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TwP pty-two of every 100 polio
BS t!mts are being discharged
; rom hospitals in one week or
le . while another 15 are con
fined for three months or longer,
according to a survey conducted
r the National Foundation -for
infantile Paralysis.
The March of Dimes organiza
tion poll**.'! more than 700 hos
01taJ- throughout the country
during all of 1951. The medium
length of stay war, 18 days, with
half the patients discharged in
jess than that time and the
others confined for a longer
period, it was found.
The National Foundation pays
more money to American hos
pitals for treatment of patients
than any other philanthropic
organization in tht country. Only
g ne Cross systems spend more
f or fho<e services, the report
Hated-
While 90 percent of all patients
with no paralysis were released
within a month, only 54 percent
with paralysis were discharged
within a similar period. For
this reason, the report continued,
emphasis is placed by the March
of Dimes organization on the
training of expert medical per
sonnel and the improvement of
treatment techniques and equip
ment designed to lessen dis
ability and shorten the hospitali
zation period.
In this connection, the March
of Dimes has financed the educa
tion of more than 2.000 physical
therapists and 1.000 other pro
fessonal experts.
Er ’’ diagnosis and adequate
treatment, which may include
physical therapy, often lessens
paralysis and shortens hospital
confinement. The March of
Dimes pays that part of treat
ment costs which the patient s
family cannot afford.
All of the programs and serv
ices of the National Foundation
are supported solely by the
March of Dimes.
Guard Unit
Attends Camp
On July sth
A spokesman for the local
National Guard units has an
icunced that the Guardsmen
nil attend annual field train
ng from July 5 through July 19.
Poth the Newton County
juard Units. Heavy Mortar Co.,
md the First Ratallion Medical
’latoon. will join the other units
>f the 48th Infantry Division for
he two weeks of summer camp.
■ pp site for field training this
’ear is Ft. McClellan, Alabama.
F 1 be the third consecu
ise year that units of the 48th
’ f?ntn Division have attend
fold training at Ft. Mc-
J®llan.
As m the past, attendance by
rc Guardsmen at summer camp.
he compulsory. However,
h® Newton County National
rd has consistently held
Inp of the highest attendance
ecords both at Armory drills and
■eld Training.
spokesman for the Na
oe® Guard said that this an
o. reement is being made early
r order that employees of
rumen, who have given ex
* “h* ^operation in the past,
■o make early arrangements
. ®tting their employees off
that period.
Girl Scout Troop 3
fleets New Officers
At a meeting Thursday.' Girl
Troop No. 3 elected the
n '' ng new officers:
Ellen Weaver;
''’■lrene R°binson; treasur
l, hh ’* Nell Hale; scrapbook
’'rman. Katrina McKay; A
flag bearer. Gail Haral
n. and Girl Scout flag bearer,
*ry Rn Strozier.
h » roll call was given and
Ellen Weaver
[... read ’ ,r badge and
. Hardy her second cl USS
- Haralson server! delicious
after w h>rh they
. -ru called “ad-
rurneri mPet ' nS was th * n sfi -
Scout Honor
Court Meets Tonight
** isewton-nocKoaie Boy
n1 will be
f in n h " Mda y. January 22, at
(r ?’ M - "» Troop No. 222 Hut
. Street. Covington.
F announced this week
® Hutchinson. Advance*
Chairman.
VOLUME 89
7 r .dOLS IN CAGE MEET HERE NEXT WEEK
Dimes March Has Helped
230,000 Victims Since 1938
More than $148,000,000 in March of Dimes funds has been invested in patient care
by the American people since 19.38, it was disclosed by Aubra Sherwood, Newton County!
director oi the 1953 March of Dimes campaign. In that same period more than 230,000'
Americans have received financial assistance for care and treatment, he said. Os this vast
army, the overwhelming majority have been children under 15 years of age. However,
in recent years the percentage of patients over 15 has increased. During 1952, about one
fourth of all patients, in some regions, suffered with bulbar polio, the most serious type
and the one in which most deaths occur.
Final Tribute
Paid Mr. Guinn
Here Monday
Funeral services for Richard
Chessley Guinn. 85, beloved Cov
ington resident, who died at his
home Sunday were conducted
Monday afternoon from the Cov
ington Presbyterian Church by
the Rev. M. B. Dendy. Interment
was in the ^ovington Cemetery.
A native of Rockdale County.
Mr. Guinn was a charter mem
ber of the Covington Kiwanis
Club and was a member of the
Masonic Lodge, the Knights
Templar, and Shriners. For a
number of years he was greatly
interested in work with the Roy
Scouts of America and devoted
much time to that work.
Mr. Ginn was a member of the
Covington Presbyterian Church
and served that congregation
faithfully as an elder.
While still a young man. Mr.
Guinn became a freight and pas
senger agent for the Georgia
Railroad and when he retired in
1940 be had completed 55 years of
service with the railroad.
Active pallbearers were Charles
Candler, of Madison, and Jimmy
Morgan. S. J. Morcock. Otis Nix
on, John Bob ’Weaver, and Grady
Smith, of Covington.
Mr. Guinn is survived by his
wife. Mrs. R. C. Guinn; a daugh
ter. Mrs. Tandy Bush; and a
granddaughter. Miss Jean Bush,
all of Covington, and another
granddaughter. Mrs. Edmund
Jordan Jr., of Raleigh. North
Carolina.
The NEWS extends sympathy
to the members of the bereaved
family. Caldwell and Cowan
Funeral Home was in charge of
funeral arrangements.
New Rector Is
Speaker At EAO
As a means of introducing him
to the students of Emory’ at Ox
ford. Dean Virgil Eaddy has
asked the Rev. Henry A Zinser.
rector of the Episcopal Church of
the Good Shepherd. Covington, to.
address the assembly at Chapel
Monday. January 26. at 10 A. M
Mr. Zinser has chosen as his
topic, “Does Christianity Matter?"
In addition to his duties as
rector of the Church at Coving
ton. the Rev. Zinser is also chap
lain to the Canterbury Club on
the Oxford Campus. The Canter
bury Club is a nationally organiz
ed and recognized work of the
Episcopal Church on the college
campus.
EAO To Compete
In Debate Meet
Emory at Oxford has accepted
an invitation to have represent-,
atives compete in the West Geor
gia Intercollegiate Debate Tourna
ment at West Georgia College
Feb. 5, 6. and 7. according to C.
Lee Harwell admini^rative as
sistant.
The four members of the team
'have been chosen from Few
Literary Society. There will be a
preliminary meet in chap® ! Janu
ar\ 28 for the purpose of prepar
ing the team for the debates a
head. Those chosen from Few are.
Boynton, Tate Wilkinson, and
Oliver.
The debate subject, which is
the national collegiate debate
subject this year is. “Resolved,
that the Congress of the United
States should enact a compuherv
Fair Employment Practice- Law
(Jnuiugtim Nriua
The increase in the number of;
adult patients is viewed with!
real concern, Mr. Sherwood I
pointed out, because in many in- 1
stances these are family bread
winners or mothers. When they
are stricken, more serious finan
cial and psychological stress is
imposed upon the family, and
in adults the illness itself is fre
quently more serious.
Mr. Sherwood pointed out
that, while 70 cents of every i
March of Dimes dollar has been
invested directly in patient care.'
nineteen cents has been used to
finance massive programs of
scientific research, education and
medical care. These programs—
which form the “long haul” phase
of the polio' fight—aim:
1. To develop a preventive and
cure for polio and.
2. To increase the number of
professional people trained to
fight polio in hospitals and lab
oratories across the land. More!
than 3,000 scholarships and fel
lowships have been awarded to
achieve this end.
“As everyone knows,” Mr
Sherwood' said, “fifty percent of
contributions to the March of
Dimes is used by the county
where raised to help pay treat
ment* cost of local patients who
need financial aid or, in emer
gencies. to aid polio patients else
where The other 50 percent
of national scope. However, dur
ing the past few years some 2.000
county chapters have gone broke
paying for patient care This
has meant that our national
headquarters has had to come to
the rescue with millions of dollars
in cash advances.
“As a result of this redistribu
tion. instead of a fifty-fifty split,
chapters actually in 1951 receiv
ed 74 cents and national head
quarters only 26 cents of the
March of Dimes dollar.
“Tn finance ever-increasing re
search and professional education,
the National Foundation requires
larger sums to meet the demands.
So we must raise more money in
the individual counties. That is
one. reason why I urge every resi
dent of Newton County to help
make the 1953 March of Dimes
the most successful ever.”
The fund drive is now in its
final week and will terminate on
January 31.
Stamps-Baxter Group
At Heard-Mixon Sch.
The Junior Circle of the W. S.
C. S. of Love Joy Methodist
Church will sponsor a musical
program by the Stamps-Baxter j
"Smile-a-While” Quartet Friday, 1
January *3O. at 8 P. M . at the
HeardMixnn School Auditorium.
Admission will be 65 cents for
adults and 30 cents for children 1
under twelve. Proceeds will go
to the building fund.
Newton Legion Post
Honor Ribbon Winner
Newton County Post No. 32 of
Th® American Legion has won
an Honor Ribbon from national
organization for having enrolled
more 1953 members by December
31, 1952, than the total number
of 1952 members in the Post.
This Honor Ribbon will be
presented through Department
Headquarters of the Legion in
Atlanta.
n an M Clower is commander
of the Post and James R Parnell
is adjutant.
Porterdale 4-H'ers
Elect New Officers
PORTER DALE—New officers
for the 4-H Club of Porterdale
Junior High School were elected
recently. Those chosen to lead
the club were: president, Sharon
Bennett; vice-president, Anita
Millwood: secretary, Sandra
Cawthnn; treasurer, Pam Laster,
and reporter, Gwendolyn Kitch
ens.
At th® last meeting Mrs. Hazel
Malone gave a demonstration on
making corn meal muffins.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22. 1953
NHS Students
Visit Assembly
Hear Governor
Georgia’s pretty first lady and
216 Newton County school chil
dren joined the General Assem
bly Monday for Governor Tal
madge's second appearance of
the season and the annual bud
get address. '
The school children! herded
into the legislative halls by five I
teachers, were there because,
one of them explained blandly,
I “it's good for us.”
While Mrs. Talmadge, smart
in a red and black suit with a
matching hat. sat on the speak
er’s stand in the House, the gal
lery was jammed with Newton
County youngsters who were
invited by Rep. W. C. Ivey, of
Porterdale, and Sen. Thomas G
Callaway Jr., of Covington, to
observe their government m ac
tion. Bright blue jackets with
the big white Newton “N” made
a splash of color in the gallery
as th® youngsters listened at
tentively to the address.
Doorkeeper Press Huddleston
and Mrs. H. P. Bailey of Jack
son, who welcomes gallery visit
ors, said school groups are a
mong the most serious-minded
and attentive gallery listeners.
They applauded politely when
the governor had finished.
“I liked his speech,” offered
Betty Moon shyly.
“I don't understand it all,”
said Evelyn Thompson, “but it.
might help us if we can do what
he said about not increasing
state expenses.
First Baptist GA's
Elected New Officers
The G. A.’s of the First Bap
tist Church held a meeting Jan
uary 12 at the home of Miss :
Man’ Alice King.
New officers for the coming ,
year were elected as follows: ; ।
president, Marsha Lott; vice- i
president, Eleanor Johnson; sec
retary. Connie Mutimer; treas- 1
urer, Diane Austin: program
chairman. Faye Greer; commu- ’
nity missions chairman, Patricia
King, and scrapbook chairman. , I
Mary Lee Costley. <
Delicious refreshments were (
served during the social hour. I i
Rev. Henry A. Zinser New Reclor
For Church Os Good Shepherd
Succeeding the Rev. J. F. G.
Hopper, who went to La Grange,
the Rev. Henry Albert Zinser
arrived in Covington last week to
assume the duties of rector of
the Episcopal Church of the Good
Shepherd, and chaplain of the
Canterbury Club at Emory - at-
Oxford. Mr. Zinser brings to
Covington a wide variety of ex
perience.
Prior to going into the minis
try, Mr. Zinser was for many
years an accountant and auditor
with ,the government, working
in Washington. D. C. In 1940,
under a Reserve Commission as
second lieutenant with the
Quartermaster Corps, he was
among' the first of the Reserve
Officers to be called to active
duty. He was assigned to the Bth
Infantry Division, then at. Fort
Jackson. S. C., and remained
with this Infantry Division
throughout World War 11. He
was with them as they swept,
across the Reaches of Normandy
and through every major cam-!
paign in which they participated
Mi Zinser was released from
active duty in December. 1945.
as a Lt Colonel with four Rattle
Stars and had been decorated
; S||i? IS?
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I Mr i 11
Bin.
CHARLES E. WILSON, Secretary of Defense-designate, is greeted by
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower as he arrives at the general’s
New York headquarters for a luncheon meeting. The conference pre
ceded a gathering of the incoming Cabinet members. (International)
Mid Geargia's Rates Studied By
Ga. Public Service Commission
I
Officials of Mid-Georgia Natural Gas Company last
week appeared before the Georgia Public Service Commis
sion in a hearing from which will be determined the per
manent rates for sale of natural gas in Conyers. Milstead
and Porterdale.
W. I. Allgood
Now Captain
In Gurd Unit
Lt. William I. Allgood. Com
manding Officer of the Heavy
| Mortar Company, local Nation's!
! Guard unit, has been promoted
to Captain, according to an an
nouncement by Lt. Johnnie H.
Stede Unit Public Information
Officer.
Capt. Allgood began his service
in the Heavy Mortar Company in
April 1948, after five years service
during World War II in the Signal
Corps and Air Force.
In July 1948, Capt. Allgood was
appointed company commander
of the Heavy Mnrtar Company.
Capt. Allgood has completed
both the Associate Basic Officers
Course and the Associate Advanc
ed Officers Course at Ft. Benn
ing.
with the Bronze Star Medal in,
Germany’s Black Forest. His last
assignment with the Army in 1951
was as Assistant Chief of Staff. ‘
G-4, to the Commanding General
of the sth Infantry Division m
Pennsylvania.
Entering the ministry at the
conclusion of World War 11. the
Rev. Zinser received his educa
tion at the University of Balti
more. Eastern University, Balti
more. and Columbia University,
New York, before entering the
General Theological Seminary in
New York City. Upon graduation
Mr. Zinser entered the Diocese of
Maryland and there held several
Diocesan posts.
In addition Mr. Zinser was in
terested in various civic affairs as
a member of the Clerical Advi
sory Board of the Planned Parent
hood Clinic of Baltimore, a mem
ber of the Citizen's Planning and 1
Housing Authority of Baltimore. '
and a member of the Board of 1
the Baltimore Council of Social '
Agencies.
The Rev. Zinser is married to!
Blanche Elmira Maloney and
they have a daughter Claire, aged
four. They are residing in the
Episcopal Rectory on Floyd
Street. । -
— Officials of Mid-Georgia Natu
ral Gas Company last week ap
peared before the Georgia Pub
lic Service Commission in a
hearing from which will be
determined the permanent rates
for sale of natural gas in Con
yers, Milstead and Porterdale.
Thomas G. Callaway Jr.,
chairman of the Board of Di
rectors, gave a complete history
of his company, told of its
development in the Upper Pied
mont area and outlined its plans
fcr the future. He pointed out
1 that Mid-Georgia's expansion
' program is divided into three
phases. Phase 1, which includes
providing gas service to Conyers
1 and Milstead, has been com
pleted. Phase 2. service to Por
■ terdale and to customers along
the line from Conyers to Porter
dale, is under construction.
Phase 3, the service of Coving
ton and Oxford, is planned to
begin in the spring. Franchises
have been obtained from several
1 other cities in this area, and the
comnany nlans to begin serving
them upon completion of Phase
3.
Ray R. Littrell, president of
Mid-Georgia, testified in detail
|as to the company's financial
condition. He presented informa
tion showing the cost of building
the three systems, calculated
operational expenses, prospected
revenue and estimated earnings
ci the project. Details of the
first three months of operation
in Conyers and Milstead were
given, and a balance sheet
! showing Mid-Georgia’s present
financial status was submitted.
Mr. Littrell informed the Com
mission that he believes the
' company will be able to reduce
its rates upon completion of the
Covington and Oxford systems.
He pointed out that the company
is so organized that much of its
administrative and operative ex
penses can be spread over the
whole operation and the five
communities thereby receive
better and cheaper gas service
than they could as individual
systems.
Concerning the Public Service
Oommission hearing, Mr. Call
lawav stated. “We of Mid-Georg!a
welcome the study of our activity
by this state agency. We feel that
a utility which is regulated serves
its community best, and since our
only desire is to provide the best
possible natural gas service, we
are quite agreeable tn any
governmental regulation in the
public interest.”
After last week's hearing the
! Public Service Commission took
under consideration the informa
tion gathered. A decision estab
lishing rates for this area m
( expected in the near future. ।
Four Day Tournament Gets
Underway Tuesday At 7
Fourteen basketball teams —seven boys teams and «
like number of girls teams—will be here next week for an
invitational cage tournament sponsored by Newton High
School. Newton, of Covington; Morgan County High School,
of Madison; and teams from Monroe. Jackson, Loganville.
Newton Rams
Top Jackson
In Two Tilts i
By CHARLES HAGGARD
Newton High School basket
ball teams defeated Jackson
High School Tuesday night in
two games played on the Jack
son court. The Newton boys won
by a 40-24 score and the Newton j
girls won by three points, 33 to
30.
The Rams hit the net five
times in the early minutes of the
game and Jackson's Red Devils
never proved a threat from that
point on. Captain Jack Hawkins
lead the Newton scoring with
11 points. Hopkins had 6, Shirah
8, Laster, 5. and Adams 6.
Newton substitutes included:
Royd 2,* Williams 2. and Randall.
Harris, Carithers. Goode, and
Campbell.
Horace Cawthon was outstand
ing for Jackson, scoring 11 of
t their points.
In the girls game, the Rams
- led all the way and the Red
■J Devils never threatened until
the final quarter when Newton's
t _ second team was on the floor.
Shirley Pickett lead the scor
ing with 21 Newton points, giv
a her an average for the season of
e 23 points per game. Others in
s ! the Newton lineup were Brown
_ 6. Chesnut 2, and Cofer, Mont
gomery. and Butler. Substitutes
were Piper with 1 point, and
> Bell with 3.
Rose Fretweil and Billie Bail
ey were top scores for'Jack-!
son with 13 points each, both
playing outstanding games for
; the losers.
Three Vestrymen
Will Be Elected
By Episcopalians
Services next Sunday will he
the Holy Communion at 8 A. M.
and morning prayer and sermon
at 11 A. M at the Church of the
Good Shepherd. As the last Sun- j
day in January has been set aside
for the whole Episcopal Church
to observe a day»in recognition
of theological education, the
Rector's sermon next Sunday will!
be titled “Theological Education.”
Immediately following the 11
A M. service, the congregation
will remain for a special congre
gational meeting. In accordance
with the By-Laws of the Parish
and the Canon Law of the Diocese
of Atlanta these meetings are '
held every January for the pur
pose of hearing reports of the
finances and activities of all of
the parochial organizations.
In addition the congregation
will elect three Vestrymen to fill
the vacant posts left by the ex- i
piring terms of N. E. Freeman, I
R. A. Tribble, and W. R. Cham
bers, senior warden. The Vestry
is a body of laymen elected by the
congregation to carry on the
business affairs of the Church.
In the absence of Mrs. F. C.
Marshal], Mrs. Money Pratt will
give a report on tHe work of the
Mary and Martha Guild. Mrs.
Henry Corlev will speak on the
work of the Altar Guild, and
Ross Chambers will speak on
the financial matters of the
Church.
Rev. Hawkins Gives
Sun. Sermon Themes
The Rev. Ralph Hawkins has
selected for his sermon theme
at the 11 A M. service at the
First Methodist Church next Sun
day “What It Means to he A
Christian.”
"Be Sure Your Sin Will Find
You Out" will be the sermon 1
theme at the evening service, 1
starting at 7:30 P. M. Other serv- 1
ices Sunday are: Sunday School
at 10 A M and the MYF meet- i
ung at 6.30 P. M. (
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Awarded the Fourth Best Weekly In
The Entire Nation By National
Editorial Association In 1945
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Social Circle, and Conyers will
take part.
Twelve games, are scheduled in
the four-day tourney which will
be played in the Newton
Gymnasium, Three games are
scheduled for next Tuesday night
three for Thursday, the semi
finals Friday night, and the
i finals Saturday night.
: Boys teams from Social Circle
and Conyers open the meeting
Tuesday, January 27, at 7 P. M-
: Other Tuesday games see the
Morgan girls playing Loganville
at 8:15 P M.. and the Newtor
boys meeting Monroe in a night
‘ cap at 9:30 P. M.
Games scheduled for Thors
i day. January 29, include: Monro®
' girls vs Monore, at 7 P. M..
Morgan boys vs. Jackson, at 8:1."’
P. M.. and the Social Circle girl
playing Conyers at 9:30 P. M.
The Loganville boys team an<
the Newton High girls drew boy
in the elmination rounds and wl
not • see action until Friday
January 30, when LoganvilF
meets the winner of the gam
between Social Circle and Con
yers and the Newton girls pla .
the winner of the game betwee
Monroe and Jackson. Four game
are scheduled in the semi-finak
starting at 6 P. M.
The championship tilts will b‘
featured Saturday night. Janu
ary 31, the girls game gettin
underway at 8 P. M., with th
; boys game at 9:15 P. M. Trophic
for first and second place winner
■ will be awarded following th
final tilt.
Federal Taxes
Over 1 Million
For Newton
Newton County’s share r
, President Truman’s propose
1953-54 Federal spending pre
gram will be approximately $7
012,00 according to the Georgi
State Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber’s executive vic*
president, Walter Cates, said
figures for all Georgia countic
were obtained after the Chambe
learned that Georgia taxpayei
will have to pay $1,045,207,100 i
Federal taxes if the budget :
approved. He said this amount
almost five times the amount c.
taxes collected last year in Geor
gia to finance the entire stata
government budget of $228,876 •
799
The State Chamber estimate
that Georgians presently bear 1
33 percent of the total Feders
tax burden. “Although the Pres
dent's budget message calls for
total expenditure of $78.6 billio
next year,” Gates said.
Judge Vaughn Is
Kiwanis Speaker
Clarence Vaughn Sr, Judge tr
the Superior Court, Stone Moun
tain Circuit, will address th.
Covington Kiwanis Club toda*
at the American Legion Hom
on the subject “Janus — God
of the Gateways."
Judge Vaughn will be intro
duced by Kiwanian C. D. Ram
sey Jr.
Judge Vaughn has practices
law for many years. He is t
citizen of Conyers where h<
is a member of the Methodis'
Church in which he has served
las Chairman of the Board of
I Stewards and Sunday School
' Teacher. He k President of the
Board of Trustees of Salerr
Camp Ground.
Dr. Maurice Griffin
Attends Convention
The Fourth congressional die®
tnct society sent a large dele®
gation tn the Georgia Optomet' it
Association's convention in At
lanta last week.
Among those in attendance
was Dr Maurice C. Griffin,
Covington.
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