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Let’s Not Forget
During the excitement of the last
minute Christmas rush, let’s not for
get that Saturday is the day for an
other election in our city.
Although only one position on the
Youngsters Made Happy
The joy of Christmas was made real
for several hundred youngsters at
Chattooga County Memorial Home
last Sunday afternoon during the an
nual party sponsored by Mason-Mc-
Cauley Post 6688, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, and American Legion Post 129.
Many of these youngsters would
probably know none of the merriment
Dire Holiday Predictions
Traffic accidents have taken a heavy
toll in Chattooga County this year.
Eight persons have lost their lives in
an increasing number of highway ac
cidents since the first of the year —
and the most “hazardous” period is
yet to come.
On the eve of the Christmas-New
Year holiday season, the Georgia State
Patrol has issued a strong appeal to
the state’s motorists to be extra cau
tious in driving and walking, both dur
ing the daytime and after dark hours.
“With Christmas and New Year’s
Day coming only a week apart,” de
clared Col. R H Burson, public safety
director, "this is the most hazardous
single period of the year from the
standpoint of traffic safety.”
He strongly urged drivers and pe
destrians alike to do everything hu
manly possible to protect themselves
and others as they move about on our
highways and streets.
While Col. Burson expressed hope
that the public will heed his safety
warning, the patrol’s statisticians,
nonetheless, foresee tragedy for some
because of the inevitable foolhardiness
of a few drivers.
Based on past holiday experiences
Miracle of a Holy Night
On the eve of another Christmas
season, Christians everywhere will
gather again to commemorate the
Miracle of a Holy Night nearly 2,000
years ago. The Message of Christmas
lives anew: in candlelight and carols,
in pageants and prayers.
Joyfully, the happiness of Christ
mas finds expression in music and
song. Choirs sing the praises of the
Christ Child. Sacred hymns and carols
reflect the spirit of rejoicing. Even as
the herald angels sang to shepherds
long ago, so, now, exultant voices join
in proclaiming the Birth of Christ with
“on earth peace, good will toward
men.”
Along with the joyous exultation,
there is a spirit of thankful humility
in celebration of this Holy Day. In
both church and private devotionals,
GRASSROOTS OPINION
from the nation’s press
ONTARIO (ORE. i AROUS
OBSERVER What is a
hippy? Well, a couple of
weeks ago a group ot young
people in Ontario discussed
this and came up with the
following 'there has always
been hippies but by differ
ent names, they can range
in age from teens to social
security age come from
poor, average and rich fam
ilies. are usually pretty in
telligent, are rebellious of
their own society but lack
the initiative to do anything
to improve it. are searching
for something meaningful in
life but from the wrong
sources such as drugs, and
they're not happy people
That's the evaluation of
them by their own peers, and
I think it's a realistic, honest
one Confucius, the famous
Chinese philosopher, over
2500 years ago bemoaned the
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city council is being decided, it is still
important that we all take time out to
perform this civic duty.
Go to the polls Saturday and vote
for the candidate of your choice.
and fun of Christmas if it were not
for this thoughtful gesture on the
part of these organizations. Some un
fortunate children were made happy
because of them.
Our local service organizations are
to be commended for making this
worthy cause possible.
and present trends, the patrol pre
dicts that at least 45 persons will lose
their lives in traffic accidents in Geor
gia during the combined Christmas-
New Year week-end holiday periods.
But these predictions do not neces
sarily have to come true. If everyone
would heed the safety warnings, obey
all traffic rules and practice “defen
sive” driving, these figures could be
drastically reduced.
The State Patrol will be out in full
force, working around the clock, dur
ing the two 78-hour periods in an all
out effort to hold down accidents and
resultant deaths and injuries. It will
be a massive enforcement operation
similar to th(» ones carried out on oth
er holiday week-ends earlier this year.
Patrolmen have strict orders to “round
up” all violators.
Col. Burson calks on all local en
forcement officers, the press, radio
and television stations and civic and
safety organizations for their full co
opration in helping to make this dual
safety campaign a success.
We owe it to these law enforcement
officers — and, mostly to ourselves —
to join in this effort.
Christians ponder anew the word of
the Christmas Story, as it was told by
two of His disciples, Matthew and
Luke. It is read — and re-read — re
membered and reflected upon.
Prayerfully, each congregation and
each individual celebrates Christmas,
keeping always in memory that the
glory of His coming was first revealed
to humble shepherds and that the Holy
Child was born in a simple manger,
giving thanks to God for the Miracle
and its meaning.
Thus, Christmas is celebrated joy
fully, prayerfully, solemnly, with ded
ication to its sacred meaning: The
Christ Child in a manger was the Son
of God, dstined to take up the bur
dens of mankind and bear them to the
Cross, where He died that the spirit of
man might live forever.
long-haired youth of his day
who criticized their elders
and society but offered no
constructive alternatives So.
hippies are not new. but the
publicity and glamour given
them by the news and enter
tainment media is. that's all'
BROOKINGS (S D > REG
ISTER the Air Force has
demonstrated the use of
plastic foam as a lining for
fuel tanks in aircraft The
Federal Aviation Adminis
tration has acknowledged
that the foam has far
reaching implications for use
in preventing explosions
aboard commercial and pri
vate aircraft The develop
ment of this safety measure
is but another step taken by
the aviation industry to
make flying the safest way
to travel
WARRENSBURG (MO)
STAR - JOURNAL, Chair-
man Mills of the House
Ways and Means Committee
calls for spending cuts be
fore taxes are raised Sounds
like good business: also like
optimism
HUNTSVILLE (ALAI
NEWS Communist North
Korea has only 10 million in
habitants But it has more
war planes than all Latin
America The same applies
to two other current Com
munist areas of influence.
Egypt and Iraq
Crime rate will continue to
soar until people pay more
attention to the conditions
which foster crime At the
same time, the police can
not deal effectively with
those who do break the law
unless they have the backing
of the people they serve.—
Birmingham News
A manufacturer has come
out with a teflon snow
shovel, but what is really
needed is teflon hands
We have made an ugly,
barren waste of God's green
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In arguing for a tax increase, the
Johnson administration in recent
weeks has taken the position that it is
needed as a signal to the world that
the United States will fight inflation
and will not go the way of Great Brit
ain, which has devalued its money.
Certainly the U. S. should be signal
ing to other responsible countries that
the dollar will be maintained at its
present level. More importantly, peo
ple at home need to be reassured on
this point. The U. S. government has
a solemn duty to uphold the worth of
the currency and not to destroy the
value of savings and other financial
holdings.
But what is the best way to signal
this intention to people at home and
abroad? Is a tax increase the best way?
Thoughtful citizens may properly
deny that a tax increase, without cor
responding cuts in public spending, is
an adequate signal.
The dollar is threatened for one rea
son, namely, because the U. S. govern
ment for a long period of years has
been lending or giving away more
money that it earns in revenue. It has
been pumping money into wasteful
projects overseas and at home. It has
been estimated, for example, that over
SIOO billion has been spent on foreign
aid since the end of World War 11. The
Johnson administration, while alleg
edly concerned about the balance of
payments, is continuing to support
this kind of aid on a tremendous scale.
India, for instance, is virtually fed by
the United States, which sends vast
quantities of wheat to that country.
Yet this spending on free food to
India has not done anything funda
mental to help the Indians save them
selves. The Indians, caught up in a
tragic mess of curious religion and
equally curious economics, have
wasted what has been loaned or given
by the United States. India’s problems
become more acute every month.
At the same time, the leaders of the
Great Society are insisting that the
War on Poverty must be escalated and
that a vast financial appeasement op
eration must be conducted for those
who are in a mood to riot in the na
tion’s cities. Influential liberals call
acres to make a buck out of
what's beneath, turned our
waterways into sewers, pol
luted the very air we
breathe But all in the name
of Progress.—Kentucky Trish
American
The experience of cen
turies in the English-speak
ing world has shown that
free speech, within tradi
tional limits, is the best
guarantee of all the other
rights, including the security
of minorities.—Toronto Star
By Thurman Sensing
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Southern States Industrial Council
Protecting the Dollar
from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK
DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS
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Die United Staten Navy waa created. December 22. 1775.
Die U.S. Gold Association was formed, December 22, 1894.
Maryland ceded 10 square miles for national capital aite,
December 23, 1788.
The Treaty of Ghent was signed. December 24, 1814. Verdi'a
opera, "Aida", was preaented in Cairo, Egvpt, December
24. 1871.
December 25 is Christmas, the day on which we observe the,
birthday of Christ
Washington captured the Hessians at Denton after croasing
the Delaware. December 26. 1776.
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for a domestic Marshall Plan that will
involve the spending of more billions
for rebuilding of urban “ghetto”
areas at government expense.
These expenditures, domestic and
foreign, are undermining the value of
the American dollar. The reason is
that they are non-productive expendi
tures. Unlike money spent on building
a new plant in the United States, the
federal projects don’t lead to any fi
nancial return for the American peo
ple. They constitute a form of black
mail of this nation, whereby money is
spent simply to keep the restless from
commiting havoc.
The United States cannot afford to
pay this kind of tribute forever. Rich
as this nation is in material and hu
man resources, its economy is not a
bottomless well. Our society cannot
get around basic economic laws. In our
lifetime, we have seen the U. S. dollar
devalued through unwise federal
spending from 100 cents on the dollar
to less than 50 cents. The grim pros
pect is that a more direct and speedy
form of devaluation may be required
unless immediate action is taken to
bring spending in line with the na
tion’s income.
The burden of defense is an im
mense one. Yet the Congress cannot
get rid of this burden at a time when
the enemies of freedom and the cap
italist system are warring against the
U. S. Thus the United States has fixed
expenditures in the defense area that
are inescapable. Reduction in public
costs, designed to bolster domestic and
foreign confidence in the dollar, has
to come out of the innumerable non
essential spending items that have
been added to the budget during the
Kennedy and Johnson administra
tions.
We have seen the result of contin
uous spending of more than is received
— as has been the case in the United
States for 32 of the last 38 years — in
two formerly great nations of the
world in recent years. One of these na
tions, France, accepted a dictatorship.
The other, Great Britain, accepted sec
ond- or third-rate ranking among na
tions, with still a very uncertain fu
ture.
COMMENT
By WOODROW ESPY
Christmas Is Near . . •
Sights and sounds tell us that Christmas is near.
Mistletoe and evergreen in doorways and win
dows, Christmas cards and the sound of the postman
at the door, street-corner Santas and the aroma of
good food from the kitchen, toys in store windows
and the sound of music wherever we go; these are
the sights and sounds of Christmas. .
We must look beyond these obvious trappings of
the season to really see Christmas. We must see
Christmas through our heart and mind.
Christmas, as the birthday of Christ, marks the
anniversary of mankind’s greatest heritage. This
heritage, manifested in the life and death of Christ
upon earth, brings into perspective with unassum
ing dignity and finality the realization that God has
bestowed upon mankind the inalienable right to
merit eternal salvation.
So great is that heritage that despots, distators
and disbelievers have come and gone for generations
and while they have attacked, oppressed and perse
cuted the miracle of Christmas, its smiple truth has
held strong and firm in the hearts and the minds of
mankind.
The miracle of Christmas is the world’s one, sin
gle dominating influence, the simple affirmation of
man’s heritage and dignity.
Open up your heart and your mind . . . and see
the miracle of Christmas.
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Outstanding Achievement . . .
The name of still another Chattoogan was added
last week to the long list of native sons and daugh
ters who have made creditable contributions in var
ious fields of endeavor.
Bobbye Jo Wilson, of Trion, was awarded a doc
tor of philosophy degree at commencement cere
monies last Friday at Ohio State University.
May we be among the first to congratulate you,
Dr. Wilson, on this singular achievement.
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Happy Holiday . . .
May we take this opportunity to extend the sea
son’s greetings with the wish that you and yours en
joy a fun-filled and truly happy holiday? Merry
Christmas, one and all!
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By GERALD ANDREWS - Retirement Adviser J
Watch Out For The Phony
Gadget —
It’s an ironic fact of life
nowadays that the moretech
nical, the more scientific, the
more computerized our society
becomes, the more liable we often
are to be taken in.
After all, how many people
can claim to understand most
of the complicated appliances
and gadgets that roll off the
assembly lines and on to the
markets? Who can tell what’s
really useful and worth its price?
Usually a scientist I’d say, or
a technician in the field.
Well, maybe I am exagger
ating. But sometimes, when I
read what goes on, I wonder.
Take just one area, for in
stance — medicine. The number
of so-called medical devices you
come across in the ads and else
where is fantastic. Their claims
are even more so. They not
infrequently guarantee to cure
practically every ache in every
bone in your body.
Yet, so many really amazing
things are happening in the
medical world, it’s small wonder
a layman can’t keep track of
them.
So it comes about that, when
a salesman tries to talk you into
investing in a massage pad that
will banish hernia or cancer,
and that will take care of your
wrinkles in the bargain, well,
"Maybe it’s possible nowadays”
is what you tend to think.
And talking of wrinkles, we
retirees, unfortunately are prime
targets for this kind of racket.
Os course we’ve more time to
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Throughout the Christian world, Christmas is THE holiday,
universally celebrated, universally recognized.
Probably no library in the world could house the volume of
material that is written about this great holiday in a single
season.
Because so much has been written — and will again be
written this holiday season — we must consider it remarkable
that the story of the Nativity has continued a simple and unaf
fected narrative — "For God so loved the world, He gave His
only begotten Son. *
Traditions and customs are subject to the changing times.
Yet. amid the laughter and festivities, whatever carols are
sung, however gifts are exchanged, there remains forever unaf
fected the simple story of the birth at Bethlehem. This is the
story of Christmas — an event which took place nearly 2,000
years ago — the birth of a Redeemer and the promise of
eternal salvation.
Through centuries of translation, of telling and re telling,
the meaning of Christmas remains simple and universal.
Christmas is the birthright of every man.
think about our ailments than
the younger set. We even have
more ailments. So we get the
full treatment, so to speak.
Mind you, I’m not trying to
get us off the hook altogether.
It’s often our own fault. You
have to be really trying to be
lieve in a vacuum cleaner that
will fix your sinus trouble, plus
your aching back, and at the
same time be handy to have
around in case of lung cancer.
But it’s been done. And will
be again if this kind of thing is
not clamped down on — hard.
Which fortunately the Food and
Drug Administration and the
American Medical Association
are trying to do. However
neither of these two agencies
can be everywhere at once. You
have to be on the watch too.
Otherwise you’re liable to end
up with quite a bit of your
precious retirement funds si
phoned off for a phony piece of
equipment.
So, if you have any doubt in
your mind about the worth of
some medical device you’d like
to try, be sure and call or write
the F.D.A., Washington D. C.
20204, or your local Medical
Association. Your Better Busi
ness Bureau can help too. And
there’s a good booklet put out
by Harvest Years Magazine on
How to Guard Against Frauds
and Quacks.
If you’re curious to know
more about these rackets, send
25c to Harvest Years Publishing
■ Company Inc., Dept. FTS 104
East 40th Street, New York
i N. Y. 10016, and ask for a
copy. You’ll see what I mean.