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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
CI!TY OF COVINGTON
Salem Camp Meeting —
Epitome of Qur
American Heritage
A bugle will not sound the call to wor
ship Friday evening for the initial service
of historic Salem Camp Ground’s 135th an
nual meeting, as it did in its early, brush
arbor days. But, the call will sound, every
whit as “loud and clear,” as the bell peals
out its invitation to those whose minds and
hearts are weary of cold wars, strife, head
lines of human depravity, and world chaos.
And, they will respond — Methodist,
Baptist, Presbyterian, Church of Christ,
Lutheran, Christian, all denominations —
to hear the Gospel Story and the ageless
truths from the “Greatest Book in the
World”. Eminent preachers of various de
nominations will bring the messages of
hope and peace that the world hungers for.
“Salem Camp Meeting is not just a nos
talgic carry-over from the yester-years. It
is a sacred heritage, which has been cher
ished through the years, as a vital funda
mental of our American Way of Life. As
an interdenominational retreat, it empha
sizes the Freedom of Worship, which insti
gated our nation’s founding. It stimulates
spiritual integrity and dedication, upon
which the strength of any individual or
nation is built.
We heartily congratulate the current
Salem Camp Ground Board of Trustees,
headed by Chairman C. D. Ramsey, for
their part in preserving this priceless insti
tution which is the epitome of our American
Heritage; and join them in cordially invit
ing the public to attend these services
August 9-16.
" . .. " "
Haircoloring” or “Dye
’
Is Today’s Correct Word
Even though we spend most of our days
in a spin, it appears we just don’t go
around in the right circles.
Just when we discovered that the beauty
shops have a new slogan: “Never Say
Dye,” and were about to comment on it,
there came a haughty snort from our ad
visor on such subjects.
“That word ‘dye’,)” she said, “has not
passed the lips of an avante (that's French
for hep) beautician for more than 20 years!”
“But,” we sputtered, “now-a-days, when
the gals change their hair like they change
the minds under them, what do they ask
for?”
“Haircoloring,” she said patiently, “is
today's word.”
So there you have it. But, we didn’t get
off that easy. It seems that, in the old days,
there was something pretty irrevocable
about getting hair dyed. It took the courage
of a Joan of Arc to go through with it.
And if the lady (or her boy-friend) didn't
like it afterward, she needed the patience
of a Penelope (who waited 20 years for
Ulysses to come home from a fight he got
into about a horse) to correct matters. Her
hair had to “grow out,” which meant being
sentenced to six months or more of two
toned tresses.
But today, a girl will pick a new color
for her crowning glory with less concern
than a man deciding on a necktie to match
his morning mood. And why not? If she
changes her mind tomorrow, she can get
that haircolor washed out and try another
one.
Thus today, as never before, the words
of the poet (we can't remember whether
it was Miss Clairol or Mr. Shakespeare)
may be taken at face value:
“Age cannot wither her, nor custom
stale
Her infinite variety.
But she had better never, never,
never say “dye”. ”
Herbert Hoover says: “I have come to
believe that moral forces and certain for
ces embedded in the soul of America are
more important than all of the other is
sues —for thev lay at the base of their
solution. The Nation needs a rebirth of a
great spiritual force which has been im
paired by cynicism and weakened by for
eign infection. Call it nationalism if you
will. But there is an American kind of
nationalism which is neither isolationism
nor aggression and embedded deep within
it is compassion for distress both at home
and overseas.”
During the 1937-49 period, the maxi
mum Social Security tax paid by an em
ployee was S3O — one per cent on the first
$3,000 of pay. The current tax is $174 —
3 5/8 per cent on the first $4,900. The 1968
tax will be $222 — 4 5/R »ar cent on the
= first $4,800.
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Boys’ Nation Is Example
Os Effective Citizenship
Boys’ Nation has concluded its 1963
week-long session at Washington, D. C.
One of the delegate “Senators” from Geor
gia was Bobby McGaughey, Jr. of Mans
field, In the course of their one-week ses
sion in the Capital, they called on their
senior counterparts in the Executive De
partment and the US Senate, visited Fed
eral departments and institutions and in
learning-by-doing will have prepared them
selves, as have the delegates of the past 17
years, for effective citizenship.
Boys' Nation is the outgrowth of a study
program in American Government launch
ed by The American Legion in Illinois in
1935 and known as “Boys’ State.” In the
next ten years it reached national propor
tions, and in 1945 Boys’ Nation was inaug
urated with the election of two Senators
from each Boys’ State to attend the first
national session at the seat of Government,
This year's Senators were selected from
more than 300,000 high school juniors at
tending the Boys’ State study course con
ducted in the various states.
In initiating and conducting these exer
cises in citizenship year after year, the
American Legion is making a continuing
and expanding contribution to the future of
the nation. While its full value can never
be measured or weighed, it is impressive to
reflect that ever-increasing numbers of
Boys' State veterans, qualified for citizen
ship far beyond the average, have been
voting since 1939 and that the first Senators
to attend the Boys’ Nation exposure to
Government-at-close-range will cast their
four Presidentiol ballot next year!
The whole nation, as well as the com
munities they represent, can be proud of
these “boys” — now reaching into their
mid-thirties — and grateful to the Legion
for a truly inspired educational opportun
ity their elders never had.
Money, Years Ago, Was
’
Important; It Isn’t Now
In his 40 years of writing for news
papers and magazines, Myron Stearns of
Greenwich, Conn., who died recently, pro
duced many articles of importance, also a
sizeable shelf of books, including Jack
Dempsey’s life. An oil company once gave
him its $25,000 first prize in a contest for
safe driving rules.
But many think the most moving message
from his typewriter was a letter looking
back on his long career written in 1960
to a fellow writer.
“There’s been a big change in perspec
tive,” he wrote. “Money, years ago seemed
very important. It doesn't now ... Pres
tige seemed important; it looks very local
and unimportant now. Once I was intro
duced at a dinner as one of the two most
important contributors of the year to Col
lier’'s. So what? I'm the only one to even
remember it now.
“Civic contributions . .. have come up
in importance. I once rated them lightly.
But now 1 get a big kick out of remem
bering that Norman Damon, of the Auto
motive Safety Foundation, once told me
that he believed my many articles on traf
fic had meant the saving of at least 10,000
lives.
“But most important of all, friends.
Writers are lucky that way: they have more
chances than most to make, and if they
work at it, keep, friends. Both among the
people they write about . . . and the editors
they write for . . . I'm proud that friends
have stayed with me ...
It was characteristic of Stearns that he
was in Palm Beach, Florida, to visit a sci
entist friend, about whom he had written,
when cancer, the seriousness of which had
not been suspected, killed him. In his long
career which stretched from Stanford Uni
versity at the time of the San Francisco
fire until his death as the oldest member
of the Society of Magazine Writers, he made
hundreds of lasting friends.
A typical Stearns poem, “The Gaffer’s
Song,” concludes with these words:
“For I've lived while I lived, and I'll
die when I die, with my feet in the hills
and my heart in the sky.”
, KING FERRY, N. Y, SOUTHERN
| CAYUGA TRIBUNE: “Years ago no doc
tor would pass an accident without help
ing the victim. Sad to tell this courtesy to
day is rare. But there’s a lot to be said for
the doctor’s dilemma. He won't help be
cause he fears a lawsuit charging neglect
or malpractice. Thus the victim is neglect
| ed and the doctor maligned. Because these
lawsuits have gotten out of hand, 14 states
have enacted so-called ‘Good Samaritan’
laws to protect the doctor in such emer
gencies.”
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.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SUNDAY
People of the Covenant
Bible Material: Genesis 15-
20.
Devotional Reading: Psalms
III; Memory Selection: For you
are a people holy to the Lord
your God; the Lord your God
has chosen you to be a people
for his own possession, out of
all the peoples that are on the
face of the earth. Deuteronomy
7:6.
Intermediate-Senior Topic:
God Makes a Promise,
Young People-Adult Topic:
People of the Covenant.
It is necessary first to men
tion the events that took place
in the life of Abram since the
events described in our last
lesson in order fully io under
stand cur study for today. The
intervening chapters record a
time during which the great
hero of faith sometimes falter
ed.
There was the experience in
Egypt in which Abraham de
finitely showed a lack of faith
and trust in God when he told
Pharaoh that Sarai was his
sister, because he was afraid
the Egyptians would kill him
to take her for the king’s wife.
This was a half truth as Sarai
was indeed his half-sister.
However, this lack of faith got
Abram in a predicament from
which it took a direct act of
God to save him.
We should note that God was
faithful even when Abram
suffered a lapse of faith, How
ever, we should not presume to
tempt God in the assurance
that he will save us and get us
out of trouble. Christ in his
temptations refused to do that.
Then we note that Abram
and Lot had parted company.
Their herds and househclds
had both increased so much
that the land was not able to
sustain them in one place.
Though Abram was the elder,
and by all standards should
have had first choice as to the
part of the land he should oc
cupy, yet he deferred to Lot and
let him choose first—which
gives us one of the truest indi
caticns of Abram’s character.
Lot chose the green valley of
the Jordan, but with all its lush
pasture it got him into Sodom.
Abram was willing to remain
in the dry and stony hill coun
try—but with God.
Lot got in very serious
trouble and was captured by a
confederation of kings from the
east when they raided the ter
ritory in which he was located.
Here again we see another side
of Abram’s strength. He got
his own men together and de
feated the four kings of the
east in a night attack. He re
captured Lot and all the spoil
the kings of the east had taken
from the king of Sodom and his
allies. It is indeed something
of a surprise to see Abram as
a military commander and st
rategist, though it is well to re
member that he was no doubt
guided by God as Gideon was
to be in a later century.
Then we should take note of
the very meaningful episode
with Melchizedek, who is cited
in the New Testament as a type
of Christ. This notable person
was King of Salem, a city later
to be named Jerusalem, and
was also “priest of the most
high God.” He came out bring
ing bread and wine, a startling
thing as these are the elements
of the Christian communion
service. Then another remark
able thing was that Abram
gave to Melchizedek tithes of
all the enormous spoil of the
battle. It is hard to understand
how one of the kings of Canaan
at this time would be a priest
of the God of Abram and at
least in some respects consider
ed greater than the greatest
character of the Old Testament.
Little wonder that Melchize
dek has been taken as a type of
Christ who was also priest and
king to whom Abram would no
doubt render homage.
Then we encounter in Gene
'sis 15:6 one of the great re
velations of Scripture and the
foundation of the New Testa
ment doctrine, and a basic one
of the Reformation, “salvation
by faith.” We read, “And he
(Abram) believed in the Lord;
and he (God) counted it to him
for righteousness.” See Romans
4:3 and Galatians 3:6.
Then Abram, through lack of
faith (for God had promised
him progeny), fell in with
Sarai’s plan and took her maid
or slave, Hagar, for wife and
begat Ishmael. God made it
plain that he did not intend to
accept the son of the bondwo
man to be the progenitor of his
chosen people and of the Mes
siah, but he did become the
father of many nations among
whom are the Islamic peoples
of Bible lands today. |
In our lesson today Abram is
dwelling near Hebron, and for
thirteen years since the birth
of Ishmael he had received no
SCHOOL
direct revelation or vision from
God.
At the beginning of chapter
seventeen we have a very com
prehensive verse which covers
several different topics and is a
further revelation and develop
ment beyond anything that had
gone before in God's dealing‘
with Abram. |
We notice that the patriarch
had lived almost a century!
when these things took place.
It was not until he was long
past what we consider retire
ment age that God began to use
Abram in his plan for a coven
ant people, and eventually the
plan of salvation for all man
kind.
Both Abram and Sarai were
by this time so far advanced in
age that it would be a real test
of faith to believe that God was
to give them a child who would
be the heir of the covenant.
They had to believe in miracles
to accept the promise of God.
At the “ripe old age” of
ninety-nine, many of the great
events in the life of the pat
riarch Abraham were still to
come,
“The Lord appeared to
Abram.” This is another “ap
pearance” after many years
during which there had been
no such event in Abram'’s life.
There was a visible display of
God’s glorious presence though
Abram did not actually see
God. The New Testament
makes this plain, as we read,
“No man hath seen God at any
time” (John 1:18). We do not
know the form of the appear
ance. Later in Abram’s career
the Lord appeared in human
form in the “Angel of the Cov
enant.”
The National Outlook
By George Hagedorn
~ Scientific and technological
‘research has become a signifi
cant and rapidly growing
form of economiec activity in
this country. According to the
National Science Foundation,
approximately sls billion was
spent for that purpose in the
‘year ended June 30, 1962. Os
‘this, about $lO Dbillion was
provided by the federal gov
ernment and spent for pur
poses specified by the federal
government.
In this age of high prestige
for science and scientists, a
layman feels on the defensive
in criticizing money spent for
research. Certainly, this col
umn is not qualified to pro
nounce judgment on whether
we are spending the right
amount or spending it for the
right purposes. But when two
thirds of the annual expendi
ture on research and develop
ment is spent through govern
ment channels the ordinary
citizen has the right to raise a
question. Are all possible pre
cautions taken to assure that
the projects sponsored by the
government represent the best
possible use of the money and
talent they consume?
We can’'t simply adopt the
attitude that research lis a
good thing and the more that
is spent on it the better. What
ever part of our national in
come is taxed away to pay for
research is not available for
other purposes which might
also contribute largely to the
national growth, prosperity and
safety. For example, money
left in the hands of the tax
payers can be devoted to in
vestment for expansion and
modernization of pro
ductive facilities and this
too should have a high prior
ity among our national goals.
Even within the field of re
search, we cannot regard mon
ey appropriated for that pur
pose by the government as a
net addition to the amount of
research going on in the coun
try. The chief bottleneck is
competent scientific and en
gineering manpower. Persons
equipped by training and in
nate ability- to make con
structive contributions to sci
entific and engineering knowl
edge are a rare breed. When
their efforts are largely con
centrated in areas of interest
to the government they are not
available for the broader pur
poses of improving technologi
cal efficiency and developing
new civilian produects.
There is at present active
competition for research man
power between the govern
ment agencies and private in
dustry. Inevitably business is
handicapped in its efforts to
provide better and cheaper
products and to compete more
effectively with foreign pro
ducers. |
(Best Coverage: News, Pictures and Features) Thursday, August 8, 1963
Prices Advance
oy
To Record High
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Thei
Consumer Price Index increased
by 0.4 precent in June to a new‘
record high, the United States De
partment of Labor’s Bureau of
Labor Statistics announced. Pri
ces advanced for most major types
of goods and services, with sub
stantial increases reported for
food, tobacco, and used cars. In
addition, sales taxes were in
creased in several cities. T h e
June index, at 106.6 (1957-59 equals
100), was 1.2 percent above last
year, primarily because of high
er prices for food, housing, and
medical care.
As a result of the June index,
cost-of-living allowances will in
crease l-cent an hour for about
85,000 workers, primarily in the
.aircraft, trucking and public
transit industries, In addition,
about 11,000 local cartage em
ployees in California will receive
2-cent increases, and 9,000 work
ers will receive 2-and 3-cent rai
ses based on the New York index.
~ Sharply higher sugar prices
‘were a major cause of an 0.8 per
cent advance in average food pri
\ces in June. Prices of pork, ap
ples, and grapefruit also were up,
‘while beef, eggs, and milk declin
ed. Sugar prices rose by 32 per
cent over the month and were 44
percent above a year earlier.
Seasonally low supplies of ap
ples and very short supplies of
grapefruit caused their prices to
advance. On the other hand, in
creased marketings brought price
reductions for many vegetables
‘and kept most vegetable prices
‘below levels that prevailed a year
ago. While fresh orange prices
were slightly lower in June, fro
zen orange juice concentrate and
canned orange juice prices con
‘tinued to rise.
- Meat prices averaged higher
One can sympathize with
the feeling of helplessness that
must come over Congressmen
when they are asked to appro
priate large sums for research
in the areas of defense, space
and atomic energy. Too often
they must rely on the experts
from the executive branch who
are urging these expenditures
on them.
What 'is suggested here is
that Congress should also, as a
counterbalance, consult with
research people from private
industry. These should be per
sons who, in addition to a high
degree of technical competence,
have an understanding of the
economics of research. In oth
er words, they should have
skill and experience in judging
the potential usefulness of re
search proposals and establish
ing priorities among them.
Georgia Solons,
Sanders United
On Rights Issue
ATLANTA (GPS) — Gov. Carl
E. Sanders, who recently made a
strong argument before the Sen
ate Commerce Committee in op
position to President Kennedy's
pending civil rights legislation, is
well pleased with the reaction to
his appearance in Washington.
Said he:
“I am proud that all of the
Georgia senators and congress
men feel exactly like I do on this
issue. We feel that it is funda
mental that we must protect the
property rights of all citizens.”
He was referring to the public
accommodations proposal in the
President’'s civil rights package.
It was on that section of the bill
that the Georgia governor testified
at length before the committee.
Sanders, in _his presentation,
urged Congress to leave the solu
tion of racial problems on a vol
untary basis. He said enactment
of the legislation would result
only in resentment and resistance.
Asked if the Georgia delegation
believed there was a chance of de
feating the Kennedy - sponsored
bill, the Governor replied: ‘“They
feel that if it is passed, it won't
be passed in its present form.”
Sanders also said his testimony
before the committee was favor
ably received by both those for
and against the measure.
FOREST FARMERS
According to the U. S. Forest
Service, nearly . 1,500,000
farmers own 90 million acres
of forestland in 12 Southern
Pine producing states.
Farmers have received con
siderable help from lumber
companies and other wood in
dustries in the development of
good forest management. More
than 60 percent of the region’s
“tree farmers” are farmers in|
the strict sense of the term. l
because pork prices advanced 2.8
percent as hog marketings de
clined seasonally. In spite of their
increase in June, average pork
prices still were 2.3 percent below
a yvear ago. Beef and veal prices
fell 1.5 percent in June, and they
also were lower than last year at
the same time.
On the whole, food prices aver
aged 1.4 percent higher than a
yvear ago. Restaurant meals had
increased by 2.2 percent, fruits
and vegetables 3.3 percent, cer
eals and bakery products 1.7 per
cent, and eggs 2.8 percent. Meat,
poultry, and fish prices were down
1.3 percent from a year earlier.
Congress Abolishes
Free Insurance
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Policy for Gl's
|
.~ ATLANTA — Men entering
‘the Armed Forces today are
‘not covered by GI insurance,
Pete Wheeler, Director, Geor
gia Department of Veterans
Service, pointed out today.
Congress abolished the insur
ance program for incoming ser
vicemen in 1956. All GI insur
ance still in force was issued
before repeal of the program,
Mr. Wheeler said.
National surveys show that
many servicemen and their
parents assume that govern
ment insurance is in force dur
ing active duty assignments,
Mr. Wheeler said.
, However, any veteran who
served since April 25, 1951, can
' obtain a special policy (1) if
{the Veterans Administration
Irules he has a service-connect
ed disability and (2) if he app
l lies for the policy within a year
after that VA decision is made,
| A National Guardsman or Re
'servist can also obtain the
jspecial disability policy if he
' meets the same eligibility re
- quirements.
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LAST YEAR, six out of every
10 Georgia young men called by
the draft could not pass exami
nations to qualify for service in
the U. S. Army.
This disturbing information,
which came from the Army Sur
geon General’s Office, points out
why Georgia
must continue
to work harder
than ever to
improve its ed
ucational pro
gram and to
keep its young
peoplein
school,
We are all proud of the fact
that Georgia is making unprece
dented progress in education,
and perhaps moving ahead at a |
faster rate than any other state.
Yet, when we see statistics
such as those released by the
Army concerning its draftees,
we know that much remains to
be done,
* * a
HERE IS WHAT the Surgeon
General reported on the young
men called up for the draft in
Georgia in 1962:
Draft boards called a total of*
approximately 7,400 youths for |
mental and physical examina
tions. Os these young men, only
38 per cent were acceptable to
the Army and 62 per cent were l
rejected. This obviously is not
a good showing and should be
of vital concern to everyone in
the state.
A breakdown of the reasons
for rejection shows that almost
as many failed physical exams
as mental tests. Almost 36 per
cent of the would-be inductees
were unable to pass the Army’s/
mental examination and 22 per
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Geer Sees Need
For More School
Buses—Not Less
ATLANTA (GPS) — Lt. Gov,
Peter Zack Geer told the Geor
gia School Bus Association’'s an
nual convention, held recently at
Jackson Lake, that ‘‘rather than
being unnecessary, school bus
transportation is now more necese
sary than ever.” Said he:
**Many of our ecitizens, I fear,
have reached the mistaken con«
clusion that because so many fam.
ilies have lelt the farms and mov
ed to the cities, that fewer school
buses are needed.
““Too many of our people, I be
lieve, improperly associate school
bus transportation only with rural
schools. Some of them, I am
afraid, think that the school bus
transportation system is no longer
necessary and should be abolished
as an unneeded expense. '
“You and 1 know that the exact
reverse of this is true. Instead of
needing less school buses, we ace
tually have had to have more.
During the last three years, for
example, we have had to pro
vide additional buses for 34,000
pupils — 14,000 more than in 1963
alone.
“Thirty-one more school buses
were operated in Georgia during
the last school year than during
the previous year. Rather than be
ing unnecessary, school bus transe
portation is now more necessary
than ever.”
Veterans Service will assist
any veteran in applying for
Veterans Administration bene
fits, Mr. Wheeler said. The
nearest field office of the de=
partment is located at the
Courthouse. Its manager is
Mrs. Dot Cason,
| cent of them were not physically
| fit for the Army. Administrative
.| reasons accounted for the re
| maining rejections.
Though Georgia’s record in
| this regard leaves much to be
,Idesired, little comfort can be
.| found in national statistics,
| either, Here it is shown that one
|out of every four American
| youths called by draft boards
| could not pass their mental ex
ams for the Army, and the same
| percentage flunked their physie
5 cals,
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| I PERHAPS THIS situation can
]be traced to one of the most
| critical problems of education
‘ ‘ now facing the country, that of
| keeping children in school to the
|completion of at least high
school or vocational training.
The drop-out rate in Georgia
is appalling. More than half of
the youngsters of the state who
start school do not finish. The
drop-out, of course, becomes the
heaviest after school attendance
is no longer required by law, at
age 16 in most states.
It may be well to consider a
higher eompulsory school age.
|Times are no longer what they
were, and today’s demand for
highly developed minds and
'bodies is greater than ‘ever
before.
’ However, it is not enough te
make school attendance manda
tory. The importance of educa
tion must be fully understood
and appreciated by everyone at
the local level, and this must be
translated into school and com
munity action.
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