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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
Official Organ of
Newton County
and the
City of Covinaton
First Methodist Church
Revival Starts Sunday
With Noted Minister
Rev. Nat G. Long, of Atlanta, will
do the preaching during the revival ser
vices at the First Methodist Church start
ing Sunday morning and continuing
throughout the week.
We believe Covington to be fortunate
in having this noted minister to conduct
their revival services this week. Rev. Long
has an outstanding record as a pastor and
a minister of God.
Covington' people will remember him
when he served with the Allen Memorial
Church at Emory-at-Oxford. Rev. Long
is especially no^d for his work with the
young people.
Rev. Long has written a book entitled
‘'Goal Posts” which is addressed primarily
to the young people. In this book he says
every young person is eventually com
pelled to make a decision as to what to
do with his life. Rev. Long tries to help
make that decision which will bring him
the greatest happiness and the fullest en
joyment from day complications. .
He asserts that the world’s urgent
need is not for more knowledge and skills,
but for finer character. He shows that |
the greatest contribution any boy or girl
can make is to become unshakeable in
personal righteousness, thereby helping
introduce into the world the moral force
needed to save civilization.
“Goal Posts” shows that the things ■
eternally worthwhile are personal char
acter, social righteousness, home, work, a
neighbor across the garden wall, God, un
selfish service, eternity.
Rev. Long has for the past eleven
years served in -two churches in Atlanta
since leaving Emory-at-Oxford. He has
made a remarkable record both in bringing
people to Christ, increasing his member
ship in the church and increasing service
values.
We urge you to attend as many of
the services at the First Methodist Church
throughout the coming week as is humanly
possible. We assure you will benefit there
by receiving spiritual and wholesome en
joyment of the meeting.
The Sabbath Day Was
Made For Man, Not Man
For the Sabbath
In these days of fast automobiles and
travel, the Sabbath Day is looked upon
more as a holiday than as a day of rest.
God created the world in six days
and rested upon the Sabbath and found it
"ood. We sometimes overlook the fact
.that a day of rest is necessary to keep our
SOUR WI2KLY O LESSON FOR
unday School
The Dignity of Work
Background Scripture: Proverbs
6:6-11; 12:24, 37: 13:11; 14:23; 15;
19; 18:9; 24:30-34.
Memory Selection: Seesi thou
a man diligent in his business? he
shall stand before kings;
He shall not stand before mean
men. Proverbs 22:29.
The book of Proverbs sparkles
with wise sayings about the im
portance of work. Frequently the
writer upholds thrift as a neglect
ed virtue and speak of the genuine
satsifaction to be found in a hard
job well done. Byway of con
trast, there are also glimpses of
the sort of laziness that leaves
the door ajar, so that mental frus
tration, weakness and poverty,
and spiritual wretchedness creep
into the chambers of a man's soul..
Brushing up on method, we
remember that the Bible often
imparts truth graphically or pic
torially, and that this method is
particularly clear in Proverbs.
Let us keep this fact in mind
as we think about the dignity of
work and the fate of idolence.
The Ways of Industry
The text for today exhorts a
person to industry by making a
very simple suggestion. Look at
the ant. A tiny crawling insect,
yet capable of what amazing feats
in proportion to its size! The
modern scientific observer has
verifited the lesson of Proverbs,
telling us that the ant colony has
few equals for efficient organiza
tion. To one who watches closely,
the skills of the explorer, the
architect, the builder or digger,
the policeman, the nurse and
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There are many references to the Sab
bath in the Bible and we do not believe
it necessary to call it to the attention of
our readers because we know quite Well
they are familiar with these passages.
The thing which we do wish to call
attention to our readers is the fact that
man needs the Sabbath as a means of
mental and physical recreation.
The Sabbath is not complete unless
a man goes to the house of the Lord and
receives the spiritual food there which is
as vitally necessary to him as the material
food which he eats daily.
We know from our own experience
we cannot afford to miss church services
on Sunday when we do there is a lethorgy
on Monday morning which we cannot ex
plain.
Last Sunday evening we felt tired
and thought we would not attend the
evening service and yet we said to our
selves we cannot afford to miss the ser
vice tired or otherwise for dur own well
being.
When we arrive at the church our
pastor spoke on the commandment
“Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it
Holy” and we felt well repaid by attend
ing and left the church refreshed and
strengthened mentally, physically and
spiritually.
There is a great tendency to use the
Sabbath as a holiday, making trips to the
mountains or to the sea coast and when
we do this we find on Monday we have
lost this day of rest and we find truly
the Sabbath was made for man.
Many of us like to visit our loved
ones on the Sabbath but it would be easier
for us to plan to visit them after the
church services or in time to worship with
them on the Sabbath.
There are many people who are forced
to work on the Sabbath but these people
should observe some other day as the
Sabbath for their own well being and a
day of rest. Reading of scriptures and
prayer will refresh anyone whether on the
Sabbath or a day throughout the week.
In our planning let us not overlook the
fact that man needs the Sabbath and that
by obeying this commandment we are
favoring ourselves and our needs. In
church you may sit in the house of God
and feel the spiritual strength permeating
his being which is necessary to carry one
throughout the workaday week which is to
come.
“Remember the Sabbath Day and
keep it Holy” is not only God's command
ment but it is ine commandment of na
ture. God realizes man needs a day of
rest and a day of worship not only to
keep himself spiritually well, physically
able and mentally alert and we believe
you will find that to “Remember the
Sabbath Day to keep it Holy” will benefit
you in a spiritual, mental and wholesome
wav.
, home-maker are all displayed in
i the labor of these infintiesimal
j insects. It is no wonder, then,
the Bible says, “Go to the ant”!
The intent of the proverb is
not to add to our knowledge of
i insects, however interesting, but
! to stir us in the ways of human
| industry.
Look at our civilization. From
high altitude the passenger in an
airplane looks down on one of
our large American cities. The
auto crawling along the the high
ways and through the streets
look about the size of ants, and at
; first their movements apppear to
be as confused and meaningless.
Some of the cars below are taking
people to and from work. Others
are merely belching invisible
j clouds of exhaust gas. One driver
thinks of his car as a human tool
to help in fulfilling his God
given task, while another regards
his vehicle only away of get
ting him away from his work as
far and as fast as it will carry
him. At every steering wheel
there is purpose or negligence, in-
I dusrty or laziness.
The cars in our cities are being
(driven by both saints and slug-
( gards.
Almost everyone realizes (at
least dimly) what immense labor
' goes into the building and main
, tenance of a modern city. First of
I all, think of construction. Have
I you ever tried to calculate the
I number of bricks laid by hand,
one at a time, that have gone into
. the buildings along your main
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
at Covington, Georgia, as
Entered at the Post Office
mail matter of the Second
Class.
street? Have you traced the in
tricate web of wire that acts as a
central nervous system for your
I community? Have you stopped to
j think about the elaborate com
plexity of farming and marketing
required to put your Sunday din
ner on the table, and to replenish
the supply of food for the entire
population of your city? All this
means work, if nothing else. From
one point 6f view America is a
nation of industrious people, and
the idea of the dignity of labor
has helped to make this country
great.
One critic exclaimed that the
modern city is suited only for an
“ant-hill civilization.” Yet the
Scriptures teach the dignity of
work, and experience confirms it.
If the ants live in a “social com
munity,” as the biologist tells us
they do, with division of respon
sibility and labor, men also have
found value in working together.
Each has his place, his job. The
particular job may seem insigni
ficant but the good of the whole
depends on the effectiveness of
every man’s doing his rightful
share of the total work.
There is one significant dif
ference between an ant and a
I man. A man who proves his
। worth may change to a better job
' The ant seems destined to one
narrow function as long as it
lives. i
In every worthwhile undertak
j ing routine comes upon the work-
I er, and sometimes it overwhelms
l him with a sense of dread. A man
j wants to believe that his work
involves more than endless re
petition, such as tightening bolts
! with a wrench, or tapping the
j keys of a typewriter. More than
ever before, the world of practi
.cal a.fairs cries out for the idea
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Covington Junior
High School News
Mrs. Thompson’s First Grade
October has been a happy
month in our class. We had four
birthdays during the month.
They are Bobby Ballard, James
Spearman, Robby Autry and
s Johnny Bates.
j Most of the children went to
! the fair and had a wonderful
| time. After we came home we
• made pictures and learned a song
| about the fair.
j We are having fun reading
; Skip Along and using our new
i work-books. Most of us have
: finished Here We Go and taken
I it home. The films on Skip Along
are interesting too. We have'lots
of new records and are learning
some new songs from them.
I We have had much better at
: tendance this month with only
i 6 absences so far this month.
We are all looking forward to
next Friday when some of our
mothers are planning a Hallo
ween party for us. The mothers
on this committee are: Mesdames
Lowell Hipps, E. E. W. Hend
ricks, Edgar Callaway, K. L.
Newkirk, C. W, Bryan, J. D.
Dial, Russell Brown and R. B.
Taber. We wish tn thank these
mothers.
Mrs. Zeigler’s Second Grade
I We are getting ready for the
Halloween Carnival. Everyone
has drawn a picture and made
pumpkins. Our Queen is Pam
Carson and our King is Ronnie
Hale. We hope they win.
Every week we get the Weekly
i Reader. We also get Checkaway
by Munro Leaf. It helps us Check
i away bad habits. This week it
is about Tilly Tattletale, she
had to learn the difference be
tween being Honest and being
a Tattletale.
We have 20 new books, The
American Singer, also the Al
bum of records. We learn several
and example of Christian voca
tion.
Unless we stress the dignity
of work and the worth of the in
dividual. we are likely to become
merely so many marionettes, jig
ging to the tune of a totalitarian
regime.
Salvation comes to the indivi
dual soul, but it reaches out into
the world. The Christian throws
himself into the problems of the
day out by attacking them in the
I mass, or by spouting general
theories, but by taking God into
account as he makes the small,
ordinary day-to-day decisions of
j his‘special job. The individual is
important in the eyes of God, but
so, too, is the community, because
it is made up of individauls. That
is why salvation includes the fel
lowship of the believers, and
why those who are saved feel a
sense of responsibility for their
lost or wandering brethren.
When enough Christians give
| themselves unsparingly to the
service of God in political, social,
I and industrial life, some of our
j biggest problems will shrink con
। siderably, and many of the lesser
one will be speedily settled.
The Fate of Folded Hands
Contrasted to the energy of the
ant, we find mentioned in Pro
verbs the slow slimmy creeping
of the slub. Like the garden pest,
the human sluggard has no spine
and is lazy, dull, and good for
nothing. Notice how the writer
of Proverbs reacts to this loath
;some creature:
"How long wilt thou sleep. O
sluggard?
When wilt thou arise out of
thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slum
ber,
A little folding of the hands
to sleep:
So shall thy proverty come as
a robber,
Ai.d thy want as an armed
| man.''
new songs- every week by sing
ing with the records.
Each one of has a “Down the
River Road" or "Round About”
work-book.
Friday we shall have a party
given by the motners on the Hal
loween committee.
THIRD GRADE
By Mason Stephenson
We had a telephone film. We
enjoyed the telephones that we
had in our room, and learned
better telephone manners.
We had chapel each day in our
room, with each row taking
turns having charge of the pro
gram.
All of us are looking forward
to the Halloween Carnival. Tim
Evans is our king and Lynn
Barker is our queen. We invite
all our parents, friends and
neighbors to come have fun at
our school carnival.
We had fun drawing pictures
about harvest time and Hallo
ween and also made black cat
faces. All are looking forward to
oud Halloween partv on Friday.
Den No. 2 had a square dance
on Monday night. Bill Lunsford
is in this Den.
Mrs. Elliott's Fifth Grade
Thomas Glanton won first
place with his calf, Shorty. The
prize was a Blue Ribbon and
SIO.OO. We are proud of Thomas.
We got out one hour earlier
last Friday 'for having perfect
attendance for the first, time this
year. We hope this is just the
beginning.
While a special committee dec
orated our room for Hallo Ween
the others wrote poems or rid
dles. These are some of the best.
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So you better get ready for
it today
You better watch out on Hal
loween night
Cause the witches and spooks
will be in sight
And if you see a black cat,
watch out
Because witches are somewhere
about.
WITCHES
by Billy Studdard
Witches white and witches
bright,
Better watch out or they'll
shoot you on sight.
The owls are whining.
The ghosts are booing
You better watch out on Hal
loween
Or those Witches will get you
sure as seen.
WITCHES
by Gail Robinson
Witches are an ugly thing
No telling of the tales they
bring
From the garden pumpkins
grow
To Jack-O-Lanterns they will
go.
The little black cats roam
around
They go from house to town.
As they vanish from our sight
Away they go to the wonder
land of night.
7B News By Brenda Brooks
On Friday, October 22, our
class was in charge of the chapel
program. We just hope everyone
enjoyed it as much as we did
putting it on.
Last week we had our election
for class officers. They are:
president, Penny Collins; vice
president, Jimmy Picket; secre
tary and treasurer, Jane Lewis.
Davis Snodgrass and Dennis
Trimpi were elected our king
and queen of Halloween and we
are already hard at work to make
our class win.
After getting our report cards
last week we have all resolved
to do more studying in the fu
ture.
7A News By Carola Kitchens
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to the mountains last weekend.
Camilla Dietz went to Savan
nah where she had a part in
the UDC Convention.
We elected king and queen in
our room. Peggy McClure is
queen, Jimmy Johnson is king.
Terry Rowe went to Rock
Eagle Park Sunday afternoon.
We are glad to have Betty
Sockwell back. She was absent
because of the death of her
father.
The room had a rummage sale
Saturday to make money for
the Halloween Carnival.
8B News
By Laurie Dial, Harieiie Johnson
Everyone in Junior High is
excited about Halloween com
ing up. and last Friday each
room elected their own king and
queen. We are proud of our king
and queen, who are Nolan Nes
bit and Linda Bledsoe. We have
various ways of appropriating
money for them.
Wednesday, October 20, Jr.
High had a second attempt to
beat Madison. A few of our first
string players got hurt, but they
were not hurt ,very serious.
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FIRST GRADE
MRS. SWANN'S SECTION
j The fun of Halloween has al
ready started in the first grade.
Our room is gay with grinning
Jack-o-Lanterns and spooky
witches. Some boys and girls
have shown marked ability with
crayon work and painting with
tempera paints. Last Friday was
voting day. We chose our King
and Queen to represent our room
at the Hallowe'en Carnival. Most
everyone wanted to be King or
Queen, but when the votes were
counted Marlyne Tate and Bill
Everitt were winners with Bren
da Gibbs and Bobby Mask close
i seconds. Everyone seemed pleas
ed and hope our King and Queen
i will have many votes in the final
I counting Saturday night.
We appreciate our moth-
I ers doing this for us. The follow
ing mother make up the group:
। Mrs. J. N. Booth, Mrs. W. H. Mc-
I Kinner, Mrs. E. V. Moon, Mrs. D.
(D. Dimsdale, Mrs. H. W. Carter,
[Mrs. G. W. Reynolds and Mrs.
Robert D. Mask.
We are happy to have Debbit
' Cromwell from Memphis, Ten
nessee, join our group.