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It’s This Way
By Doyle Jones Jr.
Jest of the Week:
Norman Shavin
2 Women, a Cat
And the Police
There are two women in this city whose accidental
escapade rates them a berth with the Keystone Kops.
Mrs. Tom Penland reports a woman was hurrying to a
downtown store before it closed, got a teen-ager to babysit
with her kids, starting backing out her car and killed the cat.
Worried the kids would see it, she raced into the house, got a
shopping bag, placed the cat in it, expecting to stick it in a
trash can near the store.
She got to the store. The can was full. She took the bag
with the cat inside the store, made her purchases in time,
went to pick up her bag with the cat—and found it missing.
Another woman had taken it, raced out of the store with her
prize, opened it to discover her loot and fainted on the
sidewalk. A crowd gathered, the police came and the last
thing Mrs. Penland reported was that the original owner of
the cat-in-the-bag was shouting: “It’s mine! “It’s mine!
Arrest her!”
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THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
It’s A Small World Department: Russell and Evelyn
Price and their family were vacationing recently in
Plymouth, Massachusetts. Caught in heavy traffic at a busy
intersection, they saw a motor home approaching them that
looked suspiciously like one owned and often used by a widely
known Jackson doctor. In fact, that fact led Russell to
exclaim to his son-in-law, “Why, that MH looks exactly like
Jim Howell’s.” As the two vehicles came closer, Russell
exclaimed as he saw the driver, “Why, that is Jim Howell.”
They stopped, oblivious to the tooting demands of harried
motorists, to visit. Jim, Rose and children were on the way to
Quebec, while the Prices were visiting primarily in
Massachusetts. A Destiny and Fate that man does not
understand put them in exactly the same place in a moment
of time for an imperishable memory of two Southern families
in Yankee land . . . . Ido not know Robert James Taylor
but I expect to correct that error of omission very shortly.
Robert James is a colored male, over 30, and he has already
gained a measure of fame. He is a student at the Butts County
Day Care and Training Center. Exceptional? You bet your
life! In the Special Olympics in Atlanta he ran the 50 yard
dash faster than any other contestant and threw the softball
farther, bringing home gold medals in both events. He is one
of only 78 Georgians who will represent his state in the
International Special Olympics at Mt. Pleasant, Michigan,
August 7-11. His coach, Juan Lopez, feels he will give a good
account of himself. We believe he will too and with him go the
good wishes of many friends .... The 85th annual session
of the Indian Springs Holiness Camp Meeting opens tonight.
There must be hundreds, perhaps even thousands of camp
grounds over the nation so inconsequential and small they stir
only a ripple locally. We would be the first to concede that
bigness in itself is of no particular virtue. But in Indian
Springs, largest in the Southeast and third largest in the
nation, we have both quantity and quality in abundance. In
the 85 years the camp has existed certainly it has poured
many millions of dollars in the economy of Butts County.
Souls have been saved and restored at its altars. The greatest
evangelists of the Protestant faiths have preached from its
podium, inspiring and changing lives. The sanctity and
holiness of this hallowed ground have brought many men,
women and young people to grips with their God with glorious
victories haying been won. We hope you will attend as often as
you can. Learn afresh that you have only to knock and He will
open the door to anew and eternal life with Him .... Rev.
S. J. Westbury and his sons, Phil and Jim, own and operate
some of the largest and most modern nursing homes in the
state, particularly in the central Georgia area and more
specifically in Jenkinsburg, Conyers and McDonough. There
was much interest locally in the announcement last week that
Westbury in McDonough would add 62 beds to its present
facility of 119 beds. There is a sizeable waiting list at
McDonough and it is a foregone conclusion the request for the
expansion will be granted. We congratulate this fine family on
the general excellence of their nursing homes and are happy
for them that business warrants an expansion ....
County after county, town after town, and city after city are
turning down bonds for construction or enlargement of
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THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION
One morning on the shores of the Sea of Galilee,
following the resurrection, Jesus asked Peter a question. It
was such an important question that Jesus asked it three
times. What was the question which Jesus asked?
It was not: “Simon, son of John, do you have a lot of
money ? ’ ’ Jesus could have asked that question. And He would
have had it been important. But Jesus was not concerned with
the size of a person’s bankroll. He never made it a
requirement that those who wanted to be His followers be
rich. Some who followed Him were. Most were not.
Neither did Jesus ask Peter this question: “Simon, son
of John, are you very intelligent?” Jesus could have asked
that question. Had it been important He would have. But
Jesus never made it a requirement that those who follow Him
be intelligent. You don’t have to take an I.Q. test to quailfy as
a disciple. Jesus did, however, expect those who followed Him
to make the best use of their minds that they could.
Nor was the question Jesus asked Peter this one:
“Simon, son of John, are you very powerful?” Jesus could
have asked that question. He would have had it been
important. There are those who believe the goal of life is to
gain power. Jesus never believed that. In fact, He taught that
the opposite of power—humility—was a virtue for His
disciples to pursue.
Jesus did not ask Peter: “Simon, son of John, are you a
success in the eyes of the world?” Jesus could have asked that
question. And He would have had it been important. But Jesus
never made it a requirement that those who followed Him
first prove themselves in the arena of life. In fact, many of
those who became His diciples were considered to be failures
in life.
The question Jesus asked Peter was not: “Simon, son of
John, are you popular?” He could have asked that question.
He would have had it been important. It is true that Jesus
wanted those who followed Him to be friends with as many as
possible. But you don’t have to win a popularity contest before
you can enlist in His ranks.
What, then, was the question—the only question—Jesus
asked Peter, asked him three times? It was simply this:
“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” That was the
all-important question. All others were secondary. And when
Peter replied that he did, indeed, love Jesus, Jesus told him
to express that love in concrete action. And in the final
anlysis, that concrete action can be reduced to one
word —faithfulness.
One requirement, and only one, does Jesus have for
those who follow Him —faithfulness. Faithfulness is never
quitting. Faithfulness is never letting discouragement get the
best of you. Faithfulness is doing what you can do with the
talents God has given you. Someone, we know not whom,
expressed it in a poem:
“The dewdrop, as the boundless sea;
In God’s great plan has part;
And this is all He asks of thee;
Be faithful where thou art.”
This, then, is the all-important question: “Do you love
me?” If so, be faithful to Him.
(Visit the Holy Land and Greece with Mr. Wildmon on
his ninth trip. Departs Nov. 17. For more info, write him at
Box 1368, Tupelo, Miss. 38801)
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The Extension Service is
sponsering two SEW-A
RAMA'S August 12-Warner
Robins-Houston Mall and
August 13-Tifton-Tifton Mall.
These SEW-A-RAMA‘S will
begin at 10:00 a.m. and end
with a fashion show at 7:00
p.m. Members of the Home
Sewing Industry as well as
local home economists will
have demonstrations and
exhibits. Here is a list of
times and demonstration
titles of the program at the
Houston Mall:
10:00 “Fusing in the New
Shape in Fashion” Pellon
10:30 “Sew 2in the Time
for 1” Knit-Away
11:00 “So Chic with
Sheets” - West Point
Pepperell (Fashion Show)
12:00 “Sewing Machine
Faggoting” Elna
schools, hospitals, libraries, parks and the like. The tight
money situation has most citizens watching their wallets with
a weather eye. The public generally is in a thrifty mood as
befits the economic trend and most municipalities will have to
make do with what they have .... Incredible as it may
seem college football is less than 30 days away. Georgia
meets Pittsburgh in Athens on Saturday, September 6th, in
one of the earliest games ever for the Bulldogs and also one of
the most attractive opening dates. Street and Smith Football
Yearbook rates the game a toss-up, but on the strength of the
fabulous Tony Dorsett, Pitt’s running phenom, we feel-that
the Panthers should rate the edge despite the obvious
advantage of being “between the hedges.” Dorsett almost
beat Georgia single handedly as a freshman in the opening
game of ’73 and last year he put on a scintillating
performance to do Tech in at Grant Field. Anyway, Georgia
fans are down to day counting and it won’t be long!
‘Whatsoever
Things’
By Donald E. Wildmon
THOUGHTS
FOR
SHARING
BY EILEN’E MILAM
Butts County Extension
Home Economist
12:30 “Zippers the Easy
Way” Jan Hooks
1:00 “New Feature
New Machines” Viking
1:30 “Sports Specials”
Dale Dorman
2:00 “Electronic Push
button Sewing” Pfaff
2:30 “Sewing for the
Way You Are” YKK
3:00 “How to Machine
Quilt” Singer
3:30 “Organize and
Accessorize” Judy Jones
4:00 “Fashion is Sewing
- Sewing is Fashion” Talon
4:30 “Proper Care for
Your Sewing Machine”
Bernina
5:00 “Timely Techni
ques” Shirleen Stone
6:00 “Fashion-Sewing Up
date” Vogue-Butterick
6:30 “From Rags to
Riches with Applique”
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1975
Weekly
Devotional
Rev. R. W. Jenkins, Pastor
Macedonia Baptist Church
Having just returned from
a trip to the Holy Land, it is
difficult to speak or write
without having that fresh
experience color my
thoughts.
The land was far beyond
anything I had expected.
Although I have studied the
geography and history of
Palestine for many years, it
was nothing like I had pic
tured it to be. The mountains
were more rough and steep
and I had thought them to be
and the valleys narrow and
sharp. The terrain is more
than hills and less than
mountains. They are rocky
and barren except for the
olive trees and a fine brown
grass. This backbone of hilly
mountains runs the length of
the land and brings an
awesome beauty to it that
cannot be described.
The land of Israel contains
two lakes and one river. They
are the Sea of Galilee and the
Dead Sea connected by the
Jordan River. Both lakes and
the river are far below sea
level. The Sea of Galilee is
600 feet below sea level and
the Dead Sea is 1,300 feet
below sea level. On each side
of these seas and the river
are much higher elevations;
mountain ranges on the west
and the Golan Heights to the
east. The Mediterranean and
the Jordan Rivers are both
touched by the wide and
beautiful valley of Jezreel,
where so many battles have
been fought the Battle of
Armageddon.
I asked myself why God
chose this land to play such a
great part in the history of
the world. I came to the
conclusion that He made it
strong and beautiful for
Himself for I could feel His
awesome presence every
where. He sought for man to
become strong and beautiful
in it but instead he has
wasted it. It is no wonder that
he will return to it at the end
of the age to reign in peace
over it. Amen.
Appeal Made
By Cancer
President
Larry Morgan, president of
the Butts County Chapter,
American Cancer Society, in
a recent letter to Butts
citizens emphasizes the need
of an adequate cancer
check-up and a check made
to the American Cancer
Society to aid the fight
against the most dread of all
diseases.
Mr. Morgan requests that
contributions may be sent to
him, in care of P.O. Box 38,
Jackson, Ga. 30233.
In his letter, Mr. Morgan
wrote: “We are all aware
that the American Cancer
Society wants to completely
wipe out cancer as soon as
possible. The society has
extensive research programs
working full-time on the
elimination of the more than
one hundred different types
of cancer. Although progress
is slow, great strides have
been made in such areas as
leukemia and skin cancer.
EverV time progress is made
in one area, it provides new
information for the work in
other areas as well.
“In order to keep the fight
going full force against
cancer, we all need to do our
part. Enclosed you will find a
pamphlet listing the Seven
Warning Signals of cancer on
the back and a quiz of ten
questions on the inside.
Please read this and become
more informed about
cancer.”
Judy Riley
7:00 “Double Dollar
Fashions” Simplicity
(Fashion Show)
This Sew-A-Rama is going
to be an educational experi
ence, so try and attend.
folk
Some people still believe
Lincoln freed the slaves with
the Emancipation Proclama
tion; I don’t think so.
Until the youth of this
county learn to behave
themselves and work for a
living instead of walking the
streets and roads of Butts
County at 2:30 a.m. and
sleeping all day, drugged on
dope, living on Grandma’s
food stamps or Grandpa’s
(Social Security?), this coun
try is going to be a lot worse
off and a lot more dangerous
to live in than Communist
Russia.
From 1932 to 1962 when
Eisenhower was elected, we
were under a foreign style or
form of Government.
The people elected F. D.
R., Eugene Talmadge, Hum
phrey, Kennedy and even in
Alabama they elected little
Napoleon who was almost
assassinated by an assassin’s
bullet.
Some people love to leave
poor helpless pregnant girls
to drown or maybe face a
worse death before water
might enter her lungs; I say
and I demand an autopsy of
all the people that have died
and been assassinated (that
is the leading men from 1944
to 1975). I believe an autopsy'
could tell us a clear picture of
who killed President Ken
nedy, Martin Luther King,
Jr., his Mother, Robert
Kennedy, the young lady,
etc.
Until we cut down some
pulp trees (pine) and clear
the land and again heat our
guns back into plow shares
and study PEACE this
country will continue to go
down the drain.
Castro gave the people,
that is the majority, land
they never were able to own
before, here in Butts people
own land, it comes through
land grants more than likely;
Junior Grid
Drills To
Begin Aug. 11
Any one wishing to play
Junior Varsity football at
Jackson High is asked to
meet at the football field at
7:00 o’clock Monday, August
11.
The Junior Varsity will
play a seven game schedule
consisting of Morgan Cos.,
Henry Cos., Monticello, Fay
ette Cos., and Lamar Cos.
There will be home and home
dates with Henry Cos. and
Lamar Cos.
Coach Danny Blue would
like to emphasize the need
for young players in the
program and urges everyone
to attend the meeting.
Football tryouts will be
closed by August 18th. It will
be too late to participate
after this date.
ESRTOBSI
We’re certainly one up on
the English when it comes
to bowling. When we play
ten-pins, they play nine
pins.
this is God’s land and when it
cost $4,000.00 for two acres of
land to build a house on, then
the rest of that old worn
out farm land around this
particular $2,000.00 an acre
land should be taxed accord
ingly, not let a land owner
sell for $1,000.00 an acre and
be exempt from paying his or
her share on the remaining
5,000 acres.
This is not a Republic or
Democracy; this is the same
type of Government that
caused my ancestors to leave
England and seek a home in
the colonies, from Mass, to
Fla., from Fla. to Lake Erie
and so on.
We don’t like to pay sales
tax; it burdens the working
man, the poor man, the land
owner is the largest recipient
of welfare, water sheds, soil
conservation, fish ponds, fish
and the like.
Let’s wake up, cut down
the pines and again quit
trying to live like Govern
ment men, sell and buy a
small acreage for a reason
able price, grow something
to eat, give to our neighbors,
regardless who he may be or
the color of his outer skin; go
to Church and again will God
hear from Heaven and cure
all our ills and fill all our
desires that He may deem
necessary.
Thank you very much.
Respectfully,
Lawrence Rice
CHICKENQUE
Saturday, August 9, at 12:00 Noon
at Flovilla Clubhouse
$2.00 Plate
Sponsored by
The Flovilla Fire Department
Money will be used to
purchase equipment
Tickets may be purchased from
Any Volunteer Fire Dept. Member,
at Jackson Branch of Griffin Federal
or at Floyd’s Garage
FOR SALE
CORN FED STEERS
Ready For The Home Freezer
These steers have been on corn for
six months, h ree delivery to processing
plant. Available in halves if desired.
pound dressed weight
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Cawthon Bros., Inc.
PHONE 775-7801 JACKSON, GA.
EOC To Have
Board Meeting
Edluie D. Walker, Execu
tive Director, announces the
Upper Ocmulgee Economic
Opportunity Commission,
Inc. will hold its annual
board meeting on August 9th.
The meeting will be held at
the Jackson High School
Cafeteria beginning at 10:00
a.m. Chuck Moore, Deputy
Director, Region IV, Com
munity Services Administra
tion, will be the guest
speaker. William B. Jones,
Board Chairman, will pre
side.
The Upper Ocmulgee Eco
nomic Opportunity Commis
sion, Inc. is a non-profit
corporation, incorporated
under the laws of Georgia for
the basic purpose of stimula
ting a better focusing of all
available State, local and
Federal resources upon the
goal of enabling low income
individuals of all ages, in
rural and urban areas to
attain skills, knowledge,
motivations and to secure the
opportunities needed for
them to become self-suffi
cient.
Upper Ocmulgee Econo
mic Opportunity Commis
sion, Inc. operates five
programs in the eight county
Mclntosh Trail Area. Com
munity Services Programs;
Head Start; Family Plan
ning ; Nutrition Program for
the Elderly; CETA Work
Experience Programs.
