Newspaper Page Text
PAGE TEN
THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
Official Organ of
Newton County
and the
City of Covinoton
Our Duty to Understand
Why a 'Ready' AF Reserve
On a weekend when most of us are ab
sorbed in the therapy of relaxing from the
cares of breadwinning, a dedicated band of
atom-age minutemen are becoming profi
cient in the tools of air power. They are
our Air Force Reservists, our neighbors
who in peace make preparedness their
business.
One weekend a month throughout the
year and fifteen summer days and nights
they devote their precious “free ’ time to
building their units into strong, cohesive
partners of the regular air force. Their
civilian interest in things military insures
the swift buildup of our global air forces
in a national emergency. Their participa
tion in the air reserve training programs
eases greatly the economic burden we
would shoulder to maintain a large stand
ing air force.
Our air reserve forces have flown a
steady, upward pattern since the days of
our first jet warfare in Korea. There,
twenty combat wings, heavily augmented
with reservists, destroyed 965 enemy air
craft, crippled North Korean war industry,
and gained air superiority for the U.N.
command. And by having a reservoir of
trained air reservists reAdy for immediate
mobilization, the Air Force saved well
over a billion dollars in build-up to war
strength.
The lessons learned in Korea are even
more significant today. It is obvious that
when war confronts us again, whether a
“brush fire” flaring up suddenly or an all
out fight for national survival, we will
not have time to slowly mobilize and train
an augmentation force. We are compelled
by the exigencies of an air-nuclear war
to have a “force in being”, the combat
capacity of our standing air force of 137
Wings hacked up by the 51 Combat Wings
of the air reserve.
It is our duty to understand the urgent
need for a ready air reserve, not only as
a force in war but also as a force to deter
war. To those air reservists in our fami
lies, our plants and offices, we owe our
support. Encourage their continued partic
ipation in reserve training. Recognize their
qualities of leadership and specialized skill.
For, what they are doing today protects
our tomorrows.
Story Behind a Statistic
Considerable publicity has been given to
the arrival in this country of the 20,000th
refugee from behind the Iron Curtain.
But, far more significant than being the
25,000th to achieve freedom, is the fact that
Karoly Acs and his sweetheart — who is
now his wife and the mother of his two
children — deliberately faced death rather
than abandon their faith, hopes and con
victions.
The Acs story begins in the fall of 1951,
when young Karoly, resigned to the misery
and uncertainty of life under the Commu
nist regime in his native Hungary, asked
his sweetheart, Mathilde, to go shopping
with him for wedding rings. But there had
to be two certificates before the jeweler
could sell wedding rings, one from the
government-operated building industry
where Acs worked as a carpenter, the oth
er from the mayor — who was also Com
munist boss of the town. The first certifi
cate was no problem, but the second re
quired that he sign a statement renounc
ing a religious wedding ceremony. “If you
refuse to sign.” said the mayor, “you may
find someone waiting for you when you
return to your home.”
The young Hungarian had seen his
father's carpenter shop seized by the Com
munists in 1949, had seen his brother sent
off to ten years imprisonment for his anti-
Communist views, had spent months in jail
himself on groundless sabotage charges.
All this he had somehow taken in stride,
but the thought of marrying and raising
a family outside of his church was more
than he could bear.
That ■very night, in mortal terror, Ka
roly and Mathilde swam a border moat,
crawled silently under the barbed wire
barricades almost under the noses of
guards who would shoot first and chal
lenge afterward. Safe in Austria, they
made their way to Vienna and the shelter
of the U. S. Escapee reception center. The
wedding rings they could buy at home,
but at too great a price, were provided
the courageous couple by Catholic Relief
Services — National Catholic Welfare Con
ference and they were married in the re
vered ritual of their own church —for
which they had risked their lives.
Last month, after four-and-a-half years
of living in refugee camps, Mr. and Mrs.
Acs, their son, Ernoe-Geza and their
daughter. Elizabeth, were processed
through the Austria Mission of Catholic
Relief Services — N.C.W.C., and joined 72
lOur Advertisers Are Assured Os Results)
NATI ONA L EDITORIAL
— rublished Every Thursday —
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Single Copies - , .05
Four Months .71
Eight Months - — SI.SO
The Year .. $2.00
Points out of Georgia, tear $2.50
I other Iron Curtain escapees who left Mu
nich on a special “Freedom Flight" ar
arnged by USEP.
In Chicago, where Karoly Acs is work
ing for a tool manufacturer, he described
his deliverance as “a dream come true”.
And the Acs saga should suggest to the
rest of us, surrounded by the freedom,
comforts and opportunity of America, that
a small part of the conviction, courage
and determination displayed by Karoly
and Mathilde could make our own dreams
come true also.
Let's Find Out
America has spent millions trying to
import people who don't want to come
here. We have spent still more millions
importing people we don’t want here. Our
methods of testing literacy, health and the
immigrants aptitude for American citi
zenship are archaic. We make a cursory
effort to screen out the criminal and the
insane. But we haven't the foggiest notion
if the next German, Irishman, Italian or
Swede will make a good citizen of this
country — or of any country to which we
might have had a hand in sending him.
We don't really know what effect im
. migration has on savings, labor’s wages or
the rise and fall of national incomes. We
i don t know what bearing immigration has
on our foreign investments — or on for
eign investments in the US. For all we
know, we may be in the ironic position
: of having pumped untold billions into the
rebuilding of European industry, and at
the same time siphoned off from Europe
the skilled labor essential to this under
taking.
These are a few of the faults, questions
• and doubts raised in a special report on
; immigration just published by George
• Washington University. Its shocking revel
i ations indicate clearly that Congress is
I more to be pitied than censured if its
i struggle with immigration legislation ap
pears to be an effort to convert the famed
melting pot into a mixing bowl. Few' acts
of Congress are so subject to pressure
groups, special interests, influence-wielders
and downright lobbying as are immigra
tion laws. Nationality groups, geopolitical
do-gooders and a sprinkling of bleeding
hearts join forces to produce measures
that confound and confuse everyone.
While the George Washington Univer
. sity study group offers no panaceas, and
; warns against expediencies such as have
been used in the past, it make a strong
case, affirmatively, for the need of inten
sive fact-finding. It offers impressive evi
dence that its high time these aw'ful gaps
in knowledge be filled. After all. immi
gration involves the movement of the most
important commodity in international
j trade — human beings.
The Congress not onlv deserves this
fact-finding support, but must have relia-
I ble information before it can chart a ra-
I tional course through the immigration sar
j gasso.
Russian Delegation
Retreat to Moscow
| Krush and "Bulg return home to
I Moscow after having “been to London to
visit the Queen" (as the nurserv rhyme
says) in something less than a blaze of
glory. Whether they are received as con
quering heroes or blundering oafs, the
western W'orld may not know for some
time. But the free world does know that
they carried back little besides their soiled
laundry and a sense of failure.
They failed to drive a w'edge between
Britain and the U.S.
They failed to gain any significant
trade concessions.
They failed to impress the British that
the USSR had reformed its evil ways.
They failed to stir interest in a further
“summit" conference.
But they succeeded, with threats and
bragging of their military superiority, to
rouse the cold British hostility to some
thing nearer fury.
And they succeeded in closing the door
on the expected invitation to visit the U.S.
“Never shake your fist at a Russian,”
Party Boss Khrushchev warned the dem
onstrating crowds in Manchester. That was
his interpretation. The banner that seemed
Io blast his composure read “Hoorav for
Stalin!”. In this country we would consid
er that in the nature of a Bronx cheer.
And a Bronx cheer is much more devastat
ing than a shaken fist.
It is evident our British cousins have
found the proper reducing agent for the
ego of Soviet “leaders” — even the new
style, late model “collective” type.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SOUR WES KL Y
UNDAY
THE CHURCH IN EUROPE |
Background Scripture: Acts |
15:36-18:22.
Devotional Reading: Acts 17:
22-31.
Memory Selection: The Lord
said, . . . “Do not be afraid, but
speak and do not be silent; for
I am with you.” Acts 18:9-10.
Last week the less >n dealt
with the Church in Asia Minor.
Today we turn to the estab
lishment of the Church in Eu
rope.
Paul’s original purpose was to
visit the churches that he had
previously established. Divine
purpose intervened, however,
and a call came to the Apostle
and his companions whieh led
to the establishment of the first I
Church on the continent of Eu
rope.
Paul's strategy was to found
churches in the chief cities as
a means of spreading the gos
pel.
The lesson today takes us first
to Philippi, a city of Macedonia I
which is described as “the first |
of the district, a Roman colony.” :
The establishment of Chris
tian churches on the continent
of Europe was the result of
Paul's second missionary jour
ney. These churches, in strateg
ic metropolitan areas, formed
radiating centers for later evang
elistic work.
Today when so much emphasis
is rightly placed on the devel
opment of Christian faith in ru
ral areas, there is still an urgent
need to claim modern cities for
Christ.
Immediately preceding the
opening of the lesson today we
are told that “so were the chur
ches established in the faith, and
increased in number daily” (16:5)
Paul had been working hard
in order that the church might
become well-rooted through the
preaching of the gospel. Togeth
er with Silas, his colleague, he
turned to Phrygia and the re
gion of Galatia where, it would
seem, the gospel had already
been planted. We are not cer
tain that this had been done
by the Apostle, for no mention
is made of this. However, it
seems likely that this work was
completed by Paul himself since
in his Epistle to the Galatians
he speaks of his preaching “the
I gospel unto you at the first”
i (4:13).
We now find divine purpose
, intervening as Paul was forbid
j den at that time to preach the
j gospel in Asia. They were “for
bidden of the Holy Ghost to
preach the word in Asia.” The
purpose of the Spirit in denying
Paul the privilege of preaching
in Asia at that time may have
been due to the faet that the
work there was already in other
hands, or that the people in Asia
were not yet ready to hear the
gospel. Late- “all they whieh
dwelt in Asia heard the word
of the Lord Jesus, both Jew's
and Greeks. And God wrought
special miracles by the hands
of Paul” (19:10-11).
God works in mysterious ways,
and sometimes He postpones
what we seem to feel is import
ant at the moment.
It is also suggested that at
this particular time the Spirit
w’ould rather employ the Apost
le in a new work, namely to
preach the gospel to a Roman
c Tony at Philippi. Heretofore
the Gentiles to whom he had
preached were Greeks. The Ro
mans were hated by the Jew's
more than any other Gentiles.
Their armies were despised and
their entire governmental system
was an abomination to the peo
ple. This intervention by the
Holy Spirit was some indication
to Paul that hereafter the gospel
would move more to the west
than- to the esat.
It was the Holy Spirit that
forbade Paul and Silas. We are
not told how this intervention
took place, but we are certain
that in the mind and heart of
the Apostle, and of Silas, there
was no doubt that God had
other plans for them. They desir
ed to go into Bithynia, but they
were not permitted since “the
Spirit suffered them not.” They
came to Mysia and, as it would
seem, preached there. Though
their judgment and inclination
were to go into Bithynia, they
sensed that the mind of God
was directing them elsewhere.
We must follow Providence
and although our spirits may
wish to do otherwise, we must
acquiesce and believe that God’s
W'ill is best.
They passed by (or through)
Mysia. We can believe that as
they went they sowed the good
seed of the gospel, never miss
ing an ouportunity to speak a
good word about our Loro. Thu'
they came to Troas, the ancient
city of Troy, where undoubted
ly they founded a church (20:
6-7). Probably at this point Luke
joined company with Paul and
Silas since in further accounts
of the Acts of the Apostles Luke
puts himself in the number of
the party (16:10).
Though Paul and his company ;
S LESSON FOR
CHOOL
were providentially hindred in
doing what they desired to do.
still they recognize that God’s 1
hand was at work directing
them; and in the meantime they
preached the gospel wherever
th“y could.
Paul’s experience at Troas was
rewarding. He had not perhaps
understood at the moment why
the Holy Spirit had forbidden
them tp preach the word in
Asia. Nevertheless, he had trust
ed God and not his own inclina
tions. Now at Traos he learn
ed the reason why the Spirit
had prevented his mission to
Asia.
In the night a vision appear
ed to Paul. Luke records this
visitation by saying: “There
stood a man of Macedonia, and
prayed him, saying, Come over
into Macedonia, and help us.”
Paul had many visions. Some
were given to him in order to
bring encouragement to this ser
vant of the Lord. Others, like
this at Traos. were for the pur
pose of directing the Apostle in
his work.
One of the chief functions of
the Holy Spirit is to guide the
followers of Christ in making
right decisions.
This mystic messenger in the
night intimated to Paul that it
w r as the will of Christ that he
go to Macedonia. He was di
rected, not as the apostles were
on other occasions, by a mes
senger of heaven to send them
thither, but by a messenger who
appeared, perhaps by his dialect
and appearance, to be a “man
of Macedonia” to call him and
his company to this new coun
try. It should be noted that this
“man of Macedonia” was not a
messenger who had been sent
from Macedonia, or a priest, or
the like. He was an angelic pres
ence sent by God in order that
Paul might know through this
vision what God s will was and
that he might do it.
It is one thing to discover
God's will; it is another thing
to do it.
The invitation which Paul re
ceived was a call, or plea, for
help. It was an invitation to him
i la preach the gospel. It. was an
' invitation to share the fruits of
his labors With the Macedonians.
| Paul thus knew that the people
I of Macedonia were in desperate
। straits. They were as ignorant
as any other people of the fact
; that God had sent his Son to be
I the Saviour. They were as in
' different as the people round
about them in matters pertain
■ ing to religion. They were just
as vicious and idolatrous as oth
ers. They were as much in need
of saving truth and grace as
were the people of Asia, where
Paul thought he should direct
his attention. The people of
Macedonia needed not only Paul’s
prayers, but his p-esenee and his
preaching of the Word.
People have great soul needs
it is their responsibility to see
that some one preaches the gos
pel in their midst.
Paul, Silas, and Luke, and
whoever else was in their com
pany, recognized that this vision
had been from God. They had
been called to preach to the
Macedonians. About this there
could be no doubt, for God had
clearly revealed his will to these
earnest saints of the early church.
“And after he had seen the
vision, immediately we endeaav
ored to go into Macedonia, as
suredly gathering that the Lord
had called us for to preach the
gospel unto them.”
James F. Daniel
Receives Bronze
Clasp With Loops
Army M sgt. James F. Daniel,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.
Daniel, Route 5, Covington, re
cently received a bronze clasp
with four loops to the Good Con
duct Medal at Fort Mason, Calif,
signifying his fourth award of the
medal.
Danie), a medical aidman with
the Oakland Army Terminal, re
ceived the decoration for his ex
emplary behavior, efficiency and
tidelits'.
Daniel entered the Army in
1944 and has been awarded the
Purple Heart, Combat Medical
Badge and the Korean Service
Medal.
Young People To
Conduct First
Methodist Service
“God s Open Door" is the sub
ject for the Sunday morning
worship service at the First ।
Methodist church, according to |
Rev. R. B. Hawkins, pastor.
The Senior MYF and young ,
people of the church will have i !
charge of the evening service. I
A young peoples choir will fur- ’
nish the music.
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In The State) Thursday. May 31. 195 g
Letters To The
EDITOR i
Hon. Belmont Dennis,
Editor and Publisher
The Covington NEWS
Covington, Georgia.
Dear Mr. Dennis:
I would like to take this oppor
tunity to thank you for the very
nice editorial in your paper of
May 3rd about the State Depart
ment of Veterans Service and a
bout Mrs. Cason, Manager of our
Covington Office. I want you to
know that all of us in the De
partment appreciate the kind re
marks about toe service we are
endeavoring to render to our
veterans and their dependents.
If ever I personally, or the De
partment, can be of service to
you, please do not hesitate to call
upon us.
Come by to see me whenever
you are in Ahianta.
With best wishes and kindest
■ regards, I am
Sincerely,
Pete Wheeler,
Director.
I
489 Boulevard, N.E
Atlanta 8. Georgia
Mr. Belmont Dennis, Editor,
Covington NEWS
Covington, Georgia
Dear Editor,
I attended my brother's fun
eral, Mr. O. T. Speer, and Mrs.
Fletcher Hill told me she had a
copy of the NEWS in which a
communication from me was
published and that, as I had not
seen it, she would give me the
clipping — which she did.
I am writing to say thank you
I so much.
Yours very thankfully,
Joseph Richard (J. R.)
Speer.
To The Editor:
The 1956 income filing period
has recently closed and we are
now trying to reduce to routine
operations the avalanche of work
that has descended upon us.
The mass volume of work en
tailed in the filing period has
been absorbed to the point that i
I we are able to draw some con- j
] elusions. To say the least, it has
been the most effective filing
period in the history of the At
lanta office. Returns in general
appear to be better prepared,
with fewer “irregular” or incom
plete returns having to go back
to the taxpayer. Although the
refunds have not all been granted
as yet, we are well ahead of prior
years’ schedules. The number of
complaints for delay in issuing
I refund cheeks is far fewer than
i in past years.
The taxpaying public has eo-
I operated well with our program
; called “self-assistance". Thous- j
ands of hours of technical em
ployees’ time were saved so that I
we could use these employees
on their regular duties. Requests I
for extensions to file tax re-1
turns were less than one-third
of those received last year. So.
overall, taxpayer cooperation in
the filing period has been a de-1
cided help to us in attacking the
big job that is inevitable each ■
year.
The taxpayer cooperation in
easing our burdens does not come
to pass automatically. The fea
tures we should like to call to
their attention must have a
vehicle in which the messages
are carried. In fulfilling that
need, your newspaper has done
a splendid job in publishihg our
releases, bringing these matters
of information to the taxpaying
public. Publication of our re
leases and editorial support has
a profound effect upon our prob
lems. For this splendid assistance
; you have rendered to us, I am
I deeply appreciative and most
TOP DRESSING
★ CHILEAN NITRATE OF SODA
* ARCADIAN A. N. L.
★ AMMONIUM NITRATE
* 14-014
Market and Purchase Cooperatively
Farmers Mutual Exchange Inc.
Highway 278 - Phone 3506 - Covington, Ga.
Chas. Mangum
Wins Promotion
Promotion of Charles R. Man
gum of Oxford to new car man
ager in Dodge's Atlanta region
was announced recently by L.
grateful. The institution of the
free press in this wonderful coun
try of ours is performing a won
derful service for the public and
we enjoyed the fruits of your me
dium in this filing period. Thank
you for your cooperation.
Yours very truly,
Paul Cobb
District Director
SPECIAL NOTICE
at ROSEY'S BAR-B-CUE PLACE
Vegetable Dinners & Meat 60c
Barbecue Sandwich 35c
Barbecue & Stew Dinners sl.lO
SHORT ORDERS
627 Old Atlanta Hwy. — Covington, Ga.
b Drop In for a
tar' Trent... Any Time
r Whether you wont a snack, a soda or o com
plete meal, our welcome mat is always out.
Choose from a big selection of tasty food at
thrifty prices , . . enjoy smiling service.
OPEN DAILY — 7:00 A.M TO 7:00 PM.
Friday • Saturday and Sunday Nites 'tit 7 p.m.
CHAPMAN’S CAF£
Food and service just right,
Prices sure to delight. '
New Ranch House
(Open two to five Saturday and
Sunday afternoons)
Located in Almon Community three miles
west of Covington. On 100 ft. lot convenient
to Hwy. 12. Living room, combination kitchen
and dining room. Three bedrooms. Complete
bath, Oak floors, electric hot water heater,
weatherstripped windows, natural gas floor
furnace.
PRICE SSBOO. — $2200. Cash — S4O. Month
Drive out Saturday or Sunday afternoon and
inspect this attractive home. You will see
our "OPEN” sign on the nprth side of the
highway near Troy Tuck's Store.
George Porter MacMahon
Exclusive Sales Representative
205 Bank Bldg. Phones 2916 & 7400
' P. Jones, regional sales manage
for Dodge Bros. Corporation.
Mangus first joined Dodg
in 1952 as warehouse manage
in the Atlanta region. In 195
I he was promoted to district true
manager and two years late
was named assistant car a n
truck manager for the Atlant,
region.
Prior to joining Dodge he wa
associated with another auto
motive manufacturer.
Born in Riverdale, Md., h
attended the University of But
falo and Gorgia Tch, Atlanta.
Mr. Mangus, with his wife an
fotir children, Bob, 22; Johnny
14; Bubba, 12 and Robin, 10
live on Route 1, Oxford.
GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY