Newspaper Page Text
PAGE TEN
THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Newton County Pays
Tribute to 4-H Leaders
For Their Devotion to Job
. Somewhere between the sternness of a
parent and the comradeship of a pal is that
mysterious creature we call a 4-H Leader.
Newton County has many of these dedi
cated people in 4-H work.
These leaders come in all shapes and
sizes, and may be male or female. But
they all have one thing in common —
a glorious twinkle in their eyes as was so
prevalent at the recent 4-H Awards Ban
quet here in Covington.
Newton County has a total of 1,241 4-H
club members in the 39 clubs of the county.
They are under the capable supervision
of Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Carol
McGiboney and County Agent Ed Hunt;
‘Mrs. Lottie Johnson and J. W. Horne are
in charge of the Negrd 4-H work.
. Let us stop right here in Newton County,
. the eradle of the 4-H movement which has
‘spréad to all America, to pause and say
‘a “Well done, 4-H members and adult
‘leaders.” This is your week but, the work
' that you accomplish lasts through the other
.51 weeks of the year.
4-H leaders are found everywhere -
at judging contests, at Junior fairs, square
dances and talent shows. They are always
i preparing for, sitting through, participating
in, or recuperating from, a meeting of some
kind.
. They are tireless consumers of muffins,
- expert at taking knots out of thread, peer
less coaches, and spend hours on the tele
< phone.
& Nobody else is so early to rise, and so
;late to get home at night. We sometimes
¢ forget them, but we can't do without them.
:They receive no salary, and we can never
' repay them.
They are angels in aprons, saints in
- straw hats. Their only reward is the love
of the kids and the respect of the com
munity. But when they look around them
at the skills they have taught, and the
youth they have built, there’s an inner
voice from somewhere that says: “Well
done!”
Americans Everywhere ;
-. ! ‘
Rejoiced at Astraunauts
Recent Achievement
The hero’s welcome accorded to Astro
naut John Glenn — which began in Wash
ington and continued in New York — had
heartfelt participation in 50 states and
around the globe, wherever there were
Americans to share in their pride over an
achievement that was very literally out
of this world.
Bust, fantastic as it still seems to most
of us that a human can be shot into the
airless void 150 miles above the earth, cir
cumnavigate it three times in succession and
return safely to a predetermined spot, the
pent-up emotion released by his return
home has a deeper significance.
This is the first time in many dishearten
ing years that Americans as a nation have
had good news to celebrate. It is the first
time since the unrequited gallantry of Ko
rea that Americans have had the oppor
tunity of saluting the sort of courage that
presses-ahead in the face of the known
perils and the unknown as well.
At this crucial time, when the nation
faces disintegration from within and anni
hilaton from without, the example of Col
Glenn could still save us. If we can indi
vidually gather strength from his strength,
if we can again comprehend as our fore
fathers did the do-or-die philosophy that
guided him and if we can accept a personal
discipline of mind and body to develop our
power and our stamina to whatever limits
our individual potential may offer — and
this goes for the great and the small —
our nation is secure, our future undimmed.
While men live, nothing can tarnish the
exploit of Col. Glenn and the 30,000 team
mates whose toil and devotion and com
petence back him up. But if, as the emotional
wave he has stirred gives us to hope, his
fellow countrymen will tune themselves
to the message implicit in his devotion to
duty, then, certainly, his voyage will be
s proud sequel to that of Columbus.
“Every time a piece of socialist legis
lation gets through Congress, the United
States loses a battle. Every time a leftwing
professor, arguing against . . . a free enter
prise economic system captures the minds
of some college students, another battle is
lost.” — Hagerstown, Md. Morning Herald.
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In The State)
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
§ | lAgtcgna
~ Published Every Thursday —
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Single Coples ... ... .10¢
Four Months . ... .....$1.20]
Eight Months ... .. ... $2.40
One Yeor ... $3.00 |
Plus 3% Sales Tax
Points out of Georgio—Year $3.50
We Salute the American
Legion on Their 43rd
Anniversary This Week
The American Legion will celebrate its
43rd anniversary, March 15 to 17- This note
worthy event will be keynoted with the
nation’s largest collective birthday party
as some 17,000 community Posts — aided
by 14,000 American Legion Auxiliary Units
—turn March into a joyful observance
month from coast to coast.
Born at a caucus of the AEF in 1919 in
Paris, France, The American Legion has
dedicated its efforts and abilities to a con
tinuing service to God and Country. In so
doing, the Legion has become the world’s
largest veterans’ organization today.
From its beginning, the Legion has en
deavored to develop a dynamic conviction
of Americanism as the only sure method
for the preservation and perpetuation of a
worldwide peace which honors the dignity
of the individual.
The American Legion’s many contribu
tions to the betterment of America are im
measurable. The Legion has been and con
tinues to be an active proponent of a mil
itarily strong America. The Legion is an
important factor in keeping love of Coun
try at a high premium, in the great increase
in home ownership, in the enlightened
streamlining of child welfare concepts, in
the defense of our free institutions, and in
the improvement of care for the disabled,
the aged, and the aging.
Through countless services it has per
formed in its respective communities, the'
Legion has become identified by Americans
everywhere as an organization good for any
home town.
On this 43rd anniversary of The Ameri
can Legion, we salute Newton County Post
32 and the millions of Legionnaires through
out the country in their continuing endeav
ors in behalf of community, state, and Na
tion.
A Death Tax for Many
Newspapers and Magazines
This time next year your favorite read
ing material — including many newspapers
and magazines — may not be around to
continue the valuable contribution it makes
to your pleasure, information, culture and
knowledge.
The reason? The House of Representa
tives has passed a postal rate increase bill
which could — if favored by the Senate—
mean the death of many publications and
consequent unemployment for thousands
of loyal employees.
The Representatives who voted for this
confiscatory bill knew full well that scores
of small newspapers and at least 80 mag
azines have been forced to fold during the
last decade because of rising costs, of which
postal rates played an important part. Con
sequently, they cast their votes behind a
cloak of anonymity by agreeing that there
would be no roll call. Facing re-election
in November, they did not want their con
stituents to know that they favored this
onerous rate hike.
Those who voted against the bill in most
instances knew that the measure would
not accomplish its purpose of increasing
revenues, because it follows that if the
sources of income are dried up, the in
creases on the remaining sources would not
be sufficient to make up the deficit.
Not only does the post office budget
overslate the so-called deficit and fail to
appropriate sufficient funds for public ser
vices which have nothing to do with carry
ing mail, it also does not call for large
scale modernization to make handling of
the mails more effficient, although it notes
that modernization is desirable. Nor does
it mention that newspapers and magazines
do most of the mail handling under their
second class permits to eliminate as much
work as possible for the post office of
origin.
The House bill at best will raise only
part of the revenue needed to clear up the
deficit; at worst, it will increase the ranks
of the unemployed by decimating publica
tions and small businesses.
It is to be hopea that the Senate Post
Office Committee will hold hearings on
the measure and, as a consequence, modify
it to preserve the nation’s newspapers, mag
azines and other businesses which depend
on the mails to make important contribu
tions to the gross national product. This is
the only fair thing to do.
Meanwhile, everyone who enjoys read
ing a good newspaper or magazine should
let his Senators know that the exhorbitant
postal rates in H. R. 7927 are a “death tax”
! for many businesses. -
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
Entered ot the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
THE COYINGTON NEWS
SUNDAY SCHOOL
The Obligation to Be
Truthful
. Bible Material: Exodus 20:16;
‘Matthew 12:33-37; 26:69-75;
"Proverbs 1217, ‘
Devotional Reading: Colos
}siam 3:1-10; Memory Selection:
By your words you will be jus
‘tified, and by your words you
will be condemned. Matthew
12:37. |
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
The Obligation to Be Truthful.
Young People - Adult Topic:
Tell the Truth.
In our study this quarter of
the Ten Commandments a n d
their relation to the basic prin
ciples of Christ, we might start
with a confession that our
American culture has departed
from these fundamental pro
visions of God’s law in a serious
fashion.
Many of us have heard a n d
read the utterances of these
who are supposed to be lead
ers and counselors of our youth
claiming that it is not wrong to}
break these commandments
under certain conditions. It is a
little wonder that when ou r
guides and advisers of young
people sow the wind of such a
doctrine we reap the whirl
wind of disregard for all law,
both divine and secular. ‘
What an indictment it was
when the leader of Soviet Rus
sia several years ago in visiting
our country was shown t h e!
making of a movie in Holly
wood, which. he said he would
not allow to be shown in Rus
sia because it was immoral.
Have we, in a country that was |
founded upon trust in God,l
reached the piace where those |
who profess godless atheism
must teach us morality? Cer
tainly we could not do less than
f2ll upon our kn=es in penitence
bziore the God who has so
richly blessed our beloved coun
try.
And how much we need to|
stand upon the rock of absolute
truth when so large a part of
the world believes that truth
consists in following the party
line, no matter how far it may
be from the actual fact of the
matter being considered. |
Untruthfulness is always a
bad sign, both in individuals
and among groups. A lack of
veracity saps the very life from
our living society, destroys the
foundation upon which we
stand. Let us mark untruthful
ness and tremble.
Every witness who is called
to testify in a court of law in
our own day is sworn to “tell
the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth.” False
hood in any case is breaking
the law of God, but when lying
witness ils directed against our
neighbor, whatever the motive
may be, then untruth is like a
twoedged sword and we our
selves suffer loss in character
and our neighbor is wounded.
We break not only the com
mand of the law but the prin
ciple of what Christ said was
the first commandment, that
we love our neighbor as our
self. |
“Oh, what a tangled web
we weave
When first we practice to
deceive.”
There were many laws and
rules in the Mosaic dispensation
that were social or ceremonial
or political and applied only to
the chosen people under t h e
theocratic system which regu
lated their life at that time.
However, the basic moral law
of the Ten Commandments
was given for all time and for
all people everywhere.
The moral law is founded up
on the very nature of God. We
are to be true because God is
Himself absolute truth. His
nature will never change. He is
the same yesterday, today and
forever: and so the moral law
abides for all time and is con
summated in eternity.
Certainly most political cor
ruption of our time at local,
state and national levels lis
founded upon falsehood. The
desire to gain for oneself be
comes testimony against our
neighbor who must eventually
pay for all graft and illgotten
gains.
In the Bible lands they have
a special name for untruth
about one's neighbor. It is call
ed “deviltry” and is certainly
inspired by Satan who is the
“father of all lies.”
From very ancient times
comes down to us the admoni
tion to speak the truth. In this
verse from Proverbs truthful
ness is related to righteousness.
In fact, truth is the basis of a
righteous life and it issues only
from godliness. Here we come
face to face with the question
{of how a person may lead such
{a righteous life that it will re
{sult in truth both in speech and
behavior. Can a righteous life
lu.\.xh from the determination
of a man to keep all the law
A Ve Lo b N e SRR D
of God? We know there are
many people today who say,
“Well, 1 try to live the right
kind of a life and I think that
is all God requires.” But they
are wrong.
We who have the New Testa
ment and the life and teachings
of Christ and the apostles know
that we can only be righteous
before God through the right
eousness of Christ imputed to
us through faith. Only through
surrender to Christ and t h e
power of the Holy Spirit can we
live in righteousiness an d
truth.
It is a sad commentary on
human nature that untruth lies
today like a blight on the lands
where we received God’s reve
lation in the Ten Command
ments, where the Proverbs were
written and where Christ lived
his life on earth. Those who
travel in the Middle East a r e
astonished at the lack of hon-
Home Demonstration Agent’s Column
By Mrs. Carol McGiboney, HD Agent
PICTURE HANGING
Spring cleaning time is just
around the corner! l
Os course, this means a lot of
tidying up and that would take
quite a long list of chores to be
done. Today, let’s think about
the pictures on your wall that
may need hanging differently
if you rearrange furniture or
paint your room in your spring
clean-up campaign.
There are no set rules in
hanging pictures but there are
some general rules that make
the job of hangng pictures
easier and more pleasing. First
of all, it must be remembered
that pictures aren’t merely for
decoration. They are to be en
joyed by all the family. They
should be hung at eyve level
Here, you’ll have to determine
if the picture will be seen most
ly from the standing or sitting
position. Your furniture ar
rangement will greatly deter-‘
mine this.
How would you hang a pic
ture over a piece of furniture?
The general rule is that it
should be less than the length
of the picture. The space be
tween two pictures should al
so be less than the width of |
either picture. ‘
Shapes of pictures should be |
related to areas of wall space.|
A vertical picture, for exam
ple, looks best in a wvertical|
area while the horizontal one|
looks best in a horizontal area.
Another rule of thumb to
follow in hanging pictures is
not to put them in a diagonal
line. This arrangement is term- |,
ed a busy line and tends to
carry the eye back and forth.
You can’t enjoy the picture
that way. However, if you're
hanging pictures over a stair
way, the diagonal arrangement
is good.
The rearrangement of pic
tures along with furniture or
the addition of new pictures
gives the family the feeling of
a new setting.
STRETCHING
FOOD DOLLARS
To get the most food for
vour money, plan meals that
meet all the health needs of
your family and then shop wise
v to get these needed foods at
the least cost.
The smart food shopper gets
the most for her money by fol
lowine six basic steps:
1. Plan a market list in line
with the family’s daily food
plain.
2. Watch food advertisements
for snecial bargains.
3. Learn to judge quality of
foods.
4. Use seasonal foods.
5. Learn the nutritional|
value of foods. |
Remember. if the family is
to be fed well, it requires more
than good cooking. It means
getting more for your money
too.
VEGETABLES SUPPLIES I
Some cold January weather|
has taken its toll of vesze‘ables'
in some areas of the na‘ion. l
The January freeze in Flori-l
da resulted in cold weather'
damage and slower maturitv of |
some of the crovs there. The
lettuce in some California
growing areas was nipped and
vegetables in Texas were great-
Iv damaged. The onion crop in
Texas was total loss. The new
crop Texas onions that are usu
ally marketed the last of Jan
uary will he delayed for about
45 days. Texas, as you know,
is the major oreducing area
for onions and, consequently.
prices of onions have almost
(Our Advertisers Are Assured Os Ruultl)
esty among the people there.
That section of the world is the
center of Islam, and Moslems
often justify a lack of strict
honesty on the supposed saying
of their Prophet that men may
be allowed to “dissimulate”
about three things: money, wo
men, and war. And some make
a pretty good attempt at in
cluding anything about which
they. wish to prevaricate under
one or more of these categories.
In this verse we have, like
the two sides of a balance, a
clear distinction between truth
and righteousness on the one
hand and false witness and de
ceit on the other. In so many
situations in life we are called
upon to make an absolute de
cision and a choice of one side
or the other. Often because of
fear or favor we make a wrong
initial choice and one untruth
usually leads to another, until
finally righteousness is 1 o s t
and we sgink farther and deep
er into the quicksands of deceit.
In that case, only Christ can
pull us out. We may recall the
words of the old gospel song,
to the effect that on the rock
of Christ we stand, all other
ground is sinking sand.
doubled and will continue at
higher prices for weeks to
come. Texas carrots also suf
fered some damage.
It should be remembered that
both supply and use of fresh
vegetables decrease in winter
with a greater use of canned
and frozen vegetables.
! NEED OF A
GOOD BREAKFAST
A good breakfast is a pre
ventive medicine for that mid
morning slow-up and the tired
feeling in the afternoon. It im
proves concentration and effi
ciency on the job.
Many studies have shown
that those who have an ade
quate meal before work get
more done than those who skip
or skimp breakfast. The usual
break or snack between meals
is not a substitute.
A test for a good breakfast
‘has three check points: It
‘gives you protein, vitamins and
‘minerals to build and repair
‘the body and keep it healthy, it
provides fuel for body energy
and it tastes good.
How big should a breakfast
be? There’s not set rules but for
most people, particularly chil=-
dren, plan to have a fourth to
a third of the day’s food at
breakfast. Include a good pro
tein food such as eggs, meats,
or milk.
Here are three good break
fast patterns, from light to
hearty:
1. Fruit, cereal or bread,
milk to drink, other beverage
if desired.
2. Fruit, cereal or bread or
both, egg, beverage.
3. Fruit, cereal or bread or
‘both, egg with meat or fish,
beverage.
. Try eating a regular break
fast of one of these proportions
‘and see the difference it makes
during the day.
| THIS WEEK'S TIP
Get more juice out of lem
}ons! Quickly heat them in hot
water for several minutes be
fore squeezing. Or roll to sof
ten.
Wheeler Lauds
Legion for
Its Program
| “The American Legion is an
agency of tremendous force and
vigor and its actions have play
ed an important part in shaping
the destiny of this country,”
Georgia Veterans Director Pete
lWheeler told the members of
|Newton County American Le
gion Post 32 and Auxiliary here
Tuesday evening.
Wheeler was guest speaker
for the post’s observance of the
forty - third birthday of t h e
’American Legion and “Civic
Night.” C. T. Bohanan is the
}post Commander.
| “As an organization of some
'3 million members,” Wheeler
Esaid. “the Legion’s voice is
heard in almost every segment
lof American Life.”
. “T am especially proud that
this voice continues an aggres
sive battle against Communist
infiltration in this country.” he
said.
Wheeler said that the Legion
has contributed to the great
ness of America through its
‘child welfare program and‘
other such projects, and credit
‘ed its rehabilitation and legisla- |
tive program with great assis
tance to all veterans and their |
‘dependents l
2R L % A"r ‘- n ;
; v, = ¥ % & ;
'« i§ p. Vv’,» » : - “ - ‘,fi. - ‘ 7iVl ‘ e
BiyX: b R T B
Byse . o Saae ]
j'i 5 &'« SN 6 AR /aqe'k W e
4 e e B A
ke LR G o
:é,» il & 5 ‘;. 3 i 'NG T‘ : .., “ %
,2' 145 ‘v; % _-xv : i R ~v. U..
ERL R TR R S
THERE IS NO more flagrant
example of how the politically
contrived race issue has distort
ed our national sense of values
than what is happening on Oki
nawa.
Just outside the big United
States air base at Kadenz on
that Pacific Is
land which is
the nerve c¢en
ter of Ameri
can defenses
in the Far
East there has
sprung up one
of the vilest
and most no-
torious areas of organized vice
the world has ever seen, It is a
complex of 16 so-called “recrea
tion” villages known as the
“Koza Area” in which more than
5500 bars and at least 15,000
“hostesses” cater to the basest
of human desires. An article
written several years ago for
Harpers Magazine by a former
Marine officer stationed there
reported a resulting venereal
disease rate running as high as
15 per cent.
- * -
THIS DEPLORABLE situa
tion has been called to the at
tention of the highest authori
ties, but not for the reason one
might imagine. The complaints
are not that young Americans
are being corrupted on Okinawa
but rather that they are indulg
ing in depravity on a segregated
basis.
Thmugh the operation of vol
untary preference, specific sec
tions of the “Koza Area” have
come to be patronized exclusive
ly by white and colored service
personnzl. The custom is that
white troope go to “Koza Busi
ness Center” and Negro service
men use the section known as
“Koza Four Corners.” Military
Police have reported that vio-
(not prepared or printed at government empense)
Current Problems to Be
Disclosed at Eqg Meefing
“Dollars and Sense” is t h e
theme for the Commercial Egg
Short Course to be held at the
University of Georgia on March
14.
This year’s program will fea
ture marketing and started pul
let operations, two important
subjects confronting commer-
Captain Shannon
Visits Covington
Captain Robert .O. Shannon
spent Saturday and Sunday
here with his mother, M r s.
Gladys Shannon, and other re
latives. He was enroute to
Brooks Air Force Base, Texas
and Vandenburg Air Force
Base, California to attend a two
weeks course in “Medical Sup
port of Missile Squadrons”.
Captain Shannon, a former
resident and practicing veter
inarian of Covington, is pre
sently assigned to the bsslst
USAF Hospital, Otis Air Force
Base, Massachusetts, as base
veterinarian and preventive
medicine = officer. Otis Air
Force Base, located on Cape
Cod, Massachusetts, is the lar
gest base in the Air Defense
command.
Quality Christmas trees can
be grown in Georgia if good
practices are followed, says Ex~
tension Forester B. R. Murray.
o e, F
b ?fgfi‘ ¥
- A T,
G . 2
2o . EAY Oy
o R s By
Athens, Ga.—Dr. J. Whitney
Bunting who will become
dean of the University of
Georgia’s College of Business
Administration Sept. 1. Dr.
Bunting formerly taught at
the University and later
served as president of Ogle
thorpe University. He is now
with the General Electric I
Company,
Thursday, March 8, !”l_
lence results when men of one
race enter the area reserved by
the other.
Negro Congressman Charles
C. Diggs, Jr.,, of Michigan has
complained to Defense Secretary
Robert S. McNamara that the
inability of Negre soldiers to
engage in integrated sin on Oki
nawa constitutes a failure on
the part of the Defense Depart
ment “to defend the rights and
welfare of the troops.” Assist
ant Defense Secretary Carlisle
P. Runge has agreed that such
is “detrimental to the eom
mand.”
> 9 9
INSTEAD OF ACTING to
clean up the vice on Okinawa,
Lt. Gen. Paul W. Caraway,
High Commissioner to the Ryu
kyu Islands and Army Com
mander for the Island, is taking
steps to eliminate segregated
vice by bringing various pres
sures upon establishments which
“practice or condone racial dis
crimination.” His course has
pronfpted even the apologetic
Washington Post to observe that
“his reform approach ... is te
clean up segregated vice, not
vice per se.”
It is hardly a source of eome
fort to the mothers of our men
in uniform or to those millions
of Americans who still believe in
old-fashioned morality to know
that the Armed Services of our
ecountry are more interested in
ending segregation than in com
batting sin, It is a sad com
mentary upon how ridiculous
has become the posture of our
national government as the re
sult of eynical attempts to exe
ploit racial minorities for politi
cal gain,
—_— & -
A Zz..f..
> | cial egg producers in the state,
| according to Jerry Cox, Exten
> sion poultryman, University of
| | Georgia College of Agricul
ture.
-1 Mr. Cox said that anyone in
-| terested in commercial egg pro
t duction is invited to attend the
- | short course. It is to begin at
8:15 a. m. Wednesday, March
14, at the Center for Contin
uing Education on the Univer
sity of Georgia campus. T h e
program is scheduled to end at
3:45 p. m.
'l The marketing program wiil
"linclude a wide variety of top
"lics, such as frozen egg markets
“|in Georgia, potential growth of
' the state’s egg industry, finan=
E cial aspects of the business,
“| bonding of first egg receivers
| and self-help programs for the
"} industry.
J The use of started pullets by
;Georgia egg producers is be
"l coming more and more comw
-t mon, Mr. Cox said. A discus~
_| sion of this practice, some of the
| problems pullet buyers are en
_|'countering and suggested so
“{ lutions to these problems will
.| be presented at the course.
| The program is designed to
|bring useful information to
"| both large and small producers
on marketing and use of start
|ed pullets, he said.
\ i bks
l ¢
| Brunswick Boats
| On Display at
Athens Firm
The Larson and the Cutter
bcats are now on display at
Russell Daniel, Inc., 480 Not.h
Thomas Street, Athens, Geor=
gia.
See the ’'62 Larson line now
at Russell Daniel, Inc, during
“Early Buyers Bonus. Days”.
Hurry, offer ends after 1200
boats have been sold by all
U. S. Larson dealers.
“CUTTER” is here, too. The
Cutter line includes five (3)
completely new models. Every
one knows the Cutter boat.
You can have the most popular
boating magazine delivered to
your home for twelve (12)
months for just $1.29 . . . This
subscription would ordinarily
cost $5.00, but during “CUT
TER DAYS” at Russell Daniel,
Inc. you can get this wonder
ful magazine at the ridiculous
ly low price of 1.29. Every one
who buys a Cutter Fiberglass
boat at Russell Daniel, Inc. gets
a “SHIP’N SHORE” Kit worth
SIBO.OO, FREE!