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IT'S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES JR.
Jest of the Week: Two men were discussing a mutual acquaint
ance. “Nice fellow,” said one, “but have you noticed how he always
lets his friends pick up the dinner bill?”
“Yes,” replied the other, “he has a terrible impediment in his
reach.”
Teacher: Can you tell me the meaning of “unaware?”
Pupil: That’s what you put on first and off last.
••••
THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
Easter was a bbbbbeauuutiful day as Mrs. Doris Carmichael
used to exclaim, drawing out the beautiful in her inimitable way.
It was chilly all day with a keen northwest wind still retaining the
bite of Winter, with the mercury flirting dangerously close to the
freezing mark early in the morning, giving rise to goose pimples to
those who braved the dawn’s chill for the sunrise services. It was
sunshiny and altogether a gorgeous day. Easter bonnets and
Easter dresses were much in evidence, the few Pappas who could
afford them sported new suits with men, women and children at
tired in sartorial splendor. But behind the pomp and pageantry
we trust there was reflection in the hearts of most on the first
Easter when Christ conquered death and the grave, He had already
conquered sin on the cross, bursting forth from the tomb that could
not contain him on that glorious Sabbath morn. That Christ lives is
the message of Easter. If in our lives it is missed, forgotten or
shunted aside, then all else is hollow and meaningless. Let us always
keep Christ in Christmas and Easter. He is the central figure and
theme in both ... If Ajax had been a cat then about eight of his
nine lives would have been used up. But Ajax is very much a dog
—black, angular, predominantly hound—th e mascot of Deer Trail
Golf Club and the property more particularly of Johnny Smolka.
It seems that about two weeks ago Ajax was running to meet John
ny’s car when he ran smack kerdab into a car being driven by a
Griffin golfer. Ajax came out second best in the encounter with a
bad injury to his right leg. Johnny rushed his pet to the office of
the new Jackson vet where he was considerably sutured. Ajax is
frisking about Deer Trail now with scarcely a limp, so the story
has a happy ending. But not so for millions of other pets, dogs and
cats, who are annually killed on our highways and roads. We read
the other day that dogs and cats do not possess periphereal vision,
as does man, which means they cannot see out of the corner of their
eye. In short, it appears that a dog or cat can see a car directly in
front but not one approaching from the side or rear. The lives of
many pets could be spared if the driver would simply give a toot
of the horn to alert the dog or cat as they attempt to cross the road.
Too many pets are sacrificed needlessly by unthinking and uncaring
drivers . . . The Masters begins today and a coterie of Jackson
golf fans, at least those fortunate enough to have tickets, will be
going down for one of the four days. Tickets are extremely scarce
and are generally being divided up by the lucky owners so that as
many as possible can attend at least one day’s play. Among those
expecting to attend are Mr. and Mrs. Everett Briscoe, Wayne
Barnes, E. M. McCord, Lorie Mangham, Dr. Bailey Crockarell, Milton
Daniel, Ray Kelly, Maurice Carmichael, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Jones Jr.,
Johnny Smolka, Donald Willard ,and others. The Augusta National
should be at its peak of beauty and the golfers at their best. May
the best man win . . . There is scant sympathy with the players on
the public’s part in the baseball strike. A poll of public sentiment
would greatly favor the owners. Many stars are overpaid and under
worked. If the season does not kick off this week it may not start
at all. Many fans could care less. For many a baseballess summer
might be a step in the right direction . . . Edward Houghtaling
has resigned as executive director of the Upper Ocmulgee office of
the OEO, effective last Saturday. Mr. Houghtaling has done a very
effective and creditable job and will be missed here. He has taken
a position with Mclntosh Trail Area Planning and Development Com
mission in Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. Houghtaling will continue to make
their home in Jackson where Mrs. Houghtaling is one of the more
popular teachers in Jackson High School ... We do not mean to
be repetitious but one can scarcely fail to call attention to the
yards of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cook on West Third Street and Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Williams on North Mulberry Street. They both are
simply immaculately tailored and gorgeous. See for yourselves
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Guest Editorial
THE MACON TELEGRAPH
OPEN MEETINGS
Georgia’s new open meetings law is an improve
ment over the old one, but as the measure’s author
noted, “No law is any better than the people who
enforce it and the people who hold office.”
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The so-called “sunshine law,” authored by Rep.
Larry Thomason, Decatur, was patterned after a sim
ilar law in Florida. But the Georgia bill was weak
ened by amendments before its passage, and it pro
vides for more exemptions than does the Florida
law r .
A major feature of the Georgia law opens the
meetings of the Public Service Commission. This is
the regulatory agency that rules on such matters of
general public interest as proposed increases in
utility rates. Yet the commission has previously held
many of its meetings behind closed doors.
However the amendments to
Thomason’s original bill provide
several loopholes. For example,
the Georgia law permits public
agencies to meet privately to dis
cuss hiring and firing of employ
ees or future real estate pur
chases. The tough Florida law
contains no such exemptions, and
it has been upheld by the Florida
Supreme Court.
In general, the Georgia law
prohibits closed meetings by pub
lic agencies—-county commis
sions, city councils and the like—
at all levels of government. This
does not mean, as some persons
believe, that the meetings are
merely opened to the press and
news media. They are opened
to the public. Any citizen can at
tend. The attendance of the news
media representatives is import
ant because they report what
takes place to citizens who can’t
attend or don’t want to take the
Announcement was made last week that Tech and Tennessee will
joust before national TV at Grant Field on September 9th, the game
being changed from October 14th to accommodate the television
moguls. The Engineers return a plethora of lettermen and blue
chippers on the plus side. They will, however, be playing their first
game under anew coaching staff, almost from stem to stern. That,
of course, could be a big minus. The Vols finished as perhaps one of
the strongest teams in the SEC. A sensational sophomore quarter
back, Conredge Holloway, will direct the Tennessee attack that
sputtered at times last year. His credentials mark him as one of the
nations finest. Grant Field will be teeming and overflowing. Despite
the exposure on the tube tickets will be hard to come by. We hope
that Bailey Crockarell, Joe Taylor, and Y. C. Hudson, all Big Orange
supporters, will make arrangements early for tickets. Mine is on the 50
and it wouldn’t be if I was there in person. Boy, what a way to open
the season! Tech and Tennessee! No love lost there. It should be a
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trouble to attend.
As Thomason noted, public of
ficials who choose to do so can
probably violate the spirit if not
the letter of the Georgia law.
Macon City Council can do so in
its informal sessions prior to the
regular Council meeting on Tues
day night, for example. These
early sessions were begun in an
effort to correct poor communi
cation between the mayor and
council and among the council
men. But lately Council has made
several policy decisions at these
sessions rather than at the reg
ular meeting attended by the pub
lic.
It is possible that a court could
prohibit such sessions if they are
held to circumvent the sunshine
law. But the best answer is for
City Council and other public
bodies to concentrate on follow
ing the intent of the law and
not on evading it.
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famous statement concerning happiness: “Let us all be happy and
live within our means,” "he wrote, “even if we have to borrow
the money to do it.” And you would be surprised at the number of
people who are pursuing this elusive quality called happiness by
following Browne’s humorous advice.
Unhappy People
This statement seems odd but has a world of truth in it—
the most uphappy people in the world are those trying the hardest
to b e happy. We Americans annually spend billions of dollars search
ing for this magic, evasive thing called happiness.
Dr. Gallup, the fellow who has
a way of finding the mood of the
public, took a poll on happiness
once. He found that the most un
happy people around were those
who frequented the taverns. How
odd that seems. I was under the
impression that people went to
the honky-tonks to have a good
time. Could it be—by some
strange quirk—that a good time
.and deep seated happiness are not
the same thing?
The great truth of life is that
happiness comes as a by product.
The best way in the world to miss
happiness is to pursue it directly,
to go searching for it in each
dark bar and every tipping of
the glass.
Dr. Austen Fox Riggs once
said; “Happiness is a by-product
of successful living.” Happiness
is a by-product of holiness—or,
if you prefer a less religious
word, wholeness. Holiness and
wholeness—they "both mean the
same thing and bring you to the
same place.
Happiness is the result of an
inner state, not outer security.
Happiness comes not from with
out but from within. Betty Bar
ton, who had been a paralytic be
cause of an automobile accident,
once wrote for Life magazine:
“We are suffocated so with
things and distractions that the
real pursuit of happiness is im
possible . . . Happiness is pri
marily an inner state, an innner
achievement.”
Happiness Not Goal
Happiness isn’t the goal of
life—holiness is! “Seek first the
Kingdom of God,” Jesus said.
“Don’t go after happiness or you
will miss it. Seek to do God’s will
and live by His plan and happi
ness will come without seeking.”
This theme of matching hap
piness and holiness is as old as
the ages. “Happy is the man who
takes refuge in the Lord,” says
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HAPPINESS—HOW TO FIND IT
Back more-than 2300 years ago a preacher
wrote these words: “My soul is bereft of peace,
I have forgotten what happiness is.” Well, there
are millions of people who are seeking and search
ing for what the preacher had forgotten—happi
ness.
More than 2000 years later another man by
the name of Charles Farrar Browne made a
the Psalmist. Jesus, in His Ser
mon on the Mountain, gave nine
ways to be happy. We call them
the beatitudes. You will find
them in the fifth chapter of Mat
thew in the Bible. I suggest you
learn and live them.
We spoke of Dr. Gallup and
his happiness poll. He also had
this observation to make: “Our
survey showed that the most hap
py people are those who have had
a real religious experience.”
“Seek first the Kingdom . . . ”
After that comes happiness
FIVE STAR ’
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Tharpe, Jr.
and family had as their Easter
dinner guests Mr. and Mrs. Ker
mit Williams and Keith. The oc
casion was to celebrate the birth
days of Miss Trude Tharpe and
Keith Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Cook had
as their guests Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Cook, Edith and
Gary, Pvt. Herschel Cook, Miss
Anne Cook, Sammy Coleman and
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Thompson
and Ronda.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1972
Mrs. McMahon
Buried At
Barnesville
Mrs. Mildred Irene McMahon,
51, of 411 South Eighth Street,
Griffin, died early Friday after
noon at th e Westbury Nursing
Home in Jenkinsburg.
Mrs. McMahon was born ir
Barrow, Wisconsin and had lived
in Griffin for several years.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at two o’clock
at McDonald Chapel in Griffin
with the Rev. Paul Wade offi
ciating. Interment was in Green
wood Cemetery, Barnesville, with
McDonald Funeral Home ir
charge of arrangements.
She is survived by her husband,
Harvey Jackson of Fayetteville
mother, Mrs. Ada Chambers Mc-
Mahon of Jenkinsburg; sister
Mrs. Grace Chambers of Stowe,
Ohio; several nieces and nephews,
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