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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistart to Pub sher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
A D TUI
CITY OF COVINGTON
After 22 Orbits of Earth
It Is Time to Take Stock
The splash-down of Astronaut L. Gor
don Cooper two miles from his pick-up ship
USS Kearsarge after a perfect blast-off
through the atmosphere and 22 orbiting
circuits of the earth and a descent under
manual control is something to cheer about.
It marked not only an all-but-flawless
space flight, and the longest of which
there is any reliable record, but the suc
cessful completion by the United States of
a series of three spectacular human ad
ventures beyond the barrier of a life-sup
porting environment — and back again.
These excursions have doubtless proved
to scientists many things of which we are
but dimly aware, if at all. But they have
proved some other things that all of us can
understand, and things we needed desper
ately to know.
We needed to be assured that the
American breed has not run out. that this
nation can still produce courage and com
petence of the highest order — and in the
same package! We needed to know that our
scientists, projecting their minds into out
er space, still had their feet on the ground,
.hat our engineers and technicians and
•raftsmen could design and fashion the
equipment and devices to implement the
demands of science.
And we needed to know that we would
effectively coordinate the manifold and
specialized skills, talents, capabilities and
•xperience essential to a calculated chance
of success in such an ambitious and unpre
cedented undertaking.
Demonstration of all these vital capa
bilities has been complete and satisfying.
In addition, we have reassured ourselves
and demonstrated to the world that we
spare no thought, no effort, no expense
nor deployment of manpower in devising
and providing every conceivable safeguard
to those who risk survival on the lift of a
rocket, the functioning of a myriad items of
equipment, of their own minds and bodies
and of the invisible waves of electronic
command and communications.
With this accomplishment and with this
assurance in our hearts, now is a good time
to take a long, hard look at what we con
ceive to be necessary in further space in
vestigation. Plans and equipment for Pro
ject Gemini —a two-man probe, possibly
of two weeks duration — are well advanc
ed. Manned lunar flights are in the plan
ning stage. But is it necessary to send hu
man beings on such journeys? Eminent
scientists say it is not necessary to the de
mands of science. Instruments in pilotless
projectiles can report to us, they say, the
things we need still to know.
Shouldn’t we at least employ instru
mentation as far as we can — before we
crowd further our incredible good luck?
Are Men Better Cooks
Than the Women?
This is about the time of year we begin
hearing that:
Men are better cooks than women.
After all, the great chefs have always
been men.
A woman is not as precise and particu
lar in cookery as a man.
And, curiously enough, we hear such
remarks from women more often than
'rem men. Or is it curious? Such flattery
might possibly have some relationship to
the fact that with the arrival of warm
weather, 81 percent of America’s families
will buy 5750 million worth of food, and
spend SIOO million on new outdoor cook
ing equipment with which to prepare and
terve 1.3 billion outdoor meals! And it
should be mentioned that the great major
ity of these will be meals the Little Wo
man doesn't have to get.
However it may have come about. June
has been officially designated in Chase's
Calendar of National events as Barbecue
Month, and so proclaimed around the na
tion by mayors who doubtless broil a mean
steak themselves. Another bi g factor is
that June just happens to include Fa
ther's Day, is of course purely coincidental.
The purpose of the Month is stated simp
ly: “to stimulate the great national appe
tite for outdoor cooking, the skills it re
quires, the pleasure it brings".
But, as the poet might well have said:
'Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
vho never to himself (and all who would
isten) hath said. ‘Brother, can I cook a
<teak like nobody's business!' " Millions of
athers will hear this clarion call and rush
o ignite the charcoal fires of the nation
- bringing with them almost as many
different recipes and preparatory routine
for the ritual that women are likely to
loss off as merely “broiling a steak.’’ A
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Traffic Accidents Pose
Grave Problem to Motorists
It’s a grim business. But regardless of
the words of warning which appear in the
columns of this newspaper — and in the
countless columns of other newspapers
across this vast land of ours — the carnage
on the nation’s highways continues at an
alarming rate.
Last year was no exception. In fact, the
year 1962 stands infamously as the most
tragic in the history of highway safety.
According to an authoritative report by
The Travelers Insurance Companies, 40,500
persons were killed last year in U. S. traf
fic accidents. It was an all-time high for a
single year and erases the previous record
of 39,969 fatalities set in 1941.
Moreover, highway accidents injured
an additional 3,345,000 people in 1962. This,
too, is a shocking total —a total which ex
ceeds by nine per cent the comparable fig
ure for 1961.
To be sure, this is tragic news. However,
we cannot help but feel the real tragedy
lies with the public at large which appar
ently finds precious little motivation for
joining the battle to save lives on the high
ways.
Perhaps in the final analysis the com
munications media are armed with poor
ammunition. Statistics, by and large, make
poor copy even though they deal with a
situation which last year directly affected
3,385,500 lives. Countless others were in
volved indirectly.
So the question continues to arise: how
can we translate 3.335,500 casualties into a
meaningful figure.
Consider, if you will, the combined
population of cities like Atlanta. Boston,
Dallas and San Francisco. Add to that sum
the number of people living in Alburquer
que. Des Moines and Salt Lake City. Then
add the total population in Butte, Mon
tana. . . and Chyenne, Wyoming. . .and in
Tucson. Arizona. . .and in Wheeling, West
Virginia.
When you total the number of men. wo
men and children living in these 11 Amer
ican cities, you will have a sum approxi
mately equal to the number of highway
casualties in this country last year.
It’s an appalling number. Worse yet,
most of these casualties were not caused
by mechanical failure or by poor driving
conditions.
The simple fact is that nearly nine out
of every 10 highway accidents were caused
by driver error and lack of judgment. At
the same time. The Travelers report also
points out that more than 80 per cent of all
accidents occurred in clear weather and on
dry roads.
This, we devoutly hope, makes our
point. We believe these facts stand as mute
testimony that the dramatic reduction of
highway deaths and injuries can only be
accomplished if we as drivers are deter
mined to stand up and be counted in this
annual battle against senseless slaughter
on the nation’s roadways.
current favorite among male outdoor chefs
is the "brush-on” technique . . . preparing
meats in advance of broiling by brushing
on Kitchen Bouquet, an herb-flavored seas
oning commonly used indoors to make
gravy. Whether it's Porterhouse or Tea-
Bone or Sirloin, hamburger, filets or hot
dogs, this seems to be the method of seal
ing in the rich juices and creating the spicy
flavors worthy of a meal cooked under the
canopy of heaven.
America, as Lord Nelson said of England
some while ago, "expects man to
do his duty.”
WATERVILLE. WN.. EMPIRE-PRESS:
"Perhaps our most republican form of gov
ernment we have in this country is county
government. It is a government that is
closest to the people where, if they only
knew and took interest, they have the most
control. The role of county government is
limited; the negotiations and deliberations
of the Commissioners are open to the pub
lic. They are. however, restricted in action
by state statutes. On matters of welfare,
highway moneys, education and federal aid
they have but little control. The trend, un
fortunately, is toward more centralization.
This was brought about by the federal and
state governments usurping their sources
of revenue and attaching strings to federal
and state aid, matching moneys."
Goodwill Industries —a private, non
irofit organization which employs and pro
ides rehabilitation services for handicapped
jeople — asks you not to let unused items
-lutter your home. Repairable discards are
irgentlv needed Thev arc used tn help
the handicapped earn while they iearn.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
Entered at the Fast Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SOUR WEEKLY
UNDAY
Worship in the House of God
Bible Material: Psalms 24;
84: 121; 122; 2 Chronicles 5-6.
Devotional Reading: John
4:19-26; Memory Selection: I
was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go into the house of the
Lord!” Psalms 122:1.
Intermediate-Senior Topic:
Worship in Our Church.
Young People-Adult Topic:
Longing for the House of God.
Psalm 84, which is our main
study in this lesson, belongs to
a group of psalms known as the
Pilgrim Songs. The pilgrim,
who is far from Jerusalem and
the Temple, longs to be in the
courts of the Lord so that he
may worship him and see him
face to face. Whether the pil
grim in Psalm 84 actually
comes to Jerusalem is not clear.
From the pathos of the poem
and the almost hopeless long
ing of the writer, it appears
that the poet was detained in
some faraway land and never
achieved his desire of actually
returning to Jerusalem. But if
he never got back to Jerusalem,
he learned, nevertheless, that
God’s presence was with him,
even in distant lands.
The Jew never lost his pass
ionate love for Jerusalem and
the Temple. In his religious
homesickness he has always
contemplated the joy of wor
shipping in the sacred precincts
of the Temple at Jerusalem. It
was the Jew who gave to the
world one of the most import
ant books of worship, the Psal
ter of the Old Testament. Be
cause it speaks in the universal
language of the human heart,
the Psalter has become a part
of the Christian worship ser
vice.
Every Christian should have i
the same longing for corporate
and private worship as the;
poets of the Old Testament who '
wrote the Psalms. It is only
by seeking God's face in his
sanctuary that we receive the
peace and courage to live from
day to day, and week to week.
Let us see what the experience
of worship meant to the Heb
rews of old.
“How amiable are thy taber
nacles, O Lord of hosts! My
soul longeth, yea, even fainteth
for the courts of the Lord: my
heart and my flesh crieth out
for the living God” (Psalms
84 1-2).
The passionate zeal of the
poet for God’s house is shown
by the strong words he uses to
express his emotions. The psal
mist is a mystic, who uses the
language of the lover, whose
whole nature longs to be sat
urated with God’s spirit. The
word “amiable" means “lovely,
lovable,” and brings to mind
the strong emotions which are
aroused when the lover beholds
the object of his affection. Here
the Temple in Jerusalem is the
object of the pilgrim’s contem
plation. It gives him joy and
inspiration on his long pilgrim
age. It may even suggest to him
his heavenly home where he
will be continually with God
and will have peace and rest
forever. The poet continues in
rapturous tones: "My soul
longeth (literally, grows pale),
yea, even fainteth (literally, is
consumed by burning), for the
courts of the Lord.”
Yet this is not just a senti-
America’s Cookout Champion
SK ' • w al 1 ’
An eas.vtomake recipe, which he calls "Grilled Imperial
Crown Meat Loaf," enabled Thomas J. McDermott, Jr., Loa
Angeles attorney, to win the title of America's Cookout Cham
pion for 1963. Competing against skilled backyard chefs from
all sections of the nation. McDermott received JtO.tWt from
Kaiser Foil for his recipe, which features ground lamb, eggs,
cracker crumbs, catsup, mushrooms and pineapple chunks. Mc-
Dermott is the youngest winner in four years of the national
barbecue event "for men only” held annually in Hawaii.
§ LESSON FOR
CHOOL
I mental love for a place hallow
ed by memory or for some
ancient ritual or ceremony.
“My heart and my flesh crieth
out for the living God,” the
writer exclaims. He loves not
only Zion, but the God who
I dwells there. It is the “living
God” who arouses in him the
desire to worship in Zion and
to sing this hymn of praise. He
longs for communion with God,
even when he is far from home.
The poet’s passion for God
consumes his whole being. His
soul, heart, and flesh are af
fected by estrangement from
the God of life, and with his
whole being he longs for union
with the only one who can sat
isfy his Inward longings.
"Yea, the sparrow hath found
an house, and the swallow a
nest for herself, where she may
lay her young, even thine altars,
O Lord of hosts, my King, and
my God.” In recalling the
Temple in Jerusalem, the poet
remembers the birds that have
built their nests beside the al
tars of the Lord. Birds have
homes of their own, but the
poet, who is far from Zion, is
homeless in a vast world.
Homesick and brokenhearted,
far from Temple and Mount
Zion, the poet is still close
enough to God to expostulate,
"My King and my God.” No
distance from the earthly Jeru
salem can separate him from
the one who is “closer.. .than
breathing, and nearer than
hands and feet,” as Tennyson
said.
GIRL
SCOUT
NEWS
TROOP 1065
Oxford Brownte Troop 1065
completed their year of adven
ture and good times together
| with a cook-out on Thursday,
May 16. We met at the com
munity center after school and
loaded on a truck for our des
tinat ion, Ellis’ Lake. The
weather was beautiful which
made our trip so much nicer.
We enjoyed hot-dogs, potato
chips, pickles, cookies and lem
onade.
Several mothers, Mrs. Benny
Knight, Mrs. Tom Dial, Mrs.
Garland Williams, Mrs. J. H.
Branham, and Mrs. Harold Day
enjoyed this outing with us.
Brownies who enjoyed this
trip were: Frieda Taylor, Gay
lor Dial, Teresa Ellis, Lynda
Knight, Sheila Day, Kathi Mc-
Daniel, Pam Anglin, Lynn
Corry, Martha Thomas, Brenda
Payne, Sandra Carson, Donna
Williams, Vickie Maughon,
। Cathy Williams, Jaynie Bran
j ham. Mary Nell Smith, Fay
I Roper, Susan Whatley, and
Patsy Bailey, Janice Aylor was
the only Brownie not present.
Upon our return to the com
munity center in Oxford, the
mothers were waiting. This
was such a nice way to end
our year together; and the
leaders, Mrs. Fred Taylor and
Mrs. Clarence Williams say
"thank-you" for a wonderful
' year.
.Best Coverage: News, Pictures and Features) Thursday, May 23, 1963
Traveling
Through
Georgia
The Evidence May Be Disputed
But There's Hope
By: Charles E. Hooper
You may not hear it — and
you may not see it. Throughout
Georgia though the evidence
will soon be clear: At Stone
Mountain, the workers are
putting the finishing touches
on the sky lift. The forest rang
er at Chattahoochee National
Forest in north Georgia has
noticed increased activity in
the wild life of that area. In
Savannah, Darien. Brunswick,
Dublin and scores of other
south Georgia towns, the silent
explosion of the blushing pinks,
deep scarlets and pristine
white azaleas will be occuring,
giving evidence that spring
will soon be here. Overwhelm
ing pieces of evidence continue
to demonstrate this fact even
though, according to the calen
dar, we have a few more weeks
left before it is official. Weep
ing willows by the swollen
streams have taken on that new
shade of green that comes only
once a year. Increased attend
ance of fishermen and boaters
at Lake Lanier, Altoona, Lake
Seminole and other favorite
bodies of water is a fact that
no jury could deny.
The sounds of spring add to
the visual beauty and provide
even further evidence. In the
Okefenokee. the shrill voice of
the heron is heard across the
black waters. The turgid moun
tain brooks burst their bounds
with frenzied leaps and gur
gles. The clang of the plow,
striking a hidden rock, as it
unfurls the rich and warm
ing earth, as well as the whine
of the buzz-saw, the ring of the
hammer and the drone of mo
tor boats lend additional proof
that Spring is arriving.
It is a time for travel also —
to a horse show, a tour of
homes, a visit to your favorite
garden spot or retreat —and a
time for cookouts.
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Some Information
For the Ladies
By LEO S. MALLARD
One of the most interesting and informative daily news
papers in the nation is "The Christian Science Monitor.”
Definitely, it is not strictly religious. It is more factual than
most papers dealing with American life today, and if read
consistently, it can be educational reading for every mem
ber of the family.
National and international news |
is presented and interpreted.
Sports news is given adequate cov
erage and interesting features are
abundant.
While glancing through last
Tuesday’s Eastern edition a head
line story on the “Women Today”
page caught my eye. It was en
titled “Women Can Hold Election
Key” and it was written by t h e
Woman’s Editor, Jessie Ash
Arndt.
The story stated: “In 1960 the
estimated 56.1 million women of
voting age represented 52.4 per
cent of the eligible voting popula
tion. Unfortunately only 33.6 mil
lion actually cast the vote their
grandmothers worked so valiant- .
ly to win. But. if that additional
22.5 million women vote in 1964,
they can turn the tide in which
ever direction they take it into
their pretty curled heads to turn
it.”
This information came as quite
LETTERS TO THE ED.
Covington News
Covington, Ga.
The Garden Club of Geor
gia, Inc., and the Convention
Committee deeply appreciate
your help during the recent
National Convention. Your
contribution added greatly to
the success and beauty of this
most important project of the
year.
Mrs. Claude J. Carter
President, Garden Club
of Georgia, Inc.
Mrs. Nat S. Turner
Convention Chairman
Mrs, John W. Cherry
Convention Co-Chair
man
a shock. Yet, it brings a great deal
of hope. The 1960 election proved
beyond doubt that women have a
l»werful weapon in their vote that
' can correct existing situations in
the political world.
Women are generally well in
formed about governmental af
fairs on the national, state, and
local levels although they leave
most of the expounding on these
topics to the men. Their silent
voices come alive in action how
ever. when the time comes to go
1 to the polls.
Most of the time women don’t
have time to become involved in
political issues, but they do have
time to view issues in the light of
what bearing these issues may
have on their children in the fu
ture. Then they go silently to the
polls and cast their all-powerful
ballot.
The woman's vote can be just
as powerful on the local scene as it
can in a national election. Chang
es are being brought about all
over America in small towns and
counties in order to help them
grow. Women are playing th-ir
part in ridding their communities
of corruption, complacent officials,
and roadblocks to progressive de
velopment.
Men may remain predominant
ly in the spotlight in the political
arena, but the voting power of
women is beginning to be felt
throughout the nation when men
fail to live up to the job that is
expected of them.
Another point that a politician
must keep in mind is that women
don't hesitate to make a clean
sweep when a governmental body
doesn't please them. Just as t h •
little lady sweeps the whole house,
she may be expected to make a
clean sweep on her ballot.