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Operation Cure
Editor:
I was bom and reared in the city ot
Fort Valley and in all the years 1 have
been here, I can count on one hand how
many large industries or businesses
that have sought out Fort Valley, Ga.,
as a location, picketing or not.
When we judge others, we easily
forget our own shortcomings. We
become like persons who concentrate
so hard on telling others how to act that
they forget they are standing on
quicksand.
This is not to say we must ignore the
things others do wrong. But we must
temper our criticism with love.
God does not call us to be in
competition with one another. We are
all part of the same body, indebted to
the same grace, answerable to the
same God, and called to be in
fellowship with Jesus Christ and one
another
In almost all of the articles 1 have
read to the editor, it is mentioned
about the young lady shoplifting Did
the employees find anything on her or
in her purse. Did the policeman find
anything on her or in her purse? No,
they did not! If they had she would
have been arrested and charged with
shoplifting.
The issue isn’t about shoplifting; it is
about the manhandling of a young
pregnant lady by one of Revco’s
employees ... And the matter about
The Golden Rule
Editor:
As a concerned black citizen of Fort
Valley, the Revco incident of a
pregnant lady being manhandled by a
Revco employee has really shaken up
citizens in Fort Valley with negative
and positive personal viewpoints
toward this marter. Sir, let me shake a
few skeletons out of the closet.
To the writers who have taken the
time out to criticize Pastor Morris
Williams, Pastor Marvin Crafter and
Operation Cure, where are your so
called coalition groups? What prob¬
lems are they dealing with here in Fort
Valley?
There are blacks and whites,
Christians and non-Christians,
strangers, students, and others can
truthfully say that Pastor Hillsman
have aided citizens all over Port Valley
in several ways. 1 know personally that
Pastor Hillsman has assisted indi¬
viduals by giving money out of his
pocket, helped families obtain food
when they were hungry and assisted in
housing individuals when they was out
of doors. At the time of his actions he
wasn't under any Operation Cure but
the Operation of God. Pastor Hillsman
has always lived by the Golden Rule
Blood is vital
Editor:
I would like to take this time to thank
The Leader-Tribune for the valuable
newspaper space afforded the Ameri¬
can Red Cross. His efforts speak for his
devotion to the community.
A Fort Valley community blood drive
will be held again January 4. Last
blood drive was supported in this
community by 32 persons. This speaks
unwell of Fort Valley itself in this
program and others that are given.
Blue Bird and Fort Valley State College
are rhe main contributors but so many
of these donors are not Fort Valley
persons.
Each pint of blood is used in many
ways, to help all people. Some cancer
victims receive plasma, made from
whole blood, daily. Hemophilias, new
born babies with no antibodies of their
own, surgery patients, accident victims
and rhe list goes on. Each pint of blood
is used even after 35 days of shelf life.
The blood program is vital; there is no
pill or chemical to replace whole blood.
Looking for relatives
Editor:
1 am writing to you in hopes that you
will help me I was born in Fort Valley
in 1957, but my mother moved away
when I was four. I never knew my
father and at the age of five I was given
up for adoption by my mother. After
that I lived in several foster homes
until I was 15.
1 am presently in. prison in
Reidsville. Being moved from one
home to another made it really hard to
make friends, but I’ve never been so
lonely as I am now. I have no one to
write or no one writing me. However, 1
believe it is possible that 1 have
relatives in or around Fort Valley. 1 am
hoping that you can find space in your
newspaper to publish my letter in
hopes that my relatives, or anyone who
knew my parents will find time to
write me
1 am planning on returning release to my
home town to live upon my
from prison in the near future, as it's
1
Minister Marvin Crafter, he's not the
only individual that have written bad
checks. If the majority of Fort Valle\
citizens would raise their hands to tell
the trurh about writing bad checks, (He
that is without sin among you, let him
cast the first stone, John 8:7)
Why there wasn't a picketing or
marching on behalf of the young girl
who was shot while she was asleep in
her bed 5 We didn’t have to. when the
papers did it for us. 1 can also ask the
question on why a drunken white man
that killed mv brother-in-law, with a
car, while he was on his wav to work to
make a living for his family didn't
make any time for it?
So there is and will be questions
asked, some can be answered and
some can’t. Yes, what happen to the
old fashioned virtue of forgiveness and
justice. Only if you are a true Christian
and living by the Bible each and every'
day would be the only person that can
forgive and forget,
Operation Cure is a good
organization and 1 hope they keep the
good work going. 1 am going to give my
support to Operation Cure and hope
that the people that is not supporting
this organization will start.
At least you can get advice and
support in what you believe is right for
blacks and whites,
R.BM
and . those , , that , know him, know
or you
that he didn’t puli a crooked string; his
guidance always leads you in the right
direction.
Pastor M. Hillsman and Pastor M.
Crafter are following Deuteronomy
22:4 which states, "Thou shalt not see
thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by
the way, and hide thyself from them
thou shalt surely help him to lift them
up again.” Linda Williams you need to
check your closet to see if there is not a
skeleton that’s nor watching you; Alma
Jefferson is taxpayer and she
deserves the right as a citizen of Fort
Valley to be thought enough of not to
be hurt by a prejudice white man that
hurt her while she is pregnant and was
falsely accused.
Yes, a look at the Golden Rule, a
good dose of old-time religion would be
good for all of us because, never forget
that St. John 8:7 “He that is without
sin among you, let him first cast a
stone at any one.” Blacks are human
beings and we will not be mistreated
because of any individuals taken a
matter in their own hands. We pray for
all you to live for what you believe in if
it’s right.
CRD
Blood is our life's source.
We must all put aside injustices and
fears, to work for a common goal in
these fast and troubled times. Sharing
with a person we may never know in
our lifetime is rhe best way I know to
follow Christ’s example of unselfish¬
ness. As Christ shed his blood for each
of us, we should share our blood with
others. He ask not our names, whether
we had AIDS and then He bore the
pain for all of us. Can you deny his
actions and his plea to love one
another? Sharing of our blood is only
one way to show your love and duty to
mankind.
If you cannot give blood, you can
donate your time to this program. Time
is short upon this earth, but it means so
much to unknown others. Do not wait
till the need for blood knocks upon your
door, make sure it is there when each
of us may have the need. Give the Gift
of Lifetime — Give blood.
Patsy G. Massey
the only real home I've ever known, bo
if there is anyone reading this letter
who would like to correspond, I would
love to hear from you. I am a
26-year-old white male, but loneliness
picks no certain age.
So please write if you would like to
share a smile. I’ve almost forgotten
how to smile. A letter means so much
to a man in prison, especially if he has
never received a letter. Thank you for
your time.
Larry Ernest
Box 120250, M-2
Reidsville, Ga. 30499-0001
Editor's Note: Due to a potentially
unfortunate incident in the past
involving a letter from a prisoner
looking for someone to write to, we
have refrained from printing letters of
this type from inmates.
Recognizing that this letter is not of
the usual type, we are printing it.
However, we do urge a word of
caution.
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A patriot’s
perspective
by Cornelia B Nichols
Occasionally one reads something
that strikes a responsive chord in one’s
soul; that makes one want to stand up
and cheer; that causes one to think the
author has spoken about the essence of
life.
Such was a recent interview in The
Review of the News with Andrew
Nelson Lytle, the prolific Tennessee
author and college professor. So many
of his thoughts are profound; there is
space here to mention only a few.
According to Lytle, “Every man who
is a man accepts the responsibility for
knowledge and its use.” A college
graduate presumably will have a mind
'trained ... to respond to any kind of
experience.” He will digest his
learning and “by character and
understanding offer hope and re
course” to society as a whole.
Lytle places great value on the
extended family as well as its
contends geographic and economic location; he
that families are much harder
to control than individuals. This
philosopher believes that too many
children nowadays are reared by
parents who do not care enough about
them to rear them in the proper way.
A great champion of the farmer,
Lytle feels that that occupation gives
opportunity for an appreciation of
nature, which shows us that “life IS
finally mysterious and inscrutable.''
Lytle summed up his philosophy of
life in these words: “One bad idea,
which is materialism and the
acceptance of materialism as the sole
end of behavior and desire, is all that is
needed to destroy a man or a state.
Fine thought to ponder, these!
Georgia’s
electrical age
was preEdison
In celebration of the 131 years since
the electric light was first discovered in
Georgia and of “Energy Awareness
Month,” October 1983, the Museum of
Arts \ and Sciences will present
‘Georgia’s Electrical Age 1852-1983,
October 3 through November 28. The
new science exhibition is sponsored by
the Robert W. Woodruff Library for
Advanced Studies, Georgia Power,
Macon-Bibb County Clean Community
and Energy Commission and sup¬
ported by the Georgia Endowment for
the Arts.
Developed by I)r. Andy Millard,
Emory University and the Georgia
Power Company, “Georgia’s Electrical
Age 1852-1983,” was orginally shown
at Emory University’s Schatten Gallery
during the Spring of 1982. An essential
idea underlying the conception of the
exhibition is the fact that “Georgia’s
electrical age began, not in 1879 with
Thomas Edison’s incandescent light
bulb, but in 1852 when Alexander
Means showed an electric light to
students at Oxford University. ’ ’
A modified version of the original
exhibition will be displayed in the
Museum of Arts and Sciences’ S. Lloyd
Newberry Exhibit Hall. Featured will
be a series of panels depicting the
chronological history of electrical
development in Georgia, the machine
used by Alexander Means to
demonstrate electric light to his
students, an electric car, early 20th
century home and commercial elec¬
trical artifacts, a bicycle generator,
various other electrical demonstration
devices and more. A reception for the
exhibition, hosted by the Macon Junior
Women’s Club will be held Sunday,
October 9, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the
museum.
On Saturday, October 15, the
museum will also sponsor an electrical
workshop for children 7-12. The
workshop, which includes performing
experiments of electricity and mag¬
netism, will cost $10 for museum
members and $13 for non-members. In
addition, classroom instruction on
Georgia’s energy heritage will be
provided for members of Georgia
Power’s Youth and Education’s
Services Department when requested,
Coordinators of “Georgia’s Elec
trical Age 1852-1983“ for display at the
museum are Steve Hartman, the
museum’s assistant executive director
and director of science and Patsy
Smith, energy coordinator for the
Macon-Bibb County Beautification
Clean Community and Energy
Commission.
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