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IT’S THIS WAYfI
By Doyle Jones Jr. -
HOW TO BEAT THE RUSH?
Jest of the Week: A Los Angeles man walked into the office
of a friend recently to find him deep in thought.
“Big problem?” smiled the newcomer.
“Yes,” was the answer. “I’m trying to decide on something.
I’m trying to figure out whether to leave home for work between
6:3oand 7 a.m. and join the rush to beat the rush; leave between 7
and Ba.m. and join the rush itself, or leave after 8:30 and join the
rush that waited to miss the rush.” - Dan Bennett in The
American Legion Magazine.
THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
You know, a lot of times a community doesn’t appreciate
what it has, or perhaps, paradoxically, doesn’t realize what it has.
Jackson has produced two of the outstanding young artists and
illustrators in the Southeast in the persons of Scott Coleman and
Mrs. Elizabeth Carmichael Jones. The former is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John L. Coleman, the latter the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.
A. Carmichael. Another similarity is that both married home
folks. Scott’s wife is the former Nancy Ann Robison, while Liz is
married to Robert Jones. Scott’s drawing of the Fellowship
Presbyterian Church in Butts County was featured on the cover of'
the latest issue of The Presbyterian Survey. He has exhibited in
art shows over the Southeast and been acclaimed for his
excellence. Some of you who enjoy “Outdoors in Georgia” have
perhaps noticed that the illustration of the fish and wildlife are
done by Liz Carmichael Jones as she signs her drawings. Three
fish from her pen are to be found in the September issue. We
congratulate both on the excellence of their works and predict an
ever widening career of success and recognition as these young
artists mature . . . . His many friends here were saddened at
the death of Ralph Shea, former pastor of the Jackson United
Methodist Church. I recited in these columns of the last time I saw
him in the Spring at Hartsfield airport while awaiting the arrival
of a sister-in-law from New Orleans. He was with his wife and
sister and was enroute to the parking lot and the trip home to
Augusta. He looked well and we visited for some five minutes or
so. His untimely death at 65 occurred September 21st in Michigan
as he stepped from his car while on a tour of the Pacific Coast and
the Canadian Rockies with his wife, sister-in-law and her husband.
Death was mercifully swift and having known Ralph rather well,
he would have chosen that way to go. We extend our sympathy to
his family add friends .... Congratulations are certainly in
order to Samuel L. Johnson upon his signal honor of being named
“Teacher of the Year” for the Butts County School System. This
dedicated and hard working black educator has been a stabilizing
force in the schools since his appearance here in 1958. His
dedication to the schools has been matched or exceeded by his
service to the community. He has lent quiet, efficient and dignified
leadership to both and his selection as TOTY is roundly applauded.
Congratulations again, Sam! .... Detectives in San
Francisco last week arrested four call girls who believed in
applying the Boy Scout motto of “Be Prepared” to the nth degree.
These gals were equipped with a credit card stamping machine
and blanks. Now I suppose it will soon become fashionable for a
John to call to his light-of-love, “Whomp me up a C note of love,
baby. Here’s my credit card” .... A frightened and
emotionally distraught white woman climbed atop a 150 foot high
water tower in a predominantly black neighborhood last week in
Dania, Florida. Instead of offering assistance, or at least
encouragement, in helping her down, the mob began imploring her
to jump and seemingly became incensed when she failed to do so.
She was eventually rescued unharmed. We point no especial finger
at the blacks, because the same thing has happened in other parts
of our country when the audiences were white. We are a sick
society when leering and jeering mobs attempt to intimidate an
emotionally disturbed person to suicide to satisfy their craving for
blood and violence .... Two very smart doves can be seen
daily eating in the yard of Misses Georgie and Delia Watkins,
partaking of the grain they feed “their birds” 365 days of the year.
These doves may live to a ripe old age if they continue to exercise
such good judgement and caution .... Seldom has a
professional football team been so humiliated as were the Falcons
by the Rams. So impotent was the Atlanta offense that in 60
minutes they could manage only two first downs and 83 total
yards. What I’m going to say is by no means original as it has been
said often before, but Van Brocklin has to go if the Falcons are
ever to field a contending team. The smartest move would be to
fire him as a coach and hire him as a quarterback. Then the
Falcons might begin to move forward .... Judge Andrew
Whalen Jr. of the Griffin Circuit, in my eyes at least, ranks right
along with Judge Hugh D. Sosebee of the Flint Circuit as one of the
top judges in the state, bar none. Judge Whalen fined the four
clubs-Elks, Moose, Eagles and VFW--$2,000 each last week as a
result of raids September Bth led by Spalding Sheriff Dwayne
Gilbert which resulted in the seizure of some 20 gambling devices
at the four clubs. In his quiet and dignified manner, Judge Whalen
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Guest Editorial
Worth Of Education
People in the know have always complained that we haven’t
gotten our money’s worth in our school system. We have often
heard it said that more money has been wasted in the name of
education than in any other field.
On the subject, the U.S. News & World Report recently said:
“Widespread disillusionment is evident among parents and
taxpayers over the billions they have lavished on U.S. education
in recent times.
“The enrollment boom of the past 15 years is over, but they
find the costs of education still soaring.
“Teachers’ unions in many public school systems are talking
strike -and a unionization drive is underway on the nation’s
campuses.
“Racial integration of schools by busing remains an unsettled
and smoldering issue in many places. And the upgrading of the
quality of education for all races promised by “new math” and
other innovations seems almost as far away as ever.”
The News & World Report, in its article, called attention to
the fact that in the past 10 years, the cost of schooling in this
country has increased to where it’s now three times what it was,
and that there is a movement on foot supporting legislation to
make educators more accountable for performance than they are
now.
Asa matter of fact, the educators are not held responsible for
turning out a superior product; and while they go without such
responsibility, the teachers are unhappy about their pay and the
working conditions.
It seems that we all got along better when we didn’t have so
much money, and what an old professor at the University of
Georgia recently told a faculty group seems to be pertinent.
He told them in effect that when they were overworked and
underpaid they were all happy, and now that they are overpaid
and underworked, they are all miserable.
It seems like the more money we spend, the poorer job we do.
-The Augusta Courier
I Herman Talmadge
reports from the united states senate
THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE is
currently considering legislation to cut U.S. troop strength in
Europe by 50 per cent. Such legislation passed the Senate last
year, but was killed in the House of Representatives. I have
long supported reducing U.S. troop strength in Europe. I con
tinue to support it.
It’s been 28 years now since the end of World War 11. Yet
over 300,000 American troops remain stationed there today.
In the 40’s and 50’s they were placed there because the Euro
pean nations, devastated by the War, were unable to defend
themselves against an obvious Soviet threat.
But things are different today. The countries of Europe have
rebuilt, and can now stand on their own two feet. These nations
are well able to defend themselves. Besides, recent negotiations
between the Soviet Union and the European nations make an
attack less likely today than it was during the Cold War.
American troops in Europe today are nothing more than a
way of “showing the flag." We could do that just as well with
half as many troops. I support NATO, but I agree with Gen
eral Eisenhower, who said over ten years ago that American
interests in Europe could be defended with fewer troops.
* * *
OUR TROOP COMMITMENT IN EUROPE gobbles up
over 17 billion of the American taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars
a year. Our balance-of-payments deficit is one of our greatest
concerns, yet the net balance-of-payments drain of these troops
is over $1.5 billion a year.
The U.S. dollar has been devalued twice in the past two
years. Every day the price of the dollar hits anew low. Every
day the price of gold hits anew high. Inflation is rampant. Our
economy is a shambles.
told the club managers in Spalding Superior Court that no
fraternal or veterans club has the right to violate the law. “If it is
not a good law, we ought to do away with it. As long as it is the law
it must be upheld and if we are to be respectable in the eyes of the
public we must uphold the law,” Judge Whalen said. Those are
words of wisdom that any judge should be commended for
speaking. And in the case of Judge Whalen, he meant every word!
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I SAW GOD TODAY
I saw God today. Where did I see Him, you ask? I saw Him in
the face of a small child whose smile and laughter reminded me of
the happiness and joy that comes from trusting a God who loves
us.
I saw God today. Where did I see Him, you ask? I saw Him in
the golden leaves of autumn which fall each year and blossom
each spring. I heard Him in the rustling of the grass and in the
song of a robin red-breast.
I saw God today. Where did I see Him, you ask? I saw Him in
the person of a teacher who loved his students. I saw him
struggling to teach a student so that the student could have a
better life. I saw him toil on in his labors, underpaid and often
unappreciated.
I saw God today. Where did I see Him, you ask? I saw Him in
the compassion of a doctor who was working with God to heal a
patient. I saw Him as he took his skills and knowledge and helped
relieve some of the suffering of a broken humanity.
I saw God today. Where did I see Him, you ask? I saw Him in
the love of a father who was sweaty and tired from a hard days
work. I saw him work so that his family could have a house where
they could make a home. I saw him work so that his children could
get a good education. I saw him work so that the women He loved
could have a few of lifes luxuries.
I saw God today. Where did I see Him, you ask? I saw Him in
the person of a minister who wept with a family at the loss of a
loved one, who joyed with a young couple at the birth of their first
child, and who prayed for love which he could pass on to those with
whom he came into contact.
I saw God today. Where did I see Him, you ask? I saw Him in
a public official who was elected to office by the people. I saw him
as he tried to do his best in a society which often accepts and
fosters crookedness. I saw him as he struggled to make a decision,
knowing that whatever decision he made would help some and
hurt others, would be praised by some and condemned by others.
I saw God today. Where did I see Him, you ask? I saw Him in
an ex-con who was trying to make anew start in life. I saw him as
his past life followed him everywhere he went. I saw him as he
tried to start over and no one was interested in giving him a chance
to start over.
I saw God today. Where did I see Him, you ask? I saw Him in
a person-any person, every person-who reached out his hand to
help another person. I saw Him as people overcame the difference
of race, creed, education, status, in order that they could help
another.
I saw God today. Where did I see Him, you ask? I saw Him in
the symbol of a cross. It reminded me of His great love for us. He
loved us so much that He sent His only Son into our world to save
us. His Son died for us even when we weren’t worth dying for. I saw
Him on the cross, and I heard His prayer of forgiveness for those of
us who put Him there.
So you see, my friend, I saw God today. You say you have
never seen Him ? Perhaps it is because you have never looked for
Him. - FIVE STAR
Letters To
The Editor
September 24,1973
Just a short note to let you
know how very much I enjoy
reading the Jackson Progress-
Argus. It brings back so many
memories of my childhood life.
I also enjoyed the write-up in
Serving All Faiths with
Distinction and Consideration
Memories are engraved forever in the treas
ured book of a life well lived. Our services
warmly express this.
HAISTEN BROTHERS
Incorporated
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1973
‘Whatsoever
Things'
By Donald E. Wildmon
the paper about my Father,
Mr. Ralph Fogg. It was so nice
indeed.
My husband also enjoys
reading it. It certainly is a
wonderful newspaper.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks again for a very nice
Newspaper.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Sue F. (Fogg) Moore
2380 Stewart Avenue, S. W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30315
H Learned How To Die
Somebody cared an awful lot for the little tow
headed boy they brought into the county hospital the
other evening. The ambulance drivers wheeled him
in, a still, small form covered by a starched white
sheet. A second wheeled bed bore a little girl, her
right arm splinted with boards, a knee swathed in
gauze, her empty eyes, gazing only at the last seconds
of the boy’s short life.
Somebody loved the dead youth on the litter
enough to spend five hundred dollars on a fancy
miniature motorcycle for him to ride. The boy s
parents even bought him a crash helment but the
helmet was probably more for show than out of
concern for the lad’s safety or the helmet law. It is
against the law and extremely unsafe to allow
children to ride mini-bikes on the street or highway.
Having bought their son a toy motorcycle and a
“grown up” helmet, the boy’s proud parents must
have for some reason stopped loving him at the five
hundred dollar mark. How else explain their failure
to teach the child to safely ride his deadly toy? What
other explanation than unconcern can there be, for
allowing an untrained, unlicensed, unregistered,
third grader to ride an under-powered toy down the
middle of a state highway?
The wobbling mini-bike and its screaming
riders came suddenly into the truck driver’s view as
his vehicle plunged down a steep slope. The terrified
junior bike rider threw his machine into a thirty foot
skid, knocking his little girl passenger off the rear,
and hit the truck head on.
Some parents seem to think the only way their
children can learn the important things in this world
is by making mistakes. They call it “experience.”
The freckle faced third grader being ticketed for the
county morgue the other night had learned something
very important. He learned how to die.
IN APPRECIATION
We wish to thank those who attended
the Grand Opening of the Indian Springs
Shoppe September 29th and helped make it
a big success. We appreciate your patron
age and announce the winners of the draw
ing as follows:
Marvin Walker, Flo villa, a Purse Kit;
Joe Davies of Jackson, a Candle Kit. Nancy
Shelby of Jackson drew names.
Indians Springs Craft &
Hobby Shoppe
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