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IT’S THIS WAY f3J
BY DOYLE JONES JR.
A M
Jest of the Week: Two women on a tour of Mount Vernon,
George Washington’s beautiful house on the Potomac, were admiring
the various rooms.
“And did you notice, Janet,” commented one, “that everything
is furnished in Early American?” —Ties.
• • •
THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
The long range weather forecast fo r Christmas Eve and Day
is that Santa may well make his appointed rounds in his shirt sleeves.
Milder than usual weather in the Southeast is envisioned by the
weather experts. Christmas last year was cold and wintry with sleet
and light snow in Athens with much of north Georgia covered with
a thin mantle. A cold rain fell in the area south of Athens, making
folks more appreciative of the fireside and warmth of the hearth.
. . . Congratulations are certainly in order to Park Newton who was
named “Man of the Year" by the Jackson Kiwanis Club at its Ladies
Night and Christmas party December Bth. He was presented an en
graved plaque for being so honored. This is the second year the award
has been made with Hampton L. Daughtry being the recipient in
1969. One can exhaust a list of superlatives in a hurry when one
speaks of “Mr. Park.” Two sterling qualities stand out in my mind
as 1 consider the innumerable contributions he had made to his
community in his 87 years, and they are integrity and loyalty. Mr.
Newton has a record of 1)2 years perfect attendance with the Jack
son Kiwanis Club, a mark that may well be high in the state. He
has not had an unexcused absence since 19158, a record that will cer
tainly endure for all time in the local club. It was my privilege to
serve as secretary of the Butts County Democratic Executive Com
mittee while Mr. Newton was chairman and the integrity and dedi
cation he evidenced during times of stress was an inspiration to the
committee and must have, been a great source of strength to him
self. Mr. Newton was uncompromising in his desire that every pri
mary in the county he conducted fairly and impartially and not a
breath of scandal or wrongdoing was ever leveled against him or the
committee. Mr. Newton is among the last of a diappearing breed who
believed a man’s word was his bond and that esteem for duty, honor
and country was to be practiced and revered next to a man’s love for
God and family. We will he the poorer when such men answer the
inevitable summons and we pray that Mr. Park will be spared for
many more years of fruitful service . . . We saw “Solomon” Car
michael, the great white cat that is the pet of Mary and Aldine Car
michael. strolling across the yard the other day and we almost
stopped to visit with this College Street patriarch but regrettably did
not take the time. Mary told me Sunday that Solomon is 12 years
old and bearing up well under his years, still master of all he sur
veys, including the hearts of his owners, lie is a handsome and in
telligent cat and we share the owner’s regard for this beautiful pet.
. . . And speaking? of pets, ou r Beau, the snoopy rascal, discovered
his present the other day and we had to forcibly remove him from
the room else there would be no mystery for him on Christmas Day.
We had purchased three cat stockings, containing articles and food
that intrigue felines and upon arriving home had placed them on the
bed. We let Beau, Doll and Boots in for their supper and once
through, Beau, who has more than his share of curiosity for which
cats are noted, made his way unnoticed to the bedroom where he
proceeded to jump on the bed and was caught in the act of trying
to tear the stocking apart in an effort to get his catnip. He was
restrained and evicted to the porch while Martha found more suitable
hiding spots to secret the gifts for the cats. If all enjoy theirs as
Beau was doing then Christmas should well be a howling success at
the Jones household . . . The Georgia Department of Public Safety
has predicted that 49 persons will perish on highways of the state
during the long Christmas holiday period. During the Thanksgiving
holidays 50 deaths were foreseen but by saner and safer driving
the toll was held to 17. Hopefully we may be as fortunate at the
Yule season ... A well known Jacksonian tells this one on himself.
His four-year-old granddaughter climbed into his lap and nuzzled
against him in an affectionate mood. She reached up to stroke his
face and finding no whiskers was told that he had shaved. ‘T know.
Pop,” she replied, “but where did the cracks (wrinkles) come from?”
Grandpop should have replied, “age, honey, age.”
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Guest Editorial
THE MACON TELEGRAPH
EFFECTIVE PRISON REFORM
STILL LACKING IN STATE
The strong emphasis on prison reform by the Mad
dox administration unfortunately has produced no
heartwarming results.
For all the talk about rehabilitating prisoners, the
state’s penal system remains essentially a way station
between crimes for many who are caught and convic
ted.
Admittedly change comes slowly in institutions
with long-imbedded practices, underpaid help and
inmates who are hardly the most likeable, coopera
tive individuals one could hope to meet.
But even that modicum of
change the public has a right to
expect has not been forthcoming.
The Georgia system is not
alone in its need for reform. The
prevailing view is summed up by
former Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark,
who said “Jails and prisons in the
United States today are more
often than not manufacturers of
crime.
“If we kept our animals in the
Central Park Zoo in the way we
cage fellow human beings in the
Tombs,” wrote William J. Vanden
Heuvel in a report this month to
New York Mayor John Lindsey on
conditions in the jail of the na
tion’s largest city, “a citizens’
committee would be organized,
and promient community leaders
would be protesting the inhuman
ity of our society.”
Fortunately, the demand for
Letters To
The Editor
The Georgia Motor Transport
Study Committee convened on
the 13th of October for the pur
pose of studying whether or not
the legislature should permit twin
trailers on Georgia highways. As
you no doubt know, after a brief
meeting, five of the six legisla
tive members of that committee
voted to recommend to the leg
islature in January, the passage
of legislation which would permit
these larger and longer tractor
trailer rigs to use our highways.
Since this time, we have re
ceived inquiries regarding the
railroad industry’s position on
this proposal. These questions un
doubtedly stem from the fact that
the railroads were present but
did not testify at the GMTSC
hearing. While I can speak only
far the Georgia, Western of Ala
bama, Atlanta & West Point, Sea
board Coastline and Louisville &
Nashville railroads, let us say,
there is no way railroads could
favor such legislation at this time
in light of several factors which
override any special interest po
sition, either of the railroad in
dustry or of the trucking indus
try.
It is these matters, all of which
are basic to the public interest,
that we feel the legislature should
consider very carefully. Certainly
they should have much more
bearing on the issue than the
views or desires of any one, two
or more industries. These include
the fact that the individual tax
payers, the motorists, throughout
the Southeast and in other sec
tions of the country are over
whelmingly opposed to the use of
longer tractor trailer equipment
on the highways which they must
use.
The U. S. General Accounting
Office has recently reminded the
Congress that the maintenance
of interstate highway systems is
a responsibility of the states,
once the highways are construc
ted. They have also reported to
the Congress that tractor trailers
of the present authorized sizes
are “tearing up” our highways at
an alarming rate. It is now known
that it will cost the people of
Georgia many millions of dollars
to repair the damage already
done to our highways. Naturally,
being a part of the Georgia tax
paying public, we as an industry
are greatly concerned as to where
the money will come from to pay
these bills.
Our Georgia state highway of-
reform of the nation’s penitenti
aries and jails, long heard from
penologists and correctional per
sonnel, is also coming now from
leaders in the highest echelons
ot government.
The chief justice of the United
States, for example, is in the
forefront of those demanding
greater attention to prisoner re
habilitation. Speaking before the
American Bar Association in Aug
ust, Mr. Chief Justice Burger de
cried a “warehouse type of ap
proach” to the handling of prison
inmates.
The greatest obstacle to im
provement of the correctional
system is the tendency to treat
jails as a rug under which to
sweep difficult people. Unfortun
ately, they don’t remain there
quietly.
PERSONAL
Harry Lewis arrived Wednes
day to spend the Christmas holi
day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
G. R. Lewis, He is a student at
Middle Georgia College.
Mr. and Mrs. David P. Ridge
way Sr. and girls expect to have
their sons, David Ridgeway Jr.
of Abraham Baldwin College and
Pvt. Perry Ridgeway of Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo., home to
spend the Christmas holidays with
them.
Miss Cissie Haisten of Middle
Georgia College is expected to ar
rive this week to spend the
Christmas season with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Haisten,
on McDonough Road.
Auburn University students
Hugh Glidewell, Jr. and Tommy
Glidewell arrived December 10th
to be with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Glidewell, Sr., for the
Christmas holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. David Faulkner,
David 111, Mary and Jeff Faulk
ner, will arrive Sunday to spend
the Christmas holidays with Mrs.
Margaret Carmichael and Miss
Kiki Carmichael at thei r home
on Covington Street.
ficials have stated that they are
not in favor of increasing weight,
length and width limits for mo
tor transport units. Certainly
these officials are in a better
position than perhaps anyone else
to know what is best for Geor
gia's highway system.
As in other states, safety and
legislative leaders of many or
ganizations in Georgia have
voiced opposition to “bigger,
longer, truck trailers.” They feel
as most do that we cannot allow
additional safety hazards on the
highways so vital to practically
every citizen’s daily activities.
Sixty-five foot twin trailers are
not legal on the highways of any
Southeastern state.
These are but a few of the
reasons why our railroads not
ortly cannot support, but must
oppose any attempt to increase
weight, width, and/or length of
the trucks and trailers which ope
rate in our state.
There is a loud, clear cry which
is heard in Georgia these weeks.
“Neither Georgia’s roads nor her
motorists are ready for bigger
truck trailers.” Surely the legis
lature will not turn its back on
the voice of the people.
CHESTER R. LAPEZA
President - General Manager
Atlanta and West Point Rail
Road Company
The Western Railway of
Alabama
Georgia Railroad
‘Whatsoever Things'
BY DONALD E. WILDMON
ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO COULD
\ HAVE DONE BETTER
In a church where I used to be the minister, I
had a man who was willing to do anything, he
could in the way of carpenter work for the church.
The fellow was a pretty good carpenter and any
time the church needed something done we could
HLflk depend on him to do it.
Another Fellow
Now in that same church there was another fellow who was
also, supposedly, a very good carpenter. Quite often the church
asked him to do something in the way of carpenter work for the
church. However, it always seemed as though this fellow had some
thing else more important to do. He never found time to get around
to doing any work for the church.
Once we needed some work done in the church kitchen. We
asked the man who was always busy to do it for us. As usual,
he was busy and couldn’t manage to work it into his schedule. So
we asked the other fellow if he could do the work for the church.
As usual, he said he would do the best he could just as soon as he
could.
It wasn’t many days till he was
working in the church kitchen.
The job took him several days,
and when he got through he had
done a pretty good job. When
time came to pay him for his
work, he wouldn’t take a penny.
No matter how hard we tried to
get him to accept something for
his work, he refused to accept
any pay.
Within a matter of weeks after
the work had been finished, the
man who was too busy to help
showed up to inspect the work.
He always managed to get around
after the work was completed.
And, as usual, he began to find
defects in the workmanship of the
fellow who did the work. Point
ing them out, he assured every
one that if he had done the work
himself he would have done a bet
ter job.
People Like That
I guess all of us know people
like that. When you need them
to help, they just can’t manage
to be present. They always have
some very good and valid reason
to excuse themselves. But the mo
ment the job is completed, they
show up criticizing the one who
did the work and explaining to
everyone how the work should
have been done.
The world we live in is a small
world, and there just isn’t enough
room for that type of person. If
a man wants to work beside me,
sweat with me on the job, cry
with me in the heartbreak, and
help me keep plugging away when
things go wrong—l will listen to
his criticism and accept it as val
id. But for the man who is un
willing to join in, for the man
who is unwilling to sweat and cry
and plug away with me—his criti
cism only shows his smallness.
As I look back I realize that I
really don’t know what type car
penter the critical fellow was. I
can’t remember ever seeing any-
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thing he built! And while the man
who did the work made some
slight mistakes, at least he did do
something—the best he could.
If I read the Good Book right,
we won’t be judged on how good
we could have done some task.
Our ability will not be taken into
consideration. But we will be
judged on what we did with what
we had to do with.
And that, my friend, is faith
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THURSDAY, DEC. 17, 197 0
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PERSONAL
Clayton Junior College stu
dents Jed Jinks, Mark Browning,
and John W. Browning, Jr. will
spend the Christmas season at
home.
Bill Fletcher, a student at
North Georgia College, will spend
Christmas with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lovett Fletcher.
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