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IT'S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES JR.
Jest of the Week: The professor stepped up on the platform
and by way of breaking the ice, he remarked, “I’ve just been asked to
come up here and say something funny.”
At this point, a student heckler in the back of the hall called
out, “You’ll tell us when you say it, won’t you?”
The professor answered, “I’ll tell you, the others will know.”—
Ties.
• • •
THE HAPPY RETURN OF BOOTS
Last Monday afternoon while driving from home to town along
McDonough Road I saw a large yellow eat cross the street near the
Rufus Adams home and head in the direction of Gene Blue’s domi
cile. 1 stopped the car and called to him, but he disdained me. I
turned around in Lamar Jinks’ drive and parked in Gene Blue’s,
hurrying out of the car to intercept the cat as he angled toward
the backyard of the last mentioned home. 1 called to him several
times and finally he stopped, looked at me quizzically and then
started toward me. I stooped and picked him up and realized that
at long last Boots had been found.
He had disappeared three weeks ago and we had despaired of
his life, fearful that an over zealous quail hunter might have blasted
him into oblivion. I immediately noticed a terrible scar alongside
his left eye which could have bpen made by the crease of a bullet or
a blow. This, no doubt, bad rendered him hors de combat for several
weeks. Albeit a little lean, he seemed no worse for wear. I put him
in the car and took him to town where I asked Martha to look at
something I had in the car without divulging what it was. She
took one look at the yellow rascal that she had catnapped well over a
year ago at a Columbia, South Carolina motel and professed not to
recognize him for a certainty. “Let’s take him home,” I said. “We
rode home and immediately upon being let in the door he made a
bee line for the kitchen, meowing in the squeaky voice that was un
mistakable. “That's Boots,” she cried with joy, kneeling to hug the
prodigal son, who seemed more interested in food than affection.
Martha whomped him up a serving of victuals that would have
choked a field hand, as the saying goes, evidently trying to make
up for lost time. Boots reciprocated by eating with gusto until his
plate was as empty and shiny as thnt of a hungry Kiwanian. He
settled down for a snooze on his favorite sofa and we decided to let
him spend the night, preparing for him by putting a litter box in
the kitchen.
The first night went beautifully. He was the soul of decorum,
though we knew he was not accustomed to remaining indoors over
night. But the next day and night, things went from bad to worse.
Boots “betrayed” us three or four times in as many places and,
gentle readers, 1 use the word “betrayed” loosely since this is a
family paper. After about the third episode Martha began to
actively agitate that Boots be permitted his freedom again, the
hazards of cats in a cruel world notwithstanding. My nostrils could
not long defend against such logic, so on Wednesday afternoon I ;
took Boots into the front yard; threw him up the small pine that !
he can clamber down with ease, and stood by as he trotted across
the yards of Ben Haisten and the Watkins Sisters in the direction
of his latest light of love. He has not returned since, but then we
take hope in the fact that he is still living and is being fed and
cared for by some family up the road who hopefully love him as
much as we do.
It will be good in future days to look out the den window and
see him perched atop the air conditioner, waiting for someone to
open the door, let him in and feed him. He is fiercely independent
and proved what we knew already—that freedom to him is more
highly prized than indoor security. We hope he will come back and
often. That “old yaller cat” as the yard man calls him, has a
special place of affection in our hearts and we trust that he will
endure and persevere until he reaches a ripe old age in the eat king
dom.
At least we can postpone his obituary until a later date. We
can testify that he is very much alive and strong willed as ever.
Speaking of Boots’ return, l am especially appreciative of sev
eral friends for their interest and concern while he was away.
Mayor C. B. Brown Jr. and the city sanitation crew helped keep an
eye open for Boots—dead or alive. We are indebted to Miss Mar-
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Guest Editorial
THE MACON TELEGRAPH
RESTORING MAIL SERVICE
IMMEDIATELY U. S. GOAL
The threatened national paralysis of the mail ser
vice brings the American people with jarring sud
denness to a fundamental issue:
How far will government employees, even those
with admitted grievances, be permitted to go in en
forcing demands through strikes which have a dis
astrous effect on the public interest?
Along with this issue is the practical one of what
remedies are available to government to protect that
public interest.
That this nation’s postal .service might be put
out of commission, even temporarily, is a frightening
prospect.
President Nixon’s statement
Saturday that he would keep the
mails moving was widely inter
preted as indicating he would re
sort to the use of the military
as replacements for striking
postal workers if necessary.
But at best the use of soldiers
to process and deliver mail is a
poor substitute for experienced
mail handlers.
Stiff and continuing fines
against postal workers and unions
in violation of court orders to re
turn to work may be effective in
returning bodies to struck post
offices. But efficiency, already
no great shakes, would plummet.
Pay increases, though less than
the workers hoped for, have been
tied up in Congress. The Presi
dent’s insistence that the pay
raises be contingent on reforms
in the postal service helped
precipitate the breakdown in ser
vice.
Government efforts must be
bent, first, toward full restora
tion of mail service and contin
uation of this service at the high
est possible level. An immediate
second step must be a full review
guerite Fletcher for an especially newsy letter in which she believed
she had seen Boots down on Covington Street, and knowing his
wandering proclivities she well might have. Miss Viola Slaughter
sent a card and a cat calendar that was greatly appreciated. The
maid at the Levi Balls was helpful as we were tipped that a.yellow
cat had been seen there, but it was not Boots. Mrs. Lucile Jolly
assuaged our temporary sadness with a gift of two porcelain cat
figurines. Mrs. W. C. Dailey stopped by to tell us of a yellow cat that
had been seen frequently around her home and I suspect that it is
Boots. Others have called or stopped us to express sympathy, and
inquire if he had been found.
It is good to have such friends. And also to know that many
are sympathetic when a pet is missing or killed. It all adds up to
a big plus for this crazy, topsy-turvey world.
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of the salary and working con
ditions of postal employees.
The principle is sound that gov
ernment workers whose duties
directly and substantially affect
the public interest do not enjoy
the same strike privileges as
workers in private industry. But
that principle carries with it a
built-in obligation of government
to assure, by its own voluntary
action, that there is no reasonable
grounds for a strike.
The principal should be ob
served by workers, whether mail
men, teachers, policemen, fire
men or sanitation employees, and
by government, whether national,
state or local.
CARD OF THANKS
Words cannot express my
thanks and appreciation for dear
friends while I was in the Emory
University and Sylvan Grove
Hospitals. Your gifts, cards, flow
ers, assistance, prayers and love
meant much to me then and since
my return home. May God’s rich
est blessings find each of you.—
Mrs. D. D. Estea.
‘Whatsoever Things’
BY DONALD E. WILDMON
THE GREATEST PART OF THE FAITH
I made what was, to me, a startling discovery
recently. I was reading about what happened on
that Good Friday in Jerusalem nearly a couple
thousand years ago. I read again how they hung
that Man among men on those two sticks of wood.
I could feel the blows of the hammer as they
drove the nails into His palms. I could feel the
jar as the cross was dropped into its hole, and
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came to rest with a terrific jolt. The flesh ripped, and blood spurted.
Crowd Jeered
You remember the rest of the events. You remember how the
crowd jeered at Him, made fun of Him, jokingly dared Him to
come down. It was a scene that has been repeated often in the his
tory of mankind. Over and over again that lowly Galilean has been
nailed to those two pieces of wood. Many times we have stood
around jeering at Him, making fun of His claims, slashing His
side with our selfish spears.
But you can remember, also,
that the story didn’t end on that
dark day. Finding an unused
tomb in a garden nearby, they
laid Him in it. And then, because
the next day was an especially
holy one, hardly anyone moved.
But Saturday is always followed
by Sunday, and on Sunday those
who loved Him found what all
who have loved Him since have
found - - - an empty tomb.
I said I recently made what
was to me a startling discovery.
All my life I had thought of that
cross and that empty tomb as the
most dynamic events in history.
I had always considered these as
the top jewels to place on a
crown of greatness. But now I see
that they weren’t the greatest
part of His Faith. Now I can
see that for all these years my
sight just did not go far enough
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to find the most tremendous
event in the history of mankind.
Now I can see what the greatest
part of this Carpenter’s Faith is.
And it is amazing!
Trusted Them
He entrusted the work of His
Church to those eleven men,
those disciples, who had just pri
or to the resurrection betrayed
Him! That, without a doubt, is
the grandest thing about Him—
that He trusted common people
with the responsibility of His
Church! Can you see that? Can
you understand what it means?
That He should give the greatest
responsibility ever known to man
kind to these eleven men is with
out question the highest sign of
His love and trust in mankind.
He entrusted His Kingdom not
to the high and mighty, to the
great and gallant, to the brave
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1970
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Campbell
of Atlanta came down Fiiday
night and, together with Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Glass and Miss p e *.
gy Glass, attended the Carter-
Holder wedding at Locust Grove
Baptist Church.
Miss Louise Thurston returned
to her home Saturday afternoon
after spending several days with
Mrs. S. W. Maddox.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harper
of Forest Park visited Mr. and
Mrs. Linton Harper on Sunday.
Cadet Ricky Beauchamp of
North Georgia College is spend
ing Spring holidays with his
mother, Mrs. J. O. Beauchann.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Cook and
family visited Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. John Dykes, parents
of Mrs. Cook, in Mcßae.
and brilliant —but to common
people! And He goes on entrust
ing His Church to common, plain,
ordinary folk!
How great His trust in us!
That He should give to plain folk
the tremendous privilege of car
rying on His Work speaks to
His great trust in the common
man! No one would have dared
to trust those eleven men with
such a great responsibility except
that Nazarene. No one else has
such a trust in commbn folk like
you and me.
Next time you are inclined to
lose hope in mankind, give it a
thought.—FlVE STAR
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