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Thursday, November 15, 1956
Our Huring
RURALITE
REPORTER
MRS. JAMES P. KNIGHT
Phone 2766
My roving last week was def
initely curtailed by a most in
convenient virus. Don’t know of
anything that can lay you low
so fast, stay with you so long,
and leave you so weak. From this
time forth, my deepest sympathy
goes to all you virus-sufferers,
with an even more sincere wish
that you won’t get it in the
first place!
The businest place I found all
week was the Rockdale County
Courthouse, where I sat and wait
ed a little while to see Sheriff
McCart. Folks kept coming and
going, in such a brisk, business
like way— a far cry from the
not-so-long-ago Courthouses
where the men sat around all
day chewin’ tobacco and whit
tlin’.
Sheriff McCart graciously gave
me a few minutes out of his very
busy schedule to help me locate
some people out in the Conyers
rural routes. Wish so much that
you folks who are interested in
Ruralite would tell me exactly
where you live and how to reach
you. It would save a lot of time
lor everybody concerned.
Enjoyed stopping at Mr. and
Mrs. Elwin Kidd’s for a few min
utes. They have such a neat, snug
little home out on the old Con.
yers Highway to Atlanta.
It’s always a pleasure to stop
and see Mrs. C. B. Henderson at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Albert Strickland, in the com
munity north of Oxford. Mrs.
Henderson keeps me well posted
on all the latest community news.
Her spend-the-day guests last
Wednesday were Mrs. Maggie
Ewing and Mrs. Virgil Knight.
Mr. Guy Butler left last Thurs
day for Emory University Hospi
tal, where he will undergo sur
gery sometime this week.
Little Miss Carol Melinda Hen
derson took her first trip last
week. She and her mother, Mrs.
J. B. Henderson, of Oxford. Visit
ed Mrs. Betty Davis, of Atlanta.
We are sorry to report that
little Melba Jean Altha, daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. William Atha,
is very ill at her home north of
Oxford. She returned from
Eggleston Hospital on Friday to
remain at home a few days. Good
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IT'S FREE— BUT YOU
MUST COME AFTER IT
Wiihonl a doubt we are enter
ing the stamp age in America.
You get stamps today with al
most everything you buy. You
get stamps when you buy grease
for your automobile crank case,
hardware from the farm, or gro
ceries for the kitchen. There are
blue stamps, green stamps, C and
S stamps, top-value stamps, and
save-a-stamp.
A few days ago I decided to
check up on my stamps. I found
that I was the proud owner of
two thousand, two hundred and
fifty seven stamps. Now If I
can save two thousand, two hun
dred and forty three more I can
get a can opener. If I could save
approximately four thousand
wishes and prayers from friends
all over the county go out to
this courageous little girl and
her parents, and we sincerely
hope she will begin feeling better
soon.
A good friend handed me a
page from a U. S. Government
bulletin last week, and suggested
that I reprint it in this column.
So here goes:
“DID YOU KNOW THAT FARM
ACCIDENTS EACH YEAR—
Kill about 15,000 people?
Injure or cripple about 1-1/4
million more?
Cause loss of 17 million man
days of farm labor?”
It s a sad but true fact that
a proportionate number of those
farm accidents will happen this
year right here in Newton and
Rockdale Counties. Elsewhere in
the NEWS you will find an arti
cle telling even more about farm
accidents. Let’s not get caught
short — be prepared with a Rur
alite policy. If you’d like more
details about Ruralite, call me
at the NEWS office, and
' I’ll be seeing you,
Your Roving Ruralite
Reporter
Those taking advantage of Rur
alite recently are: Mrs. Jessie S.
Bates, Mrs. Love P. Bohanan;
Paul D. Madden; Mrs. Ellen A.
Darby; Boyd E. Taylor, and Mrs.
Annie D. Knight, both of Atlanta.
LIFE CAM
BE BETTER
ROBERT V. OZMENT, Ph. D.
Pastor Allen Memorial Church
more I coud get a bassinette.
Recently a man told me his
wife sent him to the grocer store
to purchase some of that all im
portant substance, food. The first
question she asked him when he
returned was; “Did you get the
stamps?”.
I figure it has taken me ap
proximately thirty five minutes
to lick these stamps and secure
them in the book and I believe
I can lick these stamps about as
fast as anyone I know. The price
of these stamps are either in
cluded in the overhead, or the
company makes less profit. I
rather doubt that a company
would foster a plan whereby pro
fits were cut. If the price of the
stamps is included in the over
head, not only do I pay for them
but I am required to lick five
thousand of them, keep up with
them, and take them to the store
to redeem them for a can opener.
I have thought about giving
stamps to those who attend
church. It seems that if we Ameri
cans think we are getting some
thing free, or on the credit, we
take it. If you take a look at the
collection the next time you at
tend church you will come to the
conclusion that a lot of people
are attending free or on the
credit. If we were to give the
peppermint flavored stamps! and
some companies are flavoring the
glue on their stamps) people
could get one good nourishing
lick, even if we fail to give them
spiritual food. From what I hear,
some of our people would like
this better.
Speaking of church attendance,
the behaviour of the beautiful
morning glory reminds me of
some people. A few weeks ago
I was riding in the country early
one morning. I noticed the beau
tiful morning glories sparkling
in the early sun light. I came
back over the same road about
lunch time and could not see
a morning glory in sight. I know
some people, who, immediately
after breakfast sparkle and feel
fine. They are strong enough to
lift the morning paper and about
church time, like the morning
glory, they close up and are no
where in sight.
I am told tha* j n a small Eng
lish Chapel there is a rather un
usual custom observed at the
evening service. A candlestick is
praced at the end of each pew,
and if the family who usually
occupies that pew is absent, the
candle is not lighted, and the
pew remains in darkness. I am
persuaded that the family who
is absent has missed the light of
the presence of Christ.
When asked why he attended
church, a man who could neith
er hear nor speak wrote: "To
show which side I am on.” You
may not get a stamp for attend
ing church, but I am convinced
that you will get something far
better. You will find the streng
th to live more effectively
through the next week.
BITS OF SOUTHERN
SUNSHINE
MAMIE OZBURN ODUM
OUR LAND
Our land America is built on
faith and love.
And with a trust in higher things
above;
America has strength in heart,
and smiles
At tribulations fought o'er jaggeH
miles.
Our faith is knit with blood and
gold of soil
And dreams made real by right to
love and toil,
j We love this land, the mountains
and the seas.
That strengthen minds of men of
industries.
We garner grain and fruits, and
mines of coal and stone,
i Not through mans’ power, but
from God's gifts alone.
Now in this day we find a press
ing need,
A will to rise and crush desire
and greed —
America must choose the narrow
way
And trust His promises to show
the way;
I It is not food, our need is moral
worth.
And a holy resurrection of the
earth.
TOPS SINCE 1910
Lumber Production in the Unit
ed States last year was the high
est since 1910. Since the end of
World War 11, the production of
Southern Pine lumber alone has
totaled 93,240,712,000 board feet.
That’s enough to build 10,969,496.
homes or to load 3,729,628 freight
cars.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Porterdale Personals
Miss Anita Oldham of Oxford.
Georgia was the weekend guest
lof the Joe Davis family in Por
! terdale.
Mr. Royce Davis and Mr. For
ris Finley were among the spec
tators at the Tech-Tennessee foot
ball game at Grant Field in At
lanta, Georgia on Saturday.
Mrs. J. H. Reynolds of Colum
bus, Georgia accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. Evie Harcrow,
spent last weekend in Porterdale
as the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Add O’Bryant.
Mrs. Leonard Brooks and
daughter, Becky, were visitors of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Waddleton one day last week.
Friends of Mrs. Jack M. Nor
wood sympathize with her in the
loss of her father, Mr. Lamar
Stone, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James Hardman
and children, Dorothy. Jane, and
Jim, were luncheon guests on
Sunday of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Barnes, at their new
home in the Almon Community.
During the afternoon, they visit-
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Mrs, Carrie Lee Alexander had
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Mrs. Grace Hord was the Fri
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in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mr. Boyce Davis and Mr. Larry
Laster spent last weekend in
Auburn. Alabama with Jimmy
Laster, who is a student and a
member of the football squad.
Mr. and Mrs. Hallie B. Bell of
Macon, Georgia were weekend
guests of their daughter, Mrs. Ed
Hertwig, and family in Porter
dale.
Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard Christian
of Atlanta, Georgia were Sunday
visitors of the A. G. Grove family.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Roseberry's
weekend guests last weekend
were Mrs. Mildred Morrow and
two children and Mrs. Hazel
Jan vary and her four children.
Sincere sympathy is extended
to Mrs. Hoyt Smith who is an
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employee of the Bibb Manufac
turing Company working in the
Porterdale Mill in the tragic
death of her son who suffered
fatal injuries in a fall from a
tree near his home in the Almon
Community.
Mrs. Howard Williams joined
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Mood/ for a visit with Dr. and
Mrs. Raymond Moody in Macon,
Georgia ow Sunday.
Friends of the Rev. A. J. Peters
are happy that he is able to be
out again following recent ill
ness.
Mrs. J. J. Altman was surpris
ed on her eighty-second birthday
with a party by members of the
Business Woman’s Circle of the
Porterdale Baptist Church on Fri
day, November 9.
Miss Alice Curtis is recuperat
ing from a recent illness at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Theron
Curtis near Oxford, Georgia.
Mrs. Corrine Adams arrived by
plane on Saturday from Balti
more, Maryland where she was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Adams for the past two months.
Miss Mary Trippe. popular
fifth grade teacher in the Por
terdale School, was the official
delegate of the Newton County
Teachers Association at the
Southeastern Regional Confer
ence of Classroom Teachers which
was held in Louisville, Kentucky
on Friday, November 9, and Sat
urday, November 10.
Mrs. Leila Harrison was hon
ored on Sunday. November 11,
with a birthday dinner at the
home of her grand-daughter,
Mrs. Ellis Adams, and family.
Mrs. Bill Gregg and Robbie
returned to their home on Friday
following a visit in Langley. Ala
bama with relatives.
; Mrs, O. T. Speer celebrated her
seventhy-eighth birthday at her
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PAGE ELEVEN
home with Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Cawthon in Porterdale, on Sun
day, November 11. Those visit,
ing her were: Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Speer of Marietta, Rev. and Mils.
J. D. Speer and Sara of Thomas
ton, Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Spieer
of Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Speer of Rex, and Mr. and fairs.
Sultan Wiggins and family of
Covington. Earlier in the week,
Rev. and Mrs. Lamar Cawthon
and children of Greensboro, Geor
gia were visitors in Porterdale.
On the previous Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Cawthon and daugh
ter. Kay, of Atlanta, Georgia
visited her.