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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
Speed Limit Increased
To 70 Miles on Freeways
We note from “Snap Shots" published
monthly by the Georgia Power Company,
"ap editorial which we feel every citizen
should read, and we quote it.
‘‘The fact that 41,000 people died on the
Ultion's streets and highways last year is
a deep-dyed blot on our country’s conscien
ce. Deaths were up more than 8 per cent
over the 34,250 total for 1961.
In addition to those killed, it is estimated
that 1-1/2 million people suffered injuries;
many of them were crippled permanently.
Travel increased about 4 per cent ahead
of 1961, The number of vehicles also in
creased. There are now 79 million vehicles
traveling about the nation’s streets and
highways, and there are 91 million licensed
drivers operating them.
Our own Company driving records
wouldn't win any laurals for anybody.
Company motor vehicle accident rates in
. creased considerably over the previous
year. There were 221 accidents involving
Company vehicles during 1962, as com
pared with ISO for 1961, which is a gain of
-16.3 per cent for the year. Some gains are
good, but this is one that certainly cannot
be listed under the assets column.
Why have our vehicle accidents increas
ed? Our driving mileage has not increased.
In fact, there was a decrease in 1962. In
- 1961, the Company’s some 1,600 vehicles
„ were driven a total of 18,820,581 miles; in
1962 they w’ere driven 18,718,214 miles. In
1961, the miles per accident rate was 99,-
060; in 1962 we drove only 84,700 miles
per accident.
■; Are we getting careless or indifferent?
To be careless of property is shameful and
wasteful but to be careless of that price
less and irreplaceable thing we call human
life is both shameful and criminal. Are we
criminally negligent? God forbid.”
We are afraid to say so, but we have
'-driven for around forty years without the
—first accident of any kind. We drive care
fully, and do not exceed the speed limit.
However, when we do drive 60 or 65 miles
• per hour, it makes our head swim to see
- the cars passing us so fast that they are
L soon out of sight. That, with the speed limit
* at 65 miles. We drove to Atlanta on the
- new free way last week with a friend who
2 .insisted on driving the new limit of 70
Z jniles, and still the cars left us so far be
drind that we seemed to be going slow. We
•think the fine Companies like Georgia
Tower have the best of drivers. Most of
Ah* accidents are caused by careless speed
ers or drinking drivers. There should be
3aw enforcement capable of correcting
Zthese situations, to save lives.
~ Girl Scout Week
: Set for March 10-16
The mind reels at reading a list of the
?‘days" and the ‘‘weeks" we are supposed
Io observe each year in this country. Some
reach an ultimate in absurdity. But others
are very different. They bring widespread
public notice to activities and organiza
tions which are of great value. That is emi
nently true of Girl Scout Week, to be
celebrated March 10 - 16.
Last year marked the 50th Anniversary
of this movement. This year the program,
which has grown steadily over that half
century, is to be expanded and improved.
Particular emphasis is being laid on qual
ified, well trained leaders and program
consultants the girls need.
Girl Scouting offers almost countless
activities — in such fields as nature, the
"arts, homemaking, the people and customs
of other lands. The goal is to provide a con
sistently stimulating program which will
hold members' interest — and it is the lead
er's job to keep it so.
Every success to Girl Scout Week* The
movement has been well sunported over all
the years — and it deserves every bit of
aid and interest it can get.
RED BLUFF, CALIF., DAILY NEWS:
" . . . the other day ... an advertising ex
ecutive . . . compared the modern tendency
- toward non-involvement with the very
■ earnest and eager involvement of some of
1 our founding fathers. George Washington he
2 pointed out, had a good thing going on
- Mt. Vernon and didn’t HAVE to do all
- that soldier stuff. Nathan Hale didn’t
* HAVE to be so noble about his neck. And
• can’t you just hear Paul Revere, that old
- equestrian square, if he d acted in the all
Z too prevalent way. What do you mean —
• me ride through every Middlesex village
and town? And in the middle of the night,
yet’ Why pick on me? Am I the only man
2 in Boston with a horse’ Thank heavens, the
: Revere — Hale - Washington type of
- gouare isn’t entirely extinct; but would
- that more of us were Like them.
(Our Advertisers Are Assured Os Results)
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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 1,318 4-H
club members in the 42 clubs of the county.
They are under the capable supervision
of Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Sara
Groves and County Agent Ed Hunt; Mrs.
Lottie Johnson and J. W. Horne are in
charge o # the Negro 4-H work.
Let us stop right here in Newton County,
the cradle of the 4-H movement which has
spread 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 accomolish 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
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!"
Household Automation Has
Been Universally Beneficial
The American man never tires of tell
ing of the strides he has made to relieve
his womanfolk of household drudgery. Our
multi-billion-dollar appliance industry is
no less grateful than the queen of the
household. Household automation has been
universally beneficial.
Now, apparently, the ingenious Ameri
can is well on his way to eliminating most
of the unpleasant and repetitive drudgery
associated with masculine productive toil.
A major advance toward freeing people for
the tasks that require judgment has been
made in the sleepy Connecticut village of
Bethel, which has been stirred by plans of
giant Pullman Incorporated to erect a plant
that will produce robots to serve as a kind
of "hewer-of-wood and drawer-of-water"
for industry.
Unimate, as the robot is known (com
bining “universal" and “automation"), al
ready is at work for a major electrical
equipper and a leading automotive pro
ducer. In the auto plant it removes from
a furnace frames for a convertible, quen
ches their 500-degree heat in a water tank,
shakes off excess water and then places
the frames on a conveyor which takes
them to the assembly line.
Unimate needs no physicist or electri
cal engineer to work it. Any setup man
can instruct the robot to assemble parts,
load a lathe, operate a welding gun, tend
a die - casting machine, feed a press, spray
paint and remember some 200 sequential
commands. A self-contained machine, it re
quires only an electrical power connection.
When its job is done in one part of the
factory, it can be moved by fork - lift
truck to a new location.
Indeed, a whole generation of robots
now is in swaddling clothes. More and
more, we can expect to see routine chores
performed by the Unimates, which will
make our industrial plant more competi
tive and, equally important, create new in
dustries, new jobs and new challenges.
What, for example, w’ould you think
if we told you a Unimate wrote this edi
torial?
PORT HURON, MICH., TIMES HER
ALD: “Is it ‘chance’ that prior to 1948,
the U. S. and Britain were tied in the num
ber of Nobel prizes awarded for medicine
in each country — but that in the years
since Britain adopted socialized medicine
she has produced only four Nobel medicine
winners while the U. S. has produced 19?"
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.
YHE COVINGTON NEWS
•WilsSnlwwl^ I
Bponsorsd by Os. Dept. of Coounoree * Go Prow Awn.
GEORGIA HERITAGE—Georgi* was the first of the for
mer thirteen colonies to charter • state university. This actios
came in 1786 when the infant United States of America and the
individual states were facing immense post-Revolutionary prob,
lems. The action of Georgia’s legislature in providing for the
establishment of a state university reflects a concern for higher
education which has characterized the history of our country.
Along with the act of 1785 the legislature provided a land grant
of 40,000 acrea whose sale would aupport the institution. After
an unsuccessful attempt to establish the state college at the
town of Louisville (then the state capital), the University of
Georgia came into existence in 1801 in Athens. Freshmen that
year enrolled for courses in Latin, Greek, mathematics and book
keeping. The first class was graduated in 1804 when a dozen
students received degrees. Tuition was the principal source of
income for operating expenses during the University’s early
years, while land sales provided funds for construction of build
ings. In 1821 annual legislative appropriations began to augment
the operational income. The president of the university during
the planning years (1785-1801) was Abraham Baldwin; Josiah
Meigs succeeded to the position and aerved 1801-1811.
SOUR WEEKLY (O LES SO N FOR
unday School
The Life of Self-Giving Service
Bible Material: Mark 10.
Devotional Reading: Philip
pians 4:4-9; Memory Selection:
The Son of man also came not
to be served but to serve, and
to give his life as a ransom for
many. Mark 10:45.
Intermediate-Senior Topic:
What Makes a Person Great?
Young People-Adult Topic:
To Be Served or to Serve?
We are now in the midst of
a series of fifteen lessons that
cover the Gospel according to
Mark. We are to note the spec
ial characterizations of Mark’s
Gospel in these lessons. The
Gospel is a fast-moving narra
tive. a picture painted of the
ministry of our Lord in bold
strokes. The fast motion of the
narrative is indicated by the
constant use of the word “str
aightway” as we move from
one scene to another.
The object in these lessons
is to show the divine nature
and redemptive mission of Je
sus as we look upon the mighty
acts and teaching of his minis
try. We note especially the new
concept of life that he taught as
centered in self-denying ser
vice.
The Master regarded humi
lity and willingness to serve as
the essential characteristics of
his followers, yet over and over
again it was necessary to re
peat this lesson and to rebuke
their desire for preeminence.
It is certainly well for us to
notice how much emphasis
Christ puts upon the virtue of
humility, and he was himself
the great example of his teach
ing.
Jesus and his disciples had
left Galilee for the final time
before his death and resurrec
tion. They made their way
down through the Decapolis
area on the east side of the
Jordan River.
Earlier in this chapter Jesus
had told the disciples that they
must become as little children
if they would enter the king
dom of God. In the story of the
rich young ruler, the Master
had shown them how riches
and prominence could be a
hindrance to the kingdom.
Now in verse 32 we find that
with his mind upon the cross,
Christ set his face resolutely to
go up to Jerusalem. The discip
les were amazed and awed by
the attitude of Christ and his
fortitude m the face of suffer
ing and danger. Mark is the
only author who gives us this
particular touch.
Jesus told the disciples of his
passion and resurrection. In his
mind he foresaw the climactic
hours of his ministry. For the
third time, as they went rapidly
up the winding road toward
Jerusalem, he tells of his im
pending death. This time he
describes the passion events in
considerable detail.
The disciples could not un
derstand or even believe his
I words. All they could do was
i follow the leader who went be
fore them to face the great
I drama of Passion Week.
Here we do have an example
of matchless courage. We may
also see an unmistakable in
dication of the divinity of Christ
in his insight and knowledge of
events that were to come. Just
as astronomers know that a
great shadow is coming across
the heavens and can predict
when it will strike the earth,
and therefore cause an eclipse,
so Jesus could see beforehand
the impending shadow of the
cross. He knew all the agony
that it involved, yet he faced
it with all the courage and for
titude of the Master of men.
The artist Warner Sallman
had agreed to draw a cover de
sign for the youth magazine of
his church. Yet as the deadline
approached he could not get
the inspiration he felt he need
ed for such a picture. The night
before the deadline he centered
his attention on the verses that
told of Christ's determination
to go up to Jerusalem to face
betrayal and death. Sallman
had long wanted to paint a pic
ture that would show the man
liness, strength, and courage of
Christ. After some hours of
troubled sleep he awoke about
two a. m. with the picture he
wanted to draw before him. He
hastened out to make a thumb
nail sketch on his drawing
board of the strong head of
Christ. The next morning he
sketched the picture in black
and white in about an hour and
a half. He also made the dead
line with this picture for the
magazine cover. The popularity
of the portrait was immediate,
but it was only after several
years that Sallman did the pic
ture in color. Now it has be
come a widely circulated pic
ture of Christ, and the world
has come to think not of an
effeminate Chris like some of
the former pictures, but of
Christ as he set his face to go
up to Jerusalem to die—to die
as a victor; for he knew that
he was to conquer death and
rise again.
James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, had been fishermen
with their father on the lake
of Galilee. Now they had been
with Jesus througout his min
istry, had heard his teaching
and seen his wonderful works.
These two disciples, along with
Peter, formed the inner circle
among the twelve. They had
been with Christ on the Mount
of Transfiguration and had
seen for a few moments the
celestial glory that belongs to
Christ (Mark 9:2). The trans
figuration was to prepare Christ
and the inner circle of the dis
ciples for the tragedy of the
cross and for the resurrection.
James and John were not
able to comprehend as yet the
meaning of the transfiguration
or to understand when Jesus
told them repeatedly of his
passion and death, to be fol
lowed by his resurrection.
One thing they did believe—
they were certain that Christ
was to reign in glory. The two
disciples were among the most
l spiritual of the twelve, but
(Laraest Coverage Any Weekly Tn The State)
—The Georgia
LEGISLETTER
ATLANTA — The General As
sembly convened Monday for the
next-to-last week of the present
session with a mass of legislation
still on its calendar and Gover
nor Carl E. Sanders planning, if
possible, to push through anew
major administration bill. It
would place all Georgia sheriffs
on a salary — rather than fee —
basis.
The governor expressed disap
pointment with a report to him by
the Georgia Sheriffs Association
and the Association of County
Commissioner which failed to
come up with expected legislation
to place sheriffs on a salary. They
said the remaining legislative time
was too short to pass such a bill,
and suggested that it be postponed
until the 1964 session of the As
sembly.
Gov. Sanders did not agree. He
is conferring with his House and
Senate leaders in the hope of push
ing through an administration bill
on the subject. This could lead to
a serious floor fight in both cham
bers.
Meanwhile two major legislative
events were scheduled for Tues
day:
1. Gov. Sanders planned to ad
dress a joint session of the House
and Senate on the revised bill to
create a new Department of
Youth — one of the major planks
in his legislative platform.
The bill has been locked up in
the House State of the Republic
Committee where it has been dras
tically rewritten in an attempt to
reach a compromise between de
mands of the juvenile court judges
for a separate department and the
necessity for keeping it under “the
umbrella” of the State Welfare De
partment to insure some $4,000,-
000 annually in Federal child wel
fare funds.
In its final form the bill is ex
pected to provide for administra
tion of the Youth Department by a
15-member board of which Mrs.
Bruce Schaefer, state welfare di
rector, will be chairman. The
department will function under a
director, expected to be Tom Par
ham of the Emory University psy
chiatry department.
2 Senate Floor Leader Charles
Pannell said he expected Tuesday
to call up the $954,000,000 two-year
appropriations bill passed last
week by a 17-2 vote of the House
of Representatives. An attempt to
slice $11,000,000 from the bill was
made by Reps. Denmark Groover
of Bibb eounty and A. A. Fowler
Letters To
The Editor
Dear Editor:
We want to take this opport
unity to thank everyone in
Covington for their cooperation
and courtesy extended to us
last Sunday while we were
taking the census for the Catho
lic Church, which was taken
throughout the archdiocese.
The help and kindness of our
fellow citizens in Covington
made our big chore a pleasure.
Again a grateful thank you!
May God bless you all!
Census Takers from
St. Augustine's
Catholic Mission.
Dear Editor:
The people were surprising
ly shocked to learn of the pass
ing of Frederic D. (Dock)
Easley, about 8:30 a m. Tues
day, February 19. He won the
love and respect of all those
he came in contact with.
He was very widely known
and enjoyed the respect and
friendship of both white and
colored. He will be very much
missed by all relatives and
friends as well as two daugh
ters, two sisters a large num
ber of nieces, nephews and
grandchildren who survive
him.
A Friend
their idea of Christ’s kingdom
was still very much that of an
earthly monarch.
Christ had just been speak
ing of the suffering he was
about to undergo. He would be
mocked and scourged He
would be spat upon, delivered
to the Gentiles, and killed. The
mind of the Master was upon
such trials and degradation
(Mark 10:33, 34).
In such a setting, the request
of the two disciples seems most
incongruous, if not actually
stupid. We recall, however, that
Chriat had promised a hund
redfold reward to those who
had left all to follow him
(Mark 10:30). What these dis
ciples wanted was not wealth
or houses and lands but posit
ions of influence and power in
the coming kingdom. I
By Glenn McCulloug
of Douglas county, who insisted
the original bill would result in
future higher taxes. Their amend
ment was defeated 107-52.
The bill is expected to emerge
from the Senate without substan
tial changes.
A floor fight may develop in the
House over Senate Bill 80 which
has been favorable reported by a
14-4 vote of the House Hygenie and
Sanitation Committee. It would
provide legal bulwarking for rules
and regulations issued by the Geor-
I gia State Board of Examiners in
i Optometry, which forbid the ad
vertising of terms and rates by op
’ tometrists.
The bill is vigorously opposed by
: the Georgia Press Association as
well as optometrists employed by
department stores and corpora
tions.
A case now pending in the Su
perior Court of Floyd County
(Georgia State Board of Exami
ners in Optometry vs. Pearle Op
tical of Monroeville, Inc. et al)
seeks a legal determination of the
same issue now raised in the Leg
islature — the board's powers to
regulate the business practices of
license optometrists.
Appearing at a public hearing
held last W’ednesday by the Hy
genie and Sanitation Committee,
this writer told the group:
“The stipulation of facts (in the
Floyd county case) shows that it
is not a complaint against profes
sional standards of conduct, but
in reality is an attempt of the
board to eliminate as competition
corporations employing optomet
rists.”
Citing sections 14 and 15 of the
board’s rules and regulations
which forbid advertising, the GPA
representative asked:
“If Henry Ford had not been
able to advertise the price of his
cars, would we know the kind of
economy that exists in America
today?”
Meanwhile, Senator Ben F.
Johnson of DeKalb county pushed
through the Senate by a 37-0 vote
a substitute for a House bill which
had raised from 10 to 16 the legal
age at which a person may be exe
cuted for a capital offense in
Georgia. The Senate version raises
it to 18 years. It also is applicable
— as the House bill is not — to
pending cases unless they have
reached the State Board of Par
dons and Paroles.
Rep. Earl P. Story of Gwinnett
County introduced a bill in the
House lowering from 17 to 15 years
the age at which the name or pic
ture of an arrested person may be
published by a newspaper or
publicized by a radio station. It
has received it* second reading in
the House.
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
MRHAN TALMAWI
KLrf I . TH
Ri
llh From 0
BB m^HINGTON I
ONCE AGAIN, there is before
Congress a measure which
would, at least in part, return
this country to the Constitu
tional government Intended by
our founding fathers.
This is S, J. Resolution 16, the
Talmadge School Amendment,
which I and a'
number of like
minded col
leagues have
re - introduced
in the Senate.
Th* purpose
of the proposed |
Amendment is]
simple: Itl
• * ••• F • • • * ———• m waw
would do no more nor no leas
than restore to the States and
local communities control over
publie education, where, as the
Constitution makes clear, it be
longs.
Written into the resolution am
specific safeguards to insure the
protection of the Constitutional
righto of every individual, every
parent and school child in ths
nation.
a a •
IN THE PAST, I regret that
my efforts to correct the erosion
of the Constitution—which for
the most part has eome about
through Judicial and executive
Bat—have not been given con
sideration worthy of their
merits.
Earnest attempts to return
thia country to the basic concept
of a Constitutional government
of checks and balances between
the legislative, judicial and ex
ecutive branches become bogged
down in a morass of political ex
pediency and selfishness.
So extensive has ths abuse of
the Judicial and executive pow
ers, with the apparent acquies
cence of the legislative, become
that a reversal of ths trend has /
become virtually impossible. f
(set sr ymM a
Senator
Pennington
Reports
We have just concluded a very
busy week in the General Assem
bly. During the week I cospon
| sored and introduced a bill that
i would limit the erection of adver-
I tising signs, displays and devices
adjacent to interstate and defense
highways. This bill would allow
only one bill board type sign per
mile and it would have to adver
tise products or facilities that were
located within twelve miles.
This legislation if enacted will
save the tax payers of Georgia
over three million dollars in Geor
gia in increases in federal funds
that would be available.
I certainly feel that outdoor ad
vertising has its place and should
not be excluded altogether from
our Interstate Highways. I further
feel that our motels, restaurant’s
and service stations should be al
lowed to make known to the tra
veler their facilities that are ad
jacent to the Interstate system.
However, I feel very deeply that
we should not mar the beauty of
our natural country side with var
ious type signs and bill boards.
This bill is supported by most of
■ the garden clubs and other organ
izations that are interested in con
serving the beauty of our natural
country side.
It is the national policy that the
erection of outdoor advertising
signs, displays or devices adja
cent to our Interstate Highway be
regulated consistent with national
sandards. This bill if enacted will
effectuate Georgia’s participation
, in the national program.
A bill was introduced to rose
the age of execution to 16 years
of age. This is a good bill; how
’ ever, it does not effect any de-
I cision that has been made by the
court’s before the passage of this
legislation.
I supported the passage of Geor
! gia’s new obscenity act; however,
i I was very careful to see that it
did not interfere with the freedom
Los the press, radio and other ad
vertising news media.
I would suggest that each per
: son carefully read the list of bills
that are introduced each day. This
list appears in the Atlanta Journal
| and Constitution Daily. It is im
possible for me to list them all in
my weekly report.
After you read these daily re
ports I would appreciate you writ
ing me about any bill that you are
■ interested in.
Brooks Pennington, Jr.
Senator, 45th District
Knowing traffic signs by
their shape is especially help
ful at night, states the Allstate
Safety Crusade. While reading
them may be out of the quest
ion, you can still react properly
to them.
HERE IS HOW the situation
was described recently by Alfred
J. Schweppe, the nationally
known Constitutional authority!
“The theory of checks and bal
ances envisioned by the Found
ing Fathers is largely gone,
through the obsequiousness of
Congressmen intent on their
own reelection rather than on
the great concerns of the Re
public.”
Mr. Schweppe, in an address
before the North Carolina Bar
Association, expressed the fees
that “the days of a federal gov.
ernment of strictly delegated
powers, with all other powers
reserved to the states and to the
people, are definitely over.”
THE CONSTITUTION
meant to bind man from mi^
chief, Jefferson said. However,
Mr. Schweppe asserts that the
chains of the Constitution have
become gossamer threads. ...
Wo have, through greed for pow.
• r federal levels, and im
patience with the orderly pre.
scribed procedure for Constitu
tional amendment, the thing that
Jefferson so greatly feared in
the Virginia Protest of 1825,
namely, ‘a complete government
without limitation of powers’.’
I fear that Mr. Schweppe may
be right. But nonetheless, when
I assumed the office of U. S. Sen
ator, I took an oath to uphold
and defend the Constitution
against all enemies. Thia I will
do.
The restoration of the Con-
Rtitutional balance of power be*
tween the federal government
and the righto of the States and
their individual rit’*—• de— --de
no leas.
Thursday, March T, 1963