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66 On Earth Peace, Good Will Toward Men”
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9f THE OFFICE BOY
‘Good Morning, and a Merry
Christmas to you!” That comes
from the bottom of my heart, to
each of our readers. The Boss
e- oins me in this and we add , ,
.
r The Happiest New Year ever.”
Somehow, as we sit down to
write this column the thought of
our Sunday School lesson for Sun
day Morning comes to my mind
. , . since early childhood this has
been my favorite passage we
...
memorized this in our youth and
it has been so helpful always .
, .
one of the greatest promises our
Saviour ever gave u s . . . and as
we Celebrate His Birthday let’s
get our Bibles and memorize this
passage from John 14 . . . “Let not
your hearts be troubled, Ye be
lieve in God Believe also in me.
In my Father’s house are many
mansions, If it were not so I would
have told you. I go to prepare a
place for you, and if I go and pre
pare a place for you I will come
again and receive you unto my
self that where I am, there ye
may be also.” That is the most
comforting passage we know.
As we celebrate this sacred and
Holy Christmas Season let each
of us remember that “It is more
blessed to give than to receive.”
Let us above all things put Christ
in Christ-mas. This is HIS birth
day, so let us above all the gaiety
of this season (as man has made
it) take time off for quiet medi
tation . . . for a period of the day
when we can raise our voices in
Thanksgiving to the Heavenly
Father for the Christ He gave us
. . . who set an example for us ...
May our New Year's resolution
be to open, just a little wider the
door to our heart, that He might
come in . . , let us remember to
“Seek ye FIRST the kingdom of
God and His righteousness, and
all these things shall be added un
to you.”
Our chins are up at this par
ticular season, but many of our
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Maritime Service
To Recruit Men
For Training Work
The Monroe Office of the Geor
gia State Employment Service is
now assisting in recruiting 700
men for immediate training as ap
prentice Seamen for the United
States Maritime Service.
The Maritime Service has indi
cated that it will be necessary to
train several thousand men before
the end of 1943.
Men acceptable for this training
must have attained the age of 18 [
and must not have passed their
24th. birthday. Also, applicants
should have had at least two
years of high school training, but,
those not having this amount of
schooling may be accepted.
Enrollees will be paid $21.00
per month salary and will be giv
en room, board, uniform, clothing
outfit and necessary books without
charge. This training will cover
a period of seven months.
Each enrollee must agree that
he will, upon completion of the
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Night Hawk Club
Buys Defense Bond
The Night Hawks, a Porterdale
social club, this week joined with
other patriotic organizations in
pledging their loyal suppor t to the
Nation's defense program through
the purchase of a $100. United
States Defense Bond with Club
funds.
The organization at the same
time announced their intentions of
purchasing defense bonds of
smaller denominations each month.
Other civic organizations in
Newton County who have report
ed purchases of bonds are the
Covington Kiwanis Club, which
recently purchased a $500.. at the
same time donating $200. to the
Newton County Defense Corps
Unit; and Boy Scout Trcop No.
72, which purchased a $50. bond,
at the same time pledging their
full support to President Roose
velt in a telegram.
Meanwhile the sale of both de
fense stamps and bonds continued
to increase at the Covington post
office a- weli as at post offices
throughout the Un.ted States,
Postal officials have expressed a
belief that the marked increase
was brought about by America's
sudden entry into world conflict
and the desirability of s’amps and
bonds lor Christmas g.fts.
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Volume 77
COVINGTON OBSER " ' WAR-TIME CHRISTMAS
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Believe That Beard Youth Is Still Alive
j I POSTCARD DATED
! DECEMBER 15 IS
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Alive And Well Seven
Days After Attack On
Pearl Harbor Message
Says
Relatives and friends of Robert
Charles Beard, 18-year-old Cov
ington youth reported killed in
action in the Pacific, this week
expressed belief and hope that he
might still be alive, following the
receipt of a postcard by members
of his family, dated December 15,
seven days after the assault on
Pearl Harbor.
The postcard received here this
week contained no details as to
young Beard's whereabouts, stat
ing merely that he was well and
that a letter would follow as soon
| as possible.
Last week, Mr. and Mrs. R. P.
Beard, parents of the Beard youth,
received a telegraphic communi
cation from the Navy Bureau of
Navigation stating that young
Beard was lost in action and be
lieved to be dead.
Relatives this week, following
| the receipt of the postcard, com
municated with the Bureau of
Navigation in an effort to ascertain
whether or not the youth was
alive ir had been killed as pre
viously reported.
A siiuBiipn jitrilsr to fhjy. in
a northern State, last Saturday
brought assurances from Amy
and Navy officials that careful
precautions were being taken to
prevent mistakes in casuality lists.
■ But in the confusion it
of war
| is inevitable that some men will j
be reputed dead who actually
I are alive, officials said.
The War Department already
has restored to the list of living
the names of nine among nearly
| 200 officers and men once re
I corded as having met death in the
Japanese attack on Hawaii.
j The Navy, two weeks after the |
i Pearl Harbor attack, is still work- |
ing at the job of identifying each |
j individual making up the total of
2,897 naval dead reported by Sec
> j vetary Knox.
Some of the difficulties con
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Engineer Unit Is
| Organized In City
The appointment of P. W. Pratt,
city council member and promi
nent business man. to the rank of
Lieutenant in the State Defense
Corps, and the organization of the
State’s first engineering unit were
j announced here this week by De
j fense Corps officials.
In a special order, issued by
Major Orren Warren, adjutant of
the State Corps, Mr. Pratt was
commissioned and placed in com- j
mand of Unit No. 59. the Coving
ton Unit. Captain J. B. Weaver, j
who has been in active command
of the Unit will have active
charge of all Defense Corps work
in Newton county.
Sergeant N. S .Turner will head
the newly organized Corps of
j engineers. The unit is made up of !
; men taken from the Infantry Unit I
and volunteers,
The regular meeting of the I
I Corps, which was scheduled for
I Thursday night of this week has
j been postponed to allow the men
to be at home on Christmas. The
> postponed meeting will be held
next Monday night. December 29
in addition to the regular meeting
j Thursday night of next week. !
Garrison Is Made
Youth Director
At the 156th session of the
j South Carolina Conference of The
Methodist Church, recently held j
in Bennettsville, South Carolina,
Bishop William T. Watkins an
nounced the appointment of Rev
W. B. Garrison, son of Mr. and
Mrs p. j. Garrison of thi: city.
to the Conference Board of Edu
l cation. I
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CHRISTMAS \
ki MANY CENTURIES AGO a brilliant star hanging
in a night sky over Palestine led three Wise Men 2 V
to a manger—and there was “Peace On Earth.”
today, light In that seeking the same night out country, skies those are and who pierced in would many by other destroy beams lands all of ') n
'/te- that He died to give.
This year, on the one thousand nineteen hun- m
dred and forty-first Anniversary of His birth, we
send you greetings—and the hope that soon the r.
Star of Bethlehem may look down once more U
upon a world at Peace where men live, work, and
worship with fellowmen and are free, unshack- w
j fa led, and unrestrained.
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Kiwanis Club To
Install Officers
At Thurs. Meeting
The regular meeting of the
Covington Kiwanis Club was held
Thursday of last week at the De
laney Hotel with a good attend
ance. President Robert R. Fowler
presided, with Music Chairman V.
Y. C. Eady leading the singing,
assisted at the piano by Miss
Fletcher Lou Lunsford.
A most enjoyable program was
given by the Hythm Band of the
Covington School, directed by Miss
Fletcher Lou Lunsford.
President Fowler thanked each
member of the band as well as
Miss Lunsford for their entertain
ment. The Rythm Band was a
real treat to the Kiwanians and
th e time manifested hours of pa
l‘ en l a °d efficient training.
New officers of the Kiwanis
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SOLDIER TELLS REACTION TO WAR
War Announcement
Made Soldiers Out Of
Raw Selectees Writer,
Now In Army, Says
(Editor’s Note:—The following
8 rticle, written by Pvt. Harry
Volk, a former newspaperman,
now serving with the first Arm
ored Division at Fort Knox, Ky.,
is printed for News readers be
cause we feel that it clearly
depicts the attitude of An^erica’s
armed forces towards our enemies
in the East and the West. It
viv idly describes the reaction of a
group of enlisted men to the re
cent Sunday attack on United
States outposts.)
I wish Adolph Hitler and his
Japanese and Fascist henchmen
could ha> e seen what took place
in my bai iack w hen word of the
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
Expect Red Cross Drive
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{Vo*#*# it<>su i<s Hvpurtfd
To Pass Goal For County
Chariman A. L. Loyd, of the
Newton County Chapter of the
Amercian Red Cross, announced
Tuesday afternoon that the goal
of $2,500 for the national emer
gency would be reached this
week-end.
Covington Mills, the largest
single donor, gave $1,000 to the
fund, This money was raised
among the mill officials and em
ployees. Other large checks from
many organizations as well as var
ious amount from individuals
boosted the amount to more than
$2,200.00 at the present time and
several areas have not been heard
from.
Chairman Loyd expressed his
deepest appreciation to those
throughout the county who have
given their time and money in
Japanese attack on the United
States interrupted the bull ses
sions and card games and roused
tired, maneuver-weary soldiers
from their bunks. It would have
given Hitler and his cohorts pause,
I wish the milliens of Europeans
and Chinese enslaved by the Axis
| could have seen what happened,
They would now know that their
hope of freedom will be fulfilled,
I wish every Amer ican who has
the tiniest doubt that ultimate and
overwhelming victory will fall to
the United States and her allies
could have been in my barrack
today. They would no longer
doubt.
As I watched my fellow soldiers,
two third* of them selectees, de
*eended Tom every racial stiain
in Europe, react to the Japanese
attack on their country, 1 was
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1941
organizing this drive. He praised
every local chairman and stated
that Mrs. R .O. Arnold and hei
workers in Covington did a grand
job. He stated that he would b<
proud to report to the National
organization that Newton county
“did her part” in the drive (oi
$50,000,000 throughout the United
St ates -
He also paid tribute to each
person who donated to the cause
and added that never had he
found such unity among the peo
pie as at this time when the Red
Cross is so sorely pressed for the
fund with which to meet, their
responsibility in this grave crisis,
The amount of $2,500.00 was set
Newdon ■ ewton "unty' county aT^heh as them "pmt'ot pait of
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proud I was an American. I saw
living proof that th" heritage of
liberty so hai rl | at Valley
Forge, Bull Run ud Chateau
Thierry had descended into good
hands. •
i What took place j'' >ny barrack
at Fort Knox, Ky. is typical, I am
sure, of the reaction of the men
jin jand tens tent of cities thousands in the United of barracks States,
Ten seconds after the import of
i the Japanese attack on the United
j States hit the heart and brain of
every man in my barrack, you
< could see them, watching their
j faces, shove every per sonal am
| bition, every thought of self and
j hardship to family to the bottom
of their mental, footlocker “for the
dur ation.”
Little wa said at fir~t but you
j could feel the inner resolve of
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Airport Plans Are
Discussed Here
By Rotary Club
Plans for a new airport for
Covington were revived Tuesday
at the regular meeting , of the
Covington Rotary Club held at
the Delaney Hotel.
A proposal was made by Guy
Robinson and additional reeom
menriations were marie by H. O.
Whelchel. Charles Forester and
| W. C. MeGahee. The project was
dsicussed this week by Mr, Whel
chel and the Chairman of the State
Highway Board,
Those discussing the matter
stated that they were certain that
the project could and would now
he worked out, due to the present
crisis and the fact that the land
CO uld be made available
u. S. Government. T The govern- ""
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f...,,. Desire To Sf«v
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j At Japanese
the men, each one silently de
coding that the little job he was
now doing in the army was the
| most important job in his life
j time
i Each soldier realized what was
i going on in the minds of the
1 others, sensed the quick victory
1 in each of love of country over
self, felt i i oud of his buddies,
was glad he was soldiering with
them.
I n les: time than it took for a
Japanese airman to release a
bomb over Pearl Harbor the two
score riflemen in my barrack,
• omo beret fore givrn to cursing
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S ‘|
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
HERE RECALL WAR CHRISTMAS
OF 1917; BOYS OF YESTERYEAR HAVE
REPLACED toy guns with real ones
Olive Drab and Navy Blue Uniforms
Provide Grim Reassuring Background
Engulfed by a sea of mixed emotions, Covingtonians
today were observing the second wartime Christmas in
less than 25 years.
Again, as in 1917, the olive drab of the soldier and
the blue of the sailor provide a grim, but reassuring con
trast to the gay colors of the Yuletide.
AGRICULTURAL
NEWS BY THE
COUNTY AGENT
The elections of 1942 Commun
ity Committeemen and the dele
gates to elect the County Com
mittee will be held on Monday
and Tuesday, December 29 and 30.
The elections will be held as fol
lows:
Livingston 9:31) A. M , Dec. 29.
Heard Mixon- 3:00 P. M.. Dec.
29.
Mansfield 9:30 A. M„ Dec. 40.
Covington—3:00 P. M., Dec. 30
Fight Communliy Committee
men, eight alternate community
committeemen and eight delegates
will be elected. The eight dele
gates will elect, the chairman of
the County Committe, two regular
members, first .alternate and sec
ond alternate. The chairman of
County Committee will also
serve as Chairman of the Coun
ty Defense Committee.
The present members of the
committee are:
Chairman, County Committee—
Henry Odum.
Member of County Committee
A. E. Hays.
Member of County Committee
W. 1.. Hooper.
Community Committeemen
District No. 1 J. Carter Burton,
District No. 2 Ira G. Williams,
District. No. 3—Fred W. Greer,
District No. 4 D. Peden Blake,
District No. 5 Ambus A Goins.
District No. fi John J. Steele.
District No. 7—Walter B Corry.
District No. 8 W. Clarence
Bates.
The entile office force wishes
each of you a Merry Merry Christ
I mas and a Most Prosperous New
Year.
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I Man Here Recalls
I Days In Service
The recent sinking of the United
States battleship, Arizona at the
Pearl Harbor Naval Base in a
dastardly attack by the Japanese
. ., . ,
Tories, brought back memJfes to
f WJlliam Georgc Dawkins, Newton
County man, who for three years
served on that vessel.
Now a resident of the Statesville
j j community, Mr. Dawkins, who
served as an engineer with the
j Navy, is ready to again enter the
fighting forces, should the gov
ernment see fit to call on him.
He, bke the gi eatr i majority
of Americans, is firmly convinced
of the fighting ability of the Am
erican Navy and recalls the ac
curate shooting ability of the
Naval gun crews during the days
that he was in the service,
He enlisted just a few years
after the close of World War I, on
! October 21, 1921, at the Recruit
ing Station in Atlanta. During
I his four years, lacking one day, he
! advanced four ratings and was
given an honorable discharge with
the rate of Second Class Engineer
on CX’tober 19. 1925.
Three of his years in service
were spent on the battleship Ari
zona and the last time he saw the
ship was when he was transferred
to another ship at Prarl Harbor,
the Arizona war sunken by
Japanese bombs.
NUMBER 52
Again, as 24 years ago, there is
less carefree merriment than
when there was peace on earth
and good will towa r d men.
Yet, it is inevitable that the
bells will ring louder, the fire*
will burn brighter, and there will
live again the spirit of hope, grit
and prayer -the spirit of America.
There is sadness—the sadness of
a mother, a wife and a sister
yearning for a son, a husband, or
a brother at camp, or sadder still,
"somewhere in the Pacific.”
There is irony—the irony of
knowing that the boyg at camp
or “over there" have swapped
their toy guns of 25 years ago for
the deadly weapons of another
war to end all wars.
A similar thought must have
been in the mind of Grantland
i Rice, when, on Christmas Day of
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Harder Work And
Larger Rewards
Seen For Farmers
Harder work, mere difficulties,
but a larger reward for increased
production were forecast to Amer
ican farmers by Secretary of Ag
riculture Claude R. Wickard re
cently. The text of the article ii
reprinted this week for the bene
fit of Newton County’s farm fam
lilies and those interested in Am
erica’s farm production. A picture
of Secretary Wickard filling out
a farm plan sheet for his own
farm will he found on page seven.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—Hard
er work, more difficulties, but
fair rewards for abundant iro
duction. That, in my opinion, is
the outlook in 1942 for my fellow
farmers.
We have before us the biggest
and hardest job we farmers ever
have tackled; It is only our fair
share of the biggest and hardest
job the nation ever has under
taken. Our nation needs an abun- *
dance of rich, nourishing food; it
is our job to produce it. Other
nations, joined with us in our
struggle, need American food; we
must produce more to supply their
j needs. We have We cannot head fail. start on the
a
Job. We began last summer to
plan foi production in 1942, to
meet the food and fiber needs of
the nation as nearly as they could
be anticipated.
Last summer when we set up
the goals, we found that w«
needed to make some adjust
rnpn ’'* > n our 1®^2 production to
meet r apidly changing conditions,
British food needs and the de
sirability of building up some
reserves for post-war use entered
' n tr the calculations, on top of
Youth Director, with major re
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At a meeting of the Board of
Directors, The Bank of Covington
and Trust Company declared a
dividend , of 8 per cent to all stoc. -
holders to be paid on December
31st.
rhe B ar, k of Covington is one
* >es * anc * strongest banks
> n Georgia having operated since
1905 without ever failing to pay
an annual dividend, J. E.
Philips is Cashier and his direc
tion and management has meant
much to the successful opertaion
of the Bank of Covington.