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Copter Quartet Rescues 174
From Flooded Island Area
By ED FREDE
Virginian-Pilot staff writer
(Editor's Note: Reprinted
from the Virginian - Pilot,
Norfolk, Virginia).
NORFOLK — Four crewmen |
of a Navy helicopter modestly
recounted Friday their almost
herculean part in rescuing 174
men, women, and children from
flooded Chincoteague Island.
The men. attached to Heli-1
copter Antisubmarine Squad
ron 3 at the Naval Air Station,
logged some 20 hours Wed
nesday and Thursday in mercy
shuttles between the island
and Wallops Station at Chin
coteague, the refugee center.
They told of families whose
sorrow, grief, confusion, and
uncertainty turned to happi
ness and gratitude after being
picked up.
The men are Lt. (j.g ) James
M. (Gabby) Hayes, pilot; Lt.
(j.g.) William Nordeen, copilot;
and Sonarman (Airborne) Sea
man John T. Lisbon and So
narman (Airborne) 3. C.
Gerard A. Rivello— both crew
men.
They took off Wednesday at
12:30 p.m. and on their arrival
an hour later after bucking a
50 - mile - per - hour headwind
they saw nothing but water.
It covered the causeway to the
mainland, and rooftops of cars.
Horses and cows were swim
ming about and people on
housetops waved.
They circled a houseboat on
stilts where they could see a
man and four children. They
dropped down, lowered the
power hoist, and a 15-year-old
was hauled the 40 feet to the
copter's 11-seat interior. The
others followed.
Charles E. Huffman, the
father, asked Hayes to look for
his wife who had gone into
town seeking help. The crew
spotted her on the porch of a
house about 11/2 miles away,
but couldn’t let down because
of power lines.
’ lie broke aown and cried,”
L bon recalled. "I told him we
w.uld try to get back.” But
they knew it would be impos
sible. The crew never heard
whether Mrs. Huffman made it
out safely.
SAVES PATIENTS
Lisbon, of Avon Lake, Ohio,
went into another house to
bring out a bed-ridden pneu
monia patient.
“She didn't want to leave.
She was crying. The doctor told
her to get out. I tried my best
to comfort her. I kept her
Warm with blankets,” he said.
Rescue workers helped car
ry her io the copter, a thou
aand feet away.
Rivello, a native of Nutley,
N.J., recalled coming upon a
sleeping bag a fireman had
shoved into the copter.
“We thought it was full of
clothes. When I saw a nose
stick out, it surprised me. It
was a man,” he recalled.
They landed at the fire sta
tion. A policeman said there
Paul Anderson
To Appear Here
On March 24th
Paul Anderson of Toccoa,
Former World Olympic Weight
Lifting Champion, will give a
demonstration and exhibition
at Newton County High School
auditorium, Saturday, Mardh
24 at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Anderson’s
appearance is being sponsored
in Covington by Newton Coun
ty Post 32 American Legion.
A nominal admission will be
charged for the exhibition.
At least nine plants in t h e
South are now engaged in the
lamination of lumber, report
Extension foresters.
STARTING TODAY there will
be specific weather forecasts
for Newton-Rockdale area.
Heard twice a day, 7 days a
week. Mon. thru Sat. 7:15 a.
m„ 12:15 p.m.. Sun. 8:05 a.
m. and 12:10 p.m.
This service is being made
available on WGFS, Coving
ton, from the Lockheed Me
teorological Service.
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
was a man in an iron lung who
had to be evacuated from the
south end of the island. The
lung’s motor needed fuel to
continue operating. Hayes told
authorities they couldn’t safely
get a lung patient out. Instead
they flew r in a can of gasoline
and the man’s iron lung kept
running.
The four crowded as many
as 19 into the copter at a time.
SEE LIGHTSHIP
Six other squadron machines
took part in rescue work on
Wednesday and 10 on Thurs
day. In all they evacuated 438
persons, excluding dogs and
cats.
Hayes and his crew were the
first to spot the Coast Guard’s
Chesapeake Lightship, heavily
damaged by the storm and in
danger of sinking.
“We spent two hours look
ing for it after dark, but we
found it,” Nordeen said. “It
was snowing out there. It was
quite hairy. The lightship was I
bobbing like a cork.”
They directed other rescue
copters to the spot about 26
miles southeast of Oceana and
headed back for Norfolk.
“We were happy to be re
lieved and to start back,” Nor
deen said.
How did their wives feel
about their rescue work?
Hayes of 1804 South Lake
land Drive and Covington, Ga.,
said, “She was mad because I
didn’t tell her I wasn’t going to
be home on time.”
Rivello of 423 Ocean Ave.
East said his wife didn’t know i
anything about it.
Lisbon and Nordeen are
single.
The Marine Corps helicopter
they used was sitting at the air
station ready to be flown to
New River, N. C.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
Because it was painted green
and had Marine markings,
evacuees thought the four were
Marines.
“One person shook my hand
and said “Thanks Marine,” Ri
vello recalled.
Lisbon chimed in, “I told one
little girl that we were Navy,
not Marine Corps.” She turn
ed to her girl friend and whis
pered, ‘He’s a sailor.”
Basic Family
Documents Should
Be Available
Basic family documents such
as birth and marriage certifi
cates should be carefully kept
where they are readily availa
ble, the Veterans Administra
tion advised veterans and their
dependents.
These documents are need
ed to support claims for vet
erans benefits, A. W. Tate, Man
ager, Veterans Administration
Regional Office, Atlanta, Geor
gia, explained. Included among
these essential records are mil
itary discharge papers, death
certificates, divorce decrees, and
guardianship or child custody
evidence.
The basic records are need
ed to support claims for dis
ability or death compensation
and pension, veterans burial
benefits, and similar claims,
Mr. Tate said.
The records should be in the
possession of whoever makes
the claim at any VA Regional
Office, Mr. Tate added, so that
the claim may be properly
presented after the first visit
to the VA contact represen
tative.
Gov. Signs Youth Temperance Edict
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observance of Youth Temperance Education Week in Geor
gia. Several young people and adult leaders were on hand
when Gov. Vandiver signed the proclamation.
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Surprise Party
Honored Cage
Stars, Porterdale
PORTERDALE — Girls and
Cheerleaders of the Porterdale
Junior High Scnool Champion
ship Basketball Team shared
honors with their coach, B. C.
Crowell, at a post - game party
in the Trophy Room of t h e
Porter Memorial Gymnasium
on Saturday evening, March 3,
1962. The Surprise Party plan
ned and staged by Mrs. Vivian
Armistead, Mrs. Ed Floyd, and
Mrs. Reuben O’Kelly was a very
fitting climax to the Newton
County Junior High School
Tournament where the Porter
dale girls and Livingston boys
emerged as victors.
The refreshment table over
laid with white had as its cen
terpiece a cake symbolically
embossed with two goals, a foul
line, balls, and “Porterdale Jr.
High School”. The school colors
were carried out in the punch
and cookies which were served
with the cake. Each person’s
place was appropriately mark
ed with a gold napkin on which
a purple ball bearing the
guests’ names rested.
Annual Oglethorpe
Breakfast Set
March 23rd
The annual Oglethorpe
Alumni Breakfast meeting will
be held again this year on
March 23rd in conjunction
with the GEA convention. The
affair will take place at 8:00
a.m. at Rich’s Magnolia Room.
The main speaker will be
Ivan Nestingen, Undersecre
tary of Health, Education and
Welfare, who will come
from Washington, D. C.
for the event. Honored
guests will be Governor Ern
est Vandiver and Mr. John
Sibley, who will receive the
“School Bell Award for Out
standing Contribution to Edu
cation” for the year 1961.
Tickets for the Breakfast
may be obtained from Miss Ira
Jarrell, GEA Building, 197
Central, Atlanta 3, Ga. or from
the Alumni Office, Oglethorpe
University, Atlanta 19, Ga.
The charge is $1.75 for each
reservation.
Cornish Creek
Bridge Contract
In State Bid
Bids will be received by the
State Highway Department on
an estimated $6,900,000 in State
and Federal road contracts on
March 23, according to High
way Board Chairman Jim L.
Gillis.
Mr. Gillis said that this let
ting, which follows close on
the heels of bidding on some
$7,100,000 in bond - financed
Highway Authority contracts
on March 22, will consist of
two Interstate, one Federal-aid
Urban, one Federal-aid Sec
ondary, and 39 State-aid con
tracts, providing for work in
43 Georgia counties.
Recalling that the State
Highway Department let com
mercial contracts totaling over
146 million dollars in 1961, Mr.
Gillis said: “The March lettings
will raise to over 30 million
dollars the total let during the
first three months of 1962.
This will give us a healthy
start toward another big year
in terms of Georgia’s highway
program.”
Contracts to be included in
the March 23 letting, includes
a bridge over Cornish Creek
on the Covington-Alcovy Road
approximately 3 miles North
east of Covington.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MARCH 15, 1962
Newton Band Members Are Honored in All-State Band
WW- -C.
TWO MEMBERS of the Blue Rambler Band were selected to pariicioate in the All-SMte
Band in Atlanta on March 21-23, with three selected as alternates. Those chosen wit_ the
instruments thev will plav are shown from left to riaht: Tommv Brown, (alternate) t rom
bone: Arlene Hararove, All-State Band, Flute: David Rainey, (alternate), alto-saxophone:
Mada Patterson, All-State Orchestra, Oboe: and John Jordan, (alternate), Trumpet
Attention All Boat Owners
With Spring approaching, you
will soon be cleaning up your
boats getting ready for those
enjoyable days of boating or
fishing. Before launching your
boat, make sure you understand
the requirements of the Geor
gia Boating Safety Law.
This law requires that all
boats, regardless of size, which
carry a motor in excess of ten
horsepower be registered with
the Slate Game & Fish Com
mission.
It also provides that on all
public waters of Georgia, ALL
boats, regardless of length of
boat and whether powered or
not, have aboard one U. S.
COAST GUARD APPROVED
life-saving device for each
person in the boat. This law ap
plies to all boats, including
home-made boats, and will be
enforced on the streams and
public lakes of Georgia. It
should be pointed out that SKI
BELTS ARE NOT COAST
GUARD APPROVED. Take
care to avoid overloading
your boat. Make sure you know
the number of persons you can
safely carry and do not over
load.
Georgia law also provides
that it shall be unlawful to op
erate a boat in a reckless man
ner so as to endanger the life,
limb or property of yourself or
others. It is also unlawful to
operate a boat while under the
influence of any intoxicant.
All persons skiing are re
quired to wear a ski belt or
other life-saving device; and
all boat accidents where there
is injury or property damage
amounting to as much as SIOO
must be reported in writing to
the State Game & Fish Com
mission. These reports may be
made on forms supplied by
Wildlife Rangers.
If you or j rate your boat at
night, remember, you must
have lignt? that are visible to
any boat 150 feet away.
If there is any question in
your mind concerning any of
the boating laws or other Game
& Fish laws, contact your local
Wildlife Ranger, or State Game
& Fish Commission, P. O. Box
817, Fort Valley, Georgia. To
Rufus Houston
Serving Aboard
USS Higbee
Rufus Houston, fireman,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Os
car Houston of Route 4, Cov
ington, is serving aboard the
radar picket destroyer USS
Higbee, which arrived in Ran
goon, Burma, Feb. 27, on a
good-will cruise.
The ship and its crew have
been warmly welcomed by
Burmese government and peo
ple, and their arrival was ex
tensively covered in the local
press. Tours and visits by gov
ernment officials and the for
eign diplomatic corps began al
most as soon as the ship dock
; ed, and the Seventh Fleet de
■ stroyer welcomed more than
800 visitors aboard for an open
house the same day
report violations, call Fort
Valley 825-8248 or 825-8249
Collect.
Let’s all work together to
make this the most pleasant
and the safest summer this
county has ever had.
Out of Breath?
Do you know someone who
wheezes and puffs?
He may have a chest, sick
ness that makes it hard for him
to breathe out.
Normally, our lungs hold
about two quarts of air. Each
time we breathe, we let out a
pint and take a new pint in.
The air that remains is later
exchanged for fresh air. But
always—no matter how hard we
blow —at least a quart remains.
If a person wheezes and
puffs, it may be because too
much air remains in his lungs
and he can’t get his breath out.
This is a sickness called em
physema.
It is common among older
people. Especially those who
have had tuberculosis or
chronic bronchitis. Glass blow
ers and trumpet players who
have over worked their breath
ing muscles are also particul
arly susceptible.
Emphysema is serious and
uncomfortable. But it can be
arrested.
Doctors can help people live
with it for a long time. They
use different treatments, in
cluding some of the “wonder
drugs.” Trained physiotherap
ists can often teach elderly
emphysema patients who have
had trouble moving around to
walk about — even down the
street. The physiotherapist gives
aid for TAXPAYERS
A TH 4< 4 * /X 'T '
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The new 1962 edition of Internal Revenue Service publica
tion No. 17, "Your Federal Income Tax,” is now available.
The improved edition of the 144-page booklet contains many
new illustrative examples and instructions, including a
sample filled-in tax return form and easy-to-read explana
tions of the hundreds of questions which confront individual
taxpayers. Also available is the new 1962 edition, Internal
Revenue Service Publication No. 334, “Tax Guide for Small
Business." This booklet, also 144 pages, covers the Federal
tax problems of the small businessman. A tax calendar
and a tax checklist are also provided. Both books are
priced at 40e per copy and are available at Internal
Revenue Service District Offices and from the Government
Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C.
them breathing exercises.
Men who have emphysema
in the early stages should stop
smoking. Thry should also
change jobs if they work in
dusty or smoky places. Active
workers wbo lift and strain
will probably have to do some
thing less taxing physically.
If you have a chronic cough
or are short of breath, don’t
just blame it on cigarettes and
forget about it. Your lungs may
slowly be filling with too much
air. See your doctor. Early at
tention can keep emphysema
from becoming a crippier.
Income Tax Hints
It may be to the advantage
of married couples to file joint
income tax returns even though
one spouse has no income. This
schedule automatically splits
the joint income reported and
reflects the tax at the lower
rate applicable to each half,
suggests Miss Lora Laine, Ex
tension home management spe
cialist.
Surviving Spouse
If your spouse died during
the year, you are considered to
have been married for the en
tire year, and if you did not
remarry before the close of the
tax year you may file a joint
1961 Federal income tax return
for you and your deceased
spouse.
Income—lnterest
When filing your 1961 Fed
eral income tax return, you
must include any interest you
received or which was credit
ed to your account (whether
entered in your passbook or
not) and can be withdrawn by
you.
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
Parents Say "Wrongs” Exist
At the Livingston School
(Editor's Note: The fol
lowing article is reprinted
from The Atlanta Constitu
tion, March 8,1962).
• * * •
A group of parents com
plained Wednesday of certain
“wrongs" they say have exist
ed in Livingston School in
Newton County for more than
a year.
Wednesday the group met
with Newton County School
Superintendent J W. Richard-
J. Paul Alexander of the
Livingston community has
inserted an advertisement in
The News today in relation
to the Livingston school
question. The ad is on Page
6.
son and Livingston School
Principal B. M. Paden to dis
cuss school supervision of the
children and other complaints
of the parents.
The group contended t ,at the
teachers and principal are not
supervising the children ade
quately.
OFF LIMITS?
The children, first through
eighth-graders, are allowed to
play in woods off of school
property behind the school and
allowed to go to a gas station
store near the highway off of
school property, according to
the group.
The school operates a store
of its own.
In a letter sent to the New
ton County Board of Educa
tion, the parents said, “There is
a lack of discipline in class
rooms, resulting in children
wandering about classrooms, up
and down halls, in and out of
the principal’s office, teacher’s
lounge and library for no ap
parent reason.”
The parents asked Wednes
day who was responsible for
the children irom the time
they left home on the school
bus until they returned in the
afternoon.
Richardson assured them the
school was responsible.
They express worry over
what would happen if a child
Hypnosis and the Athlete
Can hypnotic influence improve athletic performance?
Apparently so, in some instances — but it can also be
harmful, may have a reverse effect, and represents a distinct
health risk.
The muscles of hypnosis began flexing after a publica
tion circulated to athletic personnel claimed total performance
could be “increased by 25-30%.” Soon it was revealed that
a Seattle University basketball player with a mediocre rec
ord had performed exceedingly well after being hypnotized.
Reports persist, and so do denials, that Ingemar Johansson
was hypnotized before his heavyweight title fight with Floyd
Patterson. A midwest university professor of education ad
mits giving hypnotic “treatments” to the winning swimming
team.
“This is equivalent to injecting a race horse with a
stimulant,” says Dr. Harold Rosen. “There have been in
stances where the hypnotized athlete’s performance was
lowered, where physical impairments were aggravated,
where physical limits were exceeded to the point of injurious
exhaustion, where focussed intent on play wiped out aware
ness of vital safety measures. It is bad portsmanship. There
are no conditions under which hypnosis is justified if the
only object is to enhance one’s athletic performance.”
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was “snake-bitten in the wood*
or kidnaped while off Lite
school grounds.''
Principal Paden injected at
this point, “Let’s, not bring in
the big bear.”
Mrs. A. J. Aylor, president
of the school's PT A, then asked
him if he plans to worry about
it after something happens.
Another complaint listed by
the parents was the general
“filthiness” of the school. They
contended that children were
doing “janitorial duties in the
restrooms.”
PROMISES PROBE
Richardson told the group
that he would personally look
into the cleaning problems.
Paul Alexander, one of the
people present, said, "Those
complaining are new people to
the county. 1 can remember
when Livingston was a one
room school house and every
body sat around a pot-bellied
stove. These people are com
paring this school to schools in
other parts of the state.”
Mrs. Aylor said the Living
ston School was being com
pared to other schools in New
ton County only.
The Present school was built
in 1957,
LIVESTOCK VALUE
Total value of livestock and
poultry on Georgia farms as
of January 1,1962, was $204,-
154,000. This was 9 percent
above the total value on Janu
ary 1, 1961, which was $187,-
274,000, ^ .cording to the Geor
gia Crop Rer .rting Service.
Cattle On Feed
Cattle and calves on feed in
Georgia on January 1 totaled
88,000 head, a sharp 49 per
cent increase over January 1,
1961. Cattle feeders indicated
they expect to market about
30,000 head, 34 percent of the
January 1 inventory, during
January, February and March,
according to t>he Georgia Crop
Reporting Service.
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