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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
National FFA Week
February 17-23
It is by no means a coincidence that this
particular week is annually dedicated to
the observance of the achievements of the
Future Farmers of America.
It is specifically chosen because in this
week one of the nation’s first scientific
farmers was born. His love of the soil im
bued him with nature’s own strength, pa
tience and serenity. His experiments in
cover crops, soil conservation, seed and pro
duction improvement might challenge some
of today’s professional agriculturists. He
was among the first to plant pecan trees,
raise mules, develop grazing crops and
permanent pasture. George Washington,
“Father of His Country," born on February
22, 1732, was also a true “Son of the Soil.’’
So it is, that the nation pauses to pay
tribute to the 380.000 Future Farmers of
America, of 10.000 Chapters, who share our
First President’s respect and love for the
good earth.
Founded in 1928, Future Farmers of
America are rated the most prosperous
group of like age youth in the nation.
Members are required to take Vocational
Agriculture training in high school, and
conduct projects under the supervision of
an instructor. With over 18,000 members,
Georgia boasts the third largest FFA mem
bership in the nation. They operate a S 3
'million Investment on more than 55,000
acres.
Primarily designed to train youth in
rural leadership and good citizenship, FFA
develops a deep sense of responsibility,
purpose and perseverance that hu :I ds char
acter and enriches spiritual values.
It is a nrivilege to r>^v trihote to Vo
cational Teachers, leaders, and Future
Farmers of America, who hold much of
America’s future in their hands.
Reading Reform Group
Asks 26 Keys to Wisdom
In the mail on the Governor’s desk
when he returned to it after New Year’s
was a letter from Watson Washburn, New
York attorney, one-time athletic star and
currently president of the Reading Re
form Foundation.
“One of the greatest gifts that you
could offer the children in your State in
the New Year,” it said, “is to assure them
that you will take steps to restore the al
phabet as the basis of elementary reading
instruction.”
Concerned with the illiteracy that the
modernistic “look-say" method of learn
ing words by “configuration” (their shape,
rather than their phonetic content) has im
posed on a whole generation or more of
American youth, Mr. Washburn urged the
Governor to review reading instruction
methods and “restore to the children their
inherent right to a proper start in reading,
writing and spelling, based on the alpha
bet".
He also requested that the Foundation,
whose work is assisted by a national ad
visory council of 180 leading educators,
authors and civic leaders and expedited by
active, well-informed chairman in 31 states
and the District of Columbia, be given the
opportunity of discussing the reading cri
sis and how to cure it.
On the optimistic side. Mr. Washburn
noted that some states and the District
of Columbia had already taken corrective
action, and that the recent and realistic re
port of the New York State Education De
partment revealed the need of reform. El
ection of Dr. Max Rafferty on a back-to
phonetica platform as California's Superin
tendent of Public Instruction assures vig
orous action in that state. “In Arizona."
he says, “three-fourths of the schools now
use a phonetic system; and in Florida, Ha
waii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachu
setts, Virginia and Wisconsin, some local
ities have adopted the same approach."
In his year-end nrogress report to the
Foundation, Mr. Washburn said: “Intro
duction of primitive pictography (such as
archeologists found in King Tut’s 3.000-
year-old tomb) was the longest step back
ward ever made in American education,
and its abolition will mark the greatest ad
vance in our time."
We hope the Governor agrees.
Two major Industries — aviation and pe
troleum — are pooling their resources to
develop the supersonic plane which, within
a decade, will enable you to fly from New
York to London in ka than three hours,
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The Postage Hike Was
Another Consumer Tax
January 7, 1963 may go down in history
as Stamp ACT Day in commemoration of
Another Consumer Tax —a one cent hike
on every letter or postcard you mail. In
addition, you may even pay more for
mail you receive if your newspapers and
magazines are forced to raise subscription
rates to cover postage increases.
The increases were intended to pro
duce new revenues of $603 million to bal
ance the postal budget. But Congress came
right back with another deficit by tacking
on a wage raise of $368 million for postal
employees which you, the taxpayer, will
eventually have to pay. We don’t quarrel
with the wage boost for postal workers be
cause we assume Congress checked that
out carefully. Our quarrel is with signifi
cant lack of increased productivity per
postal employee. Failure to mechanize is
the prime cause of this productivity prob
lem.
It was not until 1920 that the Post Of
fice got its first mechanization — the post
age meter, which Congress authorized pri
vate industry to use to cut down on some
Post Office operations. It has done little
else in the way of mechanization to elimi
nate many manual chores.
That same year, 1920, the telephone
company started installing dial telephones,
to the consternation of many who felt that
great numbers of the then 292,000 tele
phone employees would be thrown out of
jobs. Now the automatic telephone is al
most universal, the service is greatly im
proved, the cost of a coast-to-coast call is
only $2.25 as compared with $16.50 in the
20s and, most important, the company em
ploys 730,000 persons — two-and-a-half
times the 1920 number. Without the dial
system, perhaps every single woman in the
nation between ages of 18 and 30 would
have to be employed today to handle the
90 billion calls made annually.
In the same period, the Post Office has
retained its long outmoded hand opera
tions, even though it has examples that
mechanization increases, rather than de
creases, jobs, while cutting costs to con
sumers.
The word ACT in Stamp Act can be
meaningful if you will act now to let your
Congressman know that you insist on a
postal system as modern as America it
self.
Stockpiling Medicine and
Nuclear Warfare Interlocks
Sufferers of chronic diseases of many
kinds, diabetes for one, may well take heed
of the latest warning of the American Dia
betic Association and keep on hand a two
months supply of any special medicines
they require to maintain their health.
This latest policy statement by the
ADA Committee on Emergency Medical
Care updates the original recommenda
tions of 1951 to meet nuclear warfare con
ditions as they may now be anticipated and
to outline measures that should be inte
grated into the over-all civil defense plans.
Those taking insulin or oral antidia
betic drugs are advised to lay in a two
months supply of material for testing blood
sugar, syringes and needles and sterilizing
equipment, as well as the drug. Those who
may be caught in a disaster away from
home should maintain a similar supply at
their places of work — and all should take
these materials with them if directed to a
community shelter.
Although Food and Drug Administra
tion regulations require that insulin should
be kept under regrigeration, the ADA
points out that it will keep for a long time
under ordinary conditions and in an emer
gency should not be discarded on expira
tion date. Orinase and other drugs that can
be taken by mouth are much less oerish
able than insulin, but these, generally, can
only be taken by diabetics who have milder
cases.
The ADA directive notes that while
the average diabetic keeps a three-weeks
supply on hand, drug manufacturers cur
rently have adequate reserves of insulin
and there is an estimated 60 to 90 days
supply in the hands of wholesalers and
retailers.
The statement also suggests that, since
diabetics must adhere to a diet, thev also
lay in a two-months supply of special
foods specified by their physician.
If and when the chips are down, and
the test for survival comes, there will be
death and suffering enough that will ba
unavoidable. Moral* and ■ «• wll be
•e n all — ti e ik a 4 h* wej —
Who best prepare a aiaat need ess casual
ties.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
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GEORGIA HERlTAGE—Georgia’s first newspaper appeared on
April 7, 1763. Named the Georgia Gazette and published in
Savannah, this pioneer 4-page weekly was printed and edited
by James Johnston. The Gazette presented all sides of the grow
ing revolutionary controversy, resulting in several periods of
suspension. Because editor Johnston refused to take sides, ha
was banished from Georgia on March 1, 1778, along with the
fleeing British regime. When the royal forces came back, the
paper was revived and Johnston became its editor again. The
British were finally ousted in 1782 and Johnston left a second
time. Curiously, the on-again off-again printer was recalled in
1783 to produce the Gazette of the State of Georgia until his
retirement in 1797. Under his son Nicholas, the paper lasted
until 1802.
SOUR WEEKLY (jQ LESSON FOR
UNDAY SCHOOL
1—^-1
“Thou Art the Christ”
Bible Material: Mark 8 27-9:1
Devotional Reading: Philippians
1:12-21; Memory Selection: If any
man would come after me, let him
deny himself and take up his
cross and follow me. Mark 8:34.
Intermediate - Senior Topic: The
Cost of Confessing Christ
Young People - Adult Topic: The
Christian’s Confession
Our lesson last week dealt with
the vitality and sincerity of true
religion. We asked ourselves the
question as to whether or not our
religion is real. Does it make any
difference in our lives? For many
people religion is a mere assent
to certain beliefs; or it may con
sist largely in following certain
customs, particularly customs of
worship. But such things are only
the appurtenances of religion.
True religion means such trans
forming of the inner life that our
will and purpose conform to the
will and purpose of God. There is
one great Power and Mind in the
universe. True religion means a
holy, cooperative relationship on
our part with that Power and
Mind.
Jesus and his disciples were vis
iting in the neighborhood of Cae
sarea Philippi. Opposition to Jesus
had mounted to such an extent
that anything like a continuous
sojourn in Jerusalem, or in any of
the larger cities in that area,
would probably lead to quick dis
aster. Jesus, therefore, led his
disciples to this remote part of
the country and there, in a scene
which has become famous, his true
nature was recognized and ack
nowledged by Peter and the other
disciples.
Caesarea Philippi is to be dis
tinguished from that Caesarea
which was the capital of Palestine
in our Lord's day. This area had
in remote times been a shrine to
the pagan god Pan. the god of
shepherds. Caesarea Philippi was
a border town where Jesus would
have the opportunity to preach
both to Jews and to Gentiles, and
where he could undoubtedly speak
more freely about himself and his
holy mission that he could under
the critical eyes of the religious
leaders in Jerusalem.
Jesus was anxious to know what
people thought about him. This
was not because he sought popu
larity but because he wanted men
to have a growing apprehension of
his true nature and work.
If his Messiahship were an
nounced in Jerusalem and word
got about that he was a new king
come to govern men under the
laws of God. the heavy hand of
the Roman overlord would des
cend swiftly upon him. Therefore,
it was better that the matter of
his true nature be discussed with
his disciples in a remote place
such as Caesarea Philippi.
“Whom do men say that I am?
And they answered. John the Bap
tist: but some say. Elias; and
others. One of the prophets.”
Naturally when people thought
of Jesus, their minds went back
to the courage and vigor of John's
! preaching The mo-ster Herod had
just axe ited John, and every
where throughout the country
there mitement and mutter
i*g about this cruel murder. These
FKMW MV *’• beUevet in
some sort of reincarnation. The
more ignorant may have felt that
when the spirit left John’s body
it entered the body of Jesus. They
appreciated the resemblance be
tween the two men. Few, however,
had the penetration to see that
they were fundamentally differ
ent.
Others, of course, likened Jesus
to Elias (Elijah). The prophet Ma
lachi had declared: “Behold, I will
send you Elijah the prophet before
the coming of the great and dread
ful day of the Lord” (4:5). Could
it be, inquired many, that this
Jesus was the forerunner of God’s
Messiah?
These were inadequate answers.
Jesus recognized them as such.
But the scene was now laid for a
momentous discovery.
“And he saith unto them, But
whom say ye that I am? And
Peter answereth and saith unto
him, Thou art the Christ.”
Matthew records that Jesus de
clared that flesh and blood had
not revealed this to Peter, but the
Father which is in heaven. “And
I say unto thee, Thou are Peter
and upon this rock I will build my
church; and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it. And I
will give unto thee the keys of the
kingdom of heaven: and whatso
ever thou shalt bind on earth shall
be bound in heaven: and whatso
ever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven” (16:18
—l9).
Luke says nothing about building
on the rock or about the keys of
the kingdom. This declaration is
found only in Matthew. We know
that Mark's gospel was originally
considered the memoirs of Peter,
and undoubtedly the apostle had
examined this Gospel before it
was circulated among the chur
ches. Modesty might, therefore,
have prevented Peter from quot
ing the whole of the Lord’s ut
terances which conferred unusual
powers upon him personally.
On this declaration of Peter rest
both the faith of individual Chris
tians and the structure of the
Christian Church. If Jesus was
merely a martyr, and superb
teacher, a man of infinite wisdom
—this would be good, but not good
enough.
Our faith is built on an unwav
ering confidence in the complete
divinity (deity) of Jesus Christ.
He is God come down upon the
earth for the purpose of redeem
ing fallen man. He is God’s power
adapted perfectly to man's need.
There has always been a dif
ference between the Catholic and
Protestant interpretations of the
declaration found in the Gospel of
Matthew. The Catholic Church
holds that upon the man Peter,
God built his church We hold that
upon Peter’s confession is the
church built.
This difference in interpreta
tion has led to a cleavage in the
Christian Church which for cen
turies has been the cause of con
troversy and strife.
“And he began to teach them,
that the Son of man must suffer
many things, and be rejected of
the elders, and of the chief priests,
and scribes, and be killed, and af
ter three days rise again.”
This was indeed a shock both to
Peter and th* ether disciples, com-
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■The Georgia
LECISLETTER
ATLANT A—T h a “main
show” of the 1963 session of the
General Assembly opens this
week with at least two days of
full-debate scheduled in the
House on Gov. Carl Sanders’
near-billion-dollar budget for
the two-year period 1963-65.
Speaker George T. Smith
kept the House in session on
last Friday (members usually
go home on Thursday) to clear
the legislative decks for the ap
propriations battle. The House
Appropriations Committee,
which has devoted three week
of intensive work to the ap
propriations bill, was expected
to submit it to the full House
on Monday.
A s House committeemen
neared the end of their work, it
appeared that the administr
ation estimates might be cut by
a few million dollars--surely
no more. The Education and
Welfare departments and mis
cellaneous agencies were due
for cuts, none large.
While minor floor skirmishes
are expected as individual
members try to restore favored
items or cut deeper into others,
no major assault is expected on
the appropriations bill. It pro
bably will pass in substantially
the same form that it reaches
the floor. Before the end of the
week the bill should go on to
the Senate. Members of the
Senate Appropriations Com
mittee have sat in as observers
during the House committee
sessions, and are already fami
liar with details of the bill
They should complete action on
it promptly.
Meanwhile, other major bills
in the Sanders legislative pack
age are moving through the
General Assembly like a gal
leon under full sail.
Work was completed last
week on an administration bill
ing as it did after such a glorious
announcement of the Lord’s di
vine nature. Is this what it would
lead to? Most people believe that
when the Messiah came it would
be amid glory and that the world
would be struck with awe by the
manifestation of heavenly powers.
But here was a new idea of Mes
siahship.
Or was it new? A careful read
ing of Old Testament prophets
clearly indicated that when the
Messiah came he would be despis
ed and rejected of men, “a man
of sorrows and acquaint with
grief.” He would be wounded for
man’s transgressions, bruised for
his iniquities. The chastisement of
our peace would be upon him, and
with his stripes we should be heal
ed (see Isaiah 53).
Little wonder then that Peter,
whose spiritual penetration had
been so commendable, now took
Jesus by the arm and indicated
that he wanted to speak to h i m
privately. Matthew records that
Peter said. "Be it far from thee,
Lord, this shall not be unto thee”
(16:22).
Peter wanted a variety of re
ligious experience in which every
thing would be sweetness and
light. He was not prepared for the
cross. When, a short time later,
Jesus was arrested and brought to
trial, Peter and all the disciples
forsook him, and Peter even de
nied that he had ever known him.
It takes the real uniting of our
souls to God and his holy purposes
before we realize that salvation
means sacrifice and that sacrifice
means suffering.
Jesus realized the seriousness of
the situation he confronted. The
coming events would be enough
of a strain upon the faith of his
companions. If he allowed them
to believe that he agreed with Pe
ter. or at least did not fundamen
tally disagree with him. then the
whole trial and subsequent suf
fering would be incomprehensible
and disastrous to their faith. Peter
must be rebuked. He who only
a moment before had manifested
such spiritual penetration that Je
sus declared this penetration had
been the result of God's leading—
this same Peter would now ruin
everything that his wisdom, in
sight. and courage had set forth.
We can see Jesus suddenly turn
ing about, shaking off Peter’s
friendly hand upon his arm, turn
ing his back upon this chief of the
apostles and crying out, “Get thee
behind me. Satan:. . . for thou
savourest not the things that be
of God but those that be of men.”
Satan’ Yes. his close friend, his
leader, the man upon whom he
was so to rely for the further ex
tension of his gospel — this man
was now Satan in the Lord’s eyes.
We shall never study a more
important passage of scripture
than this. It involves the basic
teachings of our faith. On the
one side we see the Lord with the
completeness of this wisdom; on
the other side we see man — em
bodied in penetrating, courageous
Peter — giving in to those very
weaknesses which would destroy
the spiritual truth upon which
Christ would build ids Hngtiom.
-By Glenn McCullough
giving the governor power to
merge state agencies in the in
terest of efficiency and econ
omy. Floor Leader Arthur Bol
ton of Spalding county assured
members that the authority
could not be used to throw
elected state officials out of
jobs.
There was some opposition to
the measure in the Senate,
where t was amended to pro
where it was specific actions
taken under it must be appro
ved by the Assembly.
The House passed an admin
istration bill authorizing co
unties to merge certain services
—welfare departments, for ex
ample—by a vote of 116-43 af
ter considerable debate. It still
needs Senate approval. There
was some suspicion of the bill
by local legislators, and Rep.
Tom Murphy of Haralson got
through an amendment enab
ling the counties to terminate
any merged services within 30
days.
Meanwhile, the Senate gave
its approval to a constitutional
amendment passed earlier by
the House enabling counties to
merge by a majority rather
than two-thirds vote of their
people. The Senate watered it
down slightly by requiring a
majority of at least 51 per cent.
The bill to create a Depart
ment of Youth in the state
government, part of the gover
nor’s program, is still in the
House State of the Republic
committee, but may be report
ed out this week. It has been
definitely decided to make it
independent of the Welfare De
partment, although Mrs. Bruce
Schaefer, welfare director, will
be on the governing board.
• * ♦ *
Two bills affecting the press
were introduced in the Senate
by Senator J. B. Fuqua of Dist
rict 22, owner of a television
station in Augusta, chairman of
the State Democratic Executive
Committee, and a close politica’
friend of Gov. Sanders.
One, S. B. 56, would allow
officials of the state, any co
unty, municipality or political
subdivision to “supplement”
legal advertising in newspapers
by placing it on radio or tele
vision broadcasts or both
“when in his or its judgment
public interest would be served
thereby.”
The bill, if it should become
law, would for the first time
in Georgia make electronic
media competitors of the press
for legal advertising.
Senator Fuqua also introd
uced another bill (S. B. 55) to
amend the “truth in advertis
ing” act of 1958, as amended
in 1961. This bill duplicates
the present law except for
minor details.
• * * •
One of the most interesting
political sidelights that has de
veloped during the pi esent ses-
Sen. Pennington Reports
The first week of the second
session of the General Assembly
was completed last Friday, this
was a very busy week. The Bud
get Committee of Both the House
and the Senate continue their
probe into the proposed budget.
We are trying to remove all un
necessary expenditures so that
the state may operate within its
receipts so no new tax measures
will be necessary.
In the Senate we saw the elec-
I tion of Senator Joe Tribble of the
3rd District of Savannah. Senator
Tribble is a republican and won
, the election by a large majority
: over his opponents. This makes a
‘ total of three republican senators
now serving in the Senate. The
i other two are Senator Dan Mac-
Intyre of Atlanta and Senator Per
ry Gordy of Columbus.
With the election of Senator Joe
Tribble this completes the mem
bership of the Senate. The Senate
has 54 members. Each Senator
represents approximately 75,000
people.
During the week the Senate con
sidered many bills that originated
in the Senate or came over from
the House. Some of these bills will
be far reaching and take consider
able study to see that they are in
the best interest of each county in
my district and also if they are in
the best interest of the State as a
whole.
On Monday we had a delegation
of agricultural leaders from the
South American Country of Vene
zuela visit Georgia. As chairman
of the Senate Agricultural Com
mittee, I was delegated the duty
of escorting them during their stay
in Atlanta. We met them Monday
upon their arrival at the airport
with a State Patrol escort. They
were brought to the State Capitol
to be introduced in the Senate.
Governor Sanders than received
Thursday, February 21, 1963
GSP Explains
Policy on Vets
Drivers 7 License
ATLANTA — The Georgia State
Patrol is now enforcing a uniform
policy on the issuance of veter
ans’ drivers licenses which should
eliminate all misunderstanding
concerning this state benefit,
Georgia Veterans Service Direc
tor Pete Wheeler reports.
The free licenses are available
only to war veterans who have
served at least 90 days in the U.-
armed forces, at least some part
of which time must have been
during a war period as defined by
law, and to the widows of such
veterans who are deceased.
Also, the veteran or widow must
have been a formal resident of the
State of Georgia for at least one
year before they become eligible.
Normally persons moving into
Georgia from another state must
have held a regular Georgia dri
vers’ license for 12 months before
they are eligible.
Veterans disabled by war ser
vice are eligible for the free li
cense if they have only one day
of active military duty during
wartime. Veterans windows who
re-marry lose this benefit.
Residents of the State of Geor
gia who are still members of the
active duty armed forces are eli
gible for the free licenses only if
they have had the 90 days duty
during wartime, such as World
War II or the Korean War.
In order to receive a veterans*
license, both veterans and widows
must, of course, pass the same
drivers’ tests given for regular
licenses.
In applying for a veterans’ li
cense, the veteran or widow must
produce evidence of active war
time duty. Widows must also show
evidence of their veteran-hus
band’s death.
Application for such licenses
should be made to the Georgia
State Patrol. The Georgia Depart
ment of Veterans Service will as
sist any veteran or veteran's wi
dow in securing any evidence they
need to prove eligibility.
sion is the fight in the Senate
between Senator Garland Byrd
of Reynolds—former lieuten
ant-governor—and Lt. Gov.
Peter Zack Geer over the tui
tion grant law. Both are re
garded as potential candidates
for governor in 1966.
After the Education Depart
ment revealed that 83% of the
tuition grants made so far had
gone to the parents of children
already in private schools.
Senator Byrd introduced a
resolution to kill the grants.
Lt. Gov. Geer promptly came
to their defense, although ag
reeing that present legislation
needs amendment. His propo
sed bill would place the resp
onsibility for awarding grants
on local boards of education,
and make them payable out of
local available school funds.
Gov. Sanders is opposed to
repeal of this law.
them in his office, from there they
were carried through the Georgia
Department of Agriculture. They
were certainly impressed by t h e
State Agricultural Laboratories
and the Agriculture Department
in general. On Monday evening
they were escorted through the
Southeastern Ginners Exhibit at
the Biltmore Hotel. Senator Rich
ard Russell and Governor Carl
Sanders had earlier addressed
this meeting of Cotton Ginners.
We feel that Georgia Agricul
ture will benefit from this visit of
the delegation from Venezuela.
They were interested in purchas
ing not only cotton, but gin ma
chinery, agricultural insecticides
and when I explained to them
about our great dairy industry in
Georgia they became very inter
ested in the possibility of pur
chasing from Georgia certain
dairy products.
We were successful in most
phases of our appeal for disaster
relief for our Livestock Industry.
Many countries have called special
meetings of their local disaster
Board and in most cases the coun
ty farmer will receive aid by be
ing allowed to purchase certain
surplus feed grains at reduced
prices
On Tuesday evening I had the
opportunity to speak to a large
group from Walton County in
Monroe. This meeting was spon
sored by Monroe Junior Service
League. We discussed the aim and
accomplishments of the present
state administration. During the
talk a question and answer ses
sion was held. I feel meetings like
this are very desirable as it is in
the best interest that all people
be well informed on all matters of
Government.
Brooks Pennington, Jr.
Senator, 45th District