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Newton Among
Counties Having
War Panel
To date a total of 24-Georgia
counties have organized Civil
War Centennial committees to
commemorate locally the 100th
anniversary of the War Be
tween the states, according to
State Centennial Chairman Pe
ter Zack Geer, executive secre
tary to Gov. Ernest Vandiver.
Latest eountiea to join the
group were: Carroll, Colquitt,
Lincoln, Morgan, Newton,
Peace
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Sumter and Thomas. Geer said
he hopes the state’s remaining
135 counties soon will form cen
tennial committees “so that
each community can share in
this historic commemoration.”
Meanwhile, Greer’s commis
sion will pay SIOO to the Geor
gian who designs the best of
ficial seal which is judged ap
proprate, in good taste and a
credit to the spirit of the Civil
War Centennial commemora
tion. All entries must be post
marked before midnight Dec.
23 and received by Dec. 28 by
the Georgia Civil War Centen
nial Commission, Room 249,
State Capitol, Atlanta 3, Ga.
Work Started On New
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LITTLE WHITE HOUSE MUSEUM, former home of Miss Georgia
Wilkins, is now being renovated and will be open at Warm Springs
in the near future.
Made possible by a $50,000
appropriation from Gov. Ernest
Vandiver, the former summer
cottage of the late Miss Geor
gia Wilkins, long-time resident
of Warm Springs, is now be
ing renovated and remodeled
for use as the Little White
House Museum, it was an
nounced.
Miss Wilkins, who died last
year, willed the cottage to the
Frankling D. Roosevelt Warm
Springs Memorial Commission,
a state agency charged with
administering the historic
shrine.
The brick building, which
has a replacement evaluation
of SBO,OOO was redesigned by
Henry Toombs, Atlanta archi
tect, who designed the Little
White House and Georgia Hall
at Warm Springs in Meriweth
er County.
Work is being rushed to com
pletion on the remodeling pro
gram and plans call for the
museum to be dedicated at cer
emonies to be held April 12.
1961, the anniversary of
Franklin Roosevelt’s death at
Warm Springs’ Little White
House. The President died on
April 12, 1945.
The new museum is 300 feet
from the center of the Little
"CHRISTMAS — THE BEST
~DAY OF THE YEAR”
One of the happiest days of
the year for me is Christmas.
I like to see little children
laugh and play. I enjoy seeing
adults open packages with a
look of gladness on their faces.
But this is not the reason
Christmas is the most joyous
day of the year. There is a
deeper meaning.
White House building group.
It is approached by a 12-foot
ornamental walk leading from
the central fountain.
Items from the small Me
mento Room, now located in
the Little White House, will
be moved to the new museum
and augmented by additional
items which have not been
previously shown because of a
lack of adequate display space,
it was pointed out. There also
will be a historical photo sec
tion depicting the many visits
of world-famous personalities
to this Georgia shrine.
The Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs Memorial Com
mission was established in
January, 1946, as a separate
state agency, self - perpetuat
ing, self-supporting and auton
omous. The memorial was for
mally dedicated June 25, 1947,
and was opened to the public
October 28. 1948. Since then it
has become one of Georgia’s
outstanding tourist attractions.
An attractive, informative
brochure describing the Little
White House may be obtained
by writing the Tourist Division,
Georgia Department of Com
merce, 100 State Capitol, At
lanta 3, Ga.
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ROBERT V. OZMENT, Ph. D.
St. James Church, Atlanta
The shallowness of Christ
mas loses its glow when the
tree is dismantled and the oth
er decorations are taken down.
The true meaning of Christ
mas shines like the brightest
star on a dark winter's night.
The Christmas star lights the
way for us to walk down the
road of assurance during the
disappointments of August, the
troubles of March, the fears
of May, as well as the sorrow
of July. Christmas speaks a
language that can be heard all
during the year.
Christmas tells us that God
is interested in the affairs of
men. He comes into the stream
of history through Jesus Christ
to show us the way to abun
dant living. He tells us through
His son that He is an ever
present help in our world of
suffering and tragedy. He as
sures us that He will be our
companion as we face the
storms of life. The Psalmist ex
pressed his faith in God when
he said, "The Lord is my light
and my salvation: whom shall
1 fear? the Lord is the strength
of my life; of whom shall I
be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1)
Jesus said to His disciples,
“. . . Lo, I am with you always,
even unto the end of the
world.” (Matthew 28:20) Again
the Psalmist said, “Yea, though
I walk through the valley of
the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil: for thou are with
me . . .” (Psalm 23:4) Christ
mas, for the Christian, takes
all the fear out of life and
death. We sense the truth of
the teachings of Jesus. We are
never alone in the world and
we believe that we shall be in
His presence forever after we
enter the door of death.
We may have the finest
Christmas tree with the most
exquisite trimmings; we may
receive beautifully wrapped
packages with expensive con
tents; but unless we come to
know what Jesus Christ means
to us and the people of our
generation, we have failed to
celebrate Christmas Christ is
God's gift to the world. This
gift is our hope for an abun
dant life here and life eternal
as we make our last bow on the
stage of earthly existence. Let
us accept this gift and in ex
change give Him our hearts.
Then, we will have truly cel- ■
ebrated Christmas.
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NEWTON COUNTY
OFFICIALS
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Sam M. Hay ;j Donald Stephenson
Clerk Os Superior Court Ordinary
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Whitlow Richardson 5 Donald Ballard
County School Superintendent Representative
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Bonham L. Johnson ? Hugh Steele
Tax Collector |i Tax R ece j ver
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Tom M. Bates I John L. Jernigan
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Commissioner County Attorney
John L. Berry i Henry Odum Jr.
Sheriff County Police
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Thursday, December 22, 1960