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On Veteran's Day we rec-
ognize the men and women
who gave of themselves to
this great country. We have
parades, special events and
more. It's wonderful and I
often wish we could do more.
However, sometimes we for-
get about those who sacri-
ficed almost as much.., the
spouses of military men and
women.
Before we get too in-
depth here, let mesay I'm
not saying they should have
a special holiday. I'm sim-
ply stating they should be
remembered.
Veteran's Day is a great
holiday and allows us the
opportunity to honor those
who have served. Let's not
confuse Veteran's Day with
Memorial Day, which is the
day set aside to remember
those who gave their lives
Military spouses have to
deal with the anxiety of wait-
ing and wondering, during
deployments and especially
during war time, how their
better half is doing, if he or
she is alive, how long will it
be before they return home
again for a short time. So mil-
itary spouses spend a great
amount of time waiting and
worrying.
Through the experience
of my daughter, I can also
tell you that military wives
for,country, Bel eye me, spend a great deal of time
I'm riot advocating another healing the wounded. Inher
holiday, but I do believe that case, it's all the time. When
sometimes we forget to soldiers come home injured,
extend a thank you to the or with PTSD or any other
spouses of our military per- ailment, it is the spouse who
sonnel, becomes caregiver.
My daughter, Bethany, The bottom line is,
has known that sacrifice, and America is safe and strong
having been there for her "'because of those who served,
and with her during those still serve, and the family
times, I can tell you the members whosupportthem.
spouses deserve recogni- The spousesandchildren
tion. The things spouses have of military personnel need
to do and deal with to allow to be recognized and thanked
their better half to fulfill his for all they sacrificed as well.
or her duties deserve reeog- So, thanks to each of you.
nition. Thanks for learning to deal
The children of military with a transitional lifestyle.
personnel sacrifice as well. Thanks for being both mom
The spouse of a military and dad to your children.
person most often has to sac- Thanks for allowing your
rifice his or her own careers, better half to serve. Most of
Why? Because military fam- all, thanks for the sacrifice.
flies move frequently during Now, so you all know, put
service time and that often Friday, ]yiay 11, 2018 on your
interferes with the spouse's calendar. Know why?
career. It also means, for the Because that is National
children of the household,.Military Spouse
new schools often and never Appreciation Day, and that
being in one place long wfllbethetimeyoucanthank
enough to build long-lasting a military spouse for all that
friendships, they do and have done.
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these words to his wife
the repository of our nation's reflect that God is just and Abigail after first moving
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into the building you will see forever."
an image of the Ten The World War Two i!iii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii !iiiiii into the residence in
November 1800.
Commandments engrave in Memorial is a testament to:: : President Franklin :
bronze on the floor signify- the power of a free people ....i:: : i;i ilii iiiiiiiiii RooseveltdiscoveredAdams :
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its origin in the Ten to their Country and the
Commandments that God world, united to defeat tyran- had them carved into the
gave to Moses on Mount ny. During World War Two
Sinai. The Judeo-Christian the government issued sev-miles west of Jamestown.
beliefs brought by the enteen million Bibles to the Safely on the banks of the
Pilgrims and others to the soldiers with a message inJames River they opened
New World formed the foun- them from Generals their sealed orders from
dation of our Constitution Eisenhower and George England. Following these
and our s3rstem of laws today. Marshall. Eisenhower orders they honored the
Upon entering the understood that our nation's occasion as a day of thanks-
Jefferson Memorial if yourights and freedoms rested giving to Almighty God.
look above you, around on the upon our firm faith in God. Before sailing on to
chamber interior dome threeHe said after the war, Jamestown they erected a
contain references to God"The real fire within thewooden cross and thanked
you will see that Panel Three, builders of America was God for their safe journey
just to the left of the faith, faithinaProvidentGod across theAtlantic.
entrance, is taken from whose hand supported and If you ever have a chance
Jefferson's 1785 notes on the guided them, faith in them- to go onthe White House tour
State of Virginia. It reads selves as the children of God, be sure to visit the State
"God who gave us life gave faith in their country and its Dining Room. The fireplace
us liberty. Can the liberties principles that proclaimed mantle contains a prayer by
of a nation be secure when man's right to freedom and President John Adams, "I
we have removed a convic-justice." pray to heaven to bestow and
tion that liberties are the gift In 1607 the first English all that hereafter inhabit it.
of God? Indeed I tremble for settlers stopped here at Cape May none but honest and
thegiftofGod.IndeedItrem-HenrY, Virginia which is 30 wise men ever rule under
stone fireplace below a por: :
trait of Abraham Lincoln.
The United States Capitol.
Building is filled with reli::
gious imagery and inscrip-
tions around the Capitol that
demonstrates the reliance of
our country on God and faith.
In the Cox Corridor in the
House wing of the Capitol a
line from "America the
Beautiful" is carved into the
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wall, "America, God shed His ,
grace on thee and crown thy
good with brotherhood from
sea to shining sea."
Also in the House cham- •
ber is the inscription "In God
We Trust." At the east
entrance to the Senate
Chamber the words Annuit
Coeptis are inscribed, Latin
for "God has favored our
undertakings."
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I remember as a child
playing with one of those
hourglass-type devices, flip-
ping it over and watching the
grains of sand slowly pass
from top to bottom.
It was not a true hourglass
as I seem to think the grains
of sand passed through the
tube in only a minute or two,
but those of you in my age
range and older will remem-
ber them. Those small hour-
glass-shaped devices were
actually used as kitchen
timers.
It is not often I use this
column to share things of a
personal nature but I choose
to do so this week.
..... Last week was very dif-
ficult for our family on mul-
tiple levels. Early in the week,
one member of our immedi-
ate family was hospitalized
for a particular issue. While
there another issue surfaced
and he had to undergo a biop-
sy for something potentially
more serious. Just having to
have such a procedure done=
is scary enough.
A few years back I had
several spots removed from
one leg. Even though my doc-
tor expressed doubts regard-
ing the potential of them
being cancer, the wait for the
test result seemed to take for-
ever.
Some of you are aware of
.ass
my involv mon inemer too r qu n ev ay
gency services. For those in Sand constantly passes
emergency services, some- through the hourglass of life.
times we find ourselves hav- ii i!!ii !! We do not kn0w how large
ing to work on family mem- i our.own hourglass is, and we
bers in such a setting. Years certainly have no idea how
large someone else's hour-
ago I helped work on my- dad
in the back of an ambulance
glass
is.
on the way to a hospital. That i:: Watching that hourglass
can give you a unique per- !iilil ii!i as a child was simple fun.
When the sand ran out of the
spective.
Last week, on the same
day our immediate family
member was released from
the hospital, another imme-
diate family member abrupt-
ly passed away. I was pres-
ent when he collapsed. Allow
me to share with you that per-
forming CPR on a stranger
is one thing, performing it on
a member of your family is
entirely different.
According to the Centers
for Disease Control, a multi-
year study found that those
suffering a cardiac event
away from a medical care
facility, even when receiving
immediate CPR, have a sur-
vival rate of less than eight
percent.
Such statistics are well
known in the public safety
community but that does not
help when one is trying to
save a life. My initial efforts,
followed by those of EMS and
fire department personnel,
followed still later by the
efforts of medical profes-
sionals could not save the life
of our family member.
Sand passing through an
hourglass.
IT IS often said that we
never know what the next
day, hour or even minute will
bring.
In truth, we hear such
words so often they become
trite and without meaning.
Unfortunately, they are
truer than often realized.
One moment a family is
sitting around the dinner
table, or they're out shopping,
on vacation, in a movie the-
ater, or just carrying on some
mundane part of their nor-
mal lives when someone
abruptly collapses and is
gone. Or, perhaps a family
member sits in a doctor's
office and learns they have
an incurable medical situa-
tion.
Such events happen
every day.
In fact, they happen all
top portion, you just flipped
it over and the sand would
begin dribbling from the top
to the bottom again.
There is no flipping over
of the hourglass of life.
When the final grain of
sand falls, this life is over.
There is no reboot, no start-
ing the game over.
We would give much to
have one more conversation
with the one we just lost.
I use this week's column
to urge you to share your
thoughts, feelings and final
wishes with those close to
yOU.
Don't put it off because
that sand in the hourglass
never stops dropping.., until
the final grain falls.
That's my opinion.
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Andy Kober is a regular
columnist for Trib
Publications. He can be
reached at
andykober@hotmail.com
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From the pages of the November 13, 1947
Edition of the Hogansville Herald:
Police Chief Injured When Car Overturns
Charles Rogers, local chief of police was taken to the Arnold
Clinic on Tuesday evening, following a wreck on the highway north
of town, when the police car left the roadway and turned complete-
ly over. Rogers at the time was chasing a speeder, who had roared
through town many times faster than the speed law allows, and in
some way lost control of the car, side swiped a bridge abutment,
turning the car completely over and landing on all four wheels. The
speeder continued on his way, without stopping.
Rogers was hurried to the clinic for medical attention, and it
was found that he had sustained a dislocated collar bone, and
severe bruises, cuts and a terrible shock to his system. He was
stated to have had a good fright following the accident, and his
many friends hope for his speedy recovery.
9 PercentRaise For Local U.S. Rubber Co. Workers
Raises Annual Payroll Quarter Million
Nearly a quarter of a million dollars was added to the annual
payroll of the local U.S. Rubber Company plants here on Monday
of this week. Beginning on thfit date all workers in the three plants
here were given a voluntary 9 percent minimum raise in wages.
Employees of the Stark and Reid Mills and the Asbeston plant
received this good news with much pleasure, when they reported
for work, on their usual shifts on Monday of this week.
Confederate Veteran Passes at Round Oak
Georgia has lost another of the heroes of the Confederacy.
Gen. Hiram G. Van Zandt passed away at the home of his daugh-
ter in Round Oak. He was 100 years old last January. His demise
left Middle Georgia without any living Confederate veterans. A
handful of others, however, remain in other sections of the state.
Car Thief Is Captured Here
C.W. Strickland, of Griffin, was taken into custody here on
Saturday by local police, with a car stolen in Griffin that morning.
Strickland is said to have stolen the car about 2 p.m. and local offi-
cers picked him up here at 6 p.m. The car was the property of
Julius Dumas of Griffin, and was returned to him the next day by
the Spalding Co. sheriff, who also took Strickland backto the Spalding
Jail.
Items compiled by Jack Bagley
(Compiler's note:/tems presented here are copied exactly as
they appeared in the origina/ newspaper pages.)
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