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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNI Y
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
We Honor Our Mothers On
Mother’s Day Sunday, May 14
Sunday is the day on which the entire
nation joins in honoring our Mothers. Those
who are living are honored in many ways
and in memory of those who have departed
from this earth, the entire day is devoted
thinking of them and remembering the
many blessings which they were to us while
they were here ministering.
In thinking of our Mothers, instead of
using some of the poems which have been
written honoring them, the poem “Always
With You” seems to our mind to symbolize
all Mothers.
Always With You
"Say not “Welcome" when I come,
Nor, "Farewell" tell me when I go;
For I come not when I come,
And I go not when I go.
I am always, ever with you,
Always will be, so I pray.
I would never "Welcome" give you
And "Farewell" would never say."
Our Mother remains always with us
in everything which we do. Her life per
meates our every action and our every
deed. Those of us who have lived a Chris
tian life owe this to the teachings which
our mother gave us at her knee as we first
began to toddle across the room.
Those of us who are sincere and who
have respect for truth and honesty owe
this to the teaching which we received
from our Mothers.
It has been said that a man lives twice:
“Once, his own life and once in the life
of his sons.” This can also be said of Moth
ers to a greater degree inasmuch as all her
characteristics live in her children.
Children of today need the guidance of
their parents even more than in years past.
There are so many examples presented be
fore them on the television, in the news
paper, and on the screen of improper living
that Mothers and Fathers should necessari
ly be more attentive to their children in ex
plaining just what constitutes the right
way of living.
We attended the Parents Day celebra
tion at Emory-at-Oxford last week and we
were thrilled to see so many Mothers and
Fathers who were present with their sons.
Too many parents forget to observe these
days which mean so much to the students
away from home. Business, social engage-
Supermarket Boom
Continues In U. S.
This year some 2,300 new supermarkets
will be built and opened in the United
States. And, economically speaking, that
is no small matter. According to Chain
Store Age, the typical supermarket will
represent an average investment of more
than $640,000. That much money must go
into the physical plant, inventory, and nec
essary equipment before the manager can
unlock the door and welcome his first cus
tomer.
These new markets will be bigger in
area than existing ones. And it is expected
that they will do much more business —
$30,000 to $35,000 a week, as against the
$20,000 which is today’s supermarket av
erage.
That is a lot of turnover. But very little
of the dollar total will stay with the super
markets. Nowadays, the food chains earn
a profit of one cent to one-and-a-half cents
on each dollar of goods sold. That means
that, if you buy $lO worth of groceries, only
ten to fifteen cents will be left in the
store’s hands after all the bills are met.
_ If the store earned no profit at all, you'd
Dever notice the difference.
The trend toward bigger and more cost
ly stores is a logical and inevitable one.
Consumers are a choosy and fickle lot.
They want wide choices, and the very best
of shopping conditions. The retailers, in
our free competitive economy, must satisfy
those wants.
Writing in the Oregon Voter, Ralph T.
Moore recently said: “When our social se
curity system was originated there was no
thought of subsidizing deliberate idleness
nor the begetting of illegitimate children
to increase the monthly stipend. But it
finances a great deal of this sort of thing
at present and no one seems to be able to
come up with a solution. And let this writ
er make it clear that he includes unem
ployment compensation as a part of the
general social security program. The re
sults, therefor, of this massive effort,
largely political in inspiration, to bridge
such universal crises in the lives of just
about everybody have been more to pro
long the trouble than to alleviate it.”
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ments, and most any excuse is allowed to
prevent their attendance, not realizing how
much these days mean to students.
“Thy children shall call thee blessed”
is a phrase printed in the oldest Book and
the best seller of the day. Surely Mothers
will want this phrase said of them. Moth
erhood is a sacred privilege and a great
responsibility. Those children who have
successful Mothers are easily identified.
You might paraphrase an article by Bessie
A. Stanley entitled “Success” in this man
ner.
SUCCESS
"She has achieved success who has
lived well, laughed often, and loved much;
who has gained the respect of intelligent
men, and the love of little children; who
has filled her niche and accomplished her
task; who has left the world better than she
found it, whether by an improved poppy,
a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has
never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty,
or failed to express it; who has always
looked for the best in others and given the
best she had; whose life was an inspiration;
whose memory a benediction."
Whatever we are. what principles we
may have, what success we may have at
tained, we credit to the teachings and ex
amples which our Mothers gave to us.
We remember our own Mother in this
manner, certainly she laughed often and
loved much. We can not remember of her
having ever been cross with us, or punish
ed us in any way. She loved life, was a
faithful and devoted member of the Meth
odist Church of which my father was a
Steward and mother president of the King’s
Daughters, as they called the Missionary
Circles of that day.
We are happy to state all our memories
of our Mother bring honor to her, and all
we have instilled in our heart of good came
from the teachings we received from her
and through her insisting we attend Sun
day School each Sunday that we might
learn from the “Great Teacher” the words
of Eternal Life.
As we honor our Mother, your Mother,
and every other Mother on Mother’s Day,
let us reverently close our eyes and thank
God for Christian Mothers.
President Kennedy
Clarified Our Stand
On The Cuban Situation
In his address to the Washington meet
ing of the American Society of News
paper Editors, and aimed more specific
ally at our Western Hemisphere allies and
at the Kremlin, President Kennedy warn
ed, despite his press conference statement
one week earlier, that US armed forces
would not intervene in Cuba “under any
conditions”, that “our restraint is n o t
inexhaustible”.
For the obvious benefit of our Latin
neighbors, the President laid the “Yan
qui” position on the line. Referring to his
press conference assertion that the Cuban
“contest for freedom” is a “struggle of Cu
ban patriots against a Cuban dictator”, he
went on to present long - awaited clarifi
cation:
“Should it ever appear.” he said, “that
the inter - American doctrine of non-inter
ference merely conceals or excuses a pol
icy of non-action — if the nations of this
hemisphere should fail to meet their com
mitments against outside Communist pene
tration — then I want it clearly under
stood that this Government will not hesi
tate in meeting its primary obligations
which are to the security of our Nation.”
And for the consideration of Khrush
chev, whose threatening demand that the
US halt “aggression” against Cuba has al
ready been rebuked, the President con
tinued:
Should that time ever come, we do not
intend to be lectured on ‘intervention’ by
those whose character was stamped for
all time on the bloody streets of Budapest.”
So now the issue in Cuba is finally and
officially recognized for what it is: t h e
struggle of Cuban patriots against inter
national Communism. We shall never
agree more with our Commander in Chief
than when he said:
“The evidence is clear — and the hour
is late. We and our friends will have to
face the fact that we cannot postpone any
longer the real issue of survival itself.”
An endless succession of senseless pleas
antries gives me a headache.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Reading Your Newspaper
The Washington Star has issued a booklet to its
readers which includes a recommendation on how to
read a newspaper. Here are its ten points:
1. Read your newspaper regularly. Make it a
habit.
2. Don’t be headline happy. Heads are just the
menu; you have to eat the food (read body type)
to get a complete meal.
3. Don’t be page-one happy. Your news may be
inside.
4. Don’t be one-subject happy. Sticking only to
sports, comics or crime news is picking up pennies
and leaving dollars.
5. Be a fact-seeker. Get facts from news columns
Then read the comment of columnists and editorial
writers. You may find you’re the better thinker.
6. Read with both eyes. Note qualifying words
and also ‘who said so.’ Don’t take the charge for
conviction, rumor for fact or plans for accomp
lishments.
7. Don’t be a reading coward. Don’t be afraid to
read opinion at complete variance from your own.
8. Get out of your reading rut. Read at least one
thing everyday completely apart from your nor
mal interest. It’ll give you a mental job.
9. Do your shopping at home. You’ll find the best
buys in the advertising columns of your own
newspaper.
10. Relax and enjoy the fun. There’s a lighter side
of life and your newspaper covers it. Join in.
SOUR WEEKLY /O LES S 0 N FOR
unday School
Discipline in the Home
Bible Material: I Kings 5:1-
7; Proverbs 4:1 -4; 10:1; 1.3:24;
20:11; 22.6: 29:17; Ephesians 6:
1-4.
Devotional Reading: Colos
sians 3:17 - 25.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
Getting Along with Our Pa
rents.
Background Scripture: Pro
verbs 4:1 -4, 10:1; 13:24; 20:11;
22:6; 29:17; Ephesians 6:1-4.
One of the main tasks of the
Wise Men of Israel was to pass
on to each succeeding generation
the wisdom they had accumu
lated down through the years.
That they took this respon
sibility seriously is shown in
the Book of Proverbs, for in
stance, where a good propor
tion if the contents is cast in
the format of a father instruct
ing his son. This is the method
that the wise man took to im
part his knowledge. He assum
ed the place of the father and
addressed his wise words to
“My Son.” This phrase occurs,
for instance, in Proverbs 1:8;
2:1; 3:11, 21; 4:20; 5:1, 6:1; 7:1,
just to mention a few examples.
If the Wise Men of Israel
took this responsibility of in
structing the younger genera
tion in the ways of wisdom so
seriously, how much more ser
iously should parents today
take the responsibility as mold
ers of the future generation.
Today we may not agree with
some things the wise men said
about discipline; moreover, the
wisdom they so diligently
searched for has now become
fully revealed to us in Christ.
Yet we can learn a great deal
from the wisdom literature of
the Old Testament about bring
ing up children in the way of
the Lord.
This lesson is particularly
valuable in our day when
Christian parents are finding it
more and more difficult to
bring their children up in the
right way because of outside
pressures which are in direct
opposition to the noble and the
good.
More avenues of temptation
are open for the child than ever
before, and it takes a wise and
patient parent to inculcate into
his child the difference between
right and wrong. Let us see
what the Bible has to tell us
on this most crucial problem.
We actually know very little
about the daily life of a Jewish
family in Old Testament times.
We do have some glimpses in
to the home life of the patri
archs, and of Elkanah and Han
nah. the parents of Samuel, and
of Naomi and Elimelech in the
Book of Ruth, but these are
very brief and incomplete. To
day, in our lesson, we catch a
fleeting glimpse into the home
life of a pious Jewish family
from which came one of t ft e
wise men of Israel. “Hear, ye
children, the instruction of a
father, and attend to know un
derstanding. For I give you
good doctrine, forsake ye not
my law” (Prov. 4:1-2). Here
the wise man offers his instruc
tion to his pupils as a father
counsels his children. The
wise man well knows that the
first and best instruction to
a child comes from the parents
in the nome. Therefore, he as
sumes, in his teaching, the role
of a father who is most solici
tous of the welfare of his son. I
But in this instance, it is
more than standard procedure
that the wise man is following.
He actually claims that in his
own personal life his father
had taught him, and so he urg
es the claims of wisdom upon
his hearers from his own
personal experience. “For I was
my father’s son, tender and
only beloved in the sight of my
mother. He taught me also, and
said, Let thine heart retain my
words: keep my commandments
and live” (Prov. 4:3-4).
This wise man remembers
with tender affection both his
father and mother and the in
struction he received from
them. It is important to note
that the mother shares the
responsibility of training the
child in the Hebrew home
Again and again throughout
the Book of Proverbs the son is
enjoined to respect the mother
as well as the father (for ex
ample: 19:26, 23:22, 28:24).
Her instruction is put on t h e
same level as the father’s (1:8).
There are areas in the growing
life of a child where a mother’s
kind and patient word of ad
vice is far more effective than
that of a father. On the other
hand, the child learns to res
pect the firm but gentle word
of the father, and feels secure
when he knows that he is be
ing guided by the father’s good
counsel.
The son in the family des
cribed in these verses was
particularly fortunate to have
received such excellent instruc
tion, since we are told that he
was the “only beloved” m the
sight of his mother. It is of
ten a great temptation in a
family where there is only one
child to spoil that child with
overindulgence and undue at
tention. But the only son in
this case was most appreciative
of his training, and turned out
to be one of the influential men
in Israel.
The child is in the care of
the parent from earliest infancy
until he can go out into the
world and make his own way.
The teen-ager, even though he
has assumed a great deal of
responsibility, is still depen
dent upon his parents for help
ful guidance.
Each period in a child’s life
has its own peculiar problems
which the parents must deal
with wisely and well.
Certainly the time when the
child is most susceptible to out
ward influences is in his ear
liest years. In these formative
years the child learns by con
tagious influence, rather than
by formal training. Therefore
the atmosphere of the home
is most important during the
time of infancy, for the child
then absorbs subconsciously
those principles of love and
righteousness which will mold
his character for all time to
come.
It is therefore important that
parents lead exemplary lives
before their children, especial
ly during these early years, for
the child's image of God will be
formed to a large extent from
what he sees in his father and
mother. Growth in a healthy,
religious atmosphere will helpi
the child to acquire an instinc
tive desire for what is right I
and good, and will show him'
the wrong which he is to shun. ■
To this end, the child mayj
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Letters To
The Editor
Belmont Dennis, Editor
Covington News
Dear Mr. Editor,
Who is she? Do you know
her? Do your readers know her?
She is a wonderful person -
so wonderful that you or I
could never begin to discuss her
good qualities in this article.
For instance, from the day I
was born she has been by my
side — mentally if not always
physically — helping me a n d
comforting me whenever I
needed her. She may have be
gun by changing my diapers,
blowing my nose, and helping
me with my first steps, but as
the years progressed, she gra
duated to bandaging my hurt
knee, ironing my Girl Scout
suit and sewing on badges,
helping me to better understand
a difficult math assignment, and
even offering her sympathetic
shoulder when my best boy
friends asked another girl to
the prom.
As with most children, there
were probably times when she
seemed overly strict or perhaps
even unfair, but as I grew old
er, I began to realize just how
smart she was; how much love
lay behind every scolding and
how much concern behind
every word of advice.
Now as I look back over my
childhood, I realize how val
uable was every experience by
her side. I also can not help but
ask myself what made her love
so strong regardless of t h e
little nasty things I did or the
many times I misbehaved.
Though I am sure I could never
fill her shoes completely, I
guess I’ll never know the an
swer to this until I myself am
in her place.
Do you know her, Mr. Editor?
Do you realize who I am try
ing to describe? I am sure you
do. She is my Mother! Os
course she could just as easily
be your mother, or the mother
of any of your readers. These
good qualities and this never
ending, abundant love pertain
to any mother in Newton Coun
ty, Georgia, or the whole world,
though many of us may never
take the time to realize this or
stop to evaluate their qualities.
Now that we have established
her identity, I would like to
affirm that every reader, as
Mother’s Day approaches,
should take the time to n o t
only make his own evaluation
as to who she is, but also to
show in some way his love, his
affection, respect, and gratitude
to his own mother.
Age matters not; whether two
or sixty -two it must be done
— not only this Sunday but
every day of the year.
Thank you Mr. Editor. I
hope everyone can know who
their own mother really is.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Betty Anne Mas
ten Brewster
April 28, 1961
Editor
The Covington News
Covington, Georgia
Dear Sir:
May I take this means to ex
press our appreciation for the
excellent coverage you gave in
your paper to the work of 4-H
j members during the observance
of National 4-H Week.
With best regards, I am
Sincerely yours.
Tommy L. Walton
State 4-H Club Leader
Savannah, Georgia
May 1, 1961
Mr. Belmont Dennis, Editor
The Covington News
Covington, Georgia
Dear Mr. Dennis;
Please give all possible pub
licity in your newspaper op
posing Federal Aid to educa
tion. So many of our people do
be told about God’s ’ove in sim
ple language and may be taught
to pray and give thanks to God
for his goodness. But perhaps
even more important than these
formalities in this stage of life
is to have the parents live
Christian lives before the
child continuously, to speak
kindly to one another always,
and to show the child by
thought, word, and deed what
the Christlike life is.
All of this was meant by the
wise man in Old Testament
times when he said, “Train up
a child in the way he snould
go: and when he is old, he will
not depart from it” (Prov. 22;-
6). It is a well-known fact that
Roman Catholics believe that
if they can have a child up to
the age of five and indoctrinate
him in the teachings of t h e
church, he will be a Catholic
for life, so permanent are
the effects of the first impres- ,
sions made upon the mind and I
soul of a little child. And it is '
the experience of most of us
that we never forget the lessons *
we learned early in life. ji
Affect Os Our
First Astronaut's
Success
By LEO S. MALLARD
The success of Project Mercury Astronaut Alan B.
Shepard, Jr., on his trip into outer space has had a ferritic
impact on every area of American life and the world, or
the first time we have been realistically introduced to the
space age. No longer is there doubt as to the possibility o
sending a man into outer space and returning him to eaith.
The United States has accomplished this feat without secrecy
and with the world as her audience.
Our exhibit of the Project
Mercury space shot before the
world, with its possibilities of
success or failure, has been
widely acclaimed because thej
United States has given the
people of the world their first
view of an actual attempt to
conquer space. Although Rus
sia claims to be the leader in
space accomplishments, a vast
majority of people in the world
are not convinced that she has
done all of the things about
which she has boasted so loud
ly-
In the past the United States
has spent some embarrassing
moments before the world au
dience while Russia has been
hailed for her space successes.
After the free nations of the
world have rendered a polite
applause for each Russian ac
complishment they have turn
ed to us to ask when the United
States would make an attempt
to equal the Russian claims.
Heretofore we have had to hang
our heads in silence and keep
digging and working to lay our
foundation for a firm space
program that would include
safety as a primary feature.
Two Russian cosmonauts are
known to have died in attempts
to put a man into space before
the orbiting flight of Yuri Ga
garin was successful. Os course,
Russia has never admitted
these facts or any other fail
ures that she has undergone
in the space race. Russia tells
only her success stories, many
of which some of us believe to
Red Measles Vaccine Is On The Way
(Editor’s Note: This is one
in a series of articles about
your health which will ap
pear regularly in The Cov
ington News as a public ser
vice feature.)
By the Medical Association
of Georgia
Preliminary studies on a red
measles vaccine are very en
couraging. They suggest that
before too long a vaccine that
will prevent this troublesome
childhood disease, which car
ries with it the possibility of
serious complications, will be
available.
Clinical trials in human vol
unteers have shown that anti
bodies against measles develop
in the blood after the vaccine
is measured in the laboratory.
The studies also have shown
that, after a vaccinated person
is exposed to the disease his
chances are less than one in
ten of contracting the disease.
Without the vaccine they would
be about nine in ten.
The price the volunteer paid
for his protection was two
or three days of fever occuring
about a week after the vaccine
injection. Sometimes there was
an accompanying rash. The ill
ness was similar to very mild
not realize the importance of
this and that we must operate
our own schools and oppose dic
tatorship from Washington. To
protect our youth we must re
tain local control of ou r
schools.
I ask you, please consider
the importance of this and do
what you can to protect us and
the young people of our coun
try. Everything in the history
of our nation that Federal
Government has given financial
aid to “anytime” it has assum
ed control of it.
There is no reason to believe
that this time will be any dif
ferent. In fact, the Federal
Government is already making
plans to dictate policies regard
ing our schools according to
statements, made by health, ed
ucation and welfare members.
Yours very truly
Miss Zoe Coburn
618 Drayton St.
Mr. Belmont Dennis, Editor
The Covington News
Covington, Ga.
Dear Mr. Dennis:
The Covington Woman's Club,
expresses its gratitude to you for
the publicity given its programs ।
and projects this year. You have ;
been most generous and we do .
appreciate it. j
Sincerely yours, I
Sadie G. Patrick. Pres
Annie Clyde Aiken, Sec. }
May 8, 1961
Thursday, May IL 1961
be nothing but hoax. Russia be
lieves in doing things in a big
way. In doing so. she has over
looked many of the minute de
tails that our American scien-
I tists feel are necessary in lay
ing a firm foundation for space
achievements to come in t h e
future.
Last Friday morning as our
"Freedom 7 ship” carrying pi
lot Shepard soared into space
and returned safely to Earth,
our scientists knew that their
efforts and close attention to
every detail had been reward
ed. The Mercury capsule had
traveled 115 miles high and
302 miles out into the Atlan
tic. Although these figures are
far below those claimed by
Russia, the United States had
at least one “first” to her cre
dit. Pilot Shepard had actually
piloted his craft during part
of its flight. The Russian “Vos
tok ship” had been controlled
completely from the ground.
Most important of all — She
' pard’s flight had rallied the na
tion. The confidence of the peo
ple of the United States in
their own destiny had been
. restored. A feeling of pride,
; hope, and determination surged
, through the body of every
American. Our prestige in the
world had received a booster
j shot. And to the free nations of
the world and the enslaved
. peoples alike, the spark of
. eventual freedom for all men
once again glowed somewhat
। brighter.
measles. None of the subjects
had any complications of mea
sles. While the studies are not
yet extensive enough to deter
mine how effective the vaccine
is, the early findings do of f er
high hope that it is the answer
to preventing measles.
1 Measles, or rubeola, is an
. acute, infections disease which
t almost everyone suffers, usual
t ly during childhood or adoles
» cence. It is caused by a virus.
- The disease is feared not so
f much for itself as for its com
s plications. It is among t h »
most contagious diseases
■ known. It is spread from per
• son to person through the nasal
> and oral discharges of t h e
! infected individual. The period
. from exposure to symptoms is
i from 7 to 14 days.
1 Measles is usually the most
5 severe of all the usual child
-1 hood diseases. In its uncompli
• cated form it causes high
1 fever, extremely distressing
cold symptoms, a racking cough
I that interferes with sleep, sen
> sitivity of the eyes to light and
J a troublesome rash.
> The picture is worse if com
! plications develop. These
■ complications are usually bac
l terial infections — ear infec
tions, tonsillitis, bronchitis and
’ pneumonia. Other less common
> and more severe infections may
. also follow measles.
» The most severe type of
complication is measles encep-
• halitis. Its cause is unknown
and, fortunately, it is quite
rare. But when it does occur
1 it threatens the patient’s life.
Furthermore, even if he sur
vives he may suffer perman
ent damage to his brain and
organs of sight and hearing.
These fearful aspects have
prompted many scientists to
search for something that
would prevent or reduce the
severity of the disease.
It has been known for many
years that gamma globulin, a
blood fraction which contains
the disease - fighting antibo
dies that were built up in the
blood stream of the persons
from whom the blood was
taken, is useful in preventing or
lessening the severity of mea
sles. If given at the r i g h t
time and in the proper dose it
usually is very effective.
But there are disadvantages
in using gamma globulin. It is
expensive. Its effect lasts only
a few weeks. The person re
ceiving it may be protected
from the disease during some
specific exposure but he’s al
most certain to be exposed to
measles many times during his
lifetime. When this happens
be will again have to receive
gamma globlin.