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By Doyle Jones Jr.
Jest of the Week: Mother and daughter were in the kitchen
washing dishes, while father and seven-year-old Son were in the
living room reading the evening paper. Suddenly, there sounded a
crash of falling dishes.
Father and Son listened expectantly in the ensuing silence. “It
was Mother,” Son finally announced.
“How do you know?” Father inquired.
“Because,” answered Son firmly, “she isn’t saying anything.”
A five-year-old tot was assigned by her schoolteacher to make a
Christmas drawing - the interior of the stable where Christ was
born. The youngster showed her father the finished picture. He
studied it, then pointed to one item and asked what it was.
“Oh, that? the child explained. “That’s their TV set.”
HARRY S. TRUMAN - A MAN OF PRINCIPLE
Eulogies and editorials continue to pour in from many sources,
all in praise of former President Harry S. Truman. As far as I’m
concerned that can’t be too effusive, too flowery. The eloquence of
the greatest writer can not do justice to the integrity and character
of this great man.
He was our 33rd president. He was more than that. He came to
personify for Americans the same intangible qualities that the
English saw and loved in Winston Churchill. In times of crises,
Harry Truman was at his best, rising on occasion after occasion to
lead this nation on the right path. At his inauguration he prayed the
prayer of Solomon when that great leader asked God for wisdom to
lead and direct his people. Not many of our presidents before or
since have so taken God in their confidence with such sincerity and
humbleness. God granted his prayer and gave him the wisdom he
used so wisely as he led our nation through peril and crisis.
Harry S. Truman was of the people, by the people and for the
people. He never lost the common touch, which has never been
regained by any succeeding chief executive.
Hard decisions were his and often unpopular. He okayed the use
of the atomic bomb. History proved him right for the terrible
destruction wreaked on Hiroshima and Nagasaki hastened the
war’s end and saved thousands of lives, both Americans and
Japanese. He fired the popular Gen. Douglas MacArthur when he
disobeyed his explicit order. He had no choice. Truman was
president and commander-in-chief. He fired Charles Wilson when
that venerated business leader could not make peace with the steel
moguls. He short circuited the Berlin Blockade by the most
prodigious airlift to this date. He helped author the Marshall Plan,
aided in the NATO, and fought Communism to a standstill across
the length and breadth of the globe.
While he did not possess the style of a Roosevelt or a Kennedy,
the eloquence of a Churchill or a MacArthur, he surpassed them all
in his sensitivity to making the right choice on any problem, plus
the inate use of the common sense with which he was endowed by
his Maker and which was sadly missing in Eisenhower, Kennedy,
Johnson and Nixon.
Truman’s statue was enhanced after he left office as he gained
esteem, affection and admiration by a grateful citizenry. He was
endowed with many earthy qualities that most Americans
appreciate. He’d take a shot of bourbon at the drop of a hat or a
hint, he could and did on occasions express himself in language not
considered proper for a drawing room, he had a faculty for loyalty
to old cronies that kept his administration in hot water sometimes,
he was stubborn, cantankerous, fiesty and peppery.
He was a man to his own self true, he was honest with his
constituency and he was honest with his high office. He was
impregnable and unconquerable and world leaders came to admire
him for his shrewdness and his canny ability to come up with the
proper decision.
As we bid Harry S. Truman a fond farewell, my only regret is
that he and Andy Jackson were not contemporaries. They should
have been. They were two of a kind, cut from the same mold of
greatness. Lawsy me, the Hermitage would have never been the
same had these two gotten together. Not only that but Bess and
Rachael would have probably hit it off as well as their husbands.
There was a motto plaque on Truman’s desk that read, “The
Buck Stops Here." It did! Once it reached the president’s desk
there was no where else to pass it. But that fact never bothered
Harry S. Truman one iota. As he said, “I always try to do my
damndest,” and that was good enough for most Americans. His
actions and decisions have relegated him to the select class of great
presidents and in that Valhalla of the great the man from Missouri
stands as tall as Washington, Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln and
towers over the mediocre many.
He served above and beyond the call of duty. He fought the last
enemy, Death, with the same resolute courage that he had given to
his high office with Death having to wait him out until the last
inning. He died revered and loved by the nation he served so well
and honorably. May he rest in peace! “The Missouri Waltz” is over
but the melody will linger forever!
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Guest Editorial
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL
Harry S. Truman
Harry Truman was pure American. He was a Midwesterner of
Southern stock. His background was rural as was the background
of most Americans of his generation.
His beginnings were small. He was a haberdasher. He served his
country well in World War I. He went into politics. His rise was
steady buy not meteoric. He came onto the world stage when
President Franklin D. Roosevelt selected him as his running mate
for his fourth and last term.
When President Roosevelt died Harry Truman was humble. He
prayed for guidance and for the help of his countrymen. The world
and his country thought he was a little man in a job too big for him.
They were wrong. President Truman had the old virtues that
made this country great. He was straightforward. He was
determined. He was tough minded. His policies saw the
containment of the Communist advance in Central Europe and the
East. He took on the formidable General Douglas MacArthur and
won. When the Democrats nominated him to succeed himself even
the Democrats thought it was a lost cause. But this scrappy little
man from Missouri stumped the country and shook thousands of
hands and his election was one of the stunning upsets of American
political history. Even then his detractors wouldn’t leave him
alone. They said he was little, he was vulgar. He did not have the
graces. What they really were saying was he was a plain,
unvarnished citizen of the United States, typical of millions of us
except that he had more character, more determination, more
gumption and more political shrewdness than his detractors
combined.
After the White House, Mr. Truman lived a full life. He enjoyed
his family and his neighbors. He stayed active. He was accessible.
And what must have been sweetest of all was the decline of his
detractors and the growth of his admirers. Now on his death, he is
praised as one of the great American presidents.
He made many a hard decision in his day, including the release of
the first atomic bomb. His approach to these problems was direct
and swift and correct. Seldom before and never since has the White
House been more typical of the average American home. There
was a strong bond of understanding and affection between Harry
Truman and the American people. Death has severed it and his
country mourns his passing.
Info on Tax
Matters Aired
At Meeting
Farmers and wives, are you
familiar with the many changes
in the INCOME TAX LAW for
1972? Do you know how to make
your own return or present the
proper information to the
person making it for you? Are
you familiar with itemized
deductions, depreciation anch
capital gains that may benefit
the farmer?
Do you understand the
SOCIAL SECURITY LAW and
know the benefits you may be
losing for yourself in the case of
disability or your family in the
event something happens to
you, if you are not properly
covered?
There will be a meeting on
INCOME TAX at the Jackson
High School Vocational Depart
ment, and on SOCIAL SECUR
ITY Tuesday night, Jan. 9th and
Thursday night, Jan. 11th at 7
D.m. Joe Lineberger and Gerald
dson, Ag Teachers, will be
isisted by Robert Allen, Area
Vocational Agriculture Teacher
and a representative of the
Social Security District Office.
All farm people, men and
women, in this area are invited
to attend.
Rev. Wall To
Speak At New
Church Here
Announcement was made this
week by Donald Sheffield that
Rev. Aaron Wall, Georgia
District Superintendent of the
Assembly of God Church, will
be guest speaker at the
Thursday night meeting of the
newly organized Assembly of
God Church in Jackson. The
public is invited to attend the
service at which time plans will
be formulated to acquire a
building in which to hold
regular services.
Beginning January 9th, Mr.
Sheffield stated, the prayer
meetings will be held each
Tuesday evening at his home at
142 Watkins Street rather than
on Thursday as has previously
been done.
Persons interested in attend
ing the services or desiring
further information may call
Mr. or Mrs. Donald Sheffield at
775-2785.
Stocking
Fund
Aided Many
Through the generous re
sponse of Butts countians the
Empty Stocking Fund, spon
sored annually by the Butts
County Jaycees, was able to
make Christmas meaningful for
2%-families and 81 children this
year, Tony Thurston,
president, revealed.
Mr. Thurston said both he and
the Jaycees wish to thank the
generosity of the people of the
community for without their
help and response of cash
donations and new and useable
toys the program could not have
been as successful.
Mr. Thurston said that during
two roadblocks over $525 was
raised in six or seven hours.
President Thurston also pointed
out that several persons made
large cash donations with the
Jackson Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club donating
many new toys which helped
immensely since there were
none left over from last year.
About S6O worth of fruit was
purchased which was divided
evenly among the children with
the remainder made into a
basket and carried to patients
at Sylvan Grove Hospital. Mr.
Thurston also said that some
donated clothes were also
distributed. The distribution
took place December 23rd at the
high school auditorium.
President Thurston explained
that the cash money was used to
buy new clothes for the children
with each girl receiving anew
dress or blouse and a pair of
slacks. Boys were bought anew
shirt and pants. New toys were
bought with money left over.
Perhaps one of the nicest
features of the Empty Stocking
Fund Drive this year was that
some money was left with it
being placed in a separate bank
account to be used in next
year’s Empty Stocking drive,
according to Mr. Thurston.
DR. PINCKNEY NAMED
AS AREA ADVISOR
Dr. Robert H. Pinckney,
Jackson, Ga., has been named
as an area advisor and liaison
representative for the “Golden
Jubilee” Southern (South
eastern) Educational Congress
of Optometry, February 2-6,
1973, at the Mariott Motor Hotel
in Atlanta.
With some 2,800 persons from
40 states expected, the event
will be one of the largest of its
kind held. More than 106 hours
of lectures on such subjects as
refraction, contact lenses, and
low-vision aids will be offered.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1973
t ‘Whatsoever
Things’
By Donald E. Wildinon
THE MAN WITH THE MUSTACHE
I went visiting one day to see a family that had attended our
church. I was met at the home by a little boy who was about five or
six-years-of-age. He told me that his parents were home and then
ran inside to tell his mother that “that fellow from the church is
here.”
Once inside I began a conversation with the mother, and of
course it "centered around the church. The little boy was real
excited about having company and he kept trying to be a part of the
conversation.
After we had talked a few minutes the little boy finally got a
question in. “When is that man with a mustache going to be in your
church again?” Usually I can identify any question a young child is
trying to ask, but that one really stumped me.
I racked my mind about a man with a mustache. I knew of no one
in our church who had a mustache. Nor did I know of anyone who
had ever been in our church who wore a mustache. I tried to dig a
little more information from the child with the hope that I could
answer his question. “Which man is that?” I asked. “You know,”
he said, “the one that talked.”
Again I searched my mind and could not remember anyone who
had ever “talked” in our church who had a mustache. I tried to
remember all who had preached. I didn’t remember any of them
having a mustache. I was about to decide that the child was
confused when my memory recalled that several months earlier I
did invite a fellow minister of mine to preach at our church and he
did have a mustache!
After remembering that a “man with a mustache” did indeed
“talk” in our church, I knew immediately why it was so difficult for
me to identify him as the person the little boy spoke of. You see, the
person the child asked about was a Negro. I invited him to preach
for me. He was a good friend of mine. But I remembered my friend
as a black man and the child remembered him as a man with a
mustache!
Now had I been asked, “When is the black man going to be in your
church again?”, I would have immediately known the person of
which the child spoke. The color of his skin would have been my
identifying mark. But for the little boy the major difference in my
Negro friend and the rest of us was not the color of his skin but the
fact that he wore a mustache!
Racial-prejudice - regardless of which direction it comes from --
is something which has to be learned. Little children do not have it
until they are taught it. The Man from Galilee once said: “The
Kingdom of God belongs to men who have hearts as trusting as
these little children’s. And anyone who doesn’t have their kind of
faith will never get within the Kingdom’s gates.”
That little child taught me a valid lesson that day - that there are
other distinguishing characteristics about a man other than the
color of his skin. Maybe one day some of us adults will be able to
remember a man by his mustache rather than the color of his skin.
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Letters to the Editor
Weekend
Was Quiet
Butts County enjoyed a quiet
New Year’s weekend with only
one minor traffic accident
reported in the county. This
happened New Year’s morning
about two a.m. on Brownlee
Road and involved Willie Wise
who was uninjured in the
mishap which was believed to
have been caused by bad
weather and wet roads. The car
ran off the road.
Butts Sheriff Barney L.
Wilder said that six traffic
arrests were made over the
weekend.
The Jackson Police Depart
ment, Watson Vaughn, chief,
reported a quiet weekend with a
few cases made for traffic
violations. He said that some
fireworks were shot but no one
was apprehended or no arrests
made.
CARD OF THANKS
Mere words cannot express
our deep appreciation and
thanks to our friends, neighbors
and loved ones who remem
bered us in so many ways
during the untimely death of our
son and brother. The cards,
food, floral offerings, visits and
prayers meant much to us and
helped make our grief easier to
bear and we shall never forget
your kindnesses. May God bless
each of you. -- Mrs. Lizzie Smith
and family.
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Congratulations!
This is a pleasant reminder of
yesteryear. Alma Mater is
indeed proud of you and your
accomplishments.
Best Wishes.
John E. Drewry
Athens, Georgia
May I add to your glories a
seven fold “Amen”. It couldn’t
have happened to a nicer guy,
and long overdue to my mind.
There were many little acts of
kindness and deeds of love and
thoughtfulness that I know of
that have not been written up, at
least not here but somewhere,
wherever those kind of things
are recorded.
You and Martha have been
quite a team as you have
trodded together down through
the years meeting the sorrows
and joys as they were meted out
to you, always with a
carefulness and strength built
up through the years on a strong
foundation.
Congratulations!
With love to both of you.
Ruby Compton
Fort Myers, Fla.
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