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tY Free Press-News & Farmer, Thuis., Mar. 14, 1968
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JACK TROY, Editor GUY BUTLER, Adv. Mgr,
MRS. FREDERICK LEE, BUS MGR
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Guy Lines
By GUY BUTLER
Capitol Capers
That bedlam at the State
Capitol last week when the
General .Assembly finished
Its ’deliberations" and its
shenanigans would ha v e
been amusing had it not
oecn so tragic
Nobody is funnier than a
politician trying to be ser-
ious. In this
instance the
State Senate
body, behind
with its work
and "having
arrested" and
then trying"
two newsmen
who kept a
telephone off
the hook with
a cigarette butt to listen in
on their secret session really
outdid itself.
Sen Culver Kidd of Mil
led! < ville i ven donned Ro
man toga and every member
of the Senate was equipped
with laurel wreaths and
palm fronds they flapped in
the air while intoning "Cul
verus Kiddus Maximus."
Kidd even garnished the
riotous evening by pulling a
re.al live Playboy Bunny out
of hi> "hat" to the delight
of the other senators.
It must have been good
Would You Pay
A Little Less?
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(Based on Brick Veneer in Forest Park)
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Home $15,000
Furnishings $6,000
Additional Living Expenses $1,500
Personal Liability $25,000
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fun. if maybe not such clean
fun. and it leaves all of us
taxpayers with a bad taste
in our mouths and less re
spect than ever for the pol
iticos that represent us.
Still they have the gall to
keep on promoting raises for
themselves and their fav
orites in the political game.
Just what will they ever
do about the four-laning of
Central Ave. in Forest Park 9
Nobody seems to know’, al
though City Manager Wil
liam Bennett said the other
day the city had been in
structed to go ahead with
buying up rights of way.
Indicating that he is not
convinced anything will
happen soon, Mr. Bennett
dropped the information
that they are going to pave
Georgia Ave.
"We've patched up the
street so much." he said, "it
will hardly stand any more."
FP GIRL PLEDGE
MACON — Miss Dov e y
Hatcher of Forest Park has
pledged Alpha Gamma Delta
। social sorority at Mercer
i University. She is the daugh
i ter of Mr, and Mrs. O. W.
Hatcher of 232 Woodland
Drive. Forest Park
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REV. KENNETH HAAG
Rev. Haag
Honored By
Conley Ist
First Baptist Church of
Conley celebrated its six
teenth anniversary Sunday,
March 3. and recognized its
pastor, Kenneth Haag, for
seven years of service.
Rev. Willard MacAllaster
the only member the church
ordained to the Gospel Min
istry, brought the anniver
sary sermon. After the serv
ice friends and members
joined in a fellowship din
ner.
Pastor Haag was presented
a movie camera, projector
and screen, along with a set
of new golf woods.
During Rev. Haag's min
istry the church completed
their first educational unit,
acquired four additional
acres of land, purchased a
pastorium and staff house,
added three staff members,
erected a 1000-seat sanc
tuary, increased the budget
from $25,000 to $119,000. A
total of 1002 members has
come into the church in the
past seven years. In the last
year an additional educa-
J tional building has been
erected and the parking area
j doubled. At present a recrea
j tion area is being developed
!on property behind the
| church.
MALCOLM BATSON
NORTH CHARLESTON.
S. C.—Technical Sergeant
Malcolm E. Batson Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Batson
Sr. of 7909 Clayton Road,
Jonesboro, Ga., has been rec
ognized for helping his unit
earn the U.S. Air Force Out
standing Unit Award.
Sgt. Batson, an aircraft
maintenance technician in
the 437th Military Airlift
Wing, will wear the distinc
tive service ribbon as a per
manent decoration. The unit
was cited for achieving an
exceptionally merit ori ou s
rating for distinguished serv
ice during a one-year pe-
■ This Is Your Invitation to Attend the
CHURCH OF CHRIST
252 Phillips Dr. Forest Park
Sunday Morning Bible Study 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
MALCOLM L. HILL, Minister
PI NDING I EGISLATION o remove Ihe gold cover from
the dollar should be recognized as just another attempt to buy
time or. put another way. to treat the symptoms of one of our
: economic ailments without actuallv getting to the cause.
I his legislation would eliminate the requirement that the
government maintain gold reserves of not less than 25 per cent
against federal reserve notes in circulation, with the result that
this would free all our gold and enable the United States to meet
its international financial commitments.
A- the situation now stands, the Uniteri States has about
M 2.1 billion m gold reserves, and approximately $10.7 billion
is requited In law as backing for currencv in circulation This
leases onh about sl4 billion in ■free gold" with which to meet
potential foreign claims—that is dollars in the hands of for
eigners that at any time can be exchanged for our gold—amount
ing to some S3O billion.
IX .l( DGMI X I such action as this would in no wav
get to the real heart ol the problem that got us in this fix in the
first place II is just another expedient and a reflex action to the
dollar deficit crisis.
We have S3O billion in foreign obligations and a situation
where our gold has been going and going until it is almost gone
because in sixteen of the past seventeen years the United States
has incurred a serious dollar deficit. We have persisted in spend
ing more abroad th in we have coming in. We have shoveled
billions abroad in foreign aid anil endeavored to police ami keep
up most of the world.
Removing the gold cover would accomplish nothing whatso
ever toward correcting this situation. In fact, it would further
! aggravate it by eliminating a disciplinary restraint on reckless
, spending. It would make all our gold available to foreign claim
ants. but it would not strengthen confidence in the dollar.
I HE PROPER COURSE of action is for the United Slates
to come to grips with the real problem, and that is to curtail
foreign spending on such a grand scale and start working toward
a balanceri budget in our domestic affairs.
I Ins is the wax to shore up the dollar and assure stability
tor the American economy. We need to stop thinking in terms of
stopgap measures and start acting realistically.
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Children and
Art Display
This Week
The Fine Arts Dept, of
Jonesboro Women’s Club
presents another display In
the series "Children and
Art."
This week’s exhibit at the
Clayton County Federal
Savings and Loan Associa
tion features three talented
children from one family,
i They are Megan, Susan and
( Kevan Holland. Megan, only
5, can tell you instantly
what her masterpiece in ab
stract says or feels. Susan, 8,
is enthralled with shells and
other delightful designs on
wood for better decorating.
Kevan, 11, has a fine eye for
texture, design and perspec
tive.
There three creative chil
dren have displayed for your
pleasure — "Children and
Art.”
Sen. Brooke Speaks
j To Delta Sorority
U. S. Sen. Edward’ W.
Brooke, Republican from
, Massachusetts, has accepted
the invitation of the Atlanta
! Chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority to appear as
guest speaker at our 1968
Annual May Week program.
riod
The sergeant is a graduate
of Jonesboro High school. His
wife, Betty, is the daughter
of Mrs. Clara Cook of 1132
Glenwood Avenue, Atlanta.
Roller/!;
GOOD,
CLEAN FUN!
SUPERVISED
ROLLER SKATING
It’s a swell sport and a
healthful activity for the
kids . . . and grown-ups too!
All sessions are supervised
FOREST PARK
YOUTH CENTER
SKATING RINK
91 South Ave.
FOREST PARK, GA.
Herman Talmadge
REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
Sen. Brooke will address a
banquet of 1000 in the
Regency-Hyatt House Satur
day, May 11, at 6 p.m.
— (Mrs.) Harriett Walton
President
Holding hands at the
Equator, the mothers and
children protected from ma
laria by UNICEF in a single
year would circle the globe.
If We Knew Our Need,
Would We Make It Profitable to Us?
NO. 10-68
Con salvation be bought? The answer is
yes. Surely the thoughts of heaven, and an
ticipation of the joy and peace which it
promises, is a foundation for a desire, a
hope, and a faith, that we may be able to
reach it. Those who believe in and value
salvation will be concerned about how they
may lay hold on it, and be ready to comply
with the conditions which make it possible
to lay hold on it. Men must be willing, able
and ready to pay the price, and part with
what they have in exchange for it. Such is
the way men come into possession of any
goods.
It is the nature of men to seek to exchange
things of lesser value for things of greater
value. Where there is faith that there will
be gain men lose no opportunity to do so,
and the greater the gain, the greater is our
desire and willingness to make it. If men
believe there are bargains, there you will
find the people. Men's salvation is at a
great bargain, if they only believed, and
understood. The feast is ready, and the in
vitations have gone out.
Luke 14:16 to 20 tells of a certain man who
made a great supper, and bade many, and
sent his servants at supper time to say to
them that were bidden, Come, for all things
are now ready, and they all with one con
sent began to make excuse. The first said
unto him, I have bought a piece of ground
and I must go and see it; I pray thee have
me excused. And another said, I have bought
five yoke of oxen and I go to prove them, I
pray thee have me excused. And another
said, I have married a wife, and therefore
I cannot come.
All the joys of heaven and the peace that
posseth understanding awaits our awaken
ing, but we must lose our life to gain it.
Mark 8:35. The kingdom of heaven is like
unto treasure hid in a field, the which when
a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy
thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath,
and buyeth that field. Again the kingdom
of heaven is like unto a merchantman, seek
ing goodly pearls, who when he had found
one pearl of great price, went and sold all
that he had and bought it. Matt. 13-44-45-
46. Such is the price men must pay for their
salvation.
20 Teen-Age Boys
Morrow's Defense Unit
The city of Morrow has possibly the most unus
ual civil defense unit in the state, and perhaps in the
United States, because it is composed entirely of teen
age boys, with the exception of two adult advisors.
The 20 young men are members of Explorer
Scout Post 112, which is
sponsored by the Morrow Ki
wanis Club. Eighteen of the
boys are fully certified in
life-saving and rescue by the
state and are recognized as
the No. 1 unit in Clayton
County. In the event of local
disaster they are the first
team called. Constant train
ing and practice and proof
of emergency preparedness
has rendered them this hon
or, and presently they are
spending two hours each
Saturday in the Forest Park
swimming pool undergoing
sk i n-diving training by
John Cantrell, a certified
Navy diver, who is also a
Morrow police officer. This
course is necessary for un
derwater rescue and two
complete diving suits, air
tanks, masks and snorkels
will be provided the unit by
the county.
Ranging from 14 to 18, the
boys are confident and com
petent. In their twice
monthly practice runs, they
muster to their call station
and are ready for service in
20 minutes, a record which
adult companies might find
enviable. In the two years
the unit has been in service,
they have been called to
search for a lost child, aid
drowning victims and assist
in local fires.
The unit consists of a
small emergency equipment
truck, an ambulance and a
one-ton van. The small truck
was donated to the unit by
Evans Motors of Forest Park.
The boys set about the task
of putting it into working
shape and fitting it with the
required gear for rescue op
erations.
Demonstrations of their
abilities have been made at
Scout Camporees, and their
next exhibition will be May
25 at the Scouting Exposi
tion in the Atlanta Civic
Center. The unit is also
available for demonstrations
at local schools or other or
ganizations.
Senior advisor for the
team is Harley Strong, dep
uty director of Civil Defense
for Clayton County, and as
sistant advisor is R. L. Co-
511 Pegg Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30315
wart, both of whom are
quick to commend the boys
on their efficiency and ex
cellent performance.
“These young men cannot
be praised enough for the
work they are doing,” Mr.
Strong enthused. “You con
stantly read about the hip
pies, draft card burners and
juvenile delinquents, but sel
dom do honest, reliable
teen-agers receive any pub
licity. We think these boys
deserve acknowledgement of
their service, for they are
certainly the cream of the
crop as good citizens and
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Which of you intending to build a tower
sitteth not down first and counteth the cost,
whether we have enough to finish it. Lest
haply, after he hath laid the foundation,
and is not able to finish it, all that behold
it begin to mock him, saying, this man be
gan to build and was not able to finish (be
ing unwilling to pay the full price of fin
ishing it.) Luke 14:28-29-30. This unfin
ished business in men's lives should receive
all of their attention until it is completed.
Why are men so slow in exchanging the
life that is lived in the flesh for a life that
is lived by the Spirit, which is infinitely bet
ter, and of more profit.
They that are after the flesh do mind the
things of the flesh (and are unsaved) but
they that are after the Spirit, the things of
the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is
death, but to be Spiritually minded is life
and peace. Because the carnal mind is en
mity against God; for it is not subject to
the law of God, neither indeed can be. So
then they that are in the flesh cannot please
God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the
Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell
in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit
of Christ, he is none of his, and if Christ be
in you the body is dead, because of sin, but
the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
What is lacking in ceasing to live after the
flesh, and in living after the Spirit is the
unfinished tower which men need to com
plete. At no place in life should we become
careless or confident, but counting ourselves
not yet to have secured our salvation, one
thing we should do. Forgetting those things
which are behind, and reaching forth unto
those things which are before, we should
press toward the mark for the prize of the
high calling of God in Christ Jesus Phil.
3:13-14.
Every man who is honest with himself real
izes he has not reached the hight point of the
new birth in all of its perfection, and he will
settle himself down to proceeding with the
work needed to accomplish it. This I seek
to do, and to provoke others to do. We all
should be exhorting one another to be faith
ful, to be righteous, and to be holy, for our
F Q l'h er is holy, and without holiness no man
shall see God. Heb. 12:14.
good Christians.”
Members of the unit and
their designations are Doug
Magruder, captain and driv
er of vehicle No. 1, Glen
Penny, assistant; Randy
Mays, captain and driver of
ambulance; Danny and Dale
Smith, assistant ambulance
attendants; Edward Walker,
captain and driver of vehicle
No. 3; Mike Wilson, assist
ant, and Gary Cloy, Dennis
Davenport, Butch Green,
Bobby Hines, Fred Norman,
Curtis Roach, Richard Gar
rett, Carl Hodges, Roger
Neese, John Penny and Ed
ward Morris.
—SUZANNE JENSEN
CLINIC IS OFF
The Forest Park Diabetes
Screening Clinic will not be
held this month March 14.
However, it will return to its
regular schedule in April.
Liquefied, the powdered
milk supplied by UNICEF
would fill the United Nations
Building 27 times.
