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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor Aad Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Food and Nutrition
Board Speaks Out
On Heart Disease
Concerned about the possibility that
many people might turn away from milk
and other dairy foods because of this grow
ing confusion about heart disease, the Food
and Nutrition Board of the National Acad
emy of Sciences — National Research Coun
cil has issued a statement on the subject.
(The Food and Nutrition Board is com
posed of scientists from universities, re
search organizations, and industry. The
group is set up under Congressional act to
serve as an interpreter of scientific opinion
on problems of food and nutrition for the
federal government. This is the group that
publishes recommended dietary allowances
which say how much of each nutrient is
recommended for persons in different age
and activity levels).
Commenting on dietary changes with re
spect to heart disease, the Food and Nu
trition Board said, “The questions of how
much and what kind of fat can affect the
development of atherosclerosis remain un
answered but are subject to very active
research and continuing review.
“In view of these uncertainties and be
cause many factors are known to influence
the onset and course of this disease, the
Food and Nutrition Board considers that
drastic changes in the American diet with
respect to fat intake cannot be recom
mended at this time.”
The statement also pointed out that, “milk
and milk products are prominent because
they contribute approximately 24' < of the
protein, 76 c < of the calcium, and 47% of
the riboflavin in the national diet . .
“In view of the widespread use of milk
to provide significant portions of recom
mended nutrient intakes, unwarranted de
preciation of public confidence in milk as
a food is not in the best interests of nu
tritional health of large segments of the pop
ulation. . .
Congress Bill Would
Give Government Workers
A Big Pay Raise
A determined group of Congressmen are
hell bent on pushing through a pay raise
before Congress adjourns for the Govern
ment's 2,366,000 employees to the tune of
S9OO million to make hay for themselves
back home in this election year.
It is even reported that certain members
of the Senate and House are insisting that
a S4OO million increase for the 585,000 pos
tal employees be tied in with a postal rate
increase bill (H. R. 7927) now before Con
gress. And this in spite of the fact that
witness after witness has told the Congress
this discriminatory legislation will destroy
many weekly and daily newspapers and
magazines and kill many jobs in the pub
lishing and allied industries.
Os course, all Representatives and one
third of the Senators are up for re-election
in November. To make votes for themselves,
some of the more willful seem to have for
gotten President Kennedy's admonition not
to “ask what the country can do for you —
rather, ask what you can do for your coun
try’”
A pay raise of these proportions is coun
ter to everything the President seeks for
the national economy. He has stressed that
labor should avoid asking for wage hikes
so that management can hold the price
line and avoid inflation. But these Con
gressmen »eem to feel there is a double
standard — one for Government employees
and another for private employees.
A pay raise for Federal workers at
this time could start a disastrous wage
spiral, particularly since they already en
joy many benefits not available to other
employees. They are guaranteed year
round employment, get up to 26 days’ va
cation leave and 13 days' sick leave, are
assured regular promotions, substantial re
tirement and. with so much red tape in
volved. it is practically impossible to fire
them.
Inasmuch as it has been estimated that
each Federal worker controls four ballots,
this might be called a lesson how to
buy votes with tax funds.
East Lansing, Mich., Farmer: “Tax
payer — That's a word we re offering for
consideration of the editors of any new
dictionary. It refers to any good citizen
who has become much confused by all
the tax controversy going on . . . and
sincerely but fearfully hopes it won’t fi
nally end up costing him more and bene
fiting him less.”
(Our Advertisers Ar* Assured Cf Results)
MATION A I EDITORIAL
— Published Every Thursday —
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Oro Year S 3 00
Plas 3% Sales Tax
Polars oar of Georgie—Year $3.50
This Company Has Been
Issuing Pension Checks
For the Past 46 Years
As older people become a larger proport
ion of the nation’s total population, much
is heard, pro and con, about “compulsory
retirement” at age 65. And American in
dustry, caught in the middle of the debate,
frequently collects brickbats.
Overlooked by too many of us is the job
industry is doing to provide for its retired
employes.
This was called to mind recently when
Mark W. Cresap, Jr., president of Westing
house Electric Corporation, personally
presented the first monthly pension check
to Charles H. Lutz, the Westinghouse
veteran who became the 10.000th person
on the company's present roll of retired
employes.
In the course of the ceremony, Mr. Cre
sap noted the fact that his company has
been granting pensions to retired employes
since 1915, and last year alone contributed
$22 million to funds for the payment of
pensions.
One Westinghouse pensioner - John
Quick of Wilkinsburg, Pa , has received
431 checks over the last 36 years. Mr.
Quick is 106 years old and still going
strong. The company’s records show that
the average retired employe lives to re
ceive 180 monthly pension payments fol
lowing retirement.
The 1,500,000 pension checks which this
one company has mailed out since 1915,
and the growing value of these checks over
the years, is impressive testimony to the
comforting fact that the retired employes
of our large industries are not forgotten.
National Pharmacy Week
Set for October 7-13
National Pharmacy Week is sponsored
Nationally by the American Pharmaceuti
cal Association, and in Georgia, by the
American Pharmaceutical Assn. It will
be observed this year during the week
of October 7-13.
National Pharmacy Week is a week set
aside each October to honor the pharmac
ists of the United States.
There are around 117,000 pharmacists in
the U. S., including general practitioners,
hsopital pharmacists, pharmacists working
in industry and others. In the U. S. there
are more than 54,000 community phar
macies
A degree in pharmacy requires five
years of academic study. Several pharmacy
colleges require six years. Following grad
uation, a pharmacist must pass a rigid
examination by the State Board of Phar
macy in the state of his choice before he
is licensed. Many states require a year of
internship under the supervision of a reg
istered pharmacist.
Four thousand pharmacy graduates are
required each year to maintain and im
prove effectiveness of our community phar
macies and pharmaceutical research. Ap
proximately 3.900 graduated in 1962. There
are 76 accredited colleges of pharmacy in
the U. S. It is surprising to know that ap
proximately 743.000,000 prescriptions were
dispensed in the U. S. last year. Os these
50% were renewals.
The average prescription fee in 1961
was $4.97 whereas a second survey listed
the average fee for prescription medica
tion to be $3.25. The fee charged for a
dered There are 14 billion prescription
orders on file in U. S. pharmacies.
The total dollar volume of prescription
sales in 1961 was over $2,253,000,000. The
average price in 1929 was only 85 cents
completed prescription takes into consid
eration the cost of the commodity plus
the value of the professional services ren
and it took the average manufacturing
employee more than 90 minutes of work
ing time to pay for it.
To buy today's average prescription
at $3.25 requires only about 84 minutes
of working time, a decrease of almost 7
percent.
Prentiss. Miss., Headlight: "Do you
know what the largest single item in our
federal budget is. except for the defense
appropriation? It is the interest on the Na
tion’s public debt! The taxpayers of this
nation are having to pay the exhorbitant
sum of $17,960 every minute of the day
as interest, alone, on what America Owes!
Use your own knowledge of arithmetic
to compute the amount of interest we are
paying by the hour or by the day. We are
too scared to even attempt it.”
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
Entered at the Fast Office
at Covington, Georgia, a*
mail matter of the Second
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Sunday School
De Beliefs Matter?
Bible Material: Matthew 5:8;
John 3:17; Acts Kll-lS; 2 Thes
salonians 2:13-17; I Peter 3:25; 2
Peter 3:14 18
Devotional Reading: Jeremiah
17:5-10. Memory Selection: Always
be prepared to make a delen.se to
anyone who calls you to account
for the hope that is ia you. 1 Peter
3:25.
Intermediate-Senior Topic:
What’s the Difference?
Young People-Adult Topic: Why
Do Beliefs Matter?
Do beliefs matter?
As soon as we examine with any
care the basic nature of Christian
faith we see that beliefs are very
important. Jesus began his preach
ing ministry with the comment:
“Repent ye and believe the gos
pel” (Mark 1:25).
The word “witness” is import
ant in Christian faith. Almost our
Lord’s last words to his disciples
were. “Ye shall be witnesses unto
me both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto
the outermost parts of the earth”
(Acts 1:8).
But what are Christian be
lievers to witness? They are to be
sure to bear witness to that glad
ness of heart, that sense of secur
ity, that new and vital way of life
into which Christian faith has in
ducted them. But they must also
bear witness that there is a basis
something which flashed upon them
out of the heavens. The Christian
experience is not a delightful sense
of well-being which comes down
out of heaven and settles upon the
Alcovy Watershed Assn. Approval
Gets Favorable Action in Congress
J. Booth Williams, President
of the Alcovy River Watershed
Association, stated that the As
sociation meeting held last
week in Monroe marks the
beginning of a renewed and
active effort to secure approval
of the project.
There has been little activity
during the past four months
pending action by the Congress
on amendments to public law
566. With the recent favorable
action by the Congress on these
amendents, which permit in
creased Federal participation in
the recreational phases of the
Watershed Program, it now
appears that the outlook for
the Alcovy project is favorable.
Mr. Williams pointed out
that the basic requirements of
need for flood prevention, es
tablishment of upland cover
and local interest have been
fully established and with the
very definite need and interest
in additional municipal water
supply for both Monroe and
Social Circle and. with the
high level of interest in the
development of public recreat
ional areas, in connection with
the project, the planned works
of improvement will have
multipurpose use.
The meeting of the officers
and directors of the Association
was held at the Walton Electric
Membership building. Progress
and developments to date were
fully reviewed and discussed.
Future plans include a meeting
with representatives of the St
ate Office of the U. S. Soil
Conservation Service in Athens
for the purpose of developing
plans for action in additional
planning activities in the pro
ject It is expected that sta.e
office representatives of the
Watershed planning party will
heart of the believer. This sense of
well being and security all true
Christians have. But they have it
because of their conviction that
certain things have happened, that
certain other tilings are continuing
to happen, and that certain prom
ises will be fuliiilled in the world
to come.
So we begin our study today by
affirming at the very beginning
that beliefs are a matter of conse-
It is hard for many conscientious
quence in Christian life and faith.
Christians to get out of their minds
the fact that they are not under
divine condemnation.
And why should they not be?
They have erred and strayed from
God’s ways like lost sheep, fol
lowing too much the devices and
desires of their own hearts. Their
lives are full of weaknesses to
which so often they succumb. Th^v
faith fails just in those moments
when they need its support most.
Day by day, no matter how hard
they try, they find that thy stum
ble and fall. They fail to live up
to those high ideals which Jesus
Christ set for his followers.
The assurance of the word of
God is that “God sent not his son
into the world to condemn the
world: but that the world through
him might be saved.” God is not
the slightest bit interested in pun
ishing us. His realm is a realm of
light. His thoughts concerning us
are thoughts of love. We are wor
thy of condemnation, but He has
lifted that condemnation
meet with the officers and
directors at their October
meeting.
The Watershed Association
President expressed appreci
ation for the high level of in
terest evidenced in Walton,
Gwinnett and Newton Coun
ties and urged the group to
advise the people in each coun
ty that an active program to
secure approval of the project
had been planned and will be
carried out.
It is expected that additional
information relative to the re
cent enacted amendments re
lating to recreational develop
ments will be obtained from
the State Soil Conservation
Service Office. Mr. Williams
stated that the keen interest
on the part of land owners
throughout the three county
watershed area, in the flood
prevention phases of the pro
gram. were already fully es
tablished, and with the expect
ed development of the recreat
ional opportunities, it is evid
ent that the large group of
people, both urban and rural,
who recognize the definite
need for additionl recreational
facilites in this area will deve
lop a keen interest in the Al
covy project.
Officers and directors at
tending last week’s meeting of
the Association include: J.
Booth Williams, President, C.
Z. Rawlins, Lawrenceville,
Vice President, Oscar Dunagan.
Lawrenceville, Director, Pierce
L. Cline, and M. C. Sherod.
Newton County directors, Hoke
O’Kelly, Loganville director,
T. R. Breedlove and Robert
Eckles, Walton County direct
ors, and Miller Dial, Super
visor. Upper Ocmulgee River
Soil Conservation District.
ILmait Coveraqa Any Weekly In The Stato Thursday. October 4. 19M
Fall Colors Are
Now Showing at
Callaway Gardens
PINE MOUNTAIN, GA —
Mother Nature is already
spreading the colors of Fall at
Callaway Gardens here, with
the Sourwood trees already
decked out in their fiery red
Fall dress.
Thia small, pretty tree is
considered one of the moot
ornamental native trees at
Callaway Gardens and visitors
to the mountains of Georgia
will remember the signs at
roadside stands advertising
“Sourwood Honey” but may
not recognize the Sourwood in
their own regions. In summer,
its showy bunches of white
flowers that attract the bees
have caused it to be called the
“Izlv of the Valley” tree.
The Sourwoods provide a
spectacular display of color on
Laurel Springs Drive at Call
away Gardens and. as Fall pro
gresses, many other kinds of
trees, along with berried sh
rubs, Sasanqua camellias and
chrysanthemums join the col
orful scene.
Many of the softeberries are
eaten as soon as they ripen by
many birds in the Gardens. The
pink and blue berries of the
native Viburnum nudum,
sometimes called Withe-Rod,
are attractive U> the eye before
they become dinner for the
birds.
The violet berries of Ameri
can Beautybush are numerous
and remain longer on the
shrubs for visitors to enjoy the
color. On the Callaway Gar
dens Holly Trails, the berries
mav stay until March, when
flocks of’Robins clean them up
in a single week. Everyone is
familiar with red holly berries,
but at The Gardens, there are
holly varieties which bear
bright yellow, and even white
berries.
At the Greenhouse display
garden, visitors will see a col
orful carpet of chrysanthem
ums in the borders. These are
cushion “mum” varieties which
do not need staking, since they
remain low in growth. A hedge
of fall blooming Sasanqua
camellias borders the road in
the Greenhouse area. A glossy,
evergreen shrub, the sasanqua
camellia can be used in place
of Ligustrum in landscape
planting, giving the advantage
of colorful flowers in the fall.
During October, the Sour
wood’s fiery red will be joined
by the bright yellow of tulip
poplar and hickory, the or
ange-red of Dogwoods, Maples,
Oaks, the light brown of beech
and the amber brown of some
oak trees. The waxy evergreen
leaves of the Southern Magno
lia and the dark green needles
of pine are foil to the colorful
display of autumn leaves at
Callaway Gardens.
Johnny Farmer
Honored at MYF
Meeting, Monday
The Newton-Rockdale Sub-
District met at Prospect Meth
odist Church Monday, October
1.
A “This Is Your Life” pro
gram, based on the life of
Johnny Farmer was presented.
Mr. Farmer’s life was outlined
and his active work in the
church was brought out. His
ability to use his talent for
God sets a good example for
the young people to follow.
Refreshments were served
by the Prospect ladies. An in
spiring closing worship was
then presented by the Prospect
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Local Kiwanians to Attend
Georgia District Convention
The KiwanU Club of Cov
ington will be represented at
the 1962 convention of the
Georgia District of Kiwams
International at Jekyll Island,
October 7-9 club president
George Hutchinson announced
today. Hosts for the convention
will be members of the Kiwan
is Club of Brunswick
Local delegates to the con
vention will be Frank Meadors,
Sam M. Hav. Bill Dickey and
Geo. Hutchinson.
Charles A. Swain, president
elect of Kiwanis Internation
al, a Cape May. New Jersey
businessman, will be a fea
tured speaker at the three-day
meeting at the Wanderer Motel.
Also on hand will be Dr. R.
Glenn Reed, Jr. of Marietta, a
trustee of Kiwanis Interna
tional; O. E. Peterson of Chi
cago, secretary of Kiwanis. and
managing director of the Ki
wanis General Office; and
Hamilton Holt of Macon, a past
president of the international
service organization.
Delegates from 125 clubs,
representing more than 7.000
business and professiona 1 lead
ers. will participate in the va
rious sessions. Committee con
ferences. a discussion of plans
for the coming year, considera
tion of successful community
service work, and the e’ection
of officer' will h ,o hlight the
program, Mr. Hutchinson '3'd.
Presiding officers will be
Robert H. Hitchell. governor of
the Georgia Kiwanis District.
Mitchell is an Atlanta (North
side Atlanta Kiwanis Club)
Certified Public Accountant. _
Trustee Dr. Reed, like presi
dent-elect Swain, is a member
of the 19-man Board of Tru=-
tees of Kiwanis International.
He is a 14-year veteran of Ki
wanis who. like Swain, has
been a leader in all levels of
th» service organization.
Dr. Reed is acfve in profes
sional. civic, ard social work
as well as in Kiwanis. He is
president of the N.W. ©istrict
Newton County Farm Bureau
Reports Organization Results
The Newton County Farm Bu
। reau. with plans nearing comple
tion for the Annual Membership
Acquisition Program on October
9, today issued a report of ac
complishments of the voluntary
farm organization.
Jack Chandler, President of the
Newton County Farm Bureau
Unit declared, Farm Bureau “had
exercised an outstanding year of
progress.”
Listing some of the results of
farm bureau activity, Mr. Chand
ler said the efforts had strength
ened the economy of the rural
community. Some recent accom
plishments included the following:
(1) Organized the Georgia
Farm Trade Development Cor
poration in 1962 to expand sales
of farm products at home and
abroad.
(2) Helped organize seven
Georgia financed and controlled
commodity promotion programs.
(3) Successfully opposed an in
crease in the amount of Social
Security taxes paid by farmers.
(4) Explained a major Le-risla
tion Affecting farmers in this
gession of Congress to County
Farm Bureau leaders.
(5) Responsible for approxi
mately $17,545. 903.00 savings to
Georgia farmers due to no Sales
Tax on Fertilizer for period 1951-
(Georgia) Deirtal Society ard
a member of the Georgia Coun
cil on Dental Health, ,the
American Dental Association•
Dr. R. Glen* Reed, Jr.
and the American Society of
Dentistry for Children. He is
a past president of the Cobb
County Chamber of Commerce,
and a member of the Georgia
Joint Council on Study of Ag
ing. „„
Dr. Reed was named Young
Man of the Year" for Cobb
County in 1960; and he was
honored as one of the ‘Five
Young Men of the Year” for
the State of Georgia in the
same year. He is a veteran of
World War II and the Korean
War.
H-m : ’ton Holt of V mn,
who will also be at the con
vention, was present of Ki
wanis Internationa! in the
1945-46 administrative year.
During his term of office,
World Wm II c^e off'”’"’V
to an end: and Holt led Ki
wanis in its efforts to a-su
the nation to convert smoothly
to a peace time economy.
I 1961.
(6) Responsible for approxi
mately $17,545,903 00 savings to
Georgia farmers due to no Sales
Tax on feed for period 1951-1961
(7) Responsible for $22,471,436 30
in Georgia Gas Tax refunds for
period 1951-1961. Farm Bureau al
so responsible for national leg
islation making possible refunds
■ of millions of dollars in Gas Tax
refunds from federal level.
(8) Organized the Georgia Farm
j Bureau Investment Company to
' finance autos and pick-up trucks
i at savings for members only.
(9) Resj»nsible for more FHA
I operating loans being made avail
able to Georgia farmers.
(10) Responsible for approxi
! mately $15,100,000 savings to
Georgia farmers due to no Sales
i Tax on seed for period 1951-1961
i (11) Successfully sponsored
| Legislation to make possible more
j farmers eligible for State Gas
: Tax Refund (Vetoed by Gover
! nor).
i (12) Opposed Federal Aid to Ed
j ucation.
। (13) Requested study and in
vestigation by U. S. Justice De
partment on prices paid Georgia
farmers for pulpwood.
(14) Opposed legislation in Geor
i gia General Assembly making
Auto Liability Insurance manda
tory'.
(15) Supported increase in To
bacco acreage.
(16) Over 14.500 new policies
added in our insurance company
in past 12 months, brineing total
nolicies in force to 41.000 — The
। fastest growing insurance com
i pany in Georgia. Broadened ser
। vices features.
| 17) Continued to represent in
terests of the rural community,
State and Nation, on vital issues
based on policies developed by
Farm Bureau Member Families,
Cousins NHA
Chapter Met
The R L. Cousins N. H A.
Chapter held its first meeting on
, September 19th in the Home Eco
■ nomics Department.
The purpose of the meeting was
to elect officers to serve during
the year of 62-63. The officers
elected were as follows: PresL
dent — Jacqueline Williams. Vice
President — Rosa Lee Davis. Sec
retary — Janie Henderson. Asst.
Secretary — Geraldine Johnson,
Treasure — Lillie Nolley. Repor
ter — Linda Cobb. Parliamentar
ian — Patricia Wright, and Chap
lain — Rosa Eubanks.
Plans were made to attend the
Southeastern Fair in Atlanta. Ga.
Sixty Two N. H. A.’ers atteiai
ed this affair
Linda Cobb