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. The Summerville News, Thursday, December 31, 1987
Letters To The Editor
Ist Baptist Does Give
Dear Editor:
An article in last week's pager listed chur
ches that had agreed to provide food for the
county’s emergency food pantry and groups
that had donated {ood to the Eantry during
December. The First Baptist Church of Sum
merville was not included in either of these lists.
I am sure that this was an oversight, because
I personally delivered 12 bags of groceries and
a check from our church to 5\9 pantry on Dec.
18, and I volunteered the full support of our
church to the pantry when an appea‘l) was made
at a recent meeting of the Chattooia Count,
Ministerial Assn. T%xe groceries 1 took were co{
lected by our congregation at a Christmas din
ner and by the weeiday Child Development
Center from our church, and the check
represented a designated local benevolence gift.
I do not believe that any church in Cfilat
tooga County has done more in recent years to
provide food for the needy than Summerville
First Baptist. About nine years ago an appeal
was ma(fie for churches to support the county
food pantry by monthly contrigutions. At that
time it was operated by the Department of
Thanks From Lung Assn.
Dear Editor:
The American Lung Association of Georgia
would like to thank you and your readers %or
<up§orting the 1987 ghristmas Seal Campaign.
Since its earliest days, the ALA has depend
-d on the Christinas Seal Campaign to fund its
great work as the guardian of t?u's nation’s lung
health. The ALA has fought for the passage of
public health laws, first as a part of the battle
against TB and later in the battle against air
pollution, smoking and occupational lung
hazards. Public education has been especially
important, and all available media and forums
have been used for this purpose. The ALA’s
continuing support of research by pulmonary
Thanks For Motorcade
Dear Editor:
Christmas is a time for joy and one of the
greatest joys is sharing with others.
The Niayors’ Motorcade, bringing gifts to
the patients and residents of Northwest
Georgia Regional Hospital in Rome, express
ed the love and generosity of the citizens of
Menlo and Summerville.
To the Georgia Municipal Association.
Finster’s Work Praised
Dear Editor: :
" The preservation of Rev. Howard Finster's
master work, Paradise Garden, a two and a half
acre sculptural and architectural environment
in Summerville, Georgia is of utmost impor
tance to Summerville and the United States as
a whole.
As Howard Finster's Atlanta representative
from March, 1984 to present, I have personal
ly given hundreds of people directions to
Paradise Garden. and know without doubt that
Paradise Garden Praised
Dear Editor:
[ am writing in support of the preservation
of the Rev. Howars Finster's ‘‘Paradise
Garden”” in Summerville.
As the collector for the Archives of
American Art in the Southeast, my interest in
Finster has been to gather and preserve
documentation of his career. Finster is the sub
ject of increasing scholarly interest and public
attention. His **Paradise Garden’’ is a master-
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Kamily and Children Services. Our church was
one o{ two that responded, and is the only
church that has continued through the years
to budget monthly contributions to a communi
ty foog;antry. In addition to this, our church
maintains a small emergency food shelf to sup
plement what the community is doing to assist
needy families. This shelf is stocked through a
monthly ‘‘Barrel of Blessings' promotion.
I know that it is easy to omit someone from
listings, and I am not writing this to complain.
I just want the community to know that our
church is fully cooperative in community food
services for the needy, and I want the good fieo
Fle of my congregation to know that their
aithful surport is appreciated.
Sincere| {
Jack Colwell, Pastor
First Baptist Church, Summerville
(Editor’s Note: The article in question said
First United Methodist pre-schoolers donated
food to the pantry. It should have said First
Baptist pre-schoolers donated food). g
scientists brings new and better methods of
treatment to tgose with lung disease.
Christmas Seals continue an 80-year-old
tradition of grass-roots financial support com
batting lung disease. Although Christmas is
over, gon’t let Christmas Seals' message of
health and hope be forgotten.
I invite those of your readers who have not
yet answered their ghristmas Seal letter to do
so today, and extend a sincere thank you to
those wKo have already contributed to our 1987
campaign.
Sincerely,
Thomas F. Gibson
President, ALA of Georgia
Mayor Canada, Mayor Cash and Police Chief
Thomas, I want to say thank you for the car
ing spirit that was shown during the recent
Motorcade.
Sincerely,
Betty Mcßee
Volunteer Resources Coordinator
Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital
literally thousands of people have made
pilgrimage to the garden in the past twelve
years.
Please make every possible effort to
preserve and protect this incredible work.
Thank you very much for your attention.
Sincerery,
Rick Berman, President
Berman Gallery
Atlanta
giece of American environmental art. It should
e greserved as a monument to his imagination
and creative energy that will inspire and
educate future generations.
Sincerely,
Liza Kirwin
Regional Collector
Archives of American Art
Washington, D. C.
Jasper Dorsey
New Year’s Letter
MY DEAR JOHN,
At the beginning of a new year, why
not take a look back and look ahead as you
commence the down slope of your senior
year in high school. It's time to think of
curriculum and to consider career choices
as you finish college preparation.
Your interests seem to lie in History
and English at this point. Both are very
fine assets. A knowledge of history is
priceless, especially if it is combined with
the knowledge of geography. Unfortunate
ly, there's so much ignorance among us
that anyone who's proficient in history
and geography has an advantage. It has
ever been so.
Y 5 *
THE GREEK Thucydides wrote: My
history is an everlasting possession.”
Francis Bacon said, ‘*Histories make men
wise,”" and remember the words of
Winston Churchill, that those who don't
learn from history are condemned to
repeat it. Another thing, Thomas Carlyle
wrote that *“The history of the world is but
the biography of great men", study them
and gather wisdom, another priceless
possession.
To succeed in anything which involves
others, you must possess the skill to per
suade them. If you learn to do this by
writing as well as by what you say, you are
on the road to leadership. And leadership
always pays better.
* * *
ONE THING you'll find that all great
men and women have, is the ability to
motivate. Most powerful, as well as sub
tle, they do it by example, as well as by
precept. Motivators are superb com
municators and story tellers. They are
always able to present something as being
in the interest of the hearer, not just in
theirs. It's like salesmanship, nobody buys
ideas, services or things to help the
salesman. They only buy to help
themselves. All fine salesmen know this as
well as knowing their customers’ wishes,
fears, joys and ambitions. Add to this
equation the splendid element of en
thusiasm, it's as contagious as a childhood
disease. It warms everyone it touches.
Your affection for English can become
a fine asset. So many people seem to have
stopped reading anything Make reading
a part of you. It can be of tremendous
value as well as one of life’s greatest
pleasures. More than that, it is the golden
path to things of the mind which live
forever.
* * *
SPEAKING WELL and writing well
‘Sex Equality Scholarships’
Since Congress is having such a dif
ficult time cutting spending this year we
thought it would be appropriate to offer
a suggestion for slashing one specific
program.
Coosa Valley Tech at Rome announc
ed recently that it has $7,000 in federal
funds available for “‘sex equity scholar
ships.” In other words, the scholarships
will pay for women to take masonry
courses, etc., and for men to take
cosmetology, etc., courses. Purpose of the
scholarships is, according to CVT, to
On The Funny Side
from editorial page
That equalled a major earthquake. I didn't
mind rationing gasoline, but Twinkies?
Forget it.
* * *
A DECLINE in oil prices won't be good
news to everyone, of course. Economists
say lower prices will hurt the world-wide
oil industry, which was just beginning to
regain strength after the bottom dropped
out in early 1986. Still, it's somehow grati
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Editorial
grow from what you read. It becomes a
continuing education. Churchill was once
asked what he'd learned at one of
England’s famous public schools. His rep
ly was that he hadn't learned very much.
In fact, he said, the only things he really
learned were some History and how to
write an English sentence. And then after
a pause he added: ‘‘Perhaps that was
enough.” Someone wrote of his leadership
in World War 11 that he had mobilized the
English language and sent it off to war.
Your interest in politics is very com
mendable and will help you in preparing
to grow up. Your familiarity with a
language other than the principles and
methods of inquiry in biological and
physical sciences should be maintained in
college to understand the huge impact on
modern thought. Master, also, the prac
tical math skills.
* * *
YOU'VE GIVEN evidence of a will
ingness to study hard. Too few have it,
although it's absolutely necessary for col
lege success or any other. Self-discipline
and adequate preparation win almost all
contests. Remember, too, that the
historian Plutarch said: ‘‘Perseverance is
more prevailing than violence, and many
things which cannot be overcome when
they're together, yield themselves up when
taken little by little."”
College is a marvelous part of growing
up. Having a head start will give you a fair
advantage. One of the most successful
men | know learned something worth
remembering from almost every ex
perience he had ... good ones and bad
ones. He was keen on analysis and problem
solving.
* * *
ON YOUR ROAD to maturity keep
these clearly before you — character and
its twin, integrity. Without them even a
genius becomes a failure. A good name is
to be preferred over great riches. Old
fashioned honor is to be cherished.
Always take your religion seriously no
matter what others may do. Read your Bi
ble daily for uplift, for wisdom and for
strength. It's a road map to eternity.
What does God require of us but to love
mercy, deal justly and walk humbly before
Him? Christ said, all the Law and the Pro
phets hang on this: To love God with all
your heart, with all your mind and with all
your strength; and your neighbor as
yourself. No one can do better than that.
Love you,
Papa
finance ‘‘activities designed to eliminate
sex bias or stereotyping.”
Uh huh. If there were any rules against
women taking masonry or auto mechanic
courses or men entering the field of
cosmetology, we were unaware of them.
But now CVT has a grant of ‘‘free money”
to finance ‘‘sex equity' scholarships for
the sole purpose of eliminating *‘stereotyp
ing.
And Congress is having trouble
deciding where to cut the federal budget.
God help us. ,
fying to see OPEC members devouring
each other after they fed off the world's
dependence on foreign oil for so many
years.
Come to think of it, perhaps we should
stir up animosity between members of the
snack cake cartel. Who knows? If we could
get Hostess and Little Debbie at one
another’s throats, maybe the price of
Twinkies would drop to a reasonable level
again.
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water was spewing onto the highway. They feared that
the water would freeze that night, creating a dangerous
ly slick spot for motorists. (Staff Photo).
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