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IT'S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES. JR.
Jest of the Week: Two fathers
were discussing their families and
children and some of the inci
dents that arise in daily living.
“My three boys stick together,”
said one dad. “When one of them
gets in trouble, neither of the
other two will ever squeal on
him.”
“But how do you find out the
guilty one so that you can punish
him?”
“That’s easy. All I do is send
all three of them to bed without
supper, and the next morning I
thrash the one with the black
eye!—Harry J. Miller in Tracks.
Leon Smith of the Thomaston
Times writes an always interes
ting column entitled aptly enough
“Not Responsible” and in musings
of August 15th allows how as he
had a birthday during the week
he ought to be indulged in a little
reminiscing. Particuluarly as he
had reached that magical number
of years at which life is said to
begin.
Leon recalls that “money was
short but bargains were long . . .
an ice cream cone with as many
dips as would pile up was only
five cents and some of the drug
stores had a double headed cone
for a nickle.”
His dissertation on the evange
list who handed out free ice
cream is a peacherino. Here it
is:
“Most of the ice cream in those
days was just ice cream with few
novelties. But an evangelist came
to the Baptist Church from
Florida and he was keen on draw
ing children. He had a gimmick.
Each day he had some ice cream
novelties popsicles, chocolate
nuggets and a peach flavored
treat—shipped on dry ice into
Thomaston ... all the other de
nominations got wind of this and
it was not uncommon for us to
have a couple hundred children
at the service, mostly to get the
ice cream at the conclusion each
night. Some of the kids went to
sleep and one night the doors of
the church had been opened and
a good many were going down
to give their life to Christ. A
sleeping Methodist boy awoke,
saw the crowd streaming down
and thought it was ice cream
time. He went down, took the
preacher’s hand and was accepted
into the church. It took quite a
bit of talking to get him back
into the Methodist fold.”
That’s quite a story Leon wove.
Bill Cawthon, you’d better be on
guard.
A little tomato who knows her
onions can go out with an old po
tato and come home with a couple
of carats. Somebody else said it.
Boys In Service
KEY WEST, FLA. (FHTNC)
—Arthur L. Stewart, aviation
electronics technician airman,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
H. Stewart of Route 1, Jackson,
Ga., recently reported for duty
at the Naval Air Station, Key
West, Fla.
The air station provides avi
ation support for operating units
of the Atlantic Fleet.
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Guest Editorial
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL
THE STRINGS GROW TAUT
State Highway Director James L. Gillis has raised
a bothersome point over what Georgia might expect
from new federal decrees dictating hiring practices
for load contractors doing work partially financed
from federal funds.
Beginning Sept. 6, the state will be forced to insert
a non-discrimination hiring clause in all highway con
tracts involving federal money—which means just
about all of them.
Mr. Gillis says the state’s road
construction program will be ad
versely affected, and the implica
tion is that he’s fearful of a slow
down and higher costs.
“What we want is the most
miles for the least money,” he
commented. “If they are going
to tell you who you’ve got to hire
you won’t get as many miles.”
Mr. Gillis doesn’t elaborate on
why he thinks this is true, but if
he’s right then it’s going to mean
further waste in a program that’s
already becoming burdensome to
those paying the bills namely
the taxpayers.
And if there should be a similar
impact nationally, the waste
could reach mammoth propor
tions.
Efficiency and equality in road
construction, which are hard to
come by anyway, should not be
relegated to a secondary position
under any circumstances.
Mr. Gillis and spokesmen for
the contractors make it plain they
have no intention of ignoring the
regulations, for that could mean
a cutoff in federal funds.
And of course that’s the ulti
mate weapon that’s brought into
play more and more where federal
money is involved.
Remember when politicians
used to talk optimistically about
getting federal aid “with no
strings attached?”
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Telephone
Talk
By
ALBERT HARRELL JR.
Your Telephone Manager
IF YOU’RE A DOODLER, be careful of the kind of
scribblings you leave around while making phone calls.
You may give away some personal secrets. According to
psychologists, if you doodle animals or birds, you’re affec
tionate and understanding. Squares and checks show logic
and emotional stability. Circles mean you’re a daydreamer;
stairsteps mean you’re ambitious.
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sent! The new phone has undergone two years of testing,
and users are so enthusiastic it will be introduced to the
public on a limited basis some time in the next couple of
years. One of its chief advantages is faster dialing ... as
one test-user said, “It’s like magic!” The Touch Tone
Phone—another result of continuing Bell System research
and development.
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FROM LUXURY TO NECESSITY . . . that’s the kind
of progress your telephone has made. Back in the late
1800's"when telephones were first coming into use, a
phone call anywhere at all was a big event! Today, phone
calls are as much a part of life as going to work in the
morning, or sending the children off to school. A telephone
call is no longer a major project! It’s simply an easy,
pleasant, low-cost way to get things done, keep friendships
warm, stay in touch with the world. Use your telephone
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TEEN-AGERS ARE SPECIAL PEOPLE! (Any one of
them will be glad to tell you so!) They have special prob
lems and needs and likes and dislikes. If you have teens in
your house, why not consider giving them the privacy and
sense of importance provided by an extension phone of
their very own. It’ll be good for them, and for the rest
of the family, too.
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PERSONAL
Friends will be interested io
learn Jack Reeves entered Macon
Hospital Saturday for observation
and treatment.
Mrs. Winnie Moore spent the
weekend in Calhoun visiting the
E. C. Pates.
Cpl. and Mrs. Tyler Garret of
Augusta were guests over the
weekend of Mrs. H. L. Allen.
Mrs. James G. Harmon of Sa
vannah, and Mr. and Mrs. Judson
Harmon of Atlanta were recent
guests of their sister, Mrs. Maude
H. Jones, and of the Lewis Grant
family.
Mrs. V. T. Batchelor, Gail, Rose
Ann and Tommy, are visiting this
week in Birmingham, Ala. with
her sister while Mr. Batchelor is
with the National Guard encamp
ment.
Mrs. R. E. Poss, Mrs. Elizabeth
Doolittle, Miss Amie Phelps, Mrs.
Carl Thrift and Miss Emma Grif
feth, all of Athens, came down
last Wednesday evening for the
services at Indian Springs Camp
Ground. They joined Mrs. Cleat
Reeves, also of Athens, who spent
the week at the Camp Grounds.
Mrs. Henry McCart of Coving
ton is spending this week with
her sister, Mrs. E. Z. Carter.
Miss Lydia Moore returned
home Wednesday of last week
from the Georgia Baptist Hos
pital where she had been a patient
for several weeks. She is slowly
recuperating.
College Freshman Bikes 500 Miles To
Visit Parents and Attend Camp Meeting
BY BARBARA WISE
Take a second look the next
time you see someone bicycling
down the road. It may be Roy
Ruskin off on another 500 mile
jaunt.
Roy, a first quarter freshman
at Asbury College, near Lexing
ton, Kentucky and a native of
Norcross, Ga., decided several
months ago he wanted to attend
Camp Meeting at Indian Springs
this year. Friday, August 9, he
began the trip by bicycle.
The 17 year old student left
the college shortly after he com
pleted his psychology examination
on an English racer equipped
with three gears, adjustable
wrench, screw driver, patch kit,
sls, a road map and a trench
coat. As he said “I had a coven
ant with myself that I would do
it, even though I kept saying it.
was crazy.”
The six day trip carried Roy
through the Smoky Mountains
and to Atlanta, making him en
dure the terrifying darkness of a
sudden mountain sunset, six flat
tires and tornadic storms.
The first day of cycling from
Asbury College carried the deter
mined young man to Burnside,
Ky. where a truck triver befriend
ed him, buying his supper, giving
him a dollar for breakfast and
persuaded the truck stop owner
to let the young man sleep in his
out of commission Cadillac.
The next night found him in
Wartburg, Tenn. seeking a bed
at the jail. The sheriff teased him
a bit about running away from
home and didn’t really believe the
young man when he said he was
running home as fast as possible.
The sheriff felt the jail crowd
was too rough for the young
college student and urged him to
seek other lodging. A service sta
tion operator allowed him to sleep
in the front of his pick up for the
night.
Sunday morning found Roy in
Oak Ridge, Tenn., very lost, he
said. In searching for a Methodist
Church to attend, he found his
way to the Church of Christ
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edifice and he reports he found
it made no difference. On the
same day in Knoxville, he became
discouraged after gleefully riding
down a real long hill only to find
at the botton he was on the
wrong road. The push back up
that long hill really ruined his
day.
It was out of Knoxville, some
where in between Roy reports
that darkness closed in without
warning. He stated that it was a
long way back and a good ways
to the next town. What made it
worse someone had told him the
authorities probably would not al
low him to cross the Smoky
Mountains on the bike because of
the bears. He stated “I’m weak
hearted anyway and I sure was
scared until I came to a restau
rant.”
The proprietor fed him and
housed him in an unused motel
on the grounds, giving him his
lodging and food. Crossing the
mountains took most of the next
day with a stop in Murphy, N. C.
for the night. The jail had been
secured for a night’s lodging
when word got around about the
plucky young man’s journey. An
owner of one of the leading res
taurants opened his home to him
and Roy says he knew he was in
the South.
Blue Ridge, Ga. was the next
town on the map and a flat tire
notwithstanding he made it on
time.
Three more flats were the
plight of the Indian Springs
bound lad before he reached
Marietta for the night. There a
family friend housed him for the
night.
Most of the next day was spent
around Atlanta with a good bit
of time wasted in down town At
lanta looking for a place that
sold a great deal of food for a
small amount of money. A ham
burger finally eased his hunger,
Roy said.
From Atlanta on, the way was
easy with good roads and, as Roy
said, he was nearly home and
didn’t need to conserve his
strength.
He arrived at the Indian
Springs Holiness Camp Grounds
around 7 o’clock Wednesday eve
ning, much to the relief of his
family. He was exhausted, but
not sleepy.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
R. Ruskin, had been advised of
the trip prior to his making it
and were naturally concerned.
Mr. Ruskin told his son to watch
for trucks and trains coming
down the mountains, if he felt
he had to make the trip and could
not be dissuaded.
Roy commented when asked
why he made the 500 mile trip,
“Just crazy, I guess.”
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1963
Sister of Miss
Grant Passes
In Cedartown
Mrs. C. P. McCurdy of 714 N.
College St., Cedartown, sister of
Miss Anne Grant of Jackson, died
Wednesday in the Polk County
Hospital after suffering a heart
attack Monday. Miss Grant is
director of nurses at Sylvan
Grove Hospital in Jackson.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at the First Methodist
Church of Cedartown.
She is survived by two sisters,
Miss Anne Grant of Jackson, Miss
Rosa Grant of Cedartown; a bro
ther, Tom Grant of Cedartown.
Messrs. J. T. Beckham and
James Stewart attended funeral
. services for Mrs. C. P. McCurdy
Thursday at the First Methodist
Church of Cedartown.
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