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VOLUME 58
Food For
Thought
Why do we close our eyes
when we pray? It is an al
most universal habit among
Christians to shut their eye
lids when addressing The
Deity, whether they stand,
sit, or kneel in performance
of the act.
I confess I never gave much
thought to the matter until
I saw someone pray other
wise.
In Seminary each class
started with prayer im
mediately after roll was
called.
n was the opening day of
the term. The professor
asked a young lady to lead
us to the throne of grace.
Well, since Holy Scripture
blds us to "watch and pray,”
I glanced up as she began her
supplication of The Almighty
and was startled to see that
her eyes were wide open as
she spoke and remained so
throughout her intercession.
Now, I was aware that
during prayers there was a
lot of looking around by those
being led, but I had never
before known of the one pray
ing to be gazing about, B
struck me as weird. Not be
fore that incident or after
have I met anyone else who
has followed this curious pro
cedure.
Since then I have often
pondered the matter. To my
knowledge, there is no
Biblical commandment of
obliging us to close our eyes
when we pray, nor Is there a
stated example. (I hope I
haven’t overlooked one, for
I don’t want to shatter your
confidence in my accuracy!)
We are specifically told to
"lift up holy hands” In prayer
but nowhere to shut our eyes,
yet It is a custom among
Mohammedans, Jews, Catho
lics, and Protestants.
I suppose it developed in
an effort to seal out the
world’s distractions, at least
those assailing eye-gate, but
the mind can still wander and
the ears can still hear, and
Satan sees to it that they do.
The closing of the eyes can
often lead to drowziness, par
ticularly on the part of those
being led by a wordy deacon
or a sing-song pastor, al
though I had a friend who
knelt one night beside his
air force bunk to talk to The
Heavenly Father only to wake
up In the wee hours to find
himself still on his knees.
Praying with his eyes open
might have kept him from
nodding.
There seems to be an Im
pression among Christians
that if one prays with un
closed eyes he somehow In
validates his petitions, but
nothing In Scripture warrants
such a conclusion.
The Bible teaches, at least
by Inference, that prayer can
be offered anywhere under any
circumstances.
I often pray aloud as I
drive my car, and I assure
you that I am not going to
close my eyes then.
Bernie J. Wilburn, Sr.
Pastor, Sardis Baptist
Church, Wheeler County
Ministerial Ass’n.
Miss Adams Dies
In Auto Accident
Miss Beverly Adams, 19,
died Tuesday in-the Telfair
County Hospital from Injuries
sustained In an automobile ac
cident.
Funeral services were held
at 4:30 Wednesday afternoon
at Glenwood Methodist Church.
Burial was InG’.enwoodCeme
tery In Wheeler County.
Miss Adams lived In Glen- .
wood all her life, and was a
member of the Glenwood Meth
odist Church. She was a grad- ।
uate of Montgomery County
High School and a student at
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural ]
College. Miss Adams was a
member of the Gold Disters ;
at ABAC.
Survivors include her father ]
and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. <
L. B. Adams of Glenwood; a
sister, Mrs. Janice O’Brien
of Atlanta; two grandmothers,
Mrs. Willie Lee Cox of Alamo,
and Mrs. I* B. Adams of
Hawkinsville. She was the
daughter of the late Mrs.
Eloise Coat Adams of Alamo.
Wheeler County Eagle
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Glenwood Girl Dies Os Auto Wreck Injuries
Miss Beverly Adams, 19, of Glenwood, died Tuesday of injuries received in a one car auto
wreck in Telfair County. The accident occurred about ten miles south of Mcßae on U. S. 441
near Horse Creek bridge between Mcßae and Jacksonville. According to the Helena State Patrol,
Miss Adams, driving north, apparently went to sleep at the wheel. The auto, a 1969 Datsun, left
the road, struck a culvert and over-turned several times throwing her out. She was brought to
the Telfair County Hospital where she died a few minutes later. The accident occurred about
10:40 Tuesday morning. Trooper Bobby Christian investigated the accident.
Georgian Ordered Held
In Death Os Daughter
From The Atlanta Journal
A Georgia man was ordered
held for grand jury action
Wednesday, in Rochester,
N.Y., in connection with the
death of his 3-year-old daugh
ter.
John F. Daniels, 19, of
Towns, Ga., was arraigned on
a murder charge before
Henrietta Town Judge David
Brown. Daniels entered no plea
and indicated he wanted addi
tional time to obtain the ser
vices of an attorney in Georgia.
Brown ordered him held in
the Monroe County jaiL
The girl, Wendy, diedTues
day night at Rochester’s Strong
21 Persons
Die In Traffic
Over Weekend
From The Macon News
At least 21 persons died on
Georgia highways during the
long Labor Day weekend, fall
ing short of the 27 deaths
predicted by the Georgia State
Patrol.
One of the latest to die
was 3-year-old Mldred Perry
of Jackson, who ran in front
of a car around 6:20 p.m.
Monday on a Butts County
road.
Paul Pickett, 56, of Dallas,
was killed Saturday morning
on Georgia 92 just outside
Dallas when his car struck a
bridge abutment. Authorities
said two youths drowned in
separate accidents. Bobby
Willis, 18, of Elberton, drown
ed Monday while on a church
outing at Lake Hartwell, and
nine-year-old Vernon Merck
of Clairmont drowned Sunday
while swimming in Lake
Lanier.
College Park police said a
14-year-old East Point girl,
Mrs. Sherry Denise Coburn,
was killed when the car her
husband was driving hitatele
phone pole during a high-speed
chase Monday. Police said the
husband, Terry Franklin Co
burn, 21, was seriously in
jured.
Woman Suspect
Held In Robbery
From The Macon Telegraph
Authorities Saturday ar
rested a second suspect, a
19-year-old woman, in the
holdup of the Rentz Banking
Co. at Rentz last Wednesday,
August 30.
Laurens County Sheriff W.
R. Bussell and FBI agent
Joseph D. Purvis of Savannah,
arrested Dorothy Jean McNair
of Dublin and charged her with
being an accessory to the
robbery.
Memorial Hospital where she
was taken last Thursday
following a beating, allegedly
at the hands of her father.
Daniels’ wife, Barbara, 21,
was returned to Georgia where
she led authorities to the body
of the couple’s other child,
Clifton, 4. Police said the
youth was beaten Aug. 2, and
was left for dead in a rural
area just 70 miles east of
Atlanta.
Police said Mrs. Daniels
returned to the couple’s motel
room ’n suburban Henrietta
last Thursday and found Wendy
in the bathtub, with wafer pour
ing over her head.
She took the child to the
hospital where an examination
showed the youngster had suf
fered a broken neck, con
cussion, bruises and burns.
Daniels was initially charg
ed with assault and his wife
was charged with endangering
the welfare of a child.
Police said the couple had
been traveling throughout the
East in a pickup truck and
used stolen credit cards to
meet expenses. Berth were also
charged with forgery.
Mrs. Sallie Rogers
Dies In Florida
Mrs. Sallie Rogers, 87, died
in Clearwater, Fla., Monday,
August 28.
Mrs. Rogers wasaresident
of Mt. Vernon before moving
to Clearwater 10 years ago.
She was a native of Glennvllle,
and was a daughter of the late
John Stanfield and the late
Mrs. Mary Zorn Stanfield.
She was married to the late
Homer V. Rogers and was a
member of Mi. Ver non Baptist
Church.
Funeral services were con
ducted from Mt. Vernon
Baptist Church at 2 o’clock
Thursday afternoon, August
31, with the Rev. Jack Fern
andez officiating. Burial was
In the Mt. Vernon Cemetery
with Sammons Funeral Home
In charge.
Pallbearers were David
F ountaln, Djncan Mcßae,
Ralph Claxton, Joe Under
wood, Jeff Mcßae and Buddy
Haines.
The honorary escort In
cluded Hoke Peterson, N. D.
Cobb, C. A. Poe, Harold Mc-
Rae, Preston Gillis, Bill
Henry Peterson, and Roger
Edwards, Sr.
Survivors include two sis
ters, Mrs. Beatrice Waters,
Tampa, Fla.; Mrs. Georgia
Ledbetter, Trenton, Fla.
Peanut Cinnamon Toast
Blend together 14 cup pea
nut butter, 14 cup dark brown
sugar, 1 tablespoon margarine
and 14 teaspoon cinnamon.
Spread on bread and toast in
oven until bottom of bread is
brown.
6ED Tests Set
Sept. 9 At
West Laurens
The General Educational
Development Test (GED) will
be given at the New West
Laurens High School located
just off 1-16 at U. S. 441 near
Dublin, on Saturday, Sept
ember 9, beginning at 8 a.m.
The test consists of five
sections with emphasis on
Reading and Comprehension
in the areas of (1) Reading
and English Grammar, (2)
Literature, (3) Science, (4)
Social Studies, and (5) Math.
The tests are designed for
persons who for any reason
failed to complete high school
and would like to earn their
high school diploma. You
must be at least 18 years of
age, and have been out of
high school for at least six
months.
Each person must show
proof of residency, for
instance, a statement showing
that they are registered to
vote in the State of Georgia.
Also It is most Important
that any person who plans to
take the test must bring with
them to the testing site their
Social Security Number.
For additional information
call or contact Mrs. Louise
Pope at 272-1115 or 875-3461.
Your fee for the test will
be based upon the number of
persons taking the test,
number of times having taken
the test and other factors.
These fees are used for copies
of test scores, rental fee
charged for test materials
and the certificate when the
individual meets the state
requirements for high school
equivalency.
Larry E. Fields
On Dean’s List
A total of 110 students at
Georgia College during the
summer quarter just ended
have bee^named to the dean’s
list, according to an an
nouncement made by Dr.
W llliam C. Simpson, dean of
the college.
Among the 110 is Larry
E. Fields, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Fields of Glen
wood.
To be named to the Dean’s
List, a Georgia College stu
dent must earn an average
of 3.2 out of a possible 4.0
for 15 quarter hours of ac
ademic work and must have
an all-college average of at
least 2.5.
Protein-Filled Celery
Snacks can be nutritious as
well as fun. Fill short pieces of
celery with protein-rich peanut
butter or let the youngster in
the house fill his own. These
are easily handled, even by
small children. This idea also
makes a nice treat in school
lunch boxes.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 1972
N.A.A. Advocates Stiff Fines
For Failure To Use Seat Belts
ATLANTA (PRN) - The
National Automobile
Association this week
advocated the enactment of
stiff laws to fine or punish
non-users of seat belts.
Talbert C. Bryant, Jr., NAA
vice president, stated that his
motor club organization
believes enforcement is the
only means left to convince
motorists to buckle up. “Seat
Report Os The
County Agent
By David Williams
Soybeans And
Weeds
It may seem a bit late in
’he season to be checking
soybean fields for weeds. But
not if you have next year in
m’nd.
Bill Segars, one of our
Extension agronomists, ex
plained it this way: By check
ing now you can easily
determine the weed popu
lation. Then you can put this
information to good use in
1973. For example, you may
find a severe broadleaf weed
situation; you’ll probably want
to rotate these fields to a
crop such as corn, or maybe
re-evaluate your herbicide
program.
At any rate, now’s a good
time to get a clear picture
of what the weed situation is.
Store this information, then
use it next year when planning
your soybean crop.
Lawn Fertilization
Homeowners have a new
tool to help them with lawn
fertilization. It’s a new leaf
let published by the Coopera
tive Extension Service and a
vailable at the county agent’s
office.
Entitled ‘‘Fertilization of
Lawns,” the new leaflet is
another in the series of
“Green TnumbTips’ ‘for gar
deners. This latest one lists
several different fertilization
plans which may be used for
Bermudagrass, Zoysla, St.
Augustine, Centipede and
several cool-season grasses.
The leaflet also has In
formation on soli testing,
liming, and how to prevent
fertilizer injury.
Check For Insects
True, summer is about
gone. But it may be too early
to assume that all the Insect
to assume that all the
Insects which damage plants
and shrubbery are gone too.
Henry Clay, one of our
Extension horticulturists,
points out that azaleas and
pyracantha are usually bot
hered by lace bugs this time
of year. And new growth on
camellias may be damagedby
tea scale. Japonicas and
sasanquas may be infested,
too.
And have you noticed that
the foliage on your marigolds
has a mottled yellow appear
ance? Red spiders are pro
bably the reason. Spreading
junipers may also be at
tacked by red spiders this
time of year. Evidence of
mites on junipers Is a brown
ing of the needles in the center
of the plants.
Recommendations for con
troHing these and other yard
and garden pests are available
at our office. We are located
In the County Office Building
in Alamo. Telephone number
568-3081.
Revival Services
At Community
Church Os God
Revival services will begin
at the Community Church of
God in Wheeler County on
Monday, September 11, and
continue throughout the week
with services each evening
at 8:00 o’clock.
The Rev. Thelma Norris
of Milan, will be the guest
evangelist. Everyone is in
vited to attend.
belts have been standard in
cars since 1967,” he noted,
“and beginning with 1972
models the buzzer-warning
system became standard. Yet
only about 20 per cent of
occupants wear lap belts and
only 6 per cent wear shoulder
belts.
“The Government has gone
about as far as it can go in
‘engineering’ safety in this
area, it is up to individuals
how to utilize seat belts to
save their lives but, perversely,
they don’t,” he said.
Bryant pointed out, “There
may be a psychological factor
involved here that has to do
with our Great American
Right to do as we please, even
to be reckless and daring with
our own lives so long as it
hurts no one else. And it is
true, no one else is physically
hurt by his non-compliance
but the non-users. The Federal
Government and car
manufacturers may engineer
every safety device in cars and
highway construction to help
prevent automobile accidents
and we all say, ‘bravo’, but in
the area of restraints, personal
choice enters the picture. '
Seat belts do not prevent
accidents, only injuries and
fatalities. And independent
-natured Americans feel they
have the right to take their
Golf Tournament
At State Park
Sunday, Sept. 24
The Little Ocmulgee State
Park Four Ball Golf Tourn
ament scheduled for Sun
day, September 10, has been
postponed until Sunday,
September 24, due to the re
scheduling of the Cochran
tournament.
There are still some open
ings in the tournament. For
information about the entry
fees please contact Ray
Gentry, Golf Pro, P. O. Box
202, Mcßae, Georgia.
State Patrol Says All Registered
Trailers Must Be Safety Inspected
Major J. H. Cofer, Com
mander of the Georgia State
Patrol, said that the owners
of more than 200,000 regis
tered trailers in Georgia are
being given until November
Ist of this year to have their
trailers inspected for safety
defects.
Major Cofer said the key
word is "registered” in this
' case, as there are some ex
emptions from the trailer in
spection law. Exemptions gen
erally include trailers used
on the term or for agricultural
use. Mobile homes are gen
erally exempted. Examples of
the type trailers which will
have to be inspected include
boat, utility, travel, pole,
horse, or any other trailer
which is registered with the
State Revenue Department and
carries a license plate.
The inspection, which will
cost the standard $3.00, will
require brake and tail lights,
left and right hand turn signal
lights, adequate suspension,
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Georgia Department of Transportation Director Bert Lance
examines equipment to be carried on DOT vehicles in its new
“Motorist Aid” program. Beginning in the Atlanta area
September 1, the department vehicles will offer stranded
motorists free assistance with gasoline, water jumper cables and
tire changes. Lance said the program will be in effect
throughout the state by the year’s end. (PRN)
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chances if they please.
“So why does NAA feel so
strongly about it?” Bryant
asked “Because the qgn-user
is costing every car owner an
arm and a leg in automobile
insurance premiums, and
everybody in increased
hospitalization insurance
costs. This makes the need for
100 per cent participation
everybody’s affair.
“The plain facts are these:
1. 27 per cent of fatalities
are caused by being thrown
out of the car, which couldn’t
happen with belts. Some
people counter that it might
be an advantage to be thrown
out of the car in some
accidents, but what they do
not know is that the
probability of death is five
times greater if thrown from
the car and that less than 10%
of all injury-producing
collisions involved fire or
immersion. Even, in these
cases, the motorist, in
attempting escape, is more
likely to be unhurt and alert if
he is buckled in.
2. 48 per cent are killed
from hitting the dash,
windshield, or door frame,
which also could not happen if
belted.
3. Belts permit the accident
victim to decelerate with the
crash and thereby neutralize a
large portion of the impact.
“It is easy to see that
untold numbers of injuries
would be eliminated and our
death toll of 55,000 people a
year cut, how much? 18,000?,
40,000? The aggregate 75 per
cent who died from ejection
or from hitting the dash,
windshield, or door frame
theoretically could have been
saved had they been belted.
That suggests that the number
of lives saved could be
staggering.
“Douglas Toms, director of
the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, came
out this week with a proposal
of federal regulations to force
safe hitches, and on trailers
of more than 2,500 pounds
gross weight, independent
brakes.
Major Cofer emphasized
that most farm trailers would
not have to be inspected. Trail
ers which exceed eight feet in
width, 29 feet in length, weigh
more than 4,500 pounds, and
are used as a dwelling, such
as a mobile home, do not have
to have the inspection sticker.
Major Cofer said he was
sure there were many ques
tions about the trailer inspec
tion law and suggested that
questions be directed to the
Motor Vehicle Inspection of
ficer at local State Patrol
Posts. He said, too, that dur
ing the next three months,
only warnings would be issued
for trailers not having stick
ers, but then on November
Ist, citations would be given
as he felt that three months
was sufficient warning for
motorists to get their trailers
inspected.
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compliance, but the NAA
strongly feels his proposal, as
we understand it, does not go
far enough. The ’72 cars have
a buzzer system that sounds
irritatingly if belts are not
buckled when the car is put in
drive. Toms would make it
illegal to disconnect the
buzzer system, but it is not
even necessary to disconnect it
- all the motorists has to do is
buckle the two ends together
behind him.”
Bryant proposes that any
occupant of a car caught
without seat belts buckled
around him be fined on a
graduated scale by numbers of
offenses, with license
suspension a final punishment.
As an example, SIO.OO for
first offense, $15.00 for
second, $25.00 for third, and
30-day suspension of license
for fourth offense. This, the
NAA proposes, would apply
to any and all occupants. If
two motorists were involved in
an accident, the innocent
motorist who was not belted
could be fined for that offense
alone even though he would
not be held responsible for the
accident itself. If the guilty
motorists was not belted, he
would have the seat belt
offense added to his other
charges.
‘‘These are strong
measures,” Bryant said, “but
necessary if we are ever to cut
the thirteen and one half
billion dollar cost of injuries
and death on the roads. The
Good Fairy doesn’t pay for
this. We do. We submit that
enactment of our proposed
law would not add to the
overburdened Court dockets,
as detection of non-users
would not normally be made
except in circumstances where
an accident or traffic violation
had already brought the driver
to the law enforcement
officers’ attention. Yet, the
possibility of fines and license
suspension would encourage
occupants of cars to use their
belts.
“It is very important that
such mandatory use laws be
enacted on state levels, as it
would be difficult to enforce
federal regulations. We would
like to see the law be enacted
by every state with uniform
provisions across the country.
That would help to remove
any question about it in the
motorists’ minds.
“Sensibly,” he added, “ we
might hope that common
sense on the part of all the
people in using the devices
furnished for their protection
would be sufficient. The facts
should convince them. But it
is apparent that only the
federal government, so far, is
sufficiently concerned to take
steps to force compliance. In
the absence of personal
responsibility, we want to see
the States come forth with
positive action to alleviate the
awful toll in injuries and
death.”
Plane Crash
Kills Pilot,
Injures Pair
One man was killed and two
other persons were injured in
the crash of a private plane
in Alma Tuesday night, August
29th.
Police identified the dead
man as the pilot, Dan Hertel,
of Hoboken, Ga.
Injured were Mr. and Mrs.
Earl J. Meados of Alma. Mrs.
Meados was reported in
critical condition in a Way
cross hospital.
There were reports that the
plane hit a utility pole as it
was landing. The Federal
Aviation Administration is in
vestigating.
A salad takes on a different
meaning to a youngster when it
is glorified with a peanut but
ter sauce. A dressing for fruit
or vegetable salads is as easy as
combining 1/3 cup of peanut
butter with 2/3 cup of mayon
naise or other salad dressing.