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READERS WEEKLY
OLUME 96
Grier Stephenson Serving As
Youth House Message Clerk
Georgia’* Stat® Capitol will
be alive with activity again
this week when the Fifteenth
State Y. M. C. A. Youth As
sembly gets underway March
3-5. Over 800 Hi-Y and Tri-
Hi-Y leaders, representing 106
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GRIER STEPHENSON
Georgia communities, will par
ticipate in the laboratory ex
perience in government.
Admistration head for this
year’s Assembly is Youth Gov
ernor Cullen Gilliland of Dal
ton. The Senate is under the
leadership of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Charles Hicks, Swains
boro, and President Pro Tern
Gayle Cross, Columbus. Key
Age Os The Shoddy
, Was era » domestically, when everything was
naif done; the era, in foreign affairs, when nothing was done
right because nobody seemed to care enough to exercise the
foresight and take the pains to see that it was done right.
This was the time when the job on the car was always half
finished, the suit came back from the cleaners half dirty,
the yardwork was overpriced and underdone, the bright
new gadget broke down a week after you got it home the
prices climbed higher and higher as the quality got less and
less, and the old-fashioned rule of a fair bargain for a fair
price was indeed old-fashioned, for it never applied to any
thing. The great Age of the Shoddy came upon America after
the war, and Everybody Wants His became the guiding
principle for far too many.”
Thus Allen Drury describes the postwar era, in his re
markable novel “Advise and Consent”—a work in which he
uses the vehicle of fiction to present an extraordinarily re
vealing picture of Washington’s political, diplomatic and so
cial worlds.
The accuracy of his indictment is undeniable. Yet, in the
immediate postwar years, it was possible to find seemingly
valid excuses. The relaxation of war tensions resulted, na
turally enough, in emotional and financial excesses. An at
titude of “live for today and never mind tomorrow” became
general. On the purely material side, the lifting of wartime
restrictions on industrial production created an eager and
apparently insatiable market for almost anything, no matter
how poor the quality or exorbitant the price.
Had this sorry situation spent itself in a reasonable time
there would have been small cause for worry. But who can
honestly deny that the dark picture Mr. Drury paints is still
—in the fundamentals, if not all the details—the picture that
obtains in this country?
The problem, of course, is a moral problem. The Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of Michigan, the Rt. Reverend Richard
Emrich, speaks for churchmen of all the denominations
when he says: “Everywhere I travel I hear arguments, but
I never hear a moral argument, with someone saying, ‘this
is wrong, or unjust, or dishonest, and I will have nothing to
do with it.’ I think we are floundering as a people.”
And there lies the tragedy. For the basic strength of any
nation is its moral strength. All the weapons, all the pro
ductive capacity, all the money on earth, cannot save a peo
ple from ultimate destruction if their moral fiber decays,
their national character rots, and they sink into an abyss of
material cynicism, indifference, selfishness, avarice, greed.
A short time ago the television scandals, centering around
rigged quiz shows, captured the national headlines and were
publicized the world around. The Saturday Evening Post
has devoted a full-page editorial to the matter in which it
makes a big and ofter overlooked point. It offers no ex
cuses for the deceit—“those who have been damned by the
revelations deserved to be damned.” But, the Post also says
“. . .we believe that the importance of their guilt has been
wildly exaggerated, the significance of their guilt almost
wholly overlooked . . . What is important is that we recog
nize the television scandals for what they are —a symptom of
the declining standards of moral behavior in the United
States, that twinge in the national belly that warns of deep
seated malignancy in the body politic.” And those declining
standards, it goes on, can be found in some form and in
some degree virtually everywhere—in schools, professions,
the labor unions, business and the government.
So much for the indictments. There is a bright side. It
is found in the fact that more and more people, in public
and private discussion, are talking about the problem, think
ing about it, worrying about it. An astute English observer
of the American scene observed that the television mess may
prove to be of enormous benefit—by awakening the American
people to the extent and character of moral decay, and re
moving the blinders from their eyes. The American people
have been awakened to many kinds of dangers in the past,
and have met them with wrath, with courage and with un
derstanding.
And thatis the hope—that there will be a moral revival
in this country, a cleaning of dirty houses. Failing that,
every thing else is doomed to fail.
Covington Enterprise, Established in J 864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
figures in the House of Repre
sentatives are Speaker of t h e
House Jerry Blasingame, Mon
roe, and Speaker Pro Tem Bob
Preston, Douglas. Grier Step
henson of Covington will serve
as House Message Clerk
Legislative action will be
gin early Thursday morning
when the young lawmakers re
ceive the oath of office from
Justice Carlton Mobley in the
Senate, and Associate Justice
T. S. Candler in the House. An
address by Governor Vandiver
to a joint session of the House
and Senate Thursday evening,
followed by Youth Governor
Gilliland’s inauguration mes
sage, will highlight the open
ing events.
The junior senators and re
presentatives will combine bus
iness with pleasure Friday
night at the Governor’s Recep
tion and Dinner as they listen
to the campaign speeches of
the five gubernatorial candi
dates for the 1961 Assembly.
Miss Diana Smith of Douglas,
Youth Governor Gilliland’s
First Lady, will serv® as hos
tess for the banquet.
The new governor and 12
other officals will be elected
during the closing hours of the
Assembly Saturday. Spirited
campaigning is expected as 41
avowed candidates compete for
the top positions.
During their three term of
office, the youth legislators
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OXFORD'S CUB SCOUT PACK 211 annual Blu® and Gold
Banquet is a happy occasion for th® Cubs and their parents.
It is also an occasion for th® Cubmaster to award pins and
badges. Shown in th® center of the picture on either side of
Cv«bmaster John Burson are Tim Williams (left) who received
his Bobcat pin, and Randy Williams (right) who received his
will consider som® 40 bills and
resolutions which have been
submitted by members of their
group. All of the bills will be
judged, and the ATLANTA
CONSTITUTION Best Bill
Awards will be presented to
the five district winners at the
last session Saturday.
The theme for this year’s
Assembly is “Democracy Must
Be Learned by Every Genera
tion.” The Youth Legislation is
under the direction of t h e
Youth and Government Com
mittee of the State Y. M. C. A.,
Mr. Walter R. Thomas, Chair
man, and Mr. Jerry L. Bryant,
Associate General Secretary of
the State Y. M. C. A.
Attending the Youth Assem
bly from Newton County High
School will be Ginger Knight,
Lauree Cook, Stephanie Ginn,
Elizabeth Ann Greer and Ca
milla Dietz from the Tri Hi-Y.
They will be accompanied to
the meet by Mrs. E. P. Nichols
and Mrs. W. S. Cook Jr. and
will stay at the Henry Grady
Hotel. Boys from the H-Y, ac
companied by their advisor L.
M. Burke, will be Jack Ed
wards, Mike Lott, Lee Campbell
Michael Budd and Grier Ste
phenson. They will stay at the
Dinkier Plaza.
Knowing and practicing safe
driving at all times and know
ing what to do in emergencies
may be answers to keeping you
and your family on the high
way, declares Miss Lucile Hig
ginbotham, health education
specialist, Agricultural Exten
sion Service.
Sid Diamond, dairyman, Ag
ricultural Extension Service,
reports the Georgia Coopera
tive Dairy Herd Improvement
Program includes 330 herds
consisting of over 17,000 cows.
Money spent for research at
Emory University has increas
ed from $200,000 a decade ago
to over $2,000,000 during the
current year.
Leading Causes of Death at All Ages
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NO. 1 HEALTH ENEMY in the United States today is diseases
of the heart and circulation, responsible for 54.3 per cent of al!
deaths, or more than all other causes combined. The Heart Fund
—supporting nationwide programs of research, education and
community service—is your No. 1 defense against heart disease.
Give generously when a Heart Fund volunteer coils at yo«r
home on Heart Sunday, February 24.
COVINGTON® GEORGIA® THURSDAY® MARCH 3® 1960
Ga. Non-Farm
Employment Hits
Seasonal Record
Georgia Employment Sets
Seasonal Record, Huiet
ATLANTA, February 26 —
“Non - farm employment con
tinues to set records in Geor
gia. Georgia saw 1,016,400
wage earners on public payrolls
in the State. This is the ninth
straight month non-farm pay
rolls have exceeded the million
mark,” Commissioner of Labor
Ben T. Huiet reported today in
the Georgia Department of La
bor’s monthly report on earn
ings and employment.
“December’s all time high of
1,035,400 dropped only 19.000
in January, making 1960’s first
month non - farm employment
40,200 over January last year.
The post Christmas season al
ways sees a substantial drop, al
though this year’s slump was
not as great as usual due main
ly to full production in auto as
sembly plants after shutdowns
due to a steel shortage follow
ing the steel strike last fall.”
Commissioner Huiet said the
construction industry last
month was the only one of the
seven major non-farm divisions
not to equal or exceed the Jan
uary 1959 level. Construction
employment has dropped for
six straight months. Recent
drops are due in part to incle
ment weather and the down
ward trend is expected to ease
with the coming of spring.
“Employment of 339,800 In
manufacturing topped the
previous January high set in
1956, then 337,100. Textiles in
January ’6O were 2,000 over
last January.
“Georgia’s outlook for 1960
is now even more optimistic
than we thought at the turn of
the new year. We are confident
that the State’s economy will
continue to grow on a sound
and stable basis.” Commission
er Huiet concluded.
Wolf badge at the banquet. Others in the picture are from
left to right: Randy Dearing, Dilmut Fuller, Eddie Hinton, Ray
Allgood, Mike Whatley, Hal Bailey, Larry Bailey and Don Eng
lish. The event was held at the Allen Memorial Church build
ing annex.
Garden Club News
“Passport to Pleasure”
Fifteen cities in Georgia will
open their homes and gardens
to the public in March and
April. They are Savannah,
March 9, 10 and 11: St. Simons-
Sea Island March 12; Waycross,
March 13; Albany, March 20;
Bainbridge, March 26; Thomas
ville, March 27; Columbus,
March 26 and 27; Tifton, April
3; Thomaston, April 6; Wash
ington April 6; Rome April 8;
East Point, April 10; Newnan,
April 12; Atlanta, April 23 and
24; and Athens, April 28.
Historic Savannah starts with
a candlelight tour of its oldest
section and continues for two
days, showing remodeled and
restored homes in the Trustee
Garden Section, one of its row
houses, riverfront homes and
new traditional type homes.
St. Simons-Sea Island fol
lows, opening its modern beach
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CONDITIONS AT VETERANS HOSPITAL
REPORTED “SHOCKING” DY WHEELER
By Pete Wheeler
Georgia Department of
V eterane Service
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An ancient building with rot
ting walls and crumbling eeil- <
tags, old Hospital 48, ia the only ।
government hospital in Atlanta :
available to the veterans of ।
Georgia —a horse-and-buggy ,
hospital in the medical jet age. <
And even if the old building ।
were modern, it would not be <
near large enough to serve the I
veterans of thi» huge million
population city, Georgia, and ■
the Southeast. ।
A visit to Hospital 48, as the i
above photographs testify, i
would amaze even the most in- I
sensitive person. He would find
desperately ill veterans turned 1
away for lack of accommoda
tions, and those who were
and traditional type homes, the
grounds and old grove house at
Musgrove plantation and many
place of historic interest.
South Georgia homes in Way
cross, Albany, Bainbridge and
Thomasville are for the most I
part comfortable, representa
tive houses set in pines and well
cared -for gardens. Many
house collections of antique
furniture, porcelains, old prints
and paintings. Several planta
tion gardens in this section will
be open.
As the tour moves northward
with the spring, visitors will
have the opportunity to see
more of the finest and most
interesting homes and gardens
in the state. The houses are all
types — contemporary, modern
in the traditional manner,
homes of foreign influence and
ante-bellum homes filled with
heirlooms and objects of art.
“lucky” enough to enter are
housed in a building partially 70
year* old. The “newest” portion
is 40 years old.
The hospital has a capacity
of only 300 beds with which to
serve applications of more than
10,000 veterans per year who
need medical care. Each day the
waiting room ia crowded with
veterans seeking entrance, yet
each day the hospital ean accept
only a few from this group of
the sick.
The personnel at Hospital 48,
working oftimes in almost im
possible circumstances, are to be
commended. They are doing an
outstanding job without proper
facilities.
The hospital has no facilities
whatsoever for the mentally ill,
a field now recognized as one
,of the most critically important
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Porterdale Cub Scout Blue And
Gold Banquet is Happy Occasion
PORTERDALE — Excited
Cub Scouts welcomed their
parents and friends to their
annual Blue and Gold Banquet
at the Porterdale School Cafe
teria on Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 23, at. seven o’clock. Long
tables overlaid with white
cloths wore centered with at
tractive flower arrangements,
and place cards and programs
with smiling Cub Scouts or in
signias adorned each place.
Each of the three dens sat
together and had a happy time
during the delicious dinner,
which was served by Mrs. Ef
fie Boyd and her helpers
The Rev. Hudson Moody,
pastor of the High Point Bap
tist Church, gave the invoca
tion.
B. C. Crowell presided as
master of ceremonies. H. V.
Johnson, Jr., Chairman of the
Pack Committee, gave an ap
propriate and hearty welcome.
Mrs J. T. Elkins, President
of the Porterdale Woman’s
Club, which is the sponsoring
organization of Pack No. 60,
presented the Charter to Cub-
master, S. A. Farmer. Mr. Far
mer accepted the Charter and
then presented awards to the
following boys: Ronny Barnes,
Tony Cordell, and Stacy Gregg
who stood with their parents
to accept them.
Mr. Aubrey Barnes present
ed registration eards to other
Pack members.
Mr. Crowell introduced Den
Mothers, Mrs Alfred Cordell,
Mrs. Ed Hertwig, Mrs. W. A.
Gregg; Assistant Cubmaster,
Coleman Henry; Assistant Den
Mother. Mrs. Wallace Moore;
I and called attention to other
’ officers listed on the program
Many contain fine paintings—
Turners, Goyas, Van Dykes as
well as the modern Gladys
Rockmore Davis, Andrew Wy
the, Menaboni and others. Some
gardens have been laid out by I
Thomas Church: others by our
Georgia landscape gardeners,
Owens & Pauley. Formal and
informal large and small gar
dens will be seen.
These tours are sponsored by
local organizations under the
auspices of the Garden Club
of Georgia and are attended
every spring by thousands of
visitors.
* | fields of medics! care. These—
-1 many of them actually suffer
i ing the scars of wsr—must
either erowd their- way into
r state hospitals or pay huge
> sums for private care.
I There are also no facilities at
i all for women patients — the
> women who sccepted military
i jobs alongside the men in re
i. cent wars.
t It ia al moot impossible to
’ imagine that the United States
government would even main
. tain so aged a building as Hos
- pital 48. The walls have gapping
! holes where the plaster has been
i torn away. The plumbing is
- rusted and unjointed in places.
The wiring is extremely dan
i gerous. (The building eouid be
, classified only as a fire hazard.)
s Yet our government appropri
t ated several millions to erect a
as follows: Secretary-Treasur
er — Mrs. Claire Bennett; Pack
Committeemen, H. V. Johnson,
Jr., Aubrey Barnes, O D. Har
crow, and Ed Hertwig. Den
Chiefs for the Pack are: Terry
Barnes, Tony Farmer, and
Herbert Denny, Jr.
Mr. B B Snow, Vice-Presi
dent of Bibb Manufacturing
Company, introduced guests.
The Rev. Mr. A L. Key, pas
tor of the Covington Mills
Methodist Church, who was in
troduced by Mr. Henry, brought
an inspiring message of chal
lenge to the boys and assembl
ed adults.
Delight fully entertaining
skits were presented by t h e
dens under the supervision of
their leaders.
The closing prayer was led
by the Rev. Moody.
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Your Heart Fund Saves
Hearts and Lives
New advances in heart
surgery have saved many
thousands of Jives during
the past 10 years. These
advances were speeded be
cause you gave to the Heart
Fund. For more progress...
new modem 650-bed hospital on
Formosa for Chinese veterans.
There ia not a single room in
this entire hospital with a pri
vate bath, regardless of how
desperately ill the patient may
be. And there are no restrooms
at all for their visitors.
The need to begin construc
tion on a new veterans hospital
in Atlanta, with at least a 1,000-
bed capacity, is extremely criti
cal. Even at the very earliest, it
will arrive too late to save many
deserving veterans.
Congress should consider an
immediate investigation of the
facilities at Hospital 48. There
is little doubt that such an in
vestigation would show the need
for an immediate appropriation
of the necessary funds for th*
hospital O-o-G’,, vetera-w
need.
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