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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNIT
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Lock Before You Leave
Is Advice to Vacationers
Love, if you believe that proverb, has
been laughing at locksmiths for at least
4,000 years — perhaps much longer. But,
our studies indicate, mere people have had
a profound respect for these craftsmen and
a reverence for their works through the
ages.
Henry VIII seems to have been deter
mined that not even love would laugh at
his lock. It was a massive, intricate job, 14
inches wide and 8 inches high that he took
with him wherever he went and had the
royal locksmith fasten it to the door of
whatever bedroom he might be occupying.
And certainly locksmiths struck terror to
the hearts of mediaeval thieves with locks
that shot bullets at an intruder, others that
stabbed him with the earliest known
switch-blades hidden in the works, and
sneaky models that cut his fingers off if
he sought to tamper with the bolt.
Thus, as Leon Kotch, Yale & Towne
executive, told a meeting of the Associated
Locksmiths of America recently, their craft
remains as vital today as in the time of
King Tut — and they are equally in de
mand when people get locked out. He noted
that only the locksmith can implement the
modern idea of “single key convenience”
by rekeying all the locks in a home so that
all can be opened by one key and only he
is qualified to specify the proper lock for
each purpose in home, office or shop.
The security of the family, the home
and its treasures should never, said Mr.
Kotch, be entrusted to the good intentions
and earnest efforts of the weekend do-it
yourselfer. Domestic security, like national
defense, is a job for the pros. A birdhouse,
he says, is one thing, a man's castle is some
thing else.
And in these days when a lot of castles
are being locked up for vacation trips, these
warnings are especially timely.
"Space Race" Is Now
Tightening, Says Report
It seems rather silly to make believe
that we Americans are not engaged in a
“space race” with the USSR. And it is even
more foolish and fundamentally un-Ameri
can to be defensive or apologetic or evasive
about the facts as they are known.
“Partners in Space,” probably the most
definitive article yet published on the sub
ject and appearing in the current issue of
AEROSPACE, official publication of the
Aerospace Industries Association, should
clear up much of the interplanetary (and
international) murk in which we earthlings
find ourselves.
As of the time that James J. Haggerty,
Jr., dean of America's aviation and space
writers, completed this report, 57 objects
(40 of them American) had been shot into
space by Russia and the US. Thirty-nine
US satellites and 13 of Russia’s were orbit
ing the earth, two from each country were
circling the sun and the USSR had shot
a satellite to the moon. In all, ten satellites
were still transmitting — all of them from
the US. Collectively, these revolving re
porters of ours have measured radiation,
cosmic and x-rays, and sunlight as they
affest the earth and paved the way to long
range weather forecasting, improved aids
to navigation and global radio telephone
service.
Whether we are behind Russia in this
race or ahead of her depends on your evalu
ation of our respective accomplishments.
Mr. Haggerty compares this contest with
a mile-long footrace in which it is not
too important who leads in “the first ten
yards.” What is important, and has re
ceived little or no attention, is the effec
tiveness of our three-member space team—
the military services, the National Aero
nautics and Space Administration and the
aerospace industry, comprising more than
50.000 industrial firms, great and small,
and their thousands of dedicated engineers,
technicians and skilled workers. It is from
their fertile brains and capable hands that
the actual tools of space investigation must
come.
“When you read an account of a new
space success,” asks the author, “does the
account bring to mind the patient, dedica
ted toil of thousands of employes of sev
eral companies who collectively gave birth
to the project? Normally, it does not, but
the toil was there none the less.”
Mr. Haggerty thinks, and we whole
heartedly agree, that: “It is fitting that
the companies engaged in any space pro
ject be credited with their participation
in it”
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। Soviets May Have Been
Cheating, As Usual, On
Atomic Weapons Testing
Many Ameircans were doubtless shock
ed at President Kennedy’s announcement
— during his first press conference since
Vienna — that he had directed his Scien
tific Advisory Committee to set up a special
group to study the question of whether
or not the Russians may have been indulg
ing in clandestine atomic blasts all the
while we have been voluntarily refraining
from such protective investigation.
The shock should come, of course, not
from the implication that the Soviets may
have been cheating, but from the revela
tion (if that is what it is) that our leaders
do not know the facts, or have not known
them all along.
We had thought in our naive way that
keeping tab on the enemy’s military prep
arations — at least such monumental opera
tions as nuclear testing — would be high
in the list of primary duties of our Central
Intelligence Agency and the various in
telligence units of the armed forces.
The President has ordered “a close and
up-to-date look” at two “particular” ques
tions:
“First, what is the extent of our inform
ation on whether the Soviet Union has
been or could be engaged in secret testing
of nuclear weapons?
“Second, to the extent that certain types
of tests can be concealed by the Soviet
Union, what technical progress in weapons
could be under way in that area without
our knowledge?”
The answers, which are to be reviewed
by the President, the Joint Chiefs and
the National Security Council, will doubt
less go but little further. We do think, how
ever, that the people, who have been pro
viding billions upon billions for defense,
year after year, have a right to know in
broad general terms if not in detail, whether
their defenders have been hoodwinked and
deceived and have failed (to use a quaint,
but once well-understood military expres
sion) to keep their powder dry.
If, unhappily, this should be the ulti
mate judgement, abler men are needed in
some high places. And, in any case, well
founded suspicion justifies the immediate
revocation of our foolhardy abstinence and
immediate resumption of our neglected de
fense preparations.
Leaders Have Become
Alarmed At Many Os
The Railroad Mergers
Informed sources in Washington report
that many Congressmen, state officials and
industry leaders are becoming increasingly
alarmed at the wave of railroad mergers
now dominating the transportation scene.
They argue, and rightly so, that many of
these mergers are haphazard and ill-con
ceived and represent a piecemeal approach
to consolidation of rail facilities in the na
tion. Several of the proposed mergers, they
claim, are neither national nor regional in
approach and completely ignore the im
portance of certain railway systems in
times of national emergency.
The troublesome, financially-burdened
Eastern rail complex is of particular con
cern. The importance of these facilities was
clearly demonstrated when they were pres
sed into vital, full-time service during
World War 11 and the Korean conflict for
the movement of military personnel and
supplies.
They point to the Doyle report, a defini
tion of national transportation policy pre
pared for the U. S. Senate Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce, which
emphasizes “the overall public interest
must supersede the interests of participat
ing carriers and of opposing interests” when
railroad mergers are being considered.
Surely, the preservation of a strong rail
road structure east of the Mississippi
River is indissolubly linked with national
defense and the overall public interest. This
is a historical fact and cannot be ignored.
And yet, merger plans are even now
being presented to the Interstate Commerce
Commission, which if approved, could cause
the deterioration and possible elimination
of rail service in certain regions East of the
Mississippi.
It is obvious that a strong railroad struct
ure in this country cannot be realized
through haphazard affiliations of railroad
companies which ignore the overall public
interest. Rather, a considered, deliberate
study should be made of the entire merger
situation . . a study which is logically con
cerned with the creation of strong, balan
ced competitive railroad systems, par
j ticularly East of the Mississippi River.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MART SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SOUR WEEKLY LES SO N FOR
unday School
Thomas, the Realist
Bible Material: John 11:5-
16,14:3-6; 20:24-29; Acts 1:13.
Devotional Reading: 1 John
1:1-7: Memory Selection: Bless
ed are those who have not seen
and yet believe. John 20.29.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
A Determined Follower.
Young People - Adult Topic:
Thomas: Through Doubt to
Faith.
When Peter Marshall was
pastor of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church in Wash
ington, D. C., which is the
church Abraham Lincoln at
tended, Marshall was called to
lead a series of devotional hours
for the Synod of Pennsylvania.
He chose to give a character
study of the leading disciples
of Christ and went on to show
that from the human stand
point there was no chance that
these men could ever become
apostles and the founders of the
church of Christ.
The qualities they had when
they came to follow Jesus
would not fit them for work
as spiritual leaders. Neither
Peter, James, John, nor Thomas
would have been accepted by
any mission board or com
mission.
Then Jesus took them as his
companions for three years and
gradually these uneducated men
were trained in the peripatetic
theological seminary with a fa
culty of one.
Even at the time of their
final association with Jesus and
the climactic events of the cross
and resurrection, they were
still not able to comprehend
his mystery and his divine en
terprise to save a lost world.
Then came the resurrection and
the giving of the Holy Spirit
at Pentecost. After that these
disciples without funds or with
out organization or formal edu
cation were able to go forth
against the political and mili
tary power of pagan Rome and
win the battle and start the
greatest movement the world
has ever known, the universal or
ecumenical spread of the church
of Christ.
The secret of apostolic power
came from two sources as re
corded in Scripture. “They took
knowledge of them that they
had been with Jesus” and after
Pentecost when “they were all
filled with the Holy Ghost.”
There should be an obvious les
son for us here. If we would be
powerful Christians to live and
spread the gospel to the world,
the power is the same “yester
day and today and forever.”
The Christian Church in Tra
vancore in southern India is
named for the Apostle Thomas
who they claim started this
church in the first century.
Scholars discounted this tra
dition, as they do most early
references they are not found
ed on proven objective facts.
Marco Polo on his travels dis
covered a tomb of Saint Thomas
on the opposite side of India.
This might be something of an
objective argument for the
work of Thomas in India were
it not for the fact that there is
another tomb in India which
purports to be that of Jesus
Christ!
However, as time has passed,
the origin of the Saint Thomas
Christians has been traced far
ther and farther back and there
is positive evidence that the
Christian Church existed there
in the third century A. D. All
through Iran and the East
there is a strong tradition that
the Apostle Thomas passed
through Persia, founding the
Christian Church there, and
went on to India.
In any case, all branches of
the ancient Christian Church in
South India believe that their
church was founded by t h e
apostle Thomas. The language
of their ritual and Scripture is
Syriac, and we know the first
translation of the New Testa
ment and whole Bible was in
Syriac.
As our lesson begins, Jesus
Is proposing that they return to
Judea just after the Master
had heard of the death of Laza
rus.
The disciples did not know,
as Christ did, that he would go
to Bethany to raise Lazarus
from the dead. They did know,
however, that the authorities
were seeking a proper occasion
to kill Jesus.
The disciples proposed the
tactful and wise thing from the
human standpoint, but Jesus
knew the plan of God. When
Jesus proposes to go, let us fol
low without question. The true
Christian life is one of adven
ture and often danger. The
Christian must not demand or
expect security.
The painter Warner Sallman
had promised to draw a cover
for t’.e youth magazine of the
i Mission Covenant . Church of
which he is a member. The
night before the deadline he
lay awake and thought upon
the Scripture reference where,
“He set his face steadfastly to.
go up to Jerusalem” (Luke
9:51), and the verse, “The light
of the glory of God in the face
of Jesus Christ” (2 Cor. 4:6).
Finally he went to sleep but
awakened about two A. M. with
a picture of the face of Christ
in his mind. He got up a n d
made the thumb-nail sketch of
the strong Christ on his draw
ing board. In the morning he
made the drawing just in time
to meet the deadline. It was in
black and white, but so power
ful a conception that many
urged him to do the face of
Christ in color from the same
sketch, which he did several
years later. This head of Christ
by Sallman has become the
best-known picture of Jesus in
the world and has circulated in
many sizes and millions of co
pies over the world.
Now as Jesus proposed that
they return to the vicinity of
Jerusalem and the disciples
were afraid for the Master and
no doubt for themselves, we
meet the disciple Thomas (call
ed Oidymus, which means
“twin”). Thomas was undoubt
edly a twin. Thomas is men
tioned in the Synoptic Gospels
and paired there with Mat
thew. It is in the Gospel of
John, however, that we got our
real information concerning
Thomas and may judge some
thing of his nature by his state
ments and the questions he
asks. In the list of disciples in
Acts 1:13, Thomas is paired
with Philip, or mentioned just
next to him.
When Jesus proposed that
they return to Judea on hearing
about the death of his dear
friend, Lazarus, brother of
Mary and Martha, we may learn
a great deal about Thomas
from his reaction and state
ment.
At this time the faith of
Thomas was not complete, but
he loved Jesus although he was
of a pessimistic nature and
saw the worst possible side of
events. He had the supreme
courage not only to go with his
Lord to the place of danger but
to die with him.
Though there are only a few
; references to Thomas in t h e
Gospel of John, these are tre-
I mendously revealing, and a
| trained psychologist could no
I doubt analyze his character and
nature from these few refer
ences which we study in our
lesson today.
Baptist Nurses'
Home Contract
Signed Tuesday
Plans for construction of a
13-story Nurses’ Home at t h e
Ga. Baptist hospital in Atlanta
were announced Tuesday fol
lowing signing of a contract for
the $2,428,000 structure with the
Jordan Company of Columbus.
The building, which will face
Barker Place at the corner of
Boulevard Ave., will be known
as the Warren P. Sewell Nur
ses’ Home. The building will
be paid for by gifts from in
terested friends, and from fu
ture hospital allocations in the
Georgia Baptist Convention’s
Cooperative Program budget.
Signing of the contract be-'
tween the Jordan Company and
the Executive Committee of the
Georgia Baptist Convention,
owner of the hospital, was
announced jointly by Dr. Sear
cy S. Garrison, Atlanta Con
vention executive secretary -
treasurer, and Dr. Louie D.
Newton, Atlanta, chairman of
the convention’s Hospital Com
mission. Stevens and Wilker-,
son, Atlanta architects, are de-|
signers of the building.
The new facility, scheduled
for completion in mid-Decem
ber, 1962, will be completely
air-conditioned and will pro
vide dormitory facilities for 500
student nurses. Present nurse
capacity is approximately 380.
More than 131,000 square feet
of floor space will be provided
in the proposed structure, in
cluding a cafeteria and food
services. Each floor will have
small kitchens and washers and
dryers for the students.
Commenting on signing of
the contract, Edwin B. Peel,
Atlanta, hospital administra
tor, said the building would
“be comparable to any dormi
tory in the country, and will
enable us to increase our en
rolment capacity to meet the
nursing needs of our state.” I
(Our Advertisers Are Assured Os Results)
Letters To
The Editor
Covington, Ga
July 15, 1961
Belmont Dennis, Editor
The Covington News,
Covington, Georgia
Dear Mr. Editor;
Yesterday at the pony league
field the Newton team played
the Midway team from DeKalb
County. It was one of the best
games I have seen for six in
nings, the score being tied at
the end of the sixth eight-all.
There were more fans at the
game from DeKalb County
than there were from Newton
County and Covington. T would
like to ask is this good? Are
we deaf to the interest of the
boys of the county? This team
is a team of all-stars selected
from the five teams in the
league, namely, Covington,
Porterdale, Oxford, Stewart and
Covington Mills.
We have one of the bes 1
towns in the state and when we
go to visit others we come back
proud that we live in the city
and state we do, but with the
great growth to our section,
can’t we work harder to help
the boys in our section to de
velop into men?
There are several men who
give of their time to help these
boys, I would like to name
them, Mr. Jack Hinton, Mr.
Buddy Baker, Mr. Hulon Jones,
Mr. Tommy Smith, Mr. Clay
ton Dickson. These men man
age the teams in the league
and when you see them on the
street, take time to thank them
for their work, it may be your
boy that they are working
with, let them know that you
really appreciate their efforts.
I would like to mention a
lighted field, why with the
wonderful industrial plants we
have here can’t we ail get be
hind a concreted effort to build
a lighted field for the use of
the league? Other places have
done it and I see no reason that
Covington and Newton County
could not do it also.
With a little help from every
body, with cooperation from
the city government, lets get
on with the business of the
hour.
With all the alloys and syn
thetics in use today, God has
I never yet seet fit to provide
l anything from which a man
s could be made except a boy.
Yours in the interest of the
Boys of Newton County,
1.8. Interested
(Signed but withheld on
request.)
July 13, 1961
Mr. Belmont Dennis, Editor
Covington News
Covington, Georgia
Dear Mr. Dennis:
On behalf of the Porterdale
Presbyterian Church’s Junipr
High Bible School Class I want
to thank you and your staff for
the very interesting and edu
cational tour of the Covington
News plant which we took a
couple of weeks ago.
The young people thoroughly
enjoyed their visit to the Cov
ington News and it gave us a
very appropriate illustration for
our course of study. We were
at that time considering dif
ferent kinds of groups and how
they work together.
We would especially like to
express our appreciation to Mr.
Anthony and Mr. Greer who
took the time and patience to
' conduct us on the tour and ex
plain in a very helpful way how
a news paper is published.
We had two very fine weeks
of Bible School and again let
me thank you for the help we
received from the Covington
News.
Sincerely,
Irving G. Rudolph
July 12, 1961
Mr. A. B. Dennis
The Covington News
Pace Street
Covington, Georgia
Dear Mr. Dennis:
The City of Covington is
deeply indebted to you and)
your staff for the help you
rendered in getting the citizens
out to vote in the recent elec
tion for the Bond Issue.
Although, the Bond Issue
failed to pass, we feel sure that
“The Covington News” can be
credited for a large percentage
of the citizens who did come
out to vote.
We expect to hold another
election for the Bond Issue in
the near future, and we sincere
ly hope that we will have your
most able assistance again at
that time.
Very truly yours,
N. S. Turner
Mayor
The Communist Utopia
Mass Exodus Tells
True Story About
By LEO $. MALLARD
The signing of a separate peace treaty between Soviet
Russia and Communist East Germany will probably seal off
the escape hatch to East Germans who are fleeing daily to
freedom in the Western sector of Berlin. Why are these people
trying to flee from the “Communist Utopia” that the Rus-
sians claimed East Germany to
be? This is the basic question
in the minds of people who fear
the “inevitable domination” of
the world by Communism.
True facts answering this
question are coming to light
daily. East Germany, supposed
ly the showcase for Commu
nism, now has a broken coun
ter glass. Her economy is col
lapsing, food is becoming scarce
and the price is continually
rising, and her people are fed
up with their Communist
tyrants. The military buildup
that is presently in progress by
the East and West as a result
of Mr. Khrushchev’s threats
horrifies the people of Ger
many who have seen war
sweep through their nation
twice in the last half century.
Some have seen and others
have heard stories of the pros
perity of West Germany under
democratic rule. Stories of free
dom and individual success
have made them want to share
in the “true utopia” of t h e
democratic process. There are
136,000 refugees who have fled
to the West during the first
seven months of 1961. The ma
jority of this group is highly
selective. More than 50 per
cent are under 25: at least a
third are industrial workers
and a large number are pro
fessional men.
Mayor Willy Brandt of West
Berlin believes that the refu
gee movement is conclusive
proof of the failure of East
Job Rise This June Greater
Than Usual, Says Goldberg
WASHINGTON, D. C. —
Employment continued to im
prove more than seasonally in
June, Secretary of Labor Ar
thur J. Goldberg announced.
Sharp job gains in nonfarm in
dustries were reported for the
third successive month. Un
employment, however, remain
ed close to its recession peak.
The number of employees on
nonfarm payrolls rose by 600,-
000 to 53.3 million. As in May,
the rise was double that usual
ly shown for the month. Since
March, nonfarm industries have
added about 900,000 workers
to their payrolls above the nor
mal seasonal increase. The ex
pansion during these 3 months
has equaled three - fourths of
the job loss experienced dur
ing the business downturn from
mid-1960 to the spring of
1961.
The most significant im
provement in June continued
to be in manufacturing, espec
ially in hard goods industries.
Large gains were again report
ed in steel, automobiles, and
related industries. In addition,
increases were seen elsewhere
in manufacturing. Employment
in nondurable goods rose slight
ly more than seasonally in
June. Altogether, factory em
ployment rose by 240,000 to
16.0 million — more than
twice the expected seasonal in
crease.
Aside from manufacturing,
the largest gains in nonfarm
payroll employment were in
construction (220,000) and
trade (85,000). The increase in
construction was larger than
usual for this month. Employ
ment in this industry was at
about the level of a year earl
ier.
At the same time, the fac
tory workweek rose by 0.4 hour
to 40.1 hours, a slightly bet
ter than seasonal rise. The
workweek has risen by 1 full
hour (seasonally adjusted)
since the beginning of the year.
By June it was restored ap
proximately to its prerecession
The Newton County Hospital;
Auxiliary sincerely appreciates
the fine publicity and coopera
tion extended for the “Holiday
for the Hospital”.
Your continuous considera
tion and fine newspaper cov
erage for worthwhile projects
are a great contribution to the
growth and development of our
county.
Sincerely,
Mrs. W. S. Cook. Jr.,
publicity chairman. ।
Thursday. July 27, 198!
German Communism. It has led
to stagnation of the economy,
decline in food production, dis
organization of social life and,
above all, it has extinguished
the Kremlin’s once bright hope
that Communism could build in
East Germany an economic
counterweight to West Ger
many.
Refugees report that the Rus
sian troops are the only thing
that is keeping East Germany
alive. Khrushchev’s threaten
ing of Berlin is viewed as a last
desperate effort to save puppet
Premier Walter Ulbricht’s re
gime. Many East Germans be
lieve that the time is not far off
when Russia will pull out of
East Germany and count it off
as an “economic failure” ra
ther than continuing to support
' the Ulbricht government. This
could only come about how
ever, if the Western allies
stand firm during the upcom
: ing Berlin crisis.
Communism seems to be in a
' slow retreat in reality. Regard
: less of the propoganda that th®
: Communist world spreads, the
people of a nation tell that na
■ tions story by their actions. The
• East Germans are trying to
। throw off the yoke of Com
; munism because it has des
troyed their freedom and sub
jected them to intolerable
, hardships. The East German
■ “success story” has been a pack
> of lies that the Russians have
; shouted from every roof-top.
- level.
With the gain in hours of
i work and a 1-cent increase in
■ hourly earnings, weekly earn
. ings of factory production
- workers moved up to an alltime
! high of $94.24 in June, $1.34
• imore than the previous month
■ and $2.64 more than a year
earlier.
1 Total civilian employment
rose by 1.9 million over t h »
’ month to 68.7 million, about
, equal to the previous highs
j reached in June and July of
' 1960. Aside from the large em
. ployment increase resulting
, from the entry of teenagers in
s to the labor force at the end of
f the school term, there was a
better than seasonal pickup in
t the employment of adult men,
i Employment of adult women
declined seasonally with the
cutback in school staffs for the
’ summer. Most of these women
left the labor force without
seeking other work and were
• therefore not included among
j the unemployed.
June jobseeking by teenagers
; was also largely responsible for
j the overall rise of 800,000 in to
' tai unemployment to 5.6 mil
, lion, about the expected in
, crease over this month. For th®
( seventh straight month, th®
j seasonally adjusted rate of un
‘ employment — 6.8 percent in
June — was not significantly
changed. However, hiring of
previously unemployed adult
men was greater than seasonal.
At the same time, State in
sured unemployment, which
does not include students and
other new jobseekers, dropped
by 400,000 to 2.0 million in
mid-June —a somewhat better
than seasonal decline. In addi
tion, there continued to be
about 700,000 jobless workers
receiving benefits under t h e
temporary extended unemploy
ment compensation program.
Included among the employ
ed in June were 3.2 million
nonfarm workers on part time
for economic reasons. This was
about 300,000 more than in
i May, because so many young
persons under 20 who entered
the labor market reported they
could find only part-time work.
The number of regular full
time workers whose hours had
been cut below 35 because of
slack work or other economic
reasons was down by 100,000 to
! 1.2 million.
The number of teenagers en
tering the labor market in
June was the largest on re
cord.