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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And PaHiabor
LEO $. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Our Christmas Prayer
Let me do my work each day; and If the darkened hours of despair
overcome me. may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the
desolation of other times. May I still remember the bright hours that
found me walking over the silent hills of my childhood, or dreaming
on the margin of the quiet river, when a light glowed within me. and
I promised my early God to have courage amid the tempest of the
changing years. Spare me from bitterness and from the sharp passions
of unguarded moments. May I not forget that poverty and riches are
of the spirit. Though the world know me not, may my thoughts and
actions be such as shall keep me friendly with myself. Lift my eyes
from the earth and let me not forget the uses of the stars. Forbid
that I should judge others, lest I condemn myself. Let me not follow
the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my path. Give me a few
friends who will love me for what I am; and keep ever burning be
fore my vagrant steps the kindly light of hope. And though age and
infirmity overtake me, and I come not within sight of the castle of
my dreams, teach me still to be thankful for life, and for times olden
memories that are good and sweet; and may the evenings twilight
find me gentle still. — Max Ehrmann and repeated by the Boss
and the Office Boy.
May We All Remember To
Keep Christ In Christmas
This Year And Every Year
As the celebration of the Birth of Christ,
better known as Christmas Day, approaches,
we, who look forward to this day from
year to year, should never let our thoughts
wander far from the real significance of
the day.
Christmas Day is the day on which the
Saviour of the World was born and we
should remember to keep Christ in Christ
mas. He came into the World to save sin
ners and to die on the Cross for our
sins that we may have hope of everlasting
life.
So many people are prone to forget
these things in celebrating Christmas Day
in revelry, rather than quietly and thank
fully, thankful that Christ was born,
thankful for His death on the cross to pay
the penalty of our sins.
Christmas Day should be a joyful day
because it means so much to the human
race. Yet its joy should not be uncon
fined in that we would forget just what
the day signifies.
The giving of gifts on Christmas Day
brings joy to all of us, principally the giver.
As we give gifts on Christmas Day to our
loved ones this is symbolic of gifts brought
to the Child Jesus. As the Shepherds gave
gifts to the Child Jesus as an expression of
worship, we give gifts to our loved one to
symbolize ‘he spirit of love and devotion.
As we give these gifts let’s not forget
the real significance of the day and re
member to keep Christ in Christmas.
We are deeply grateful to God, the
Great Physician, that we have been able
to overcome a serious illness and trust
that we will soon be able to return to
active work so that makes us especially
thankful this Christmas to be able to be
with our loved ones.
Through the years each Christmas has
brought to us a deeper feeling of gratitude
to our friends, loved ones and employees
and as this marks the 30th year of our
ownership of the Covington News and the
29th Christmas we have lived in Coving
ton, we wish to state that each year has
deepened our admiration for our merch
ants, our subscribers and our friends
throughout Newton and surrounding coun
ties.
Our prayer is that w r e may be able to
serve you for many more Christmases and
that each day of our service may be more
beneficial to our community, our churches,
our city, our county and our friends.
We, the Employees and Officials of The
Covington NEWS wish for each of you a
joyful Christmas. We hope you will be
fortunate enough to have your loved ones
with you on that day, and as you cele
brate the Birth of Christ in the giving of
gifts, may each of you receive those things
which you most desire. — Mr. and Mrs.
Belmont Dennis.
Thermonuclear Reaction
Double-domes in our Hydrogen Bomb
Laboratory at Berkeley, Calif., believe they
have produced a brief, but controlled ther
monuclear reaction. This would indicate,
it seems, power can be generated from
“the boundless supply of hydrogen in ocean
W’ater.”
It also might suggest to others in dryer
areas of California and the West that we
first learn how to make cheap fresh water
out of the boundless supply of water in
ocean water.
A girl leaves the office to be married
and before you can say Jack Robinson she
is the mother of three children.
(Our Advertisers Are Assured Os Results)
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Employees Bring Home
More Than Checks
Numbers ot employees throughout the
land today bring home more than pay
checks — and more than the experience
they get in the particular job they have.
They bring, in addition, a broadened in
tellect that helps to make them more en
lightened individuals both at home and
on the job.
This point is made by the personnel
director for Central Louisiana Electric
Company. The self-improvement program
he describes is brought about through free
reading racks that receive supplies of new
material each week. This “low-pressure”
self-education program, he points out, not
only presents information on a variety of
educational and entertaining topics, but
it often creates a new zest for more read
ing and learning.
The range of increasing matter offered
the employees is wide. A few titles: Orig
ins of Christmas Customs, Enjoying Mental
Health, The Fallout Question, Your Com
munity’s Welfare Is In Your Hands, How
To Break Bad Habits, and so on down a
lengthy and constantly changing list. In
the utility spokesman’s words, “Even the
minimum results of this is an alert, seek
ing employee who is generally well in
formed, better prepared and more recep
tive to new responsibilities and progress.”
In substance —a better citizen.
Victorian Viewpoint
Under the heading. “You Said a Cot
ton-Pickin’ Mouthful. Buster!” the irrespres
sible and free-wheeling Ernest V. Joiner,
who achieved national attention as editor
of The Ralls (Tex.) Banner and is present
ly Managing Editor of Modern Veterinary
Practice, quotes the irrepressible and free
wheeling Charles H. Brower, president of
Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn:
“Has there been a paper delivered in
the last 20 years,” asks Mr. Brower, of the
readers of Advertisers’ Digest, “dealing
with non-neurotics, non-alcoholics, non
delinquents or non-screwballs? Has any
great foundation offered a grant to promote
the study of the simple, corny, honest, God
fearing American? Yet even the breeders
of animals know better than this. Nobody
tries to develop winning race horses by
studying the losers. Nobody even develops
prize pigs by studying the runts. We have
taken the good guy for granted for so long
in this country that we know nothing what
ever about him."
As you can plainly see, neither Mr.
Joiner nor Mr. Brower is a sociologist.
Who’s impressed with normalcy?
Growth — And Taxes
We have heard ■ great deal about the
nation’s “growth rate” recently. A good
many people feel that we just aren’t grow
ing fast enough economically.
Without arguing the pros and cons of
that, it should not be forgotten that our
tax laws stand solidly in the way of max
imum growth. For instance, most other
industrial nations give more favorable tax
treatment to industries which wish to re
place and modernize their plants than we
do. Our laws, with their obsolete deprecia
tion provisions, heavily hamper this kind
of progress.
A well known economic forecaster. Wil
liam F. Butler, writes in Nation’s Business:
“If we are to grow, if we are to compete
with other industrial countries whose plants
are becoming steadily more modern, we
have to provide greater encouragement to
saving and investment and encourage a
higher rate of replacement so that our
plant will become steadily more modern,
more efficient This is the major problem
we face.”
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SOUR WEEKLY (O LESSON FOR
UN DAY SCHOOL
God'- Gift of Love
Devotional Reading: Luke
1:46 - 55: Memory Selection;
Thanks be to God for his inex
pressible gift; II Corinthians
9:15.
Intermediate - Senior ’.topic:
The Greatest Gif..
Young People - Adult 7 pic:
The Greatest Gift.
Background Scripture: Luke
2.
During the past three monthj,
we have been studving Pass
ages of Spiritual Power.
Today’s lesson constitutes a
climax —for the greatness of
God. our need of Him, our ex
perience in Him, our gratitude,
our Jove, and our expectation
of the coming of a Saviour are
al! gathered together and set
forth in this lesson today. For
here we have the account of
how God’s greatest promise to
man was fulfilled.
In their study of the Bible,
many people fail to note the
basic teaching that our God
is a covenant God. He promises
certain things after we h a v e
fulfilled certain requirements.
He requires promises from us.
The divine - human relation
ship is a covenant relation.
In the coming of Jesus Christ,
the incarnation of the Second
Person of the Trinity, God’s
greatest promise to mankind
was fulfilled.
This should be a day of great
joy to the people of God, not
primarily because we give gifts
to one another but because we
receive from God that Gift
without which our spiritual
destiny would be hopeless.
These verses are not in the
printed text but an examination
of them is necessary if we
would understand what comes
after.
Caesar Augustus was ruler of
the Roman Empire. It was the
most extensive empire the
world had ever known. Augus
tus himself was a profligate,
but as a ruler he gathered the
ends of the earth together in
his strong hands, nreserved
peace, and advanced the best
interests of mankind.
There was no such thing as
democracy in the vast empire
of Augustus. One man spoke a
word, and wherever this word
was heard, men and women,
with slavish resignation, obey
ed. Augustus was careful,
wherever possible, to respect
the religions and tribal custom*
of the nations he conquered.
When men were enrolled for
taxation, they were — in Pales
tine at least — required to re
turn to the town or village in
which their family had origin
ated. Joseph and his wife Mary
were “of the house and lineage
of David” and must therefore
return to their native city,
Bethlehem.
What we need to see in this
historical background is the
fundamental difference between
the kingdom which Augustus
had established and the king
dom which the Most High God
was beginning to establish.
The kingdom of Augustus
was worldly in every aspect.
To be sure, the Roman main
tained peace with a heavy hand.
At the time Jesus was born, no
war was being waged through
out the Roman Empire.
Men were enjoving peace,
of the heavv hand encased in
a mailed fist.
God was about to anaugurate
a new empire of peace —a new
era. in fact. This peace would
be of an entirely different na
ture from the peace of Augus
tus. There would be nothing
external about the peace
Christ brought. It would be
purely an internal matter; but
being internal it would, of
course, have external results.
Men would learn to love one
another — even to love their
enemies — and, such being the
case, peace between nations as
well as between individuals
would tend to result.
Mary was carrying a child in
her womb at the time she and
Joseph made the journey to
Bethlehem. They arrived at the
caravansary only to find all ac
commodations taken. They were
sent, therefore, to the stable
where at least they might rest
their tired bodies on the piles
of soft straw brought in f o r
the animals. And. on the most
significant night in human his
tory, Mary's “days were accom
plished that she should be de
livered. And she brought forth
her first - born son, and wrap
ped him in swaddling clothes,
and laid him in a manger: be
cause there were no room for
them in the inn” (2:6-7).
From that day to this, there
has been no room for Jesus and
his holy purposes in most of the
plans and patterns of men. The
world organizes its life on the
basis of selfishness; God es- i
tablishes his kingdom on t h e I
basis of loving sacrifice.
On a hill not far from Beth- ।
lehem were shepherds tending I
their sheep. It would appear
that the sheep over which they
watched were those carefully
selected animals which would
later be used in temple sacri
fice. Suddenly an angel appear
ed in the sky, and the glory of
the Lord shone round about
these humble men: and they
were so afraid.” They heard
the angel utter incredible
words: “Fear not: for, behold,
I bring you good tidings of
great joy. which shall be to all
people. For unto you is born
this day in the city of David a
Saviour, which is Christ the
Lord.”
The sign, they were told, was
to be a Babe in swaddling
clothes lying in a manger. The
heavenly host added their wit
ness to that of the angel, and
the heavens rang with the cho
rus, “Glory to God in the high
est. and on earth peace, good
will toward men.”
Why was God’s great revela
tion not made to the high
priests and exalted leaders of
the Jewish church? Because
these men were spiritually
dead and the church over which
they presided was moribund.
Here and there, of course, were
to be found, within this church
and nation, people of great
spiritual expectancy and sub
lime faith; but the church it
self as an organization had
reached an all-time low.
We observe that God's rev
elation was made, first of all,
to humble people.
It is amazing to note in the
Bible the number of times that
God speaks to humble peonle
going about their humble tasks;
for example, Moses, Gideon,
Elisha. David, Peter and his
partners in the fishing business.
What God loves is fidility.
He brushes high station aside
and reserves his most precious
messages for those who are
faithfully engaged in doing
their duty.
On that eventful night, God
spoke to shepherds, and this
Child about whom He spoke
was to became The Good Shep
herd. These men were taking
care of sacrificial animals, and
the Child about whom the mes
sage came was to be God’s
Lamb, offered up for man's sal
vation. The name “Bethlehem”
means “house of bread.” The
time was to come when Jesus
would stand forth and say, “I
am the bread of life” (John
6:35).
Angels are in our skies today
as they were of old. They are
round about us. They are not a
quaint, outmoded superstition.
Angels are the messengers of
God. They were real two thou
sand years ago and they are real
today. They had a message for
men on that eventful night, and
they have a message for us if
we only be diligent to hearken.
Letters To
The Editor
Mrs. Leo Mallard,
Associate Editor,
The Covington News,
Covington, Ga.
Dec. 14, 1960
Dear Mrs. Mallard:
Thanks very much for t h e
tear sheets from the Covington
News. We have compiled quite
an impressive file on the New
ton County Stroke Clinic.
And we certainly want to ex
press our deepest appreciation
for the support that you and
the News have given the clinic
which, as you probably know, is
a facility in which the Georgia
Heart Association takes great
pride.
Thanks again.
Best regards,
John Smyly
INDUSTRY AIDS
SMALL OWNERS
Southern Pine lumber man
ufacturers have been extend
ing advice and assistance to
innumerable small wood 1o t
owners in an effort to encour
age quality sawtimber growth.
The program has brought a
wide spread of good tforest
management, as reflected by
progress of the Tree Farms
Movement, which is sponsored
by Forest Industry. The South
now has 67 per cent of the na
tion’s total Tree Farm acreage
and more than 60 percent of
all Southern “Tree Farmers”
are farmers in the strict sense
of the term.
More than 1.800,000 farmers
and other nor ndustrial own
ers hold woodlands in the
South.
Hints For Christmas Mailing
Hundreds of thousands of Christmas cards and packages will
be lost this year because of illegibly written addresses. Service
men overseas, relatives, friends, business associates —all will be
part of a disappointed army whose mail goes astray, because, as
a national magazine recently stated, we have become a “nation
of scrawlers.”
Yet a few simple rules and just a little attention to it will im
prove anybody's
handwriting im- WATCH OUT FOR TRICKY LITTERS
mediately, says
the Handwriting / /
Foundation in a Ne«r dot* ih«>« loop*: Jty Ay Ay
special appeal U
a .1.(1 at cutting Never loop non-looped strokes: y/
down losses. r
All addresses, /
says the Founda- Always dose letters Jika: Gy C2' &y
tion, should be /
written in at
least three well- WATCH OUT FOR “LOOK ALIKE" NUMBERS
spaced lines, with
zone numbers in- / -"7
eluded. This goes ' ' O
for the return
address as well. Take special care with the “tricky” letters and
numbers shown on the chart.
Your signature, on greeting and gift cards, should be legible.
Include the last name when identification might otherwise be in
doubt. If it’s a family card, make the children part of the
greeting, and let them sign the card, too.
For far away friends and relatives, add a short note—a few
words of greeting and maybe a promise of a longer letter soon.
A New Year’s eard is appropriate for friends you've forgotten at
Christmas. And never give money gifts to the postman, milk
man and others without at least the personal touch of your
signature.
You don’t have to be an artist to decorate a card or gift
package. A pen and colored inks (try red and green for Christ
mas) ia all you need. A tree in outline, some stars, a few heavy
dots ... and you’ve drawn your own Christmas spirit Another
personal touch is a note in an envelope attached to the outside
of a gift package.
As for next year’s greeting card and gift list, compile it now.
Write each name on a separate index card, and alphabetize them
in a file box to simplify additions and changes. Or keep a book
let, with blank pages between names for newcomers. Such a
list prevents embarrassing duplication or omission at card
sending time.
And always remember, concludes the Handwriting Founda
tion, that the written message is part of the Christmas spirit.
Be sure to make the message legible.
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to express our
sincere appreciation to every
one who was so thoughtful and
kind during the loss of our
father, son and brother, Jack D.
Green.
The many prayers, trays of
food and beautiful flowers were
so greatly appreciated.
May God bless everyone of
you is our earnest prayer.
Jackie Green
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A CHRISTMAS WISH
Rev. and Mrs. F. L. Thoma?
and son, Charles, wish all of
their many friends a most joy
ous Ch-icfmas and a prosperous
New Yeai.
Chas. Vantress
Named Ag. Man
Os Year in South
For his work in specialized
breeds of chickens Charles Van
tress, of Duluth, Ga., has been
named 1960 Man of the Year
in Service to Southern Agricul
ture by The Progressive Farmer
magazine. The announcement
was made today by The Pro
gressive Farmer President Eu
gene Butler.
President and general man
ager of Chas. Vantress Farms,
Inc., Mr. Vantress is a doggedly
determined man. For 14 years
he hung onto theories about the
chicken business that he
couldn’t get his colleagues to
accept — not many of them,
anvway.
He believed that 1) we would
have one group of chickens bred
especially for meat production,
another group for eggs, and
2) birds must be cross - bred
for highest meat production.
“I started my pedigree breed
ing program in 1939,” he says.
“By 1951, there had been a
complete surrender to the
theory of specialized breeds for
meat and eggs. The theory of
cross-breeding for meat had
gained wide acceptance by
1954.”
In 1954. Mr. Vantress moved
his breeding establishment from
California to Georgia, near the
center of the broiler producing
area.
Two out of every 3 male
birds used in the production of
nearly 1 3/4 billion broilers in
this country each year bear
the label of Vantress breeding.
■ Over 3 million of these broad
breasted white cocks are sent
out annually to modern hen
houses around this country and
in Europe. Asia, Latin America