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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor Aad Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNIT
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Congratulations Newton County
Hospital On Opening New Wing
Open House will be held at Newton
County Hospital Sunday, May 7 from 3
until 5 p. m. to allow the citizens of Newton
County to inspect the new addition which
has just been completed.
This new addition will provide fifteen
private rooms, all with private baths, and
a lobby on the north wing. Also on the east
wing two three-bedroom wards have been
added. The entire hospital has been air
conditioned and a second operating room
has been completed with the most modern
surgical instruments available. A recovery
room has been set-up in the operating suite.
Recovery rooms in use in many hospitals
have been the means of saving many lives
as patients are kept there until all danger
of relapse is passed before being returned ’
to their rooms. (
Ceramic tile has been installed in all
of the corridors and a family, or Dereave- ;
ment room, has been furnished. ।
Piped oxygen for all the service areas
has been added and a new gong fire system
has been installed in the new building. Also ,
the kitchen and other portions of the build- (
ing have been improved thus making this ।
small hospital one of the best in any county
in the state.
We wish to congratulate all who have
had any part in this wonderful addition to .
our county and urge the citizens of Newton ]
County to go out and inspect what is now (
one of the most complete hospital buildings
in any community.
It is hoped that both L. J. “Dinty” Moore,
who has been chairman all these years but
who has recently been ill, and Mrs. Aubra
Sherwood, who has also been critically ill,
will be able to attend. Both of these mem
bers have given of their time and energy
as well as all the other members of the
Hospital Authority in promoting every
phase of the work.
The same Hospital Authority which was
appointed by Ike Robertson in 1952 is still
in tact and has given of their time and
* I
Medical Scientists Report
Progress In Developing
Two Anti-Cancer Drugs
Important gains in the relentless war
against cancer were recorded at recent
medical meetings. Medical csientists report
ed results of long and careful studies of
two promising anti-cancer drugs.
At an American Cancer Society seminar,
researchers reported that the drug, Thio-
Tepa. helped stop breast cancer from com
ing back in some women. The drug is used
in conjunction with surgery. At an Ameri
can Association for Cancer Research meet
ing, scientists reported that 30 of 65 women
afflicted with a rare cancer, called chorio
carcinoma, are now free of evidence of
the disease after treatment with the drug,
Methotrexate. Several women, scientists
say, have no indication of recurrence for
up to five years since treatment stopped.
Scientists point out that while treat
ment using these drugs is impressive, it is
by no means the final victory; it is simply
a small, hard-fought step along the way.
What received little attention at these
meetings was that these promising drugs
were discovered by research underwritten
solely by private funds. The discoverer is
part of the country’s pharmaceutical in
dustry, an industry that's been the target
of blunderbuss criticism the past year.
Back in 1939, American Cyanamid’s Le
derle Laboratories embarked on a research
program to find effective anti-cancer
drugs. It supported the search with $8 mil
lion of its own funds. Over the year thou
sands of chemical compounds were tested
and studied and the search goes on. The
work is painstaking, and, at times, discour
aging. And will continue so. But the re
wards, small though they may be, are hear
tening.
The rewards aren’t measured in dollars.
For the anti-cancer drugs the company of
fers physicians are insignificant in sales.
This very fact, however, spotlights a basic
point. For a company, such as Lederle, to
pour funds into research and work that
produces a Thio-Tepa and a Methotrexate,
it must recover some costs from sales of
its widely prescribed drugs Research and
development risks are not possible under
our highly competitive system without
profitable products.
And we note that critics of the industry,
in their diligence to keep the charges flow
ing, are sparing in acknowledgement of
this side of the industry’s profit picture.
Research on Thio-Tepa, for example,
covered 12'years. Before it was generally j
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MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
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energy over a number of years in promoting
and seeing that the best service possible is
given to the unfortunate of our county who ’
have been ill.
This hospital has been the means of sav
ing many, many lives in our county and
throughout the surrounding counties.
We are proud of our Newton County
Hospital and the Hospital Authority head
ed by Chairman L. J. Moore; vice-chairman
S. A. Ginn; B. B. Snow, secretary; with
Leon Cohen and Mrs. Aubra Sherwood as
the other two faithful members.
The hospital was erected during the ad
ministration of Mayor Jack Elliott and he
is to be commended for his interest and
the amount of work done by city employees
during those trying times.
Mrs. Helen Dickinson and her staff of
efficient employees are doing a marvelous
job and the many organizations in the city
who are actively cooperating are also to
be commended.
Behind the personnel of a hospital, busy
with the day’s important work, stand those
who contribute their time and energy with
out pay. Over 50,000 trustees throughout
the nation, public-minded men and women,
give time and energy without pay to im
prove community health. An additional
1,500,000 women volunteers form auxili
aries. These women help make hospitals
more pleasant and efficient by filling doz
ens of functions which, in turn, relieve
professional personnel for more skilled
work.
The dedication of trustees and auxiliaries
is matched by those who work daily in the
hospital. The spirit of every hospital, city
or country, is the same. Everyone, whether
trustee or auxiliary, physician or house
keeper, is touched by the aura of healing.
All take part in our fight to forward the
march of health. No one of them would
be able to function without the community’s
support. The community, through under
standing and financial support, makes the
modern American hospital possible.
available in 1959, the company gave away
more than 400,000 doses to physicians on
request. Its use has meant for some victims
additional months of comfort and useful
ness.
The record of these drugs should blunt,
it would seem, some of the reckless and
intemperate charges leveled against the
pharmaceutical industry. It is a factor to
be pondered by anyone subscribing to our
tradition of fair play.
It would appear, too, that in the overall
attack against diseases afflicting mankind,
private and independent research programs
are essential. Certainly the one described
meets the highest standards of scientific
technique and responsibility.
Newspaper Advertising
Moves All Goods
Editor & Publisher quotes the head of
a large retailing organization, which has
36 stores around the country, as saying
that it “couldn’t do business today without
the 84 papers in which we advertise.”
The magazine adds: “Our retailing es
tablishments are paying the same tribute
to newspapers every day in the year through
their advertising dollars. They know which
advertising medium sells goods with speed
and economy . . . Newspaper advertising
moves goods off the retailers’ shelves into
the hands of consumers regardless of
whether the sales effort is made by the
manufacturer or the retailer.”
Nothing replaces the printed word —
and most particularly, from an advertiser’s
standpoint, the printed word which the
thousands of daily and weekly newspapers
of this country bring to their tens of mil
lions of readers.
The Kremlin, we hear, has done away
with censorship of foreign correspondents’
copy — or has it? Press Director Mikhail
Kharlamov, who announced the glad tid
ings, followed up with a warning and a
threat in the good old Commie tradition.
Foreign newsmen must keep copies of all
their dispatches as long as they stay in this
hospitable country, said the press com
missar, who further announced that this
new freedom would make it tough for
rumor mongers. This was taken to mean
Mr. K would throw out any reporters
whose stuff he didn’t like.
Censorship, in effect since 1917, has
been lifted briefly twice before — if you
want to call it lifting.
Some of us have more status than
we can honestly aliord.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SOUR WEEKLY LESSON FOR
unday School
Out of the Heart
Bible Material: 1 Kings 3:3-
9; Proverbs 3:1-8, 4:20-23;
Luke 6:43 - 45.
Devotional Reading: Luke
6:43 - 49; Memory Selection:
Keep your heart with all vigi
lance; for from it flow the
springs of life. Proverbs 4:23.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
Out of the Heart.
Background Scripture: Pro
verbs 3:1-8; 4:20-23; Luke
6:43 - 45.
The Book of Proverbs, in early
American history, had an im
portant part in everyday life.
Extensive portions of it were
known by heart by all people
and were quoted or echoed in
daily speech. Much of the basic
common sense of that day came
from a thorough schooling in
both the letter and the spirit of
Proverbs.
Proverbs, however, will be
misunderstood and will not ex
ert its once powerful sway with
us unless its basic unity is re
cognized. It is not merely a ran
dom collection of thoughtful
and observant remarks and
proverbs. It is rather a con
sistent body of proverbial wis
dom reflecting a definite and
specific faith and declaring a
very real way of life. There is
a specific doctrine of God, man,
life and community behind the
whole book, reflecting a living
faith which has dealt with
reality practically and victor
iously.
Victorious living in Proverbs,
and, indeed, in all Scripture, is
not an ecstatic and mystical af
fair but a healthy relationship
to the common life. Victorious
living in Proverbs is very prac
tical living, a very homely yet
glorious affair.
But Proverbs does not deal
with surfaces; its faith is a
root and branch matter. The
heart and the springs of life are
its concern as fully as daily
details, and the two are insep
arably related.
When Solomon spoke of law,
as in verse 1. we can under
stand his meaning better if we
translate it, as some do, with
the word doctrine. Both words,
law and doctrine, however, are
useful to an understanding of
his meaning. What is meant is
fundamental law, religious doc
trine, especially as they relate
to everyday life. Thus, it is not
abstract doctrine, nor life as
such, but the two as intimately
linked that is in mind.
In this particular passage,
verses 1- 18, verses 1 and 2
are introductory to verses 3 to
18, which are concerned with
man’s relationship toward God
and man, and the only true
means of happiness as obedi
ence to God’s doctrine therein.
The counsel to “my son” to
“forget not my law” again has
this same practical reference so
characteristic of Proverbs.
“Forget” does not refer to me
mory but to action. Do not for
get this doctrine in your daily
living, apply it in all things.
This, however, was not in
tended to be a doctrine for
gaining friends and influencing
people, no superficial device
for advancement. It was valid
only as a matter of faith;
therefore, “let thine heart keep
my commandments.”
The next statement is central
to the Book of Proverbs: “For
length of days, and long life,
and peace, shall they add to
the e.” The repetition of
“length” and “long” is idioma
tic, meaning the life of dura
tion, of many years, and at the
same time a life which is life
in the full sense of the word,
long in its richness, long in
true life itself.
But the centrality of this ver
se to Proverbs and to Scripture
is in its basic assumption. Life
is not meaningless: cause and
effect prevail, and God’s world
is a world of law and order.
Whoever therefore keeps that
doctrine, order and law as his
life and faith must, whatever
his difficulties and trials, be
inevitably a blessed and a hap
py man. Doctrine and life have
thus an inevitable and neces
sary connection.
Is this really so? We cannot
insist that in every case where
a man keeps God’s doctrine
that his life is rich and long,
but we must insist that as a
rule this is so. Because of the
variety of factors in every life,
some godly men do not prosper
at times or live long but other
laws and principles have had a
higherrelevancy in such cases.
As a general rule, however, the
godly man lives a longer, hap
pier, more stable life. It can
not but be so, and it is so.
Psychosomatic medicine illu
strates vividly and dramatical
ly the truth of Proverbs. This
principle is restated in various
forms throughout the book, one
of the most familiar being 17:-
22, “A merry heart doeth good
like a medicine: but a broken
spirit drieth the bones.”
Thus the relevancy of Bibli-
cal doctrine to life has no clear-1
er statement than Proverbs, ■
which is a book which must be j
known and loved if one is
truly to know and love Scrip- 1
ture.
This doctrine begins with
verse 3. “Mercy” (or kindness)
and “truth” are urged as t h e
basic disposition for godly man,
traits to be cultivated in man's
nature and revealed in his
every activity. Two telling
images are used to describe
this keeping of doctrine. First,
“bind them about thy neck.”
This has reference to an an
cient custom of far - reaching
importance. Men of importance
in those days had signet rings
whereby they sealed, authen
ticated, and authorized all bus
iness and personal transactions.
A signet ring thus was more
important than a modern wal
let. Possession of the ring meant
power of attorney, such as Pha
roah granted Joseph (Gen. 41:
42) in giving him his ring, and
Ahasuerus to Mordecai, in giv
ing him the use of it in a mat
ter (Esther 8:10). Because of
the importance of the signet
ring, men carried it with them
at all times, on a chain around
their neck.
The doctrines Solomon here
commended are thus compared
to a signet ring, to a man’s title
to his inheritance and wealth,
and, like a signet ring, to be
carried “about thy neck” at all
time as the necessary instru
mentality in all business. Se
cond, of these laws or doctines
it is said, “write them upon the
tables of thine heart.” To write
here means to engrave or carve,
thereby making it an imperish
able part of the heart. Heart
does not mean the emotions but
the soul, psyche, or innermost
being.
Just as our brain and nervous
system, by dint of repetition,
developed certain habits or
reactions which have a physical
path in our body, so too doc
trine can become life only as it
is inseparably and inextricably
engraved into our being and
made our life.
The results of such an alle
giance to doctrine or law are
next described (v. 4). The
righteous man obtains “favour
and good understanding” (or
true prudence, as this second
can be translated) in the eyes
of God and man. Good under
standing is true prudence. Men
try, by means of calculating
ways, to please God and man,
all to no avail. They win no
real friends for all their efforts,
having only a host of acquain
tances and no true friends.
True prudence has an eye,
not on pleasing God or man, but
on fulfilling the will of God
and making his doctrine life.
letters To
The Editor
April 12, 1961
Mr. Belmont Dennis
Editor and Publisher
The Covington News
Covington, Ga.
Dear Mr. Dennis:
The State Rehabilitation Ed
ucational Program and Clinic
initiated in July 1960 by the
Newton County Heart Council
has been termed an unquali
fied success by both the Geor
gia Heart Association and the
Georgia Department of Public
Health. I would be derelict in
my duties as Medical Advisor
to the Clinic and Co-director
did I not express my deep grat
itude to you, the Covington
News, and your staff for the
tremendous role you played in
this success.
The excellent county-wide
circulation of THE NEWS af
forded us the only adequate
means of publicizing this radi
cally new approach to an old
medical problem. The lead ar
ticle description of our first
clinic session was of immea
surable value in making this
program a success. This was,
incidentally one of the best ex
amples of medical writing for
the lay public I have seen in
ANY publication. Your staff
writer, Mrs. Mallard, is to be
congratulated. Through the
willing cooperation and effort
of you and your staff, this pro
gram has received state-wide
attention and acclaim.
As you know, this clinic in
Covington was a pilot project
for the Georgia Heart Associa
tion. As a direct consequence
of the success of this program
in Newton County, such clin
ics are being established
throughout the state. It should
be a great source of pride to
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In The Slate) Thursday, May € 1961
you, then, that you have not i
only materially benefited the
citizens of Newton County but
have in a very real sense aided
in the rehabilitation of the
lame and infirm all over Geor
gia.
Your kindness in publishing ,
front page announcements of i
our bi-weekly clinic sessions:
has aided us in maintaining a
high level of attendance.
Mr. Dennis, I also would
like to take this opportunity to
thank you for the invaluable
publicity given the last two
ventures I served as chairman,
the Red Cross Bloodmobile
Drive and the Newton County
Heart Fund. Were it not for the
NEWS, I feel that all such
civic enterprises would end in
failure.
In short, I am convinced that
there is no newspaper in the
nation, weekly or daily, that
contributes space to the service
of the public so willingly or
effectively as does the Coving
ton News.
Sincerely.
Harry W. Faulkner, M. D.
Griffin, Ga.
April 23, 1961
Belmont Dennis
Editor
Covington News
Dear Editor,
I am a former Newton Coun
tian, born and raised there and
lived there until I was 35 years
old. I enjoy your paper and
sure enjoyed the Centennial is
sue last week looking over the
names of people I know, also i
several uncles. I was a Hays, I
am proud to say and proud of
the family which was a large
one, 18 children in all, my fa
ther being the youngest. He and
my mother were born during
the war and the year before
and my mother and father’s
names were left off the names
of the ones who fought. I don’t
know why but thought I would
write and tell you all I know
about him. I don’t know what
his first name was but his last
name was “Kenerly” and he
died with fever I believe and
was buried in Tennessee. I
know it was not intentionally
left off but thought I would
write and tell you about him.
Best wishes for your contin
ued good paper. I see so much
about people I would not know
otherwise. I enjoy Mr. Martin’s
column and I remember him as
the county school superinten
dent. I lived at Hayston when
I was growing up.
Mrs. L. M. Horton
(Ollie Hays Horton)
913 E. Mclntosh Rd.,
Griffin, Georgia.
“The current international
situation does have its good
side. Like for example, if you
don’t know how to pronounce
this new trouble spot. Laos, just
think of a Communist and the
correct way to pronounce it
comes. Louse.” — Richard May
er, Jr., North Vernon (Ind.)
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The First 100 Days
In The White House
; By LEO S. MALLARD
I '
John Fitzgeral Kennedy has been in the White House
for 100 days. A group of pictures taken at intervals during
this period appeared this week in Newsweek Magazine. The
contrast of the President’s expressions seem to tell t e
story of the trying situations which have confronted the
young Chief Executive.
A vigorous all - American^
smile greeted the public dur-1,
ing the first week. The ideals ‘
of freedom and determination
were seen in the third week (
portrait. Caution and alertness ।
shows in the fifth week picture.
Deep concern is shown by his
face during the seventh week (
and in the ninth week, careful
meditation. During the eleventh '
week a troubled look appeared (
as world tension massed. Evi
dence of the American fighting
spirit was present in the thir
teenth week portrait. But, last
weeks picture showed grave
concern and Kennedy’s face
showed weariness.
In Washington the Presiden
tial Honeymoon is over. Re
i publicans are beginning to
i launch their attacks on t h e
In e w administration policies
and blunders. This could be
expected and has been taken
into stride by the President.
Ranting from the opposition
party has always been the
vinegar that is poured on a
new president after he be
comes settled in his new of
fice.
Growing tension in the Con
go, Laos, Algeria, and the Cu
ban blunder have caused the
leaders of both parties to wear
Kennedy’s grave expression.
Yet. as the pressure mounts we
may also draw comfort from the
unity that is shown between
the two parties when threats
arise from other parts of the
Workers' Buying
Power Increased
During February
WASHINGTON, D. C. Fac
tory workers’ spendable earn
ings and buying power edged
up slightly between February
and March, the U. S. Labor
Department’s Bureau of La
bor Statistics announced.
An increase in working time
was responsible for the pick
up in spendable earnings, which
rose about 65 cents over the
month to $80.89 per week for
world. Kennedy’s meeting with
former President Eisenhower
and vice - president Nixon dis
closed a general foreign affairs
- defense policy agreement
that has caused Americans to
breathe a sigh of relief.
Kennedy has had to swallow
the salt that has been sowed
during the past administration.
Most people feel that he has
done a bang - up job under the
circumstances. No president,
with maybe the exception of
Franklin D. Roosevelt, has ever
faced as many trying situations
at one time as has Kennedy.
Communism is sweeping for
ward in Laos, Congo, and in
Latin America. Castro’s defeat
of the Cuban revolutionary in
vaders has caused us to lose
face because we trained, or
ganized. and endorsed the at
tack. Russia's accomplishment
of sending the first man into
outer spac^ and returning him
safely also hurt our position.
Another giant scare came last
week as France was confronted
with the “Generals Revolu
tion” in Algeria.
It has been a hard 100 days
for Kennedy and most likely
there is much more to come.
The example set by major par
ty spokesmen can also serve
the American people. “United
we stand, divided we will fall.”
has been the theme that has
helped the United States grow
strong. If this theme is for
gotten we will surely grow
weak.
a production worker with three
dependents, and to $73.34 for
a worker without dependents.
At the same time, consumer
prices remained unchanged, so
that the increase in spendable
earnings was fully reflected in
higher buying power, up by 0.8
percent over the month.
Spendable earnings in March
were at about the same level as
a year earlier, as a 3-cent rise
in hourly earnings offset a 0.6
- hour decline in worktime.
However, increases in consumer
prices over the year reduced
the buying power of these earn
ings by about 1-1/2 percent.