States lost three jets in raids on
North Vietnam, bringing the to
tal to 701 downed in the two
years and eight months since
the air war had begun.
Five years ago: The U.S.
command announced that near
ly 400 fighter-bombers had tak
en part in one day of raids
against North Vietnam.
Q&A
1. A colt is a young male
horse; what is a young
female horse called?
2. The only president of the
United States buried in
Washington, D.C., is (a)
John F. Kennedy (b> U.S.
Grant (c) Woodrow Wilon
3. Cary Grant won his Best
Actor Academy Award
(Oscar) for his role in the
movie North By Northwest.
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Thoughts
“Who among all these does
not know that the hand of the
Lord has done this? In his
hand is the life of every living
thing and the breath of all
mankind.” — Job 12:9. 10
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-—Griffin Daily News Saturday, October 15, 1977
Viewpoint
Fairness to all
The Griffin Daily News’ policy is to be fair
to everyone. The editor’s opinions are
confined to this page, and its columns are
Cold weather
It appears that more paving than usual
has taken place in Griffin and Spalding
County this year. Much of that was the
result of state funding for repair of
damage caused by the severe weather last
winter.
Cold weather has arrived and will be
Don’t let ’em down
The Griffin Bears have played some
good football this season. Other teams in
the area also are playing good ball.
Some of the teams have winning
records, some are so-so and some are
losing.
The cool weather this week set the stage
for the wind down of the local grid season.
The Bears have 3 games remaining.
Some of the area teams have 4 remaining
games.
The teams continue to play even if the
Mind poison
An Atlanta District Attorney recently
cracked down on several adult book stores
and the magazines they were selling. Some
of those same magazinge are being sold in
Griffin.
Pornographic materials, books, films
and magazines poison the minds of the
More than 16,000 people will be eligible
to vote in the Nov. 8 elections. This is good
news.
Many people were registered to cast
ballots in the final days before the
deadline. This shows their interest in
community affairs. Others have
registered after the deadline and will be
eligible to vote in future elections.
The electoral process gives the people a
My Answer
Anger and hostility
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I am in my teens
and I have had a hard life. I really feel a lot
of resentment against society and God,
and I know this is wrong. Do you have any
suggestions?-R. F.
DEAR R. F.: It would be unusual, with
your background, if you did not have some
feelings of hostility and resentment.
Psychologists are discovering what the
Bible indicated long ago-that our early
training is often very significant in
shaping our attitudes and actions.
If anybody ever had cause for resent
ment, I suppose it was Joseph in the Old
Testament. You can read his story in
Genesis 37-50. As a young man he had
everything he wanted, but later he was
BiUy
Graham
Your voice
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Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224.
with us through the winter months.
It is our hope that it will not be as cold
this winter and that it will not be necessary
for as much paving next season.
We appreciate the good roads, but we
dislike the severe cold.
weather is cool and they continue to
deserve the support of the fans. The teams
and coaches put a lot of work into getting
ready for the games each week.
Game time is actually time for the
coaches . and players to receive their
rewards. It also is a time when more
rewards come their way if they know the
stands are filled with their supporters.
The teams and coaches will be at every
game until the end of the season. Don’t let
’em down.
people. Yet, the Supreme Court says the
public has a right to see and read what it
wants to, even if it is pornographic.
Maybe there is a place for pornographic
films, books and magazines in our society.
If there is, we have been unable to find it.
voice in their government. There are no
dictates as to which way or for whom a
voter must cast his ballot.
Those who are not registered to vote are
encouraged to do so at the office of the
registrars in the Spalding County Court
house. Those who are registered are
urged to cast ballots. Let your voice in
government be heard.
sold into slavery by his brothers. Even in
slavery he was unjustly accused and
thrown into prison. In spite of this, Joseph
later became an important man in Egypt
and a true servant of God.
I believe God can take away your
feelings of anger and hostility, and begin to
reshape your life. Begin by realizing that
God loves you totally and completely. He
knows your past, and He knows your at
titudes, but He still loves you. He wants to
adopt you into His family and help you
with your life. Take comfort from Psalms
27:10, “For though my father and my
mother forsake me, the Lord will take care
of me” (Berkeley version). Learn to read
the Bible for yourself and leam to pray.
Ask God to show you more and more of His
love.
Also, seek out the fellowship of other
young people who know Christ. There are
many young people who have come to
Christ in the last few years, some of whom
have also had very difficult backgrounds.
But Christ has begun to heal them. Pray
that God will lead you to such friendships.
You can leam through the experiences of
other young people how Christ can give
you new hope and love.
Death
reunites
BY GERARD C. McLAURIN
News Staff Executive
Death. It’s a subject many people don’t care to discuss
and most fear. Thinkers tell us the fear stems from what
we don’t know about it.
We do know bodily functions cease at death. Life as we
know it ends. That, in itself, is more than enough reason to
fear death. Yet, through the annals of man’s existence, a
belief of another life has persisted.
Studies of almost every civilization known to man have
turned up evidence of such a belief. All follow the pattern
of man leaving his earthly life and entering another life —
one infinitely better.
Judeo-Christian tradition strongly supports that belief
today. In its concept of our being, we are to be punished in
the next life for our wrong doing or rewarded for our good
deeds.
Researchers have interviewed people who experienced
recovery after being declared clinically dead by a
qualified examiner and people who have experienced
near-death conditions. They all testify to the same basic
pattern of entering another life form and experiencing
great contentment.
The grief we experience at one’s death, then, is not for
the deceased, but for those of us who must remain behind.
A member of my family died recently. My uncle was a
robust man, full of life. When he was present, everyone
knew it. Because of this his absence is more strongly felt
and the grief of his family is compounded.
The people he left behind must now rearrange their
lives learning to do without the man they used to go to for
help and advice, wit and comfort. Therein lies the fear,
tragedy and grief of death.
His wife, who was always with him giving her attention
and love and receiving the same from him, must now
learn to live without her chosen companion.
His son, who bears his name, must live without the
comfort of his wisdom and the companionship of a father.
His daughter, who had the warmth of his love, must
learn to seek that warmth in her memories of him.
Death forces man to examine the essence of his
existence and the strength of his beliefs. Without another
life to anticipate, this family, as all others, is left with only
despair.
Contented that the head of their family has passed to a
better life and mindful that they will soon be reunited with
him, this family, as all others, will go on to live full lives
filled with warm memories.
His widow will discover an independence, one she has
been nurturing while caring for her ill husband. His son
and daughter will discover that his love for them lives on
and they will draw unexpected strength from memories.
In time, as it has over and over again, the same tragedy
the family now grieves and fears will reunite them. Death.
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53 Long poems
57 Before (prefix)
58 Lisa,
painting
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luggage
61 It hears
62 Love (Lat.)
63 Minutes of
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64 Foreign agent
65 New York
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10 Rivers (Sp.)
11 Balls
19 Roasting stick
21 Drizzle
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15 Electric fish
16 Prove
17 Head
18 Mails
20 Sibyl
22 Environment
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25 Dryness
29 Relent
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34 Cravats
36 College
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39 Compensates
41 Spanish hero
42 Greek dialect
44 Heavy
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50 Woman's fur
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