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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1977)
* WK ® 1977 by NEA.Inc. "WE did more countries and continents in eleven days last summer than Jimmy Carter will do on HIS fall trip!" Commandments of resistance In every conquered country occupied by foreign soldiers there thrives a resistance movement, an underground. One of these flourished in Czechoslovakia when the Soviets moved into that nation and therein was con ceived: “The Ten Commandments of Resistance—We haven’t learned anything. We don’t know anything. We don’t have anything. We don’t give anything. We can’t do anything. We don’t sell anything. We won’t help. We don’t understand. We don’t betray. WE WON’T FORGET ANYTHING.” Item No. 1956A in our Love and War man’s file is a remark delivered by Baroness Vickers in a British House of Lords debate on pornography: “Women would not be prostitutes were it not for men.” Fonzie on TV’s “Happy Days” only had 6 lines in the show’s pilot. No aspiring actor should turn down a bit part, what? CANNON Q. “How big is Costa Rica’s standing army?” A. It hasn’t any. Nor any arsenal, evidently. When President Lyndon B. Johnson visited there 9 years ago, Costa Rica had to borrow a cannon from El Salvador for the 21-gun salute. Q. “Didn’t Charles A. Lindbergh carry U. S. airmail on his famous non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic?” A. Two letters only. Each now sells for more than >40,000 incidentally. Q. “Where’s the ‘potato Bowl’ football game played?” A. At the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, N. D. That Spud Game got its start 11 years ago. OFFICE WORKERS If that high school student in your family isn’t taking any business courses, you might advise the youngster to do so. Most needed in the 1960 s job market will be those who can type, file, keep books and run the various office machines. Or such be the indications in a study by Manpower, Inc., the world’s biggest temporary help supplier. The American Indian is not without, humor please note. Popular are certain punchlines on the reservations. Os Gen. George Custer after Little Big Horn: “He wore an Arrow shirt.” And of Christopher Columbus as the Santa Maria arrived: “There goes the neighborhood.” Am asked to identify the heaviest team-sport ball. Would you count that oversized puck used in the ice shuffleboard game of curling? It’s supposed to weigh between 42% and 44 pounds. Was from none other than Guy Fawkes, the historic British conspirator who tried to blow up the House of Lords, that we get our slang word “guy.” L. M. Boyd, Box 181, Weatherford, TX 76086 Copyright 1977 Crown Syndicate, Inc. ' 1 a UM\ O V <.€*,» (l /J \ . — x o o c ,j jx \— 4 ill \ Ml \ ( 7 / WXW »itn»i« « !»«<f ismo< \ W 25 "I’m not playing with Bobby any more. When we play doctor he always has to be the malpractice lawyer!* GRIFFIN DAI Quimby Melton, Jr., Editor and Publisher Cary Reeves Bill Knight General Manager Executive Editor M*w * a* HUrnHim OUao >1 Mn* Am WAI 1VJ)» p a Draw H. MZM !*■*« HTM **o*M <M* *U3 Eat Satam st* «n«* U. Mtn. a hm n, ta**M Ma a *rn Mctam* » A Caw** Sraat dm M* KU * W* U. vMota waUM mm ll Kill 1 1 Uh* W Cm, H Cm* Berry’s World ByLM.BOYD Today By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Oct. 25, the 298th day of 1977. There are 67 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On this date in 1936, Germany and Italy formed the Rome- Berlin Axis, pledging mutual assistance in case of war. On this date: In 1701, a city charter was granted to Philadelphia. In 1854, Britain’s heroic Charge of the Light Brigade took place near Sevastopol in Russia during the Crimean War. In 1874, Britain annexed the Fiji Islands. In 1938, the Chinese govern ment, fleeing Japanese in vaders, established itself at Chungking. In 1944, the second Battle of the Philippine Sea was being fought in the Pacific during World War 11. In 1971, the United Nations seated the Chinese Communists and expelled the Chinese Na tionalists. Ten years ago: A bipartisan citizens committee which in cluded former presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Harry Truman voiced support for President Lyndon Johnson’s Vietnam policy. Five years ago: A storm that swept across the Fijis took 23 lives and caused heavy dam age. One year ago: The Soviets announced they had harvested a bumper grain crop which might exceed the record set in 1973. >4 Q&A Match up these ’colorful" entertainment personalities with their birthplaces. 1. Joel Grey 2. Phil Silvers 3. Redd Foxx 4. Karen Black 5. Lome Greene (a) Louis, Mo. (b) Ohio (c) Ridge, 111. (d) Ontario (e) N.Y. ANSWERS (p)-S(o)'H®)’E(»)Z(q)'l Thoughts Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.—lsiah 5:20. Subscriptions o c </ i 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. —Griffin Daily News Tuesday, October 25, 1977 Page 4 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 Several expressions tell us that something is worth nothing: not worth a flip, not worth a Continental, not worth a Confederate, not worth a wooden nickel. Soon we may be adding not worth a Canadian. The Canadians are good people and we are not knocking them, but their money is dropping in value and may soon be worth nothing. Last week, the Candaian dollar dropped Griffin Tech’s worth Griffin Tech continues to prove itself as an invaluable asset for this community and area. Adults who have been off campus for a while find they can keep up with changing technology or learn new skills to meet changing markets at the Griffin in stitution. Young people just out of high school also find they can continue their training past graduation by enrolling there. Get back lost hour Some folks might show up an hour early for Sunday School or Church Sunday but we suspect you could count them on your fingers. If they do, you can bet they forgot to set 4 their clocks back an hour Saturday night. Daylight time ends Sunday at 2 a.m. But most people will set their clocks back an hour before they go to bed. Remember when many moaned about the hour of sleep they lost last April when the nation went on daylight (fast) time? They can get it back Sunday morning. For a little while. . . . They’ll lose it again next April, remember. Look at ours Some folk are talking about their weekend trips to see the leaves in the mountains to the north and south. The leaves and the mountains are beautiful this time of the year when they Still feels guilty DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I know Ged to supposed to forgive sin, but still I feel guilty about some of the things I did years ago. How can I avoid this?-C. T. N. DEAR C. T. N.: I know the memory of things we have done wrong is often with us for a long time, and we feel ashamed because we know we failed God when we sinned. But that memory should not haunt us, nor should we confuse memory with guilt. I remember things I have done that were wrong, but I know those things have been forgiven by God and I no longer bear the guilt. The only way to be free of feelings of guilt is to believe and trust God’s Word Billy Graham ■HH Fairness to all No jingle in value to 90 cents of the American dollar, a 40-year low. Let’s hope the devaluation of the Cand dian dollar does not spread and let’s hope that its value increases. Our own American dollars are in danger of further devaluation when those of our neighbors slip to new lows. Not worth a Canadian doesn’t have a good jungle to it, anyway. put on their fall colors. For those who have not looked around, there are many beautiful leaves to be seen here in Griffin and Spalding County. They’re there, just where they have been each year. My Answer when He tells us we have been forgiven. Why does God forgive us? First, He forgives us because all of our sins were placed on Jesus when He died on the cross. “He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed” (I Peter 2:24, New International Version). “The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin” (I John 1:7). God also forgives us x because we turn to Him in repentance and faith, confessing our sins to Him. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (I John 1:9). Yes, in Christ we can have forgiveness. Learn to trust God’s Word, not your feelings. God’s Word says, “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:12). Or again, the Bible says, “their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more” (Hebrews 8:12). God doesnot want you to bear a burden of guilt. That is why He sent His Son-to take away that burden. open to every subscriber. Letters to the editor are published every Wednesday. Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224. Graduates of Griffin Tech have proved to employers they can deliver the goods. All Griffinites and other people in this area, whether they are interested in enrolling or not, will have a chance to see first hand Thursday what’s being offered at the school. We hope many will take advantage of open house and visit the school between 7 and 9 Thursday night. Floyd, Pirates making progress By JAMES STEWART News Executive This is his first year as head coach of the Pike County Pirates and Coach Bobby Floyd feels his team has made a lot of progress and it has. The Pirates are 2-6 this season and there is no hope now of the season being a winner for the players or the coach. Coach Floyd has not become discouraged by the fact that his team has won only 2 games. He has been well pleased with the play of his players and believes some of the improvement he talked about at the beginning of the season is beginning to show. A challenge faced Floyd when he took over the reins of the Pirates. He inherited a team that is young and had few experienced players. Many of his players matured a lot when they faced Stockbridge and Manchester in the first 2 games of the season. Both teams were bigger and stronger than the Pirates. Coach Floyd is young and enthusiastic and is filled with the spirit to keep a football team together and to make the players want to play a better game each week. His spirit and enthusiasm spills over to his players and during the week they eagerly await the Friday night match with another opponent. Injuries have plagued the Pirates this year and 2 of Coach Floyd’s key players are out for the season. He had counted heavily on them to push the Pirates to the forefront. Not discouraged, he had to make some shifts in the backfield to compensate. The injuries continued to plague the Pirates and the changes became an almost weekly routine. Players who had been on the line had to be shifted to the backfield. They made mistakes, some of them costly to the Pirates, but Coach Floyd was not discouraged. He knew his players had talent and it was just a matter of developing the talent. Some players were tried in the backfield and did not make it. They have talent that may come about in another year or 2, but they were immature for the competition Pike faced. The competition has been tough. Manchester, Lamar County and Mary Persons have listed in AP’s top 10 in Class A at one time or another during the year. Henry County is probably the most improved team in Class AA. Coach Floyd was determined and his players were determined. Their determination has turned this year into one of success for the Pirates, even though it does not show in their record. Coach Floyd is just like many other coaches in this area, Georgia and around the country. He is hard-nosed when he has to be and yet he has heart. He loves football and he loves his players. The Pirates have 2 remaining games this year— Jackson and Taylor County. Win or lose this season has been a success for the Pirates. The grind this year has been hard for Coach Floyd and the Pirates, but spirit, enthusiasm and determination have brought them through. After being with the Pirates through this season and talking with Coach Floyd this year, we believe we will be hearing a lot of good things from them in seasons ahead. 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