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Another good year
Griffin 14 Central of Macon 7
Hl Griffin 14 Rockdale 0
H Griffin 0 Newton 3
H Griffin 14 LaGrange 0
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H Griffin 7 Jonesboro 6
H Griffin 20 Newnan 28
H Griffin R.E. Lee 10
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Booze came from
name of bottler
ByL. M. BOYD
Argument continues over whether “booze” as slang for
liquor originated from the E. C. Booz name or from the
Dutch word for “to drink.” Both, in away. The Booz
family of Pennsylvania and New Jersey sold liquor in log
cabin bottles, and it became the custom of drinking
pioneers to ask for a Booz bottle and eventually a bottle of
booze. But The Booz people came from Holland originally,
and it’s likely their name harked back to the old Dutch
word.
Clearly, to design the perfect brassiere is no small
matter. According to the fashion experts, a bra changes
its shape 14,000 times a day.
Pennicillin doesn’t kill germs. It just stops their growth.
PINK
Q. “How come bubble gum is usually pink?”
A. Because it was the only food coloring at hand when
Walter Diemer by trial and error came up with a non
plastering bubble in 1928. The tradition got started right
then. Diemer was an accountant with an ambition to in
vent. If he'd had green food coloring instead, most bubble
gum would probably be green now.
Q. “I can’t find the poetic word ‘zarf’ in my dic
tionary ?”
A. It’s a holder for a handleless coffee cup. Poetic?
What’s it rhyme with? Besides barf. Never mind.
Q. “Can you name the films in which Mrs. Pat Nixon
appeared when she was an aspiring actress?”
A. “Ben Hur,” “Small Town Girl” and “Becky.” She
was an extra.
Q. “What does the Bible have to say about prejudice?”
A. Nothing. That word isn’t in it.
LOVE AND WAR
No, our Love and War man cannot verify the report that
about 25,000 husbands or wives in this country practice
that thing called polygamy. Such folk do not tend to report
how many matrimonial mates they live with at a given
time. It is known, however, that far more polygamists set
up housekeeping in the Far West than elsewhere in the
nation.
That the famous Lord Baden-Powell founded the Boy
Scouts you no doubt knew. But were you aware that he
was an accomplished cartoonist who could draw two
pictures simultaneously, one with each hand?
Computer studies show no square on a Monopoly board
is landed upon more frequently than is Illinois Avenue.
L. M. Boyd, Box 681, Weatherrford, TX 76086
Copyright 1977 Crown Syndicate, Inc.
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Today
By The Associated Press
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 8, the
312nd day of 1977. There are 53
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1950, the first
battle between jet airplanes
took place as American fighters
were attacked by North Korean
MiGs in the Korean War.
On this date:
In 1519, the Spanish con
queror, Hernando Cortez,
reached Mexico City.
In 1864, Abraham Lincoln was
re-elected president.
In 1889, Montana became the
41st state.
In 1923, Adolf Hitler’s Beer
Hall Putsch failed in Munich.
In 1959, the United Arab Re
public and the Sudan ended five
years of negotiations by signing
an agreement for the division of
the Nile Valley waters.
In 1960, John Kennedy de
feated Richard Nixon for the
U.S. presidency.
Ten years ago: Chrysler
Corp, and the United Automo
bile Workers reached tentative
agreement on a new labor con
tract, avoiding a strike set for
midnight.
Five years ago: American In
dians who had occupied the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs building
in Washington began to with
draw, taking with them some
federal documents.
Q&A
1. English King Henry VIII
was named Defender of the
Faith in 1521 by Catholic
Pope Leo X for attacking
Martin Luther. True-False
2. Florence Nightingale won
fame as a nurse on the
battlefields of which interna
tional war?
3. A.J. Foyt is the only man
to win the Indianapolis 500
automobile race four times.
In what years did he drive to
victory?
ANSWERS
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Thoughts
The following night the Lord
stood by him and said. “Take
courage, for as you have
testified about me at
Jerusalem, so you must bear
witness also at Rome.”— Acts
23:11.
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s —Griffin Daily News Tuesday, November 8, 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
Another whack at it
Griffin High School’s Bears started the
1977 season rated No. 1. They won some
and they lost some and they fell all the way
out of the top ten.
Then they completed their schedule as
spectacularly as they began it by edging
North Clayton 22 to 21 in the final game.
It would have been nice to win the
district or the state championship, but the
team probably was overrated at the start.
And maybe it was underrated at the finish.
Now we can look back instead of ahead.
Doing so we find the Bears won seven and
lost three. How would Georgia or Georgia
The great tragedy
The great tragedy at Toccoa, Georgia is
the kind of thing one may shrug off when it
occurs in India, China, or some other
distant land.
It is awesome and heart-rending when it
happens so close to home. Yet all of us
everywhere are God’s children, and we
here in Griffin which was deluged but not
The worst polluter
The worst violator of the federal govern
ment’s antipollution laws is the federal
government itself.
Only about 10 percent of all industries
have not met current deadlines of the
Clean Air Act of 1970 and Federal Water
Pollution Control Act of 1972. This con
trasts with 38 percent of the largest federal
operations which have not complied with
the water law and 24 percent which are
violating clean air standards, according to
Living last days?
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I have heard it
said that Christ will only come again, once
all the world has turned to Christ in faith.
Is this what the Bible teaches?-D. S.
DEAR D.S.: No, this is not what Jesus
taught to His disciples. He did, however,
say that one of the conditions that must be
met before He came again was the
preaching of the Gospel to the whole world.
In other words, the Bible indicates Jesus
will return when the Great Commission
has been fulfilled-the command of Christ
to “Go. . .teach all nations’’ (Matthew
28:19). This does not mean that all will
come to believe in Christ, but that all
Billy
Graham
Polls are
open until 7
Election polls remain open until 7
o’clock tonight and we respectfully urge
anew that those eligible but who have not
voted in the school bond, county com
mission and city commissioner elections
do so.
My Answer
open to every subscriber. Letters to the
editor are published every Wednesday.
Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224.
Tech or Auburn like such a record? Or the
Falcons? Mighty right, they’d like it fine!
And the Bears scored 140 points to op
ponents’ 81. They were blanked only twice
and their biggest loss was by 14 points.
Finally and best of all, there will be
another season, a chance to take another
whack at it. Likewise there always is
another chance and another whack for
every mortal being who walks and runs,
dodges and tackles, gets knocked down
and stands back up in this broader game
called life.
stricken send our sincere sympathies to
Toccoa.
Perhaps this tragedy in Georgia will
remind us when similar ones occur in
faroff places that grief and suffering
recognize no imaginary state or national
boundaries.
the Environmental Protection Agency.
Now the EPA is cracking down. It has
labeled 149 federal facilities and in
stallations “major polluters” and warned
them to halt their violations or it will take
them to court.
Might this (we hope) suggest to some of
our more extreme consumerists that
business is not necessarily the root of all
evil and our “public servants” don’t wear
all the white hats?
nations will have had the opportunity to
hear the Gospel. “And this gospel of the
kingdom shall be preached in all the world
for a witness unto all nations; and then
shall the end come” (Matthew 24:14).
It is a tremendous realization that we
may be living in the last days before Jesus
returns. For the first time in history we
actually have the ability to spread the
Gospel to every nation through such
means as radio. We live in a challenging
time, and if ever we should take seriously
the command of our Lord to evangelize, it
is now. Every Christian can be a witness
where God has placed him, both by words
and deeds. By our prayers and giving we
can support evangelistic efforts
throughout the world.
No, we do not know when Christ will
return. But when He comes, He should find
us busy and living for Him. “Therefore be
ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye
think not the Son of man cometh. Blessed
that servant, whom his lord when he
cometh shall find so doing” (Matthew
24:44,46).
Ragmuffins
produce
BY JAMES STEWART ‘
News Executive
They’re called Hubie’s Ragmuffins.
They are more commonly known as the Atlanta Hawks.
Hubie’s Ragmuffins have gotton off to the best start in
years for a Hawks’ team and currently have the best
record in the NBA.
It was believed at the beginning of the season that Coach
Hubie Brown did not have much talent to work with.
Truck Robinson had signed as a free agent with the New
Orleans Jazz and Lou Hudson had been traded and
Meriwether had been traded.
Some felt the Hawks would be doing good if they won
one game this season.
Those were folks who did not know the Hawks had a lot
of talent that had been sitting on the bench.
Just because they were not drawing the high salaries of
their counterparts who were traded did not mean they did
not have talent.
The financially troubled Hawks had traded away its
money players to cut the payroll.
What was left when the money players had been signed
by other teams was players who had a desire to play
basketball. When they took the court, dollar marks did not
flash in front of their eyes. They wanted to see their team
win.
The Hawks had gotten caught in a net that surrounds
many professional teams today. They had million dollar
players who they felt had to play each game so the team
could get its money’s worth.
And for this to happen, a lot of talent had to be left on the
bench.
The high money players apparently do not care if their
team wins or loses. They are assured a million dollars a
year for the next three or five years or however long they
were able to get a contract.
Teams are not negotiating with individual players any
longer. The first thing college stars learn is to get an agent
to do the negotiating. And, these agents are not looking for
one-year contracts with a low salary. They want long
terms and lots of money.
Professional teams should have a ceiling on what a
rookie player can be paid with an option to increase the
salary if the rookie produces. The second year player
should receive an increase in salary if he has produced. If
he has not produced in his rookie year and a team keeps
him, he should not expect to be paid more than the rookie
ceiling.
Something is going to have to be done to take the dollar
marks out of the eyes of players so they can see the basket
when they are playing basketball, so they can see the
receiver when a pass is thrown or so they can see when the
pitcher hurls a baseball toward the plate.
The Hawks have players on the court who have a desire
to play basketball. That has to be the case because they
are not being paid high salaries. No doubt they will be
asking for more money next season. If they continue to
play through the season the way they have in the first
couple of weeks, they will deserve an increase.
True talent has come to the surface in the Omni and we
would like to see more of the teams with Ragmuffins who
can produce like the Hawks. But, we’re afraid that won’t
be the case. There’s a new crop of college seniors coming
on and no doubt some of them will be looking to become
rich men with a wave of the pen.
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