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," A: Valentine Story
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What comes to mind when
February 14th is mentioned?
Valentine's Day, of course.
As a man, you think about
that one person you love so
much, the one you would die for,
your sweetheart.
You then have to decide what
could be the best gift to pur-
chase for her.
The first thing that always
comes to my mind is a large
heart made'of pure chocolate.
Then you think, "The last
time I brought her candy she
said it would make her FAT,"
so you rush over to the aisle
where the soft cuddly teddy
bears are.
Then you think, "Maybe I'll
just buy both, that way she can
have the cuddly toddy bear and
I can eat the candy."
But then you start to think,
"What is Valentine's Day with-
out a card?" So you run over to
the Hallmark shop and browse
through all the cards until you
find the right one (when you
care enough to send the very
best).
On your way home you think
again how lucky you are to have
such a wonderful sweetheart.
On the spur of the moment
you decide to stop by the local
jewelry store and purchase a
beautiful, sparkling diamond
for your special dy.
A dozen roses would be a
great way to top off the day, but
by this time your wallet says
they will have to wait until her
birthday.
With a sense of joy and sat-
isfaction you speed down the
road toward home.
As you enter the driveway,
you notice the lights are off and
you sigh with obvious disap-
pointment; you slowly walk up
to the door, unlock it and walk
into an empty house.
To your surprise, the lights
come on and your 'sweety'
stands there in the sexiest out-
fit you've seen since the last
Victoria's Secret catalog came
in the mail. She says the six
most beautiful words your ears
have ever heard, "I love you,
Happy Valentines Day."
After a big hug and kiss, you
realize the smell of your
favorite food is coming from the
kitchen. The two of you walk
hand-in-hand into the dining
room to find a special 'candle-
light' dinner she spent hours
preparing for you, the most
important man of her life.
After dinner, instead of
dessert, the two of you go into
the den and cuddle on a blanket
near the fireplace and you real-
ize how blessed you are to have
each other.
Maybe you've been married
awhile, and she's sent the kids
to the neighbors so the two of
"The original holi-
day was called the
Feast of St. Valentine
and it was a religious
holiday. Cupid, who
came along later, was
a character from
pagan mythology."
you can have some private
"couple" time With no interrup-
tions.
Although this might sound
familiar, our Christian ances-
tors would be surprised to real-
ize what has become of
Valentine's Day.
The original celebration was
called the Feast of St. Valentine
and it was a religious holiday.
Cupid, who came along later,
was a character from pagan
mythology.
For Christians in the past,
this was a day to remember and
celebrate the life and death of
a Christian martyr.
According to church tradi-
tion, St. Valentine was a priest
near Rome about 270 A.D. He
was arrested for performing
Christian marriages, while oth-
ers say his true crime was help-
ing Christians escape prison.
During his trial he was asked
about his convictions regarding
the Romans gods Jupiter and
Mercury.
He boldly said they were
false gods, and that the God
whom Jesus called Father was
the only true God. This result-
ed in his imprisonment for
insulting the pagan gods.
According to legend, he con-
tinued to minister while in
prison. After God healed a
prison guard's blind daughter,
he led 46 members of the
guard's family to salvation and
baptism.
When the emperor heard
about this event, Valentine was
beheaded.
Valentine knew the risk he
was taking but was willing to
die to free prisoners and spread
the Good News of Jesus Christ.
The Bible says, "No one has
greater love than this, to lay
down his life for a friend." John
15:13.
Jesus gave us the ultimate
"Valentine" when he gave his
life as a sacrifice for our sins.
Remember to tell the ones
you love how special they are
to you every day.
Happy Valentines Day!
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'Don't Forget It's Valentine's Day
Well now, here it is another their names in any article- well, ' ...... '::
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right gloomy Monday, but we here are their names (and here crying when I
remember thebeautifuldayand they are in an article): Henry !. made the effort to €
the good time we had yester- C., Willie D. and Margaret r' then, I'm too
day, so all is forgiven. DeBardieben. Wewouldhavei
The wife had cooked up a Henry lives in Anniston, but the
party celebrating my three Alabama, and Margaret and sit up much lon
score and ten birthday. Now Willie live in Lowndesboro, it was because
when she cooks up something, Alabama. They are fine rela-
you can bet your money it's tire, and I love them, but they "You can forget your ran out before the
goingto happen. Mybirthday can all talk the horns off a Billy wife's birthday and live. Let me
really isn't untilWednesday, but Goat. No matter what conver- YOU can forget Ground of advice: (it
she wanted to have the party sation is on the floor, they just Hog Day, Flag Day, Dog to heed, including
while I was still here and all, speak a little louder. I also have You can forget
and Wednesday was three daYS another cousin, Sara Gane, who Days and other special birthday and live.
away. Who can tell what might is more my age. She, too, was days and live. But you get Ground Hog Do
happen in three days? born with a bad case of talkitis cab Bot forget Dog Days and othera,
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It was a good party and and has never recovered. She Valentine'8 Day. and live. But
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although it was a "no present" couldn't come because of the get Valentine's D
party, some broke the rule and ,distance from Mobile. Throw mother cried all the way home. be reading this onB,
brought one, which I do not in my brother Dave, who also Later, in demonstrating how it Day. If you have
intend to send back, but deeply talks, and get them all going and happened, I stuck one prong of not too late - go getl
appreciated. I mainly appreci- you'veneverheardsuchasound the pitch fork through my foot. Let her know you r
ate the many friends, and rela- in all your born days - and I love I must have a thing with pitch Uncle Jim Bob
tire, who came. We had three every minute of it. forks - and I haven't touched day once. That is
first cousins who came. Now We used to play together as one since, wears his head a b
these are real relatives who do children. Once during a small My nieces, Pam Bain and side and why
not even know their Uncle Jim game of "Get Allan", I stuck a Betty Knopp, and my sister-in- remains closed.
Bob and Aunt Suzy. They corn- pitch fork in Margaret's leg. law, Odell and Marilyn, kept A word to the r
plainod they had never seen That made quite a to-do. My juice (not elderberry) poured "Happy Valentines]h,
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Getting Electric Power to Warm Spnl
President Roosevelt estab- described a new cottage he had : , him about the rat a "
lished the REA by executive built in Dutchess Cohnty) cut, Arkwright went do
order in 1935. It was made per- strip and creosote an "electric Springs from Atl
manent by statute the follow- pole" for $10, but how a similar Roosevelt and[
ing year. It provided transmis- pole bpught form the power Carpenter, the f
sion systems for electric power company would cost $40. "That business manager.
to communities that private is the whole basis of the REA Roosevelt said
companies would notserve - or thing. The REA is being done refrigeration planti
would serve only at prohibitive in large part, of course, by the dry, but could not !
cost., farmers themselves in a coop- cents a kilowatt h
By 1934, Roosevelt's erative way." electricity he thoug
Georgia farm had been electri- Martin, president of the cost for such a
fled. In 1933 the Georgia Power THE SITUATION regard- Alabama Power Company, "We Arkwright said the
Company, a state private ing electric power in Warm in this and neighboring coun- would get its addit
monopoly, agreed to provide the Springs was certainly a frus- tiesaresufferingfromtheusual tricity at two cents
power, providing Otis Moore trating one. No wonder high cost and inefficient ser- hour, under the scl
built his own transmission line. Roosevelt learned a lot from it. vice of small local plants." reduced costs as c
Moore did it at Roosevelt's Not only was power expensive In 1928, the Georgia Power went up.
expense, of course. It cost when he first went there, it was Company bought the Warm
$351.32. Almost all the cost also extremely unreliable. The Springs distribution system, IT WAS JUST
came for 18 poles at $8.50 each night of the season-opening fes- "partly because of Mr. improvement in tt
and two miles of copper wle at tivities of the Meriwetlaer Inn Roosevelt's urging,', according rural people that Ra
$140.30. in 1925, the power failed, to the company's official histo- in mind in his figli
Most farmers in Georgia, The power in Warm Springs ry. It reduced the rate from 18 er power.
the rest of the South and else- was provided by a local compa- cents per kilowatt hour to about A farmer who
where would have been bur- ny, whichbought itspower from three cents, laundry or refrige
dened by the expense, but at asmallmunicipallyownodplant Later, the rate for the anceswouldbemo˘
least some of them could afford in Manchester, five miles away. Georgia Warm Springs terlife. Roosevelt sa
it. The cost for poles and wires Roosevelt did not like any of Foundation was reduced fur- as having more th
was much higher when bought this, and he did not wait till he ther. That was in 1929. Basil fort as a goal. Hebe
from private utilities, became President and could O'Connor told Preston advancement woul
Roosevelt explained later how launch an REA to do something Arkwright, president of the electric lines.
rural property owners (this about it. Georgia Power company, that (Next week: Pro
time in New York, as he In 1926, he wrote Thomas Roosevelt would like to talk to the Power Compan
Why I Get No Kic k (00ut of Socc
Twenty-one reasons why I
hate soccer and wouldn't pay
attention to a World Cup match
if it was going on in my back-
yard and the beer was free:
1. There are only three final
scores in soccer. They are 0-0,
1-0, and in a real scoring orgy,
1-1.
2. Being able to bounce a
ball off one's head isn't that
impressive to me. I've seen
seals dothe same thing on The
Ed Sullivan Show.
3. Soccer breeds fan vio-
lence because it's very dull, and
when the fans get bored, they
pass the time by trying to kill
and maim one another.
4. Nobody ever throws a
high, inside fastball in soccer,
baseball's answer to killing and
maiming.
5. A man named Phil
Woosnam, then president of the
North American Soccer
League, once bragged to me,
"In twenty years, soccer will be
bigger than pro football in the
United States." That was twen-
ty-five years ago.
6. Soccer is responsible for
soccer-style kickers in
American football. I agree with
the late Norman Van Brocklin,
who was asked his reaction to
the game, after his Atlanta
Falcons had been beaten on a
last-minute field goal by some
guy from Yugoslavia or
Afghanistan.
Van Broeklin said, "They
ought to tighten the immigra-
tion laws in this country."
7. It was a referee's contro-
versial call in a soccer match
that started World War I.
No, I can't prove that, but I
don't have to.
8. Too many soccer teams
were dark socks with their
shorts, a violation of every fash-
ion law ever written.
9. The theme song for the
British Broadcasting
Corporation's coverage of the
World Cup is Luciano
Pavarotti's version of "Nessun
Dorma," from Puccini's opera
Turandot.
The theme song of'WGN's
coverage of the Chicago Cubs
baseball is Harry Caray singing
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game."
10. If soccer were an
American politician, it would
be Alan Cranston.
11. If it were an American
actress, it would be Florence
Henderson.
12. Parents of kids who play
soccer in American schools are
overbearing and obnoxious. It's
because they are secretly upset
their kids were to wormy to try
out for football
13. My alma mater, the
University of Georgia, over-
came all sorts of odds and won
the College Baseball World
Series. I realize that doesn't
have a thing to do with soccer,
but I just thought I would men-
tion it.
14. If Georgia has a soccer
team, I am blissfully unaware
of it.
15. Bo doesn't know diddly
about soccer.
16. I was in London once
and watched the Super Bowl of
British soccer matches on tele-
vision because there wasn't
anything else on. The two teams
ran up and down the field for
"7. It was a refer-
ee's controversial call
in a soccer match that
started World War I.
No, I can't prove
that, but I don't have
to. '
approximately three hours, but
nobody could score.
They decided to play anoth-
er game two nights later. I
watched that, too. I'd seen all
the churches, museums, and
china shops I wanted to
see by that time.
They ran up and
field again for an hc
and then the ball hit
the head and went i
completely by acci
the final score was 1
When the game
two guys came on'
and analyzed it for
minutes.
17. If soccer we
etable, it would be a.
18. Hitler was P
soccer fan.
19. Parents of
children who play
react violently to
and write me a lot
threatening letters.
what they deserve f
wimps:
20. If soccer
American soft drin
be Diet Pepsi.
21. How 'bout thel
