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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, THURS., OCT. 27, 1977,
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Home Journal Editorials
Dear Mr. Branch,
This week's editorials,
"Freedom for You," and
"Will Handgun Law
Work," should be of vital
concern to all readers
because they comment on
the First Amendment to
the Constitution
guaranteeing freedom of
the press, and the Second
Amendment stating, in
part, "—the right of the
people to keep and bear
arms, shall not be in
fringed."
Concerning freedom of
the press, you enumerate
many instances in which
that freedom is being
infringed upon. And you
rightly "ring the alarm
bell" telling us that if the
First Amendment falls,
we will no longer be an
informed public.
If you would look at the
infringements upon the
Second Amendment in
State Official Responds
To Letter To Editor
Mr. William E. Suber
1430 Elizabeth Avenue
Perry, Georgia 31069
Dear Mr. Suber:
This will acknowledge
and thank you for the
copy of your recent letter
to "Editor-Houston Home
Journal" reference
matters that cause you
concern.
I do not possess the
varied and authorative
knowledge that you have
in so many areas,
however, I will attempt to
address a few points
concerning the No-Fault
program.
Admittedly, problems
do exist in the No-Fault
Law as they do in many
other laws enacted to
eliminate a multiplicity
ot shortcomings. Again,
Georgia Power States
Company Hiring Policies
Dear Mr. Branch;
The purpose of this
letter is to inform you of
Georgia Power Com
pany's non
discriminatory hiring
policy. The Company's
policy is to hire, promote,
transfer, and otherwise
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the same light as you look
at the infringements upon
the First Amendment,
you would understand
why "the handgun row is
a big one." The
registration of handguns
or handgun owners and
the restriction of sale of
guns to law abiding
citizens are in
fringements upon the
Second Amendment.
Once these infringements
have been accomplished,
more will follow just as
they have in restricting
freedom of the press.
Your statement that
"an anti-gun law would
do little else than push up
the price of handguns and
give the business to
organized crime" is in
part substantiated by the
fact that illegal handguns
are easily purchased in
New York City which has
a strict gun control law.
we entorce the laws as
passed by the learned
Legislators duly elected
by their able con
stituents.
I can assure you that
any penalties,
assessments, fines, jail
sentences, or other
punitive action taken by
this department is based
on statutory authority
enumerated within state
statute.
I was not privileged to
receive a copy of the
editorial you make
reference to, con
sequently, I am not
aware of the verbiage
contained therein,
however, the only rule
adoptions relating to No-
Fault are those setting
forth: acceptable proof to
be presented in ap
treat all applicants and
employees without
regard to their race,
color, religion, sex, or
national origin. It you
would like more in
formation on the com
pany's equal opportunity
policy and affirmative
action plan, please
Against Panama
Canal Treaty
Dear Sir:
The greatest Air-Sea
Battle in history took
place in April, May, and
June 1945 off Okinawa.
Our fleet of some 1321
ships took such a poun
ding from the Japanese
Kamakazies (suicide
planes) that our West
coast facilities were not
able to handle the
repairs. Thanks to
Theodore Roosevelt,
Walter Reed, and others
of Panarna Canal fame,
we were able to shuttle
crippled ships quickly to
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Criminals will always
have handguns. But the
law would take guns from
she general public, for if a
citizen protected himself
(or herself), with an
illegally owned gun, from
a criminal intruding into
his home, the citizen,
himself, would be subject
to criminal prosecution.
With the Second
Amendment unaltered, I
don't just "think" I "have
a right to keep a pistol in
the dresser drawer." I
know I have the right.
And the criminal knows I
have this right too, and he
is not nearly so apt to
enter my home as he will
be when he knows I have
no "right to keep and
bear arms."
Sincerely yours,
(Mrs.) Jean M.
Feitshans
Rt. 1
Perry, Ga.
plication for registration,
standardized I.D. cards
to be provided by in
surance companies and
administrative details
necessary to process the
cancellation / rein
statement transactions
with insurance com
panies.
We will continue,
within present
limitations, to carry out
the mandates of the
present law until such
time as the Legislature
chooses to provide us an
alternative.
I appreciate your
concern and welcome any
"constructive criticism"
you may wish to share in
the future.
Sincerely,
J.H. Gofer- Colonel
Commissioner, Ga.
Dept.of Public Safety
contact Robert A. Bell,
270 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
30303, Telephone Number
404-522-6060, extension
3243.
Sincerely,
R.H. McDonell
District Manager
East coast shipyards.
By sitting on the fence
in the face of
98 percent citizen op
position, Senators
Talmadge and Nunn
seem to be preparing to
participate in the
treasonable giveaway of
the Panama Canal to the
Marxists. If they yield to
Mr. Carter's pressure,
they will both be thrown
out of office at the next
election.
Sincerely,
William E. Suber
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finte/tement
Television is picking up
speed and adding a lot of
special attractions to try
to beef up ratings on all
the networks. NBC has
started airing its
novelizations. This year
this is not being done as a
separate program like
"Best Sellers" last year.
Instead they have
planned these adap
tations as different parts
ot the "Big Event".
Last week we saw '79
Park Avenue". It was
shown over Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday
nights. Even with the
World Series as com
petiton, the ratings were
still good and this was
deservedly so. The
program had a good story
line and the acting was
above the average.
Lesley Ann Warren
should really be a
prominent star after her
portrayal of "Marja".
She has never looked
better either.
Starting soon on NBC
will be "Aspen". This one
will also take about three
nights to tell. It deals with
lite and love at the ski
resort. They will
probably throw in some
of the Longet-Sabich At
tain The movie will star
Sam Elliott who became
a name after the movie
"Lifeguard" and the TV
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The Valley of Giants
And Saul armed David
with his armour.
-I Samuel 17:38
There are times when
the pilgrimage of life
brings to us experiences
which are so bitter-sweet
that they give a whole
new dimension to the
word "ambivalence."
One of these experiences
came the other day as my
son became the proud
possessor of his learner's
permit and began to drive
the family car. I felt
mixed emotions- a large
measure of parental
pride at his ability to
catch on quickly to the
mechanics and
techniques of driving
and an almost un
controllable desire to
impart to him my vast
knowledge of the dangers
involved in careless
driving: what speeding
can do, how to look out for
the other guy, how acc
dents can do such terrible
and permanent damage.
But this is only part of
she hard lesson which
parents must learn In
finding how to "let up",
so that the child can have
room to grow and to
make his own mistakes,
and yet not "let go"
altogether; it Is a
question of how to step
back without walking
away. We parents have
series on "Best Sellers"
"Once An Eagle". He
is a good actor and it
should be a good show.
Later in November
"The Godfather Saga"
will be shown. This is the
combination of Godfather
Parts I and II plus some
of the film that was not
left in when they were
shown commercially.
The "Saga" will take
about six hours to tell and
should be a classic. I
think that they are going
to start the story at the
beginning with the
origins of Vito Corleone
and come on through to
where Godfather II en
ded.
The other networks will
be countering with
programs designed to get
top ratings. One of these
on CBS will be the birth of
Mary Ellen's baby on
"The Waltons". This will
happen around the first
week in November and
should boost that show
into the top ten again. It
has been conspicuously
absent since John Boy
left home. If they could
just get Ellen Corby well
enough to come back, it
would be a great help.
Leaving television and
turning to books, I read
"Shall We Tell The
President?" this week.
This is the novel that
learned by doing, and we
must allow this in our
children, too.
When King Saul was
under seige by the
Philistines and his entire
army was cowed by the
giant, Goliath, there
came along this boy
David who was willing to
take on the giant in
battle. Saul's reaction
was first to try to talk him
out of it and then to load
David down with his
armour when that failed.
Now David was a mere
stripling and Saul stood
head and shoulders above
most of his fellows; the
armour simply did not fit.
David could not move in
it, let alone fight; so he
Houston County
4-H Winner
Winning 2nd place in the County category of
the FEMC Electric Exhibits Contest at the
recent Flint Annual Meeting was this entry
prepared by the Houston County 4-H Chapter.
Shown with the exhibit is Miss Lynn Young,
County Extension Agent, who set up the Chapter
entry at the meeting in Reynolds. In the Boys
Individual category of the contest, Chris Spears
of Houston County won third place with his entry
‘Light up for Less’.
deals with an attempted
assassination on the life
of President Edward
Kennedy. It all takes
place in 1983 after
Kennedy has defeated
Carter for the
Democratic nomination
and has become
President. It is a really
simple suspense novel
that never should have
gotten a lot of publicity
but it did.
The reason for the
publicity was that
because the book deals
with a fictional attempt
on Kennedy's life and
because the book was
published by Viking
Press, Jackie Kennedy
resigned her position with
Viking. This made the
book newsworthy and
helped to push its sales
up. It is a fairly well
written book and the plot
does hold your attention
but it is not a novel that is
really out of the ordinary.
The twist of using real life
people in center roles Is
the only thing unique that
it has going for it.
Don't forget that
Celestine Sibley is going
to be in town at the Book
Shop on the 31st at two
o'clock. I hope that I can
get down there to meet
her. She is an excellent
writer and supposedly a
grand conversationalist.
had to take it off and face
Goliath with weapons
forged for him and for his
time.
Imagine the incredible
anxiety which Saul must
have felt as he watched
this brave lad go forth,
loaded with idealism and
little to face a foe
whose purpose it was to
destroy him. But David
had to come to terms with
what his own gifts and
powers were, and he
found victory in the
ravine.
We can impart to our
children the faith of our
fathers; but the day
comes when they must
make the application to
life in their own way.
PERRY CHAMBER
WEEKLY REPORT
By Ann Conner
The American
Camellia Society and the
International Camellia
Society with the Middle
Georgia Camellia Society
are planning a convention
in Perry November 7-12,
1978, and approximately
400-450 persons from the
United States and foreigh
countries will be at
tending. Our Chamber
has been working with
the Middle Georgia
Camellia Society on the
convention since early
1977. Those MGCS
members who are
working on this con
vention are: Mr. Milton
H. Brown, Executive
Secretary-Editor of the
American Camellia
Society; Mrs. Paschal
Muse, Dr. Earl Beatty,
Mr. Austin Barnett,
Colonel Jack Braucht,
Mr. Marvin Jernlgan, Dr.
Frank House, Dr. Daniel
Nathan, Dr. Billy Horton,
Mr. James Liipfert, Mr.
Frank Jamison, Mrs.
John C. Walker, Mrs.
L.V. Teeter, Mr. Wally
Freshwater, Mrs. Milton
H. Brown, and Mrs.
Linton Baggs.
This joint meeting of
the American Camellia
Society and the In
ternational Camellia
Society will be held at the
Holiday Hall Convention
Center, and already fifty
REACH OUT
AND TOUCH
Rev. Donald Snead
The Way of Faith :
0, Lord of Hosts,
blessed is the man who
trusts in theel (Rs. 84:12)
The heart of true
religion is trusting In
God. Faith, trust, confi
dence dependence on God
is the key to being rig ht
with God. Paul declared
that it is not a man's work
or deeds that justify him
but by faith in Jesus
Christ.
Faith in God as He had
revealed Himself In Jesus
Christ is the basis on
which we let God come
into our lives. It is
through faith that we let
God do wonders in us, to
us, and through us.
Pure faith needs better
definition and un
derstanding. The writer
to the Book of Proverbs
encourages faith and at
the same time explains
the nature of the walk of
faith in these words,
"Trust in the Lord with
all your heart, and do not
rely on your own sight. In
all your ways
acknowledge Him, and
He will make straight
your paths." He who puts
faith in God does not walk
with the presumptuous
step of a know It all. He
keeps himself open for
divine directions in all his
ways and seeks daily to
do the good will of God.
The Hebrew writer
seeks to deflnd faith;
"Now faith is the
assurance of things hoped
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(50) people from
Australia have registered
at the Holiday Inn. They
will be meeting to discuss
such topics as
propagation, cold har
diness, hybridising, die
back control and con
tainer culture as well as
to share the roles of each
society and to show
camellias of each area.
While they are in
Perry, they plan to tour
our area including Robins
Air Force Base, Pabst
Brewery, Massee Lane,
Callaway Gardens, Little
White House, and Ft.
Valley. On Saturday,
November 11, 1978, the
Middle Georgia Camellia
Society and the American
Camellia Society will host
the 6th Annual Camellia
Show at Massee Lane.
The show will be judged
and awards will be
presented that night.
The ladies will have a
special treat in store for
them during their visit.
Mrs. Mildred Warren will
present a program on
Southern Cooking, and
Mrs. Lawrence Harless
plans to show and
demonstrate Christmas
decorations. We look
forward to their con
vention, and the op
portunity to show them
real Southern hospitality.
tor, the conviction of
things not seen." To walk
by faith Is not to walk by
sight. There Is a risk
involved in the walk of
faith. The walk in faith is
based upon the conviction
of great truths that are
both invisible and in
tangible, and yet very
real. The same writer
describes faith in terms
of a deep conviction that
God exists and that He Is
a rewarder of those who
diligently seek Him.
There are at least three
elements in pure faith.
First of all these is
knowledge. One must
acknowledge with his
mind that the knowledge
he has about God is true
in order to have faith. The
second of these is in
tellectual assent, arid the
third Is trust. One must
put confidence in that
which he has accepted
with his mind as truth.
There are many who
believe they have faith
when in reality there is
not much evidence that
would indicate they walk
by the way of falfh.
The way of faith
focuses our worship upon
God. Having pure
genuine faith focuses
ones mind, heart, and
whole being upon the fact
that God is the Supreme
of the Universe and as
being the supreme value
in their life. Pure faith In
God leads one to commit
himself to God In all of his
ways.