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Firemen and Civil Defense Workers are shown taking “in
jured victims” of the bus crash out of the emergency door of
the bus. Each boy was designated injuries that actually had
to be treated.
"Emergency Disaster Praclice”
Staged as Ficquett School Mon.
A simulated school bus erash
elaimed the “lives” of six vol
unteer victims and “injured”
21 others as Covington’s Civil
Defense Unit, police, fire de
partment, the Newton County
Hospital staff, and local doctors
and nurses co-operated in the
staging of an “emergency disas
ter practice” Monday night.
Chief Rodney Floyd, Director
of Civil Defense in Covington,
said that he was ‘“very pleased”
with the way the civil defense
workers reacted to the unre
hearsed simulated bus disaster.
“Os course, we learn some
thing new each time we have
a practice disaster and I defini
tely think that we can count
Monday night’s test as a suc
cess,” Chief Floyvd said.
oy Scouts of Troop 222 and
58 in Covington, under t h e
direction of S. J. Morcock and
Capt. Joe H. Bennett, served as
the cra-n “vietims.” Eddie Naj
jar and Mrs. Godfrey Trammell
weors in charge of the “makeup”
of the victims.
Capt. Bennett was in charge
of the arrangements of the “ac
cident” in front of the E. L.
Ficquett School. At Newton
County Hospital Mrs. Helen
Dickinson, hospital adminis
trator, and the executive medi
eal staff, consisting of Dr, Jim
Purcell, Dr. J. B. Mitchell, and
Dr. Thomas L. Crews, were re
sponsible for planning the di
saster practice.
Mrs. Dickinson explained
that it is a must for the hos
pital to participate in a disaster
practice twice each year in or
der to remain accredited with
the Joint Commission on Ac
creditation of Hospitals f o r
United States and Canada.
“The hospital staff did ex
ceedingly well in this practice
and the doctors and nurses are
to be commended for report
ing to toeir “emergency posts”
on such short notice,” Mrs.‘
Dickinson said. All personnel |
connected with the hospital re-%
ported to their duty stations|
within 12 to 14 minutes after
the alert went out.
Two doctors reported to the|
wreck scene, seven doctors
went -directly to the hospital.l
and 14 off-duty nurses came to
the hospital - all in a matterl
of minutes.
Severzl members of the Hos- |
pital Auxiliary who are desig-;
nated as “stend-by station wa-‘;
gon drivers” reported directlyi
to the scene of the accidenti
along with ambulances from|
Caldwell and Cowan Funeral!
Home and J. C. Harwell and|
Son Funeral Home. i
Chins Floyd said that t h e
Civil Defense Unit was on the
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Meets Wednesday i
Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6,
¥. & A. M. will meet Wednes
day, December 27 at 7:30p. m.
to conduct its annual public in
stallation of oificers.
All members are urged to at
tend. Visitors are cordially in
vited.
C. B. Kitchens,
Worshipful Master,
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
Simulated Bus Accident Here Points Up Importance of Various Agencies and Individuals Involved in Test
scene within five minutes after
the call was received. Ambu
lances arrived in about eight
minutes. Victims were car
ried to the Newton County Hos
pital where they were checked
in, given emergency treatment,
bandaged, sent to emergency
surgery, or released.
| Among the victims six had
' been designated as dead, four
with head injuries, five un
conscious, four with broken legs
with compound fractures,
three with back injuries, three
with chest injuries, and five as
' walking wounded. All victims
were admitted to the hospital
‘before being released.
. “Although the disaster prac
| tice was considered highly
successful, we realize now that
' we need more blankets a n d
splints to take with us on our
civil defense truck,” Chief
Floyd said. He pointed out that
’he was specially pleased with
;the emergency first aid that
was given at the scene of the
‘accident by members of the
civil defense unit before t h e
doctors arrived.
Two Christmas
Services Sunday
At Porterdale
The Julia A. Porter Memori
al Methodist Church in Por
terdale will have Christmas
services Sunday, December 24,
at 11 a.m. at the regular church
service, with Rev. H. H. Dil
lard, pastor, in charge of the
service.
Sunday night at 7 p.m. a
special Christmas program will
be presented with carols, poems
and stories fram different parts
of the world being featured.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend these services
and honor the Lord and make
the work of Christ the central
thought in Christmas.
Christmas Cantata
At Prospect
Church, Sunday
The annual Christmas can-|
tata will be presented by the!
Prosnect Methodist Church|
(Oak Hill Circuit) will be held!
Sunday night, December 24, at |
7:30 p. m. The program will be |
an Anthem and story program?
with film-strip and narrator. |
The Story is entitled “T h e
Other Wise Man” by Henry |
Van Dyke and adapted by El-|
len Jane Lorenz. l
The musical numbers to be|
presented are: ’
1. This is the Holy Night. |
11. A Star shall Rise. |
111. Let us Seek the Prince. |
IV. Good Will unto Men. |
V. We are not Worthy. |
VI. Love is the Light of the]
Soul. |
VII Given unto Thee. ‘
Prospect Methodist Church |
extends to the public a cordial |
invitation to worship with them‘
at this Holy Season.
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| Chief Rodney Floyd, also Civil Defense Director, dizects his
| workers as they lay the “injured” out on the grass until doc
| tors and ambulances arrive to take them to the hospital for
| ireatment.
Fire Chief Rodney Floyd and scouters S. J. Morcock and Capt. Joe H-
Bennett are shown at the scene of the simulated car-bus accident staged
Monday night in front of E. L. Ficquett School to test the efficiency of
the Covington Civil Defense Unit, the police, the ambulance services, the
Bibb Christmas Tree Party
Held Tuesday at Porfer Gym
} PORTERDALE — Porter
Memorial Gymnasium was a
beautiful spectacle for the An
nual Christmas Tree Party giv
en by the Bibb Manufacturing
Company for the children of
employees on Tuesday after
noon, December 19, at five
o'clock. The setting beautified
by a giant Christmas tree in the
center of the basketball court
'gave one the feeling of Christ
‘mas festivity. Walls of the en
‘tire gymnasium were adorned
with appropriate decorations
prepared by the Seventh Grade
of Miss Martha Ramsey at Por
terdale Scllool. There were an
gels and candles on one end wall
above a backboard concealed
by an attractive Happy New
Year Greeting. Opposite it was
another backboard cleverly dis
guised with a large trailer -
truck labeled “Bibb” with San
ta himself riding on the radia
tor. Choir boys in groups of
three attracted attention above
this cr.aiion. Bells and gar
lands adorned the windows and
w a 11 panels throughout the
building. Four similar Christ
mas trees bedecked with r e d
balls occupied the four corners
of the balcony
A lovely program entitled
“Carols in America” was pre
sented under the direction of
Miss Jordye Tanner, Principal.
B. C. Crowell, Athletic Director,
narrated the program in which
the entire school, the Methodist
Men’s Choir of the Julia A. Por
ter Memorial Methodist Church,
and a special group of choir
members participated.
Mr. B. B. Snow, Vice - Presi
dent, helped everyone to feel
happy at this joyous season with
his words of greeting. The Rev.
John Lance and the Rev. Henry
Dillard gave the invocation and
benediction, respectively.
Children filled with glee re
ceived lovely boxes of fruit,
candies, and nuts from beneath
the tree and pyramids on either
side. |
Truly, this event is success
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1961
ful because of the cooperation
of so many people ranging from
the Village Crew through the
Eighth Grade students who with
their teachers always consider
this a special privilege at
Christmas to shace in preparing
the boxes to bring joy to count
less hundreds.
Georgia Baptists
Giving More for
Church Work |
Georgia Baptists are giving|
more than ever for Christian
education, world missions, and
benevolences. For the first 11
months of 1961, Baptists in
nearly 3000 churches gave $3,-
204,703, for a 5.5 per cent in
crease over the first 11 months
of 1960, according to Dr. Sear~
cy S. Garrison, Atlanta, execu-|
tive secretary - treasurer for|
the Convention. |
Georgia is second in the|
Southern Baptist Convention in |’
gifts to the Cooperative Pro
gram for world missions, edu- |
cation, benevolences, etc. Total
gifts designated and undesig- |
nated for Georgia and Southern |
Baptist causes for the 11-month |
period total $5,034,018. |
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Clark Brothers .\
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Serving on I
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USS Independence -
Robert Clark, seaman, USN, | :
son of Mr. and Mrs. Junious|
Clark of Route 4, and Henry |1
Clark, ship’s serviceman third |
class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. ||
Harvey Clark Sr., of Route 4,1
both of Covington, Ga., are ser- |1
ving aboard the attack aircraft|r
carrier USS Independence, op-|(
erating with the Sixth Fleet|¢
in the Mediterranean. t
The carrier, scheduled to re- |t
turn to its Norfolk, Va., home|s
port late in December, has vis-iP
ited Cannes, Athens. Istanbul,|s
Genoa, Naples and Rhodes. |
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Dr. Goodwin Tuck, the first doctor to arrive at the scene of
the "“accident” is shown examining an injured boy who has
|been put in a litter basket and covered with a blanket by
| Civil Defense Workers. |
fire department, and the Newton County Hospital staff and doctors in
case they should ever be confronted with such an emergency. Boy Scouts
from Troops 222 and 58 of Covington volunteered to serve as the victims
of the wreck which occurred at 6:00 p.m.
Rep. Flynt
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ger of hankruptcy of the Social
Security Trust Fund which
would have to foot the bill for
this aid,” Flynt said. This trust
fund, according to Flynt, is not
guaranteed by the Federal
Treasury and therefore can not
finance a medical aid program
on a firm focting.
U. S. Mistake
“The United States is pre
sently making a mistake by
backing the action of the Unit
ed Nations in its action of
crushing the Katanga govern
ment headed by Moise Tshom
be,” Flynt told the club. He
pointed out that Tshombe was
the only leader in the Congo
who was -a staunch anti-com
munist,
. “The U, N. has intervened in
‘a country torn by internal
strife and eivil war and not
against an aggressor nation,”
Flynt said. Such action is not
authorized by the United Na
tions charter.
“Since the founding of t h e
United Nations the United
States has financed 70 per cent
of its operational cost,” Flynt
said, “presently in the Congo
we are backing U. N. action
against Katanga in order that
a Congolese Central Govern
ment can be set up. The U. S. is
paying for most of this action!
and in doing so we are playing|
right in to the hands of Rus-|
sia who has said flatly that she|
will not contribute anything to |
the Congo operation. ’
While footing the bill for the|
U. N, the United States is|
standing by letting the U. N.|
vote, dominated by the small
new members of the world or
ganization, decide the action to
be taken in crisis that arise in
the world because we do not
want to offend the uncommitted
nations of the membership. Ac
cording to Flynt, 18 of these
countries have less population
than the state of Georgia, 3 less
than one million, and at the|
same time their vote in the U. |
N. General Assembly counts the
same as a United States vote
“Why we bother ourselves |
Warm Springs Hospifal May
Expand Info Giant Center
Governor Ernest Vandiver
said recently that the State
and Federal governments and
the Warm Springs Foundation
have developed plans to ex
pand the World - famous hos~
pital into a “comprehensive
l multiple disability rehabili
tation center” for the treat
ment and training of seriously
disabled people.
He said he had approved a
State Board of Education bud
get which includes $500,000
to match Federal Hill-Burton
funds for the construction of
a facility to cost more than
$1,255,000,
The Warm Springs ¥Founda
tion, he said, had agreed to
deed to the State 17.4 acres
adjoining the Medical Cen
ter as a site for the unit
which will be known as the
(ieorgia Rehabilitation Cen
| ter.
E “When the building pro
gram is completed we will
have in Georgia for the first
time, facilities and staff for
a comprehensive rehabilitation
center where severely dis
abled persons can get both
medical and vocational re
habilitation services to restore
them to productive jobs,”
' Governor Vandiver said.
‘ In Washington, Miss Mary
Switzer, Director of the
~ Office of Vocational Rehabili
tation, termed the action in
Washington and Atlanta “a
~ most salutary joining of for
ces by the state, the Foun
dation, and the Federal
about offending the uncommitt
ed nations of the world, I don’t
know,” Flynt said, “they a r e
going to join forces with the
side that is winning if war does
come and they are not to par
ticular whether that side be the
United States or Russia. The
only language that most of
these countries understand is
the talk of a mighty nation with
military means to preserve that
might.”
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Patients are rushed to the Newton County Hospital for treate
ment as soon as the ambulances arrive on the scene. Chief
Floyd. Billy Harwell, and Buddy Allen prepare to put a vice
tim in the ambulance.
government —a real exam
ple of how our states a n d
voluntary groups can do work
tegether to serve the Ameri-~
can people”,
For years, the Warm Springs
Foundetion has had adequate
facilities for medical rehabili
tation, and will continue its
program of services. T h e
Georgia Center will be ad
ministered by the Vocational
Rehabilitation Division of the
State Department of Educa
tion, and will purchase medi~
ca! services from the Warm
Springs Foundation. Dr. Ro
bert L. Bennett is Executive
Director of the Medical Cen
ter.
Dr. A. P. Jarrell, Director of
Vocational Rehabilitation Ser
vices will be Director of the
Gecorgia Center. Nathan B.
Nolan, Former District Super
visor of Vocational Rehabilita
tion in Albany will be admin
istrator. . :
Plans call for several build
ings to provide space for psy
chological, psycho-social, and
vocational evaluation, as well
as pre-vocation a n d voca
tional training services. There
will be beds for 130 patients
in addition to those in t h e
Medical Center.
Plans for the facility are
being developed by James C.
Wise, Simpson, Aiken a n d
Associates, Atlanta Architects.
Early in July the Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation
granted SIB,OOO to the Geor
gia Agency for planning the
vocationally - oriented facil
ity.
Dr. Bennett, Dr. Jarrell, Mr.
Nolan and Hobert
Aiken, the architect have vis
ited rehabilitation centers in
cities throughout the Ea s t
and Mid-West to get the lat
est ideas in rehabilitation cen
ters to incorporate in t h e
plans for the Georgia facility.
While this will not be t h e|
largest center in the nationy |
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Weaver Says
Series H Bonds
Purchese Raised
John Pob Weaver, Chairman
of Newton County Savings Bond
Committee, today hailed t h e
Treasury’s decision to raise tha
annual purchase limit on Ser
ies H Savings Bonds back to
$20,000 effective after January
1,1962,
The annual purchase limit
was lowered to SIO,OOO four and
a half years ago. No change is
being made in the SIO,OOO an
‘nual limit on Series E. Savings
' Bonds.
“Since the limit was lowered
to SIO,OOO in 1957”7, Mr. Weaver
said, “the purchase of E an d
H Savings Bonds has been
opened to all types of investors
except commercial banks. There
has been a growing demand by
smaller institutional investors
for permission to buy larger
amounts of H. Bonds, and this
was instrumental in the Treae
sury’s decision.”
Next Tri-County
Livestock Sale
January Bth
Tri-County Livestock Auction
Company sold 354 head of cat«
tle and 41 hogs Monday for a
| total of $33,980.17. Milk cows
and springers topped at $252.50
and baby calves at $20.00,
Stockers sold from SBO.OO to
$190.00,
| Price ranges were: -calves,
$15.50 to $28.50; heifers, $16.«
75 to $23.75; steers, $16.75 to
| $27.75; light bulls, $15.50 to
1522.50; heavy bulls, $16.50 to
$18.50; canners, $ll.OO to
$13.75; cutters, $14.00 to $15.50;
fat cows, $16.50 to $18.20; and
hogs, $14.50 to $16.50.
| There were 148 shippers and
|7B buyers, including 10 pack=
| ers.
As there will be no sales on
Christmas Day and New Year's
Day the next sale will be Jan«
tuary 8,1962.
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’ it is planned to make it the
most modern.
The construction program is
expected to be completed
’ about July 1, 1963.
| The Warm Springs Founda
} tion, established by the lata
| President Franklin D. Roose=
velt, became world famous as
a medical center for the treat
ment of after-effects of ine
fantile paralysis.
, For years, Georgia has been
) foremost among states in the
number of disabled persons
! rehabilitated into jobs throuch
. Vocational Rehabilitation Ser=
vices, Last year (fiscal 1960~
61) 6,014 persons were re=
~ storéd to employment through
the State - Federal program.
Only two states — New York
and Pennsylvania - surpassed
Georgia's record in this re=
spect.
In varioug central European
countries the Christman Crib,
staged in a box, is carried
through the streets by groups
of singing children during
Christmas time.
Bells that toll om Christmas
Day Ring out our good wishes
ag you go on your way, 1
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