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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publishe
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
- Barbed Wire Seals Off
East Berlin Causing
Confusion Os Western Powers
While 250,000 West Berliners stood in
the rain and jeered Allied inaction over
Communist violation g ;: Four Power
agreements in sealing t Berlin, May
or Willy Brandt told them he had written
President Kennedy to say that his people
expected “not merely words but political
action”
In Washington next day, White House
Press Secretary Pierre Salinger admitted
@ letter had been received from Mr. Brandt
via the US Embassy. It would not, he
said, be made public, nor did he know
whether the President would reply.
And in Bonn, Bully-boy Khrushchev
sent his ambassador over to ‘Chancellor
Adenauer with the word that he had no
gl:rns in mind to stir things up further in
Berlin. Mr. Adenauer replied that he didn’t
want conditions to get any worse, either.
From beyond the barbed wire came
word from the Red propaganda machine
that the East Berliners (presumably those
who have been unable to escape) are thank
ing their Communist leaders for protecting
them from “that hotbed of subversion” by
closing the border against the lures of West
Berlin. And, while nine East German po-
Jicemen were leaping over the barbed wire
into the sanctuary of the West Sector, a
Soviet newsagency was insisting that “West
Germans are continuously asking for ref
uge” in East Berlin.
Somewhat more accurately, perhaps,
the Moscow radio reported “complete con
fusion among the Western powers as to
how to reply to the measures taken” by
East Germany.
The expressed view of Washington, Lon
don and Paris is that the Communists have
made monkeys of themselves in the eyes
of the world by resorting to barbed wire
to keep the East Germans from deserting
their “Socialist” paradise. The Allies are
far from agreement, however, on what
should be done about the barbed wire —
even though the latest notes of protest,
reported to be practically identical, pin
the border closing on Moscow and demand
that it be reopened.
As the notes were deliverd, the Western
envoys who drew them up huddled again at
the State Department to think about what
to do if Khrush says “Nyet!” Perhaps they
will answer Mayor Willy Brandt.
American Wool Month
September means that summer is over,
school is in session, leaves begin to turn,
ovsters are in season and it's American
Wool Month — when the industry begins
its third century of service to the nation!
What American Wool Month means, in
the briefest terms, is that there are still
jobs in America for those who ‘design, man
ufacture and sell woolen and worsted fab
rics and finished garments — from pedal
pushers to fashionable suits and luxurious
overcoats — that originate on the sheep’s
back.
And Wool Month means that the Ameri
can farmer can still grow sheep profitably,
for it is a little-known fact that he has but
2 single market for his wool — the Ameri
can wocl mill.
In short, American Wool Month is & tes
timonial to Woolens and Worsteds of Am
erica — an organization that represents
every segment of the industry from sheep
to shop — and which has fought to pre
serve and expand the industry and make
it the quality leader of the world. Over the
years since America was first threatened
by the foreign flood of cheap wool fabrics
and badly-cut, poorly finished garments,
WWA has fought to expose the word “im
ported” for the sham it has become, and
to establish the label “Made in the USA”
as a pledge of continual improvement in
quality standards.
It has fought, and continues to fight
with growing success, the inroads of the
virtual slave labor of Hong Kong, the cheap
labor of Japan and the subsistance wage-
Jevels of Europe on American employment.
It has exposed the shoddy from abroad,
notably the reconditioned wool from other
countries that produces ostensibly “new”
garments by grinding up tired, old ones.
It has forever punctured the once-true,
long-cherished and over-blown idea that
the magic word “imported” signifies some
thing superior. i
Plainly, American Wool Month is some
thing that every one of us can celebrate
with pride snd advantage waen we buy
our winter clothes. But its significance is
far greater when we consider our need
for this essential industry. Without it, in
times of stress, we would indeed be chorn
lambs — with none to “temper the wind.”
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MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
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ot Covington, Georgia. @
mail mutter of the Second
Class.
Better Appliances Are
Being Built Today At
Less Cost And Less Upkeep
Too many of those ivory-towerists, col
umnists, commentators and do-gooders who
echo whatever viewpoint they consider
fashionable have seized American
business as their current mh‘ boy.
But don’t ever forget that despite un
informed innocence, they are doing the
devil's work. If we are ever to be “buried”
by the Communist hordes — as Khrush
chev has promised — these heedless snipers
at our free enterprise system will have
he(ljped quite a bit.
urrently, these traducers hint darkly
that our manufacturers are deliberately
producing less than their best — at prices
that are higher than they need to be. The
critics are slyly pm upon the moth
eaten old refrain; don’t make them
like they used to!”
To accept and repeat destructive non
sense it is necessary to forget that com
petition for public approval is the breath
of life to our business system. And it is
helpful also to ignore statistics. On this
later point we are indebted to H. F. Leh
man, vice president of General Motors and
general manager of Frigidaire for bringing
us up-to-date.
Most of today's household appliances,
for example, are more reliable and require
less service attention than ever before, he
says. And you don't pay for this improved
quality and dependability because, despite
inflation, appliances actually are priced
lower today than they were 10 year ago.
Specifically, Mr. Lehman reports that
his company’s 1961 appliances are requir
ing nine percent less service attention than
last year’s. This year’s automatic clothes
washers and dishwashers are cutting ser
vice attention 60 percent below that of 1957
and even the refrigerator —a product of
45 years of continuous development—shows
47 percent service improvement over 1957.
A 1961 washer and dryer pair sells for S7O
less than comparable equipment of 1957
and $13460 below that of 1951. Analysis
of refrigerator costs shows a 1961 model as
low as $18.46 per<cubic-foot compared with
lows of $23.84 in 1956 and $27.25 in 1951.
Better appliances for less money result
from conmtinuing progress in equipment,
methods and materials over many years,
Mr. Lehman observed. Parts and finished
products now are subjected to much more
exhaustive and precise inspection than was
possible in 1951.
In any industry you might choose to
check, the findings would be similar. “They
dor't build them like they wused to,” and
for the best reasen in the world. Nobody
would buy them!
School Drop-Outs May
Pay $64,000 Price
Throughout Lifetime
“A $64,000 mistake is a big one, and this
happens when a teen-ager drops out of
school.”
Charles N. Conner, Bureau of Appren
ticeship and Training regmirector and
chairman of the U. S. ent of La
bor's Regional Staff Committee, gives sev
eral points for the nation’s youth to note
before abandoning the notebook:
1. A high school graduate earns $64,000
more in a lifetime than a grade school grad
uate and $30,000 more than a high school
dropout. A college degree adds SIOO,OOO
to his lifetime earnings.
2. Less than half of U. S. employers will
consider hiring a dropout. Only workers
with the background for training are en
trusted with the $12.500 worth of equip
ment used by the average production work
er.
3. Once hired, the dropout is low paid
and has little chance for advancement.
4. First to lose his job in a slump, he is
subject to recurrent unemployment.
5. Though many are talented. dropouts
find it hard without diplomas to qualify for
training.
6. Agpplicants for unskilled jobs are
over-abundant; there is a shortage of quali
fied people in technical, scientific, engineer
ing and many clerical fields.
“These trends will increase in the next
decade. Skilled, trained and educated
workers will be in greater demand; even
fewer jobs than mow will be available for
the unskilled and untrained.
“Stay in school as long as possibie; a
more satisfving life will be your dividend,”
Mr. Conner concluded.
Qil Facts reports that the petroleum
industry is stepping up its spending for
drilling, new equipment, and plants. Bud
gets indicate a 6.2 per cent increase in these
petroleum capital expenditures, as opposed
to a one per cent cutbsck in general busi
ness spending.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
Gaius, a Christidgn Layman
Bibke Material: 3 John.
Devotional Reading: I John
3:13-24.
. Memory Selection: No great
er joy can I have than this, to
hear that my children follow
the truth. 3 John, verse 4.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
Being a Missionary at Home.
Young People - Adult Topic:
Gaius: Commitment to Chrisl’s
Work.
The tesson today gives us a
picture of a superior Christian
layman. In fact, he can be ocall
ed a model for others to follow.
He had characteristics which
everyone would admire. He
was convinced as to his faith
and unmovable as regards his
fidelity to it. He had gualities
of kindliness which caused
‘him to stand out among his fel
low men.
This lesson, moreover, gives
us a picture of the early Chris
tian church. Most of the epistl
es dealt with deep, theological
matters. There are, however,
scattered through the New
‘Testament a few personal let-’
‘ters such as the one Paul wrote'
to Philemon, the wone John
wrote to the elect ladv, and’
this present epistle which John
wrote to another wise, un-
The name Gaius occurs three
times in the New Testament.
In Acts 19 Gains is a Mace
donian, one of Paul's compan
jons who suffered indignities
along with the Apostie in the’
riot of Ephesus. In Acts 20 a
man named Geaius, evidently
from the city of Derbe, accom
panied Paul on one of his
journeys. The Gaius sbout
whom we study today meay be
the person mentioned in Ro
mans 17:23 and in Corinthians
1:14. If this is true, then he
was & man whom Paul bao
tized, and whom John later
came to love very deeoly.
' “The elder” was undoubted
lv the Apostle John. We would
'expet him to mention his
‘apostolic authority in any let
ter he wrote thus giving au
‘thority to his utterance. The,
world “elder” was hirhly hon
ored in those davs. The apos
tles were a unigue and separat
et group and they are referred
to a number of times in early
‘writings 8s “the elderz™ The
Apostle John is believed to
‘have lived to a great old age,
not to have suffered martyr
dom @&s others of the apostles
did but to have been a pastor
all his life, greatly beloved by
his neodle.
There were no church build
ings in those davs. The Christ
ians were a little group made
uo for the most part of hum
ble people manyv of them
slaves, or recently liberated
slaves, artisans, but here and
there a person of high station.
This Gaius anoears not to have
been a poor man, certainly, for
he had a house in which he en
tertained Christians who might
he opassing throuch hi: eity.
But he nrobablv did not occupy
anv position of prominence in
vovernment or in the field of
business.
The Apostle John speaks of
Gaius as “the we'llbeloved . . -
whom I love in the truth.” He
wae not onlv belaved hv the
apostie: the term “wellheloved”
here sionifies that he was a
wman of mare than nsus) poou-
Tawiber T-%n o 3 ks -,C_—Ja:m
to that of others by declaring
that he loved Gaius “in the
truth” —or as a Christian
‘brother. :
John's wish for Gaius was
that he may “prosper and be in’
‘health,” even as his soul pros
pers. This is the apostle’s way
of saying, “I hope in business
matters you may be as increas
ingly prosperous as you are
increasingly prosperous in spir
itual wmatters. For everybody
loves and admires yeu, includ
ing myself. I love vou deeply
@s a Christian brother.”
Perhaps Gaius was a man
who did not enjoy the best of
health, for John expresses the
‘hope that he is “in health.”
This may be simply an equiva
lent to a statement we might
make in a letter—l “hope this
| finds you well.”
But what caused the Apostle
John particularly to rejoice in
‘Gaius was that when Christians
whe had been in contact with
this fellow ‘believer spoke
about Gaius, they praised his
devotion to truth and the con
sistency with which he lived up
to this truth.
What did John mean by “the
truth”? He meant the truth
that was in Jesus Christ. And
this truth was ‘that Jesus
Christ, exercising the fullness
of divine power, had come into
the world, lived a perfect life,
‘and had given evidence of his
authority by the miracles and
wonders he performed. He had
'died on the cross. Looking back
on the provisions for forgive
ness of sins offered in temple
sacrifice, Christians denomi
, nated the death of Jesus as the
~atonement for sin. Then Jesus
|h.d risen from the grave. Bv
'so doing he had overwhelmed
death. He had shown his com
’plete and perfect authority
‘over all things.
~ Then and mow a Christian
believer looks to Jesus as the
fulfillment of all he needs for
‘his soul's salvation.
- People sometimes feel that
the truth means a system of
philosophy or ethics. To the
‘Christian, “the truth” is Jesus
Christ in whose Person all
ethical principles are set forth.
When we have Christ, we
have everything. He is the way,
the truth, and the life. |
The outstanding thing about:
Gaius was that he aot only.
professed that truth which had
come from Christ to the apos
tles—he lived it. His life was
sincere, and accordingly he put
into practice the truth that he
professed. The truth was not
only in him (that is, his theol
ogy was not only sound), but
his daily way of life was sound
also.
John declared that he had
no greater joy than to hear tha?z
his children walked in truth.|
Orthodox theology has a place’
in the Christian life. We live
in an age which tends to scoff
at the significance of belief.
But theology is @ matter of real
consequence. God has chosen
to save the human race in a
certain definite way, and the|
way He did it is described in
the branch of knowledge we |
call “theology.” ‘f
Let us avoid falling into that 3
superficial chatter which scoffs |
at orthodoxy of belief and|
claims that it is a matter of|
practically no consequence. Tt
is a matter of very deep con-|
sequence. It ceases to have an_\'i
consequence only when a per-
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In The State) Thursday, September 21, 1961
Letters To
The Editor
September 16, 1961
Mr. Belmont Dennis
Editer, Covington News
‘Cowington, Ga.
As indicated in a previous
announcement, 1 soon will be
Jeaving the Petroleum Coun
cil and moving to New York.
It is with regret that I leave
my native Georgia—particular
ly the association with the
finest group of people—
you, the newspaper fraternity.
“hil is simply to say thanks
to you for the fine reception
you've given our weekly travel
column @und other material
will continue, from ‘the able
pen of my successor, Mr.
Charles E. Hooper, formerly
with the Georgia Ports Author
ity.
Seon, vou’ll be seeing his by
line on the columns instead of
mine. 1 hooe you'll continue to
use this column in the interes*
of boosting tourism as your
space situation permits.
Many thanks,
Glenn McCullough
il&r. Belmont Dennis
‘Editor, The Covington News
Covington, Ga.
Dear Mr. Dennis,
1 feel compelled to woite in
defense of the Newton County
Band after reading the Ram
Notes in last week’s Covington
News,
Evidently the -writer does
not have a child in the Band,
and does not realize how many
hours ®f practice #s put in
every week for performances
on the field for football games.
There are hours of drill AND
hours of music. If it rains and
makes drill impossible, and
they have drilled in the rain,
they go back to practice at
night. The Band Director, Mr.
Rigney, is doing an excellent
| job with our children, jepardiz
{ ing his membership in National
‘Guards to have night practice,
and he and the Band members
need all the support and en
couragement they can get, and
they certainly deserve it. We
have a good Band. We should
be PROUD of it.
| By the way,—visiting Bands
have to be invited to play at
the opening of a football game,
and our was not invited to play
at the Madison County game.
Mrs. T. A. Rape
son belies his beliefs by pro
| fessing one thing and doing
something different.
There was a condition in the
{ @arly church which meant much
early church which meant
| day but which with the passing
of time has ceased to have
great significance. This was a
matter of entertaining fellow
Christians as they pass through
|a sown. )
| At the time John wrote this
| epistle 10 Gaius, hotels through
out the Roman world were un
’fit Jodging places for Christ
i ian believers. They were cen
{ters of immorality and drunk
;enness. Anvone taking lodging
| at one of these inns would find
’temptation flung in his face
and probably would be kept
iawake most of the night by an
| uproar of revelry. According
' Iy, Christians made it a tus
' tom to entertain other Christ
| ians who might be passing
fthrough their town or city. We
’can imagine that they sat to
pether in the evening and ex
l changed experiences as to what
)Chris‘t hed done for their lives.
' Also they recited what this or
!that apostle had testified con
‘cerning the earthly ministry of
Jesus. In his Gospel, John tells
us (21:25) that if all the things!
which Jesus did (and presum
ably said) “should be written
every one, . . . éven the world
itself could not contain the
books that should be written.”
Hundreds of those early
Christians who had actually!
fellowshiped with Jesus were
full of accounts of what the
Master had said on different
occasions or what he had done |
—occurrences and teachings,
no doubt, which for one rea
son or another are not included
in the written accounts that|
have come down to us. {
This Gaius opened his home'
to any Christian who might be
passing his gate en route from
one place to another. By so do
ing he showed himself to be
a genérous man and & true ser
vant of Christ.
RED CHINA...
U.N. Admission Is
Still A Threat
By LEO S. MALLARD
! Communist China, the governess of one-fourth of man
kind, still poses the main problem before the United Nations.
Should she be admitted as a member nation? This issue
could threaten the whole future of the United Nations. Yet,
China’s membership may become a reality this year.
Since Red China came into|
existence in 1950, her member
ship in the U. N. has been one
‘of the hottest of debatable ques
tions. At that time she fell
short of being admitted by a
wvote of 36 to 16. Last year the
vote on her admission was 42
to 34 with 22 abstentions.
This year the moratorium
seems to be doomed and top of
ficials in Washington are fraa
tically working to find some
means to vcontinue 'to block
Chinese membership. The Afro-
Asian countries will be the de- |
ciding factor when the issue
comes to & vote and at present
most of these countries seem!
to favor the membership of the
{ Peking reginve. ;
| A deep feeling about color
| seems to have a great bearing
on the way the Afro-Asian
countries have wacted thusfar.
This position is rarely mention
‘ed in public but it does affect
l‘the inner feelings of the dele
gates from ‘these countries.
ESince the main opposition is
i led by white people it is pre
| sumed to be wrong. ‘
| “Realism” is the scapegoat
| that is being used by the Afro-
Asian block to describe their
feeling. They reason that “Pe
king rules 680 million people
and the U. N. vannot function
without them being represent
ed.”
Britain, who has faithfully
supported the American back-
~ Family Food Buying
By Dr. Mary Gibbs, Con
sumer Marketing Specialist
University of Geeorgia Co
operative Extension Service
| Q What are some popular
| varieties of Georgia sweet po
tatoes? |
A. The Early Sweet and the
| Red Early Sweet are two sweet
| potato wvarieties seold uncured
for the fresh market. Two
Georgia favorites for curing are
the Georgia Red and the rmoi
{ Rico.
Q. It is difficult for me to
select fresh sweet potatoes.‘
Please list some of the things
for which I should look. |
A. There are U. S. grades for
potatoes which can help yoni
{ with your problem. I vou ask
for and buy by US. grade, youi
will have potatoes that meet
the Tollowing standards: 1
U.S. Extra No. 1— Shall
consist of sweet potatoes of
similar varietal characteristies
which are firm, smooth, fairly
tlean, fairly well shaped, Tree
Ifrom freezing injury, internal
breakdown, black rot, other’
decay or wet breakdown, ex
cept sos rot, and from dam. |
| age caused by secondary root
lets, sprouts. cuts, bruises,
scars, growth cracks, scurf,
sail rot, or other diseases, wire
worms, weevils or other in- |
sects, mechanical or other|
means.
Size—Unless otherwise spe-‘
cified, each sweet potato shall |
be not less than one and three
fourths inches in diameter. Inj
no case shall the sweet potato
!be less than three inches or
more than ten inches in length,
more than three and one-four
th in diameter or weigh more
than 18 ounces.
U. S. No. I—=Shall consist of
sweet potatoes of one type;
firm, fairly smooth, fairly clean,
not more than slightly mis
shapen; free from freezing in
jury, internal breakdown.
black rot, other decay or
wet breakdown except soil rot.
and from damage caused by
secondary rootlets, sprouts, |-
cuts,- bruises, scars, growth
cracks, scurf, soil rot, or other
diseases, wireworms, weevilsl.
or other insects, mechanical or
other means. !
Size—unless otherwise spe- .
cified, each sweet potato shail!
‘be not less than three inches in |
length and one and three-|
fourths in diameter, and shall |
not exceed ten inches in length. |
In no case shall the sweet po- |
tato be more than three and!
three-fourths inches in diamet- |
er or weigh more than 20 oun- |
U. S. No. 2—Shall consist of f
sweet potatoes of one tvpe:
firm, and which are free from ’
freezing imjury, interaal
ed moratorium, is weakening on
this point. This “realism” is not
limited to the neutralist nations
alone. Foreign Secretary Lord
Home announced last winter
that “the facts of international
life require that Communist
China be seated in the U. N.”
Realism, however, cuts very
little ice with Americans as
they remember the long tradi
tion of American missionary
work in China and the cruel
losses suffered in the Korean
War. To America, any conces
|sion at all on Chinese Com
| munist membership is outrage
| ous.
| The major argument in the
new United States strategy to
| bar China from the U. N. will
| be a clause in the U. N. Char
| ter which restricts membership
| te “peace-loving states.” In ad
| dition, while the U. N. Charter
| promises respect for human
{rights, Communist China has
isuppressed them more harshly
;Ethan any other nation in the
|world.
‘ Our plans have been laid
| carefully and we have lobbied
{hard among the other member
| delegations in our efforts to
.| make a convincing case against
| Chinses membership. Now we
| must wait and see if these ef
| forts along with recent events
in the world will have a fa
| vorable affect toward barring
" the Peking admission.
breakdown, black rot, other
decay or wet breakdown ex
cept soil rot, end free serious
damage caused by dirt or other
| foreign matter, cuts, bruises,
| scars, growth cracks, soil rof,
or other diseases, wireworms,
weevils or other insects, me
chanical or other means.
Size—Unless otherwise spe
-Icifred, each sweet potato shull
|be not Jess than one and one
‘{'half inches in diameter and
shall weigh not more than 38
1 ounces.
Jumbo—Shall be graded on
Ithe basis of the above men
tioned U. S. No. 2 grade except
| for size.
Size—has ‘n® minimum or
maximum size.
Q. Last week I saw new
trop sweet potatoes in the gro
cery store. What is a quick and
| easy way to compare the cost
i of fresh and canned potatoes?
A. These two simple compar
isons may help wyou compare
the cost of fresh and canned
potatoes. When the price of a
lpound of fresh sweet potatoes
iis three-fourths of the price of
jan 18 ounce vatuum can
(Vacuum Pack), the cost of
the two is about the same. It
the price of a pound of fresh
| sweet potatoes is the same as
{ the price of a one-pound (sir
| up pack) of sweet potatoes, tha
cost of the potatoes is the same,
; However, if you plan to use the
{ sirup on the potatoes, the can
ned potatbes are a slightly
more etonomital choice.
(Selected gquestions from
readers will be answered by
Dr. Gibbs in this column. Ad
dress questions to Dr. Mary
Gibbs, 7 Hunter Street Builde
ing, 7 Hunter Street, S. W. At
lanta 3, Georgia.)
S e
Avoid left turns in congested
or fast-moving traffic, warns
the Alistate Safety Crusade. A
turning car is a sitting duek
for a rear end collision and
freauently forces other cars in
to dangerous moves,
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