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THE FOREST PARK NEWS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12. 1967
I The Forest Pork News
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WILL CRIME ENGULF US?
BY LEWIS LLEWELLYN
A shocking situation, which threatens the very life of our nation, has been exposed In the recent
ly released FBI report of crime In the United States. This report seems to be receiving less atten
tion than It deserves. , , .
For years we have witnessed a continual Increase In crime rates — each year crime Increasing
five or six times as fast as the Increase In population.
But now the FBI reports that, In the first six months of this year, the robbery rate is up 30 per
cent over the same period last year. Murders Increased by 20 percent and violent crimes, taken
as a whole, were up 18 percent over last year’s tragically high rates.
HOW LONG?
How long can a nation survive this continual runaway Increase in crime?
Part of the Increase In violent crimes, of course, Is caused by the activities of a group of evil
men who seem to be determined to destroy our nation — and who are not being stopped.
Part of the difficulty lies In a general breakdown of respect for the law.
president Johnson spoke truly when he declared in a recent speech that children learn their at
titudes toward law observance largely from their parents.
“WRONG LESSON’’
Said the president, “Every time you water the lawn when there is an ordinance against It, they
learn the wrong lesson about respect for law and order.
“Every time you write a note to the teacher,” he continued, “to excuse Mary s or Johnny s
absence from school when they were not really sick, they learn the wrong lesson about respect
for law and order.”
He might have added that every time they read about a church leader who leads people in de
monstrations that turn into riots they may learn the wrong lesson about respect for law and
order.” ... „„
Too many of the young people of our country have been learning, as LBJ put it, “the wrong
lessons about respect for law and order.”
TIME TO CHANGE?
Has this happened in our country? Or is there still time to change this trend toward destruc
tion?
When a nation which was founded on trust in God ceases to follow Him, refusing to allow even
voluntary prayer and Bible reading in public schools, what should that nation expect?
The Bible tells us, “The Lord salth . .. ‘Them that honor Me I will honor, and they that de
spise Me shall be lightly esteemed.’ ”
There are those who believe it is too late to change the trend in our country.
But nations are made up of Individuals — and if every person who reads these lines would examine
himself and determine to do the will of God without hesitation or equivocation from this time
forward, there would be an upsurge of the power of righteousness in this area which might well
lead to a significant change in the moral climate in which we live.
I challenge you to face the Issue squarely. Are you living for God and righteousness?
ONE MILLION TRANSLATED
NEW TESTAMENTS READY
BY REV. CHARLES GOE
Pastor Ash St. Baptist Church
One of the most thrilling tilings
that has ever happened to At
lanta Is the opportunity for us
to have the privilege of dis-
tributing one
million copies
of this “Good
News for Mo
dern Man.”
This Is a
translation in
today’s Eng
lish of the New
Testament.
How wonderful
and thrilling Is
this privilege.
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place for the pilot project In
cooperation with the American
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Nowhere in the history of the
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terial can be printed for such
a nominal fee.
One of our members took some
of the Testaments to his job.
i Immediately a number of peo
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Bicycleßodeo
The J. E. Edmonds PTA is
sponsoring a “bicycle rodeo”
Saturday, Oct. 14 at 9 o’clock.
Mrs. Jean Ponder, safety
chairman urges all students
to participate. There will be
two age groups, with three
prizes for each group.
The rodeo expresses safety
and handling of bicycles. There
will be a written test and dif
ferent phases of riding skills.
Lieut. R. N. Norton of the For
est Park Police Dept, will be in
charge.
Anyone desiring their child
ren to enter have them at the
school at 9 o’clock. The rodeo
lasts approximately 3 hours.
they are walking with Christ
almost 2,000 years ago,butthat
It is being brought to them in
today’s English.
Several of our ladles at Bo
nanza have gone out along with
some of the men who earlier
have gone to a number of the
homes and almost unanimously
the people that were at home
responded in taking at least
one or more of the New Testa
ments and making It available
for reading in their home.
One of our secretaries bought
several and gave them to fri
ends of hers. One lady who
had not been reading the Bible
at all picked It up and read 125
pages and said that they want
ed to read it through just as
soon as possible.
Another man who had been en
joying Bible reading regularly
and used the King James as
his basic text said, “Thishelps
me to understand better than
ever before the Word of God.
I have not had a great deal
of formal training and now I
can understand best what God
Is doing for me.”
Indeed, this is “Good News
for Modern Man” and the mes
sage of Jesus Christ is being
brought to light in a new garb
but the same message. In the
little pamphlet that will be dis
tributed entitled “Good News,”
the American Bible Society has
recorded from this translation
the 14th and 15th chapters of
the Gospel of John. It is won
derful to read this. The pro
mises of Jesus are tremendous.
The prospects for the future are
great. The Provisions that He
makes for our eternal rewards
are stupendous. This is “Good
News.”
When good news comes, we
like not only to receive it but
we like to share it so let me
encourage you to read John
3:16 in this version, “For God
loved the world so much that
he gave His only Son, so that
everyone who believes in Him
may not die but have eternal
life.”
And after you have read it go
out and share it with someone
else and let them know also
from Romans 10:9 and 10, “If
you confess with your lips,
Jesus is Lord, and believe in
your heart that God raised Him
from the dead, you will be saved.
For we believe in our hearts
and are put right with God;
we confess with our lips and
are saved.” The joy that can
come in finding Christ as Lord
and Redeemer I
Victory Is In sight. Jesus
Christ is triumphant. We car
share in this marvelous good
news through distributing the
Word of God.
Turkey Shoot
Saturday In
Stockbridge
There will be a turkey shoot
In Stockbridge all day Saturday,
Oct. 14. $1 per shot. Shells
are provided. Individuals may
bring own shotgun or use gun
provided. Proceeds will bene
fit the Stockbridge Community
Center. The place Is the vacant
lot ajolning the Food Town Store
on Highway #42. There will also
be a concession stand, serving
coffee, cokes, hot dogs and
tnmmings, and specializing in
home made cakes.
There is no limit to the num
ber of times a person may shoot.
Nor is there an age limit. Wo
men are also welcome. The tur
keys are going to be given away
and it doesn’t matter who gets
them. In other words a person
does not have to hit exactly
on the bullseye; the turkey goes
to the one who comes closest
to the bullseye.
MRS. JOSEPH R. CASH.
Riverdale
Eastern Star
Has Barbecue
The Riverdale order of Eas
tern Star #446 will hold Its
annual barbecue Saturday, Oct.
14, and Will be serving from 11
a.m. until 8 p.m. at the River
dale Civic Building.
Plates will contain a generous
supply of barbecue along with
all the trimmings for $1.25 per
plate.
The funds from the sale of the
barbecue will be used for vari
ous charities and other activi
ties now engaged in by the Ri
verdale Chapter of OES.
If you want a smooth surface
on a concrete slab it is recom
mended that you use a steel
trowel. But do this only after
the water-sheen has disap
peared.
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‘THE LONG HOT SUMMER’
(Editor’s Note; This Is another in the “LaGrange College Perspectives,” a weekly series of
Informative and interpretative articles on current affairs and problems. It was prepared for The
Forest Park News by the faculty of the Methodist, coeducational, senior college In LaGrange, Ga.)
BY DR. ZACHARY TAYLOR JR.
Economics Department, LaGrange College
The much-heralded long hot summer has been upon us. Various cities of our counties have been
disrupted because of violent rioting. Disastrous as they may have been, there are some lessons to
be learned from the riots.
From the days of Lexington and Concord, this country has paid lip service to the Idea of the citi
zen army. The picture of the farmer dropping his plow, picking up his gun, and hiding behind the
stone fences talking pot shots at General Gage’s troops is an integral part of our folklore. This
feat is commemorated on April 19 each year.
Americans, traditionally, have disliked a large standing army and have relied on the raising of
large forces of reserves in the time of war. Time has been on our side in the past—time in which
to train raw troops.
This summer Israel has again demonstrated the value of reserve forces. Facing superior num
bers, Israel routed her enemies primarily using dedicated, motivated, and TRAINED reserves.
An important part of the reserve forces of the United States is the National Guard. Some of the
more avid “Hawks” on Vietnam have advocated the use there of the reserves and the guard.
But some news stories from riot-torn areas indicate the need for the reserves and guard forces
in putting down civil disorders here at home. The priority for such forces should be the home
front. To deploy them elsewhere could be disastrous.
A primary role of the National Guard is to control internal disorders. This would be only se
condary for the regular army. A news story from one city faced with riots quoted a young
guardsman as he was pinned down by sniper fire as saying he had forgotten how to load his
rifle. Control of rioters and looters needs a firm knowledgeable hand. The use of green troops
Is not the way to stop riots, and it is grossly unfair to the men themselves and dangerous to
Innocent bystanders.
Our recent riot experience has shown us that our reserves are ill-trained. Will we accept the
lesson? What is said here is not to be taken to malign the individual reservists and guardsmen.
They are sincere and devoted men who must spend long hours away from family and other acti
vities to attend training sessions. We have fallen down in not assuring that the training sessions
are adequate.
It Is not surprising that the riots have occurred. Anyone with perception predicted them years
ago. There were predictions earlier this year by moderate, responsible Negro leaders but they
were not heeded.. The riots are not entirely racially motivated. They could also occur In similar
areas which are inhabited by non-Negroes.
One lesson learned from these riots is that they grow out of the larger area of civil rights.
Liberals and conservatives, Integratlonists and segregationists agree that there is a great need
for training and educating people In riot-torn areas and that employment opportunities must be
made available to them.
No one can doubt that the rioters and looters are being encouraged to a degree by opportunists
of all descriptions including communist agents. These agitators, as well as those participating in
the riots and violating laws, must be dealt with. But the agitators did not create the situation
that breeds civil disorder. It will be there after the riots, and halting one riot will not prevent
another if the situation remains.
A lot of attention has been paid to a wide variety of public programs to eliminate poverty. Cer
tainly, in this country, education is a public function, but employment is primarily the responsi
bility of the private sector. To their credit many of our larger corporations realize this and have
embarked on programs to expand employment. The beginning is there, but it is going to be a
slow process.
GUY LfHES cuv , " Tl "
Passing of Ernie Rogers at age
70 practically decimates toe
ranks of the Old Guard of The
Atlanta Journal back in the
days Before
Cox when, un
der Johns. Co
hen, John
Brice and John
Paschall, it
boasted the
South’s finest
and most po
pular newspa
per.
The gifted
Ernie, writer,
editor, author of books, radio
announcer and entertainer (he
played the guitar and sang to_
help fill up time In the early
days of WSB, was one of the
last of a brilliant array of old
JournM stalwarts such as Harl
lee Branch, Sr., Fuzzy Wood
ruff, Ed Bradley, Eddy Gilmore,
who died only a few days ago*
In London; Lawrence Stylings,
who wrote “On The Western
Front," Ward Morehouse, who
went from Atlanta theatre critic
to the New York World in the
same capacity; O. B. Keeler,
columnist and writer who fol
lowed Bobby Jones and his golf
ing exploits all over the world;
Edwin Camp, who wrote under
the nom de plume of Ole Timer,
the finest technical football
scrivener I ever knew; Bill
Munday, who rode a broadcast
ing job in the Rose Bowl of
Jan. 1, 1929, (Tech 8, Cali
fornia 7) into a regular berth
on NBC, sharing sports as
signments with Graham Mc-
Namee, the pioneer of all sports
announcers; Morgan Blake,
probably the most popular
sports editor-columnist in
Dixie History . . .
They were giants in the pro-
session and did more than any
one or anything else to vault
The Journal Into such an envi
able position in its field.
The paper excelled particular
ly in sports coverage with
Blake, Keeler, Ole Timer,
Woodruff, Munday, Ed Miles,
Dave Jenkins and yours truly
handling the inside and outside-,
assignments.
WSB was the first newspaper
radio station In the South, about
1920, and at Its beginning there
were no networks. Rogers and
Lambdin Kay, first station man
ager, had to do everything.
Including digging up all the
“talent” and themselves pro
viding much of the entertain-
HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL
Riverdale Elementary school
PTA will have Its annual carni
val Saturday Oct. 28, 5-9 p.m.
There will be movies, a sweet
shop and lemon tree. You will
be able to try your luck in
the fish pond and game room.
There will also be a fortune
teller and you can take a trip
to the horror house. There
will be hot dogs, cokes, snacks,
pies and cakes. Make your plans
now to attend for a fun-filled
evening.
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PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN
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ment.
Kay and Rogers annually for
many years conducted the
Christmas Stocking Fund via
WSB radio and they collected
skads of do-ri-me.
Ernie, a graduate of Emory
who named the school publica
tion the Emory Wheel and was
its first editor, was a gentle
man of purest ray serene be
sides being an unusually adept
writer and a man who under
stood human nature find wrote
about it in a rare and attrac
tive vein.
The older generation of news
paper folk as well as readers
who followed him some 45 years
will assuredly miss the Old Boy.
Wesleyan Guild
Hears Sneakers
Wesleyan Service Guild met
Oct. 4 at Jones Memorial Meth
odist Church. Meeting opened
with prayer by Mrs. Doris Hay
nie.
As is our custom, White Bibles
and Guild Certificates were
presented to Mrs. Mae Peek
and Mrs. Rachel McGinnis who
are new mothers.
After a quiet meal, Mrs. Shea
presented the “Call to Prayer
and Self Denial” assisted by
Mrs. Frances Kemp and Mrs.
Vivian Haynie.
Hostesses for October were
Mrs. Ann Strickland and Mrs.
Ann Yancey.
MRS. MARIAN FARMER