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It’s This Way
By Doyle Jones Jr.
Jest of the Week: “We’re having a little get-together
over at the club tonight and we need a fourth for bridge. Can
you make it?” one doctor asked another over the phone.
“All right. I’ll be right over,” replied the second doctor
gravely.
“Do you have to go out, dear?” asked his wife as he was
putting on his coat.
“Yes, and it sounds serious,” he replied. “There are
three doctors there already.”
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ORDER FOR THE COOK
With his mother-in-law due in town for a visit, a wise
husband took aside the family cook and handed her a slip of
paper. “Bertha, here’s a list of my mother-in-law’s favorite
dishes.” he ordered. “Don’t lose it.”
“No, sir,” said Bertha.
“And remember,” he continued “if just one of these
dishes is served while she’s here—you’re fired.” Lane
Olinghouse in The American Legion Magazine.
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THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
Sunday, July 27th, will be a red letter day for members
of the First Baptist Church of Jackson for it is on this day the
first service will be held in their beautiful and spacious new
edifice on the Griffin highway. Rev. Don Folsom, pastor, said
this week that a formal dedication of the church will be held in
the Fall, probably October or November. This will allow time
for the grounds to be landscaped and the church to “mellow”
and it no doubt will be even more appealing after a few
month’s use. We congratulate Brother Don and his
congregation for their faith and giving in making their
magnificent new church a reality. We sincerely feel it will be
used well to the glory of God and we are proud of the new
building and all Baptist for making it possible ....
MARTA has some problems seemingly irreconcilable. There
is much justified concern over the tearing up of the streets in
downtown Atlanta during the period of construction. There is
also much concern over the rapid escalation of construction
costs due to the inflation that has spiralled prices on most
everything. Arguments are beginning to flare now on
proposed routes and those which should be constructed first.
From our vantage point in Jackson it appears a re-evaluation
of the entire system would be in order. It is much too
important a system and expensive an undertaking to go off
half cocked. An in depth review now of the entire MARTA
program could result in a better transportation system at
considerable savings. Too much is at stake and too much has
changed since MARTA was originally planned. A long look
now might be the wise course .... There are many who
think the handshake between the American and Russian
cosmonauts last week was the most expensive in history,
something like a quarter of a billion. While it is true that
nothing happened in this experimentation that has not
previously been done there is no way to measure that
intangible known as good will that is certain to accrue from
the first joint space venture of the two nations. Russia and the
United States are the chief protagonists in the world today.
While it is true the space link in no wise will change the
political idelologies of either country, one must realize that to
people in many lands the word Capitalism has about the same
connotation to many ears and minds as does the word
Communism to those of us in the western world. It was a
cooperative effort between the two giants of the world at a
time when such a gesture was desperately needed. It was a
gesture of good will that can ameliorate where detente fails.
Better expensive handshakes than even more costly nuclear
bombs. Handshakes have a way of binding up old wounds. It
could very well be true here .... Flying enthusiastis are
keen on Joe Proctor’s High Fall Airport. Although it is not in
Butts County, it is so close across the line in Monroe County,
we are prone to count it as a local facility. We featured a story
on the front page of the paper of July 17th that should help put
Joe’s airport in the limelight. Once many years ago there was
an airport at the intersection of Highway 33 and the Liberty
Church in High Falls Road. There are several airstrips in the
county. This is the closest airport to Jackson and in the future
it will be even more widely used. High Falls is one of the most
popular parks in the state and the airport definitely has a
place in the future of this area .... Charles Huggins, the
energetic young mayor of Flovilla, is helping put the town
with a beautiful vista, the meaning of Flovilla, on the map.
Charles is hard working, imaginative and articulate. He is not
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SOMETIMES WE CAN BE TOO GOOD
Back in the early 1920’s there was a young teenager by
the name of John who was taken to court on some minor
charge. He was released on probation in the custody of his
parents. Sensing that the boy, as well as themselves, needed
some help the parents began taking the boy to church in the
little village.
Some of the other parents in the community, learning
that a boy with a court record was attending Sunday School,
went to the teacher and complained. “If that boy continues to
be in your class we will withdraw our children. We don’t want
our children associating with his kind. He is a bad influence
on other children.”
The teacher didn’t know exactly what to do, but decided
that the best thing would be not to make the parents angry at
him. So young John was told about the incident. The parents
had their way. John never returned to class.
You know, sometimes we can be too good. When we get
to the place where there is no room in our group for one who
has gone astray but wants to make anew life for himself, then
we are too good.
Hopefully times have changed and those wanting to
make a better life for themselves are welcomed in our
churches today. But I’m afraid that in many cases that still
isn’t the way it is.
None of us are perfect. All of us, at one time or another,
have gone astray and are in need of a second chance. Maybe
we haven’t all sinned alike, but we have all alike sinned. That
should make us willing to try to help another who has
stumbled along the way.
I guess that his willingness to accept those who had
made some mistakes was one of the things that help get the
Carpenter crucified. You will recall that He was a friend of
“publicans and sinners.”
If I remember correctly the teachings of that Galilean
we should go slow with the accusing finger but be quick with
forgiveness. Somewhere He said something about having a
log in our eye while our neighbor had a speck in his.
If is so easy to do, this looking down on others. It gives
one a sense of superiority to be able to look down on another.
But while it may make us feel bigger, it doesn’t make us
bigger. It only produces a false sense of superiority.
Let us be a little more loving and forgiving in our
nature. If one who has made a mistake wants to begin again,
let us reach out and offer a helping hand. There will be times
in life when we will need the helping hand also. Receiving a
helping hand when it is needed is one of the finest feelings one
can have.
The young boy who never came back to Sunday School
later became one of the most notorious criminals this country
has ever known. Could the Sunday School have helped prevent
him from becoming a hardened criminal? We /\yill never
know.
The boy’s name was John Dillinger.
(Tour the Holy land and Greece with Mr. Wildmon on
his ninth trip. Departs Nov. 17. For info wirte him at Box
1368, Tupelo, Miss. 38801)
PERSONALS
Mr. Angie DeVivo, princi
pal of Woodbury High School,
Woodbury, Ga., spoke at the
Brotherhood Breakfast of the
First Baptist Church on
Sunday morning of last week.
Billy Glidewell has return
ed from a visit to Europe
where he visited his sister
and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Lenter Jurgen, in Stuttgart,
Germany.
Miss Elizabeth Haley left
Sunday for a two week tour to
the beautiful Hawaiian
Islands.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
McAuliffe, Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
R. A. McAuliffe, 111 and
daughter, Jeana, are the
guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Herman H. Harris.
Mr. Nelson Andrews of
Center Hill, Florida, has
been visiting relatives and
friends in the central Georgia
area for several days. He
returned home last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa O’Neal
were weekend guests of their
son, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lee
O’Neal and family, in
Decatur.
afraid to dream and to visualize how his town might be rather
than it presently is. Flovilla and Jenkinsburg are the only
incorporated areas in the county other than Jackson and
both have much going for them. Keep up the good work,
Charles! .... Milo Hamilton, voice of’the Braves, took
some Atlanta sportswriters to task for their negativism
toward the Atlanta Braves and chided the populace generally
because of the low attendance at home games. Quite
naturally, the writers retaliated and now they and Milo have a
full fledged feud going. In the main, we feel Milo’s criticism of
the attendance was justified. The Braves are having their
problems and these can be traced equally to management,
coaching and personnel. The Braves simply don’t have the
horses and they are going nowhere fast. The Falcons are in
summer camp and if they can improve on their 3-14 record of
last year it will be the miracle of the century. But then,
Atlanta is accustomed to losers, so they ought to love the
Pheeble Falcons.
‘Whatsoever
Things’
By Donald E. Wildmon
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Moore returned home last
week from a five week tour of
Europe. They visited their
son and his wife, Lt. and Mrs.
John Allen Moore, in Kaiser
slauter, Germany. From
there the four of them toured
the countries of Switzerland,
France, Austria and Den
mark. On the way home, Mr.
and Mrs. Moore visited Mr.
and Mrs. Jere Webb and
daughter, Tiffany, for a week
in Mableton.
The guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey James last week was
Miss Helen Stephens of
Cordele.
The J. F. Johnson family
reunion was held Saturday,
July sth, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Johnson at
Cherokee Lake Estates.
There were twenty-seven
members of the family
present for the occasion. This
was the first time in four
years that all the children of
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had
been together. It was a very
enjoyable occasion for all.
Mr. G. C. Gunter of Forest
Park was a business visitor
to Jackson on Monday.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Courage and determi
nation are admirable traits
for anyone to have. It is with
this in mind that I am writing
this letter. The board of
directors of the Jackson
Kiwanis Club in their
meeting Tuesday night took
note of the terrific job that
was done by Dick O’Hara and
his committee in preparing
for and conducting the
sesquicentennial celebration.
It was also brought out
during that meeting that the
members of this committee
were the young men and
women of Jackson and Butts
County.
These people went ahead
and got the job done in the
face of apparent lack of
interest. I say apparent, I
think there was definitly a
lack of interest when it all
started. These young people
went ahead in spite of this
and created interest where
there was none. This not only
took courage and determi
nation; it took imagination,
and along with it, a lot of
hard work.
We in the Kiwanis club
think that Dick and his
committee deserve a pat on
the back for a job well done.
C. L. Sanvidge, writing for
the Jackson Kiwanis Club.
Weekly
Devotional
Rev. J. L. Freeman, Pastor
Macedonia Baptist Church
Covington, Georgia 30209
Consider first of all, the
divine purpose for mankind.
The purpose of God is justice
and freedom to all people. No
greaer thought can be
attained outside the reality of
God himself than for people
to be convinced that God has
a purpose for themselves for
their nation and for humanity
everywhere. This thought is
the bedrock of the constitu
tion of the United States.
“Liberty and justice for all.”
Now note the divine reason
for governments. In speaking
of governments and rules,
the apostle Paul says: “The
powers that be are ordained
of God. In this regard God
takes men and forms a
compact - struggle with them
for the purpose of bringing
freedom and justice to all.”
That is, this divine purpose is
to be brought out through
governments, religions, insti
tutions, and other agencies.
These, however, are mere
instruments and must not
claim attention to them
selves. In the purpose of God,
there can be no carved out
place for nationalism, equal
ism qr ecclesiasticism. Too
much prominence of these
agencies and leaders obsure
the activity of God. There
fore, these ordained govern
ments should work as
though everything depended
upon God. Every means
should be used to help God
achieve His goal of justice
and freedom to all; if not,
leaders will be deposed or
overthrown.
A LETTER
OF GRATITUDE
THANK YOU is such a
small phrase to use when one
has experienced such
Thanksgiving. During my
recent illness and hospitali
zation I was blessed with
concerns of so many and so
much. Starting with prayers
and topped off with friends
bringing gifts and food.
These kindnesses will never
be taken lightly; and if at
sometime during my life I
can repay at least in part,
one of these kindnesses; it
will be just a small token of
all the thanks, to all of you
(and you know who you are)
that I can give. May God
bless you and yours always
with Love, Luck and
Laughter. Mrs. C. H.
(Terriy) Price.
‘Tis a bad cause that none
dare speak in.
THURSDAY. JULY 24. 1975
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Impressive Staff for Georgia
Coaches Clinic July 30-Aug.
ATLANTA The Georgia
Athletic Coaches Association
has one of the most
impressive clinic staffs in
history for its annual
meeting at the Executive
Park Motel July 30-August
Ist.
The clinic, which is held in
conjunction with the all-star
football and basketball
games July 31st and August
Ist, will offer nationally
known lecturers in football,
basketball, baseball, track
and wrestling.
For football the lecturers
include Johnny Majors of
Pittsburgh; Bill Dooley of
North Carolina; Bill Pace,
University of Georgia offen
sive coordinator and one
additional college head
coach.
Basketball’s lineup in
cludes Bobby Knight of
Indiana, Joe Hall of Ken
tucky, Bob Davies of Con
verse, Bill Alexander of
Armstrong State, Don Rich
ardson of Macon Southwest.
Mr. Bill Fordham of the
Georgia High School Associa
tion will present the new
Estuaries Are Natures
Great Nurseries
By Sally Hansell
At dawn an incoming tide
slowly floods the great salt
marsh. At the same time,
river water rushes in to mix
with the ocean, swirling
gently among the marsh
grasses and reeds. This
marsh is part of an estuary,
that dynamic enviroment
where sea and stream
embrace. It is one of the most
biologically productive
places in the world.
The river water is rich with
vegetable matter, tiny fresh
water creatures, and min
erals. The seawater also
carries seaweed and billions
of algae and marine organ
isms. As tides and currents
stir these waters, the
nutrients circulate through
out the marsh, forming a
“nutrient trap”. Rich layers
of silt also nourish the
estuary.
Georgia’s salt marshes
produce an incredible
amount of food energy and
may grow as much as 17
tons to the acre each year,
thereby exceeding the dry
matter yield of crops such as
sugar cane and corn. Nature
produces as much as or more
than man’s best agricultural
crops! And the salt marsh
never needs fertilizing!
As these grasses die and
decompose, nutrients are
released and circulated by
the tides, providing the ideal
conditions for the basic
forms of life. Phytoplankton,
which is responsible for 70
percent of the world’s
photosynthesis, thrives in the
marsh grass. These micro
scopic organisms, in turn,
serve as food sources for
zoo-plankton, tiny shrimp,
and ultimately all other
football rules to the coaches
and any coach attending the
GACA clinic and partici
pating in the Fordham
lecture will not have to take
the rules exam later.
All-Star coaches Corky
Kell of Marietta and Alton
Shell of Americus in football
and Ken Ross of College Park
and Charles Bess of Bain
bridge in basketball will
lecture at the clinic also.
Phil Neikro, mound ace of
the Atlanta Braves will meet
with the basketball coaches
along with pitching coach
Herm Starette, coach Luke
Appling and General Man
ager Eddie Robinson. Coach
Ronnie Burchfield of Douglas
County will conduct the
baseball lectures. Coach
Roy Umstattd of the Univer
sity of Georgia will also
participate in the baseball
clinic.
The track clinic will be
conducted by Coach Cool
Holliday of Winder and the
wrestling clinic by Coach
Bud Murry of Marist and
Coach George Reid of the
University of Georgia.
aquatic animals.
The fishing industries of
the Georgia coast turn to
these “cradles of life” for the
commercial gathering of
shrimp and oysters. It is
estimated that three
quarters of the commercial
seafoods - fish, clams,
oysters, shrimp, crabs - are
nurtured in the estuaries.
Since estuaries produce
more protein than can be
produced in the form of beef
on a good pasture of the
same size, they are probably
the greatest protein-pro
ducing areas accessible to
man.
In addition, the salt marsh
is the perfect setting for
recreation, as it offers
opportunities for fishermen,
boaters, canoeists, water
skiers, swimmers, hunters,
trappers, and bird watchers.
Estuaries are also some of
the best buffers against
ravages by violent coastal
storm and floods. By acting
as giant sponges which
absorb great amounts of
water, the marshlands are
important in flood control.
Without the low-lying estu
arine barrier between land
and sea, storm tides would
rise higher and flood attacks
would rush farther inland.
Futhermore, estuaries
form a sediment trap that
protects the beaches from
mud deposition. They even
help reduce pollution, for the
spongy soil acts as a water
purifier. Filter feeders such
as the ribbed mussel, the
oyster, and the clam also
help eliminate pollution as
they strain huge quantities of
water through their gills,
filtering out toxic pesticides.
Most Georgians do not
realize how valuable our
“We feel we have the best
clinic we’ve had and hope we
can surpass last year’s
record attendance,” says
Loran Smith, Secretary of
the GACA. “We have an
impressive lineup and
especially appreciate Mr.
Fordham s rules presenta
tion being arranged by Mr.
Sam Burke of the GHSA. This
is a great service to the high
school coaches in Georgia.”
Coaches desiring pre-regis
tration forms should write
the GACA office in Atlanta or
call the GACA at (404)
876-8858.
The annual awards and
nutrition luncheon will be
held Friday Aug. Ist. The
GACA fish fry will be held
Wednesday July 30th. The
basketball game will be
played July 31st at 7:30 p.m.
at Georgia Tech and the
football game will be Friday
Aug Ist at DeKalb Memorial
Stadium.
Lectures in girls basketball
will be coordinated by Miss
Jane Williamson of Haralson
County.
estuaries are. Dr. Eugene P.
Odum calculated that, in
terms of the useful work done
for man, an acre of
productive marshland is
worth SBO,OOO per year!
Much of the estuarine
acreage on the coast has
been destroyed by develop
ment projects. But it j s our
inherent repsonsibility to
protect these estuaries and
marshlands and to enable
them to continue their
valuable work for mankind.
Annual Meet
Snapping Shoals
EMC Friday
The 38th annual meetng of
the Snapping Shoals Electric
Membership Corporation
will be held Friday, July
25th, at 1:30 p.m. at Salem
Methodist Church camp
ground in Newton County.
Registration will begin at
11:30a.m. Free prizes will be
awarded.
Salem Methodist Church
will serve barbecue.
PERSONAL
Mrs. C. D. Ham Sr. of
Smarr was a recent visitor of
Mrs. Ethel Ham.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Hencely and children of
Decatur visited Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Hencely Sunday after
noon.
Mr. Julian F. Marsh
worked in Albany last week
and Mrs. Marsh and
daughters, Alison and Tara,
accompanied him for the
week, visiting friends and
relatives.
