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visits with the Gardners. It was
Mr. Gardner who accompanied
Rev. Marshall to Atlanta for
permission from the Presbytery
for the latter to serve Guin
Creek Presbyterian Chui ch, in
1930. For fourteen years, he
served as S. S. superintendent
there, and Mrs. Gardner for
feited attendance at her own
church, to fill a need as Sunday !
School teacher, at his side.
When Gum Creek was well
enough organized to meet its
own needs, they resumed their
places of service in their own
church.
Such a heritage is a great
blessing to her children and
grandchild, whose sadness!
is tempered with the know
ledge that now’, she is just con
tinuing her ‘’walk with Him”.
Many other families in our
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; midst are currently burdened
with sorrow, in the loss of loved
ones, among them the Archie
McCullough family and Arthur
Ewings of Almon, in the loss
of their son and daughter. A/1C
and Mrs. Edgar Junior McCu
lough, in Alaska. At such times,
ends; and oft-times we find our
ends; and oftimes we find our
weakness is the Master’s
Strength. Hearts and prayers of
the community are with those
sorrowing ones, that they shall
be sustained by that Strength.
Good wishes wend their way
to Emory Hospital in Atlanta,
to Newton County patients
there, among whom is Richard
George, who underwent sur
gery Tuesday; and to our own
Newton County Hospital,
where many of our residents
are enjoying a lot of that
special TLC, for which our
Hospital is noted. Severe at
tacks of flu and like virus have
been prevalent recently, and
remind us that those Asian Flu
shots should be taken NOW!
We keep trying to get our
selves back from our trip to'
Canada and the Seattle NEA ■
Convention; but, it seems there
is such a kaleidascope of wond
er and beauty’ that “the
hurriedcr we go, the behinder
we get”! Perhaps part of
Canada’s deep appeal to us is
the fact that our own “daugh
ter-in-love” is a native Cana
dian.
In British Columbia, we still
marvelled how late it stayed so
early - sometimes at 9:30 p. m.,
or after, a gorgeous pacific sun
set was still holding us spell
bound! We learned that in
Nortwest regions of B. C., only
I 3 of their 24 hours were actual
! ly dark. This area embrances
i the Spatsizi, (Land of the Red
, Goat), so named by the Indians,
when they discovered mountain
goats who had rolled in the red
dust. It presents one of the
continents few remaining
“frontiers”, with 3,816 square
miles of rugged peaks, and
marginal grasslands of wind
swept, treeless plateaux, which
drop in the South to the shores
of Coldfish Lake, a fisherman's
paradise, where the grizzley
bear still rules. Caribou, wol
ves, stone sheep, mountain
goats, fox and the golden eagle
continue to challenge man's in
trusion. here.
We learned of B. C.’s world
leadership in aerial firefighting.
With so much of their economy
dependent upon the lumber in
dustry, small wonder citizens
sometimes pay as much as $7
million annually in battling
forest fires! Operators pool re
sources to purchase giant
planes which carry some 7^)00
gallons of water in water
bombing missions.
Returning from Victoria,
there was a flying shopping
trip with much “window-wish
ing”, as we reveled in displays
of some of the world’s most
beautiful china, in Vancouver,
and a few purchases at Hudson
Bay Co. (Esto. 1670), before
we started for the states.
Suddenly we remembered we
had to pass thru U. S. Customs
at the border! A frantic search
for sales receipts and itemized
purchase slips followed. Some
were missing, so we racked our
rattling brain - was there any
thing we had not entered?
There would be a SIOO duty
exemption; but, we had been
cautioned to declare EVERY
item. Suddenly we developed a
horrible guilt complex - what
if a search of the car turned up
some forgotten item! We had
visions of headlines - “Georgia
Newspeople Caught Smuggl
ing”! The curt but courteous
customs official methodically
checked our painstaking re
cords, looked us straight in the
eye and asked, “Are you sure
this is all you purchased?” Our
heart did a flip - we couldn’t
even remember that sth
Amendment dodge all the
criminals use so effectively!
Someone answered, “Yes, Sir”,
and it was a beautiful sound!
Whew! We have never fathom
ed the reason a uniform and
brass buttons can make a law
abiding citizen (like us), wond
er if he is guilty of whatever
he didn’t do!
But, at last, we were back in
our own, “our native land”, in
the state of Washington - only
state to bear a president’s
name. On to Seattle on Puget
Sound, and the NEA Conven
tion, held at the Olympic Hotel.
Mt. Ranier, we soon learned, is
as much a part of Seattle life
as a member of the family. You
are not an accepted resident
until you learn to enquire about
“The Mountain” each day. and
whether or not it has "been
THE COVINGTON NEWS
U. 5. Department of Public
Roads Now 70 Years Old
All of the primary organiza
j tional units in the Department
| of Commerce join in the cele
bration of the Department's
60th Anniversary. The U. S.
Bureau of Public Roads is in
la unique position. This mem
ber of the Department of Com
merce family is older than its
parent. Seventy years ago the
Bureau of Public Roads came
into being on October 3. 1893
as the Office of Road Inquiry
in the Department of Agricul
ture with an appropriation of
SIO,OOO for a year's operation.
The program was handled by
a lone “Special Agent and En
gineer for Road Inquiry” aided
by a small clerical staff. His
job was "to make inquiries in
regard to the system of road
management throughout the
United States, to make inves
tigations in regard to the best
methods of road-making, and
to . . . disseminate information
on this subject”.
Since August 20, 1949 the
Bureau of Public Roads has
been a unit of the Department
of Commerce. This year the
established the present pattern
Bureau of Public Roads is ad
ministering $3.5 - billion in
Federal funds to help furnish
the United States with the
world's finest network of high
w’ays.
In 1916 Congress adopted a
Federal-aid Road Act which
for highway improvement.
This Federal-State partnership
has grown in both strength
and scope through the years
but the basic concepts of their
sound business relationship
have remained unchanged.
Today, the Bureau headed
by Federal Highway Admini
strator Rex M. Whitton has
5,300 employees carrying out
a program with world-wide
ramifications, in addition to
its primary functions of ad
ministering the Federal-State
cooperative highway construc
tion and improvement effort.
Using funds collected from
special taxes on highway users,
the Bureau supplies 90 percent
of the cost, of constructing the
projected '41.000-mile Nation
al System of Interstate and
Defense Highways, and 50 per
cent of the cost of building
out”. It is a beautiful sight, this
snow covered extinct volcano,
which looms like a giant senti
nal, clothed in ermine.
Among highlights planned for
the press's entertainment was
a trip to Seatte Civic Center,
site of the 1962 World’s Fair.
“Fabulous” still leaves its des
cription understated. Among
permanent buildings remain
ing intact as part of the Center
are: the Arena, Opera House,
Fine Arts Pavillion, Playhouse,
Washington State Museum,
Space Needle, (where we dined
in a revolving room, which
gave a panoramic view of the
city), International Fountain,
The Stadium. U. S. Science
Pavillion. International Plaza
and Monorail Terminal. Gn the
’ .Monorail we glided over
rooftops from near our hotel
to the Center in just 96 seconds!
There was an all-day trip to
Snoqualmie Logging Opera
tions, courtesy Weyerhauser
| Company, one of the hugh
Timber firms of the Northwest.
| Simpson Timber Co. graciously
came to their competitor’s res
cue when a major strike left
them stranded about entertain
ing the Press. Colossal stands
of centuries old Douglas fir
made the trip one of scenic
beauty. Felling of a large tree
was part of the program, and
the entire group watched in
silence as the skilled “feller”
cut thru first one side, then the
other, and used a short ax to
shift the trees tremendous
weight in the direction he in
tended it to fall. As the 228'
giant quivered, the time honor
ed call of "Timber” echoed
thru the mountains. We felt
almost as tho we were witness
ing a sacrilege as that monarch
of the forest came crashing to
earth, uprooting 50’ and 60’
trees and hurling them high
into the air. These were called
“Side-winders.” we learned.
When the rings of the 6'2’
trunk were counted, the “fell
er” placed the tree's age at 592
I years, and the weight at 75
! tons. We were more appalled
than ever!
A company official explained
the program of reforestation
under which the state allows
Timber Companies to cut these
monarchs of the forest. Even
helecoptors are used to sew
seed on cut-over areas, which
must be cleared for seeding.
When a good stand is not gain
ed, seedlings are set, for there'
must be no failure of such trees,
which take centuries to grow.
But something tells us we
had better come down out of
the tree-tops and pursue our
own little, down-to-earth task
I of , “Sweepin' Up” j
• I improvements on the 826,000
L; miles of main rural highways,
• | feeder roads and arterial streets
s| in the Federal-aid primary
• and secondary highway sys
i' terns. The Bureau also super
• vises directly highway im
■ provements in national forests,
> parks and other Federal areas
: in cooperation with the De
‘ partment of Agriculture, De
l sense and Interior, and aids the
' Department of State by pro
■ viding assistance to foreign
' governments on various phases
■ of highway engineering and
’ administration.
In 1945 the Bureau of Pub
। lie Roads reorganized its field
’ offices and created Region 3
1 Headquarters in Atlanta, Geor
' gia. Since that time the Re
' gional Engineer and his staff
have directed operations of the
Federal-aid Highway Program
through seven Division Offices
headed by Division Engineers
in each of the seven Southeast
ern States: Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
-1 nessee.
In 1945 the Regional Office
administered $64 - million of
1 Federal-aid Highway funds
1 which were matched with an
‘ equal amount of State funds,
making a total annual Federal
highway program of about
$l2B-million. This year, fiscal
1964, the total Federal Aid
program for the seven States
1 in Region 3 is $575-million, in
cluding $420 million of Feder
i aid funds and $155-million of
State matching funds. The
1 1 $575-million total may be di
[ vided into two major parts:
■ $325-million for the Interstate
system and $250-million for
regular Primary, Secondary
Follow Proper
Channels in State
Road Dealings
ATLANTA — Eighth District
Highway Board Member E. J.
Gayner this week emphasized
the need for citizens to go
through the proper channels in
their dealings with the High
way Department.
In a memorandum issued to
, county commissioners and news
. media throughout his district,
J the Br un s w i c k industrialist
spelled out the relationship be-
I tween the Highway Board, the
Highway Director, and the
Highway Department; and
stressed the role of the county
commissioners as the legally
established link between the
individual Georgian and the
state's roadbuilding organiza
tion.
Mr. Gayner pointed out that
the new Highway Board cre
ated by the 1963 General As
sembly is charged with the
formulation of overall highway
policy, with specific admini
strative details in the hands of
the Highway Director. He said
that requests from local citi
zens for road improvements
should be presented to the
commissioners of the county
involved, and then brought by
the commissioners to the High
way Director.
“If the people at the local
level are unwilling to work
through the incumbent Com
missioners of Roads and Reve
nues, then by the democratic
process, they need to get a new
group of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues they will
। work through. If the commis
' sioners of Roads and Revenues
are unhappy with the treat
ment that they receive at the
hands of the Director of the
State Highway Department or
his assistant, then they can ap
peal for a hearing to the State
Highway Board. - ’ Mr. Gayner
said.
He expressed his belief that
the present ten-man Board
represents the interests of all
the various sections of the state
better “'an did the old three
man E rd. He paid tribute to
Highway Director Jim L. Gil
lis, and to the “highly develop
ed technical ability” and “ded
ication to their responsibili
ties” which he has observed in
Atlanta and in the field divi
sion offices.
Mr. Gayner expressed the
opinion that “if they could be
relieved of some of the unne
cessary time-consuming pres
sures exerted upon them by
almost continuous conferences
with various politicians, impor
tant citizens, and who have
you. they could get a lot more
done within their highlj' effec
tive capabilities than they now
do.” He concluded with the
hope that, with better public
understanding of, and adher
ence to. the proper channels for
dealing with the Highway De
partment. “a better job will be
done, and much valuable time
। saved.” j
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and Urban Federal-aid pro
jects.
Os the 41 thousand-mile Na
tional System of Interstate and
Defense Highways 6.288 miles
are located in Region 3. This
is the largest mileage in all of
the nine geographical regions
which cover the Continental
United States, Hawaii and
Puerto Rico. Completion of this
entire system is scheduled for
1927, with a goal of 50 percent
to be completed by 1964. That
will be the half-way mark
from the inauguration of the
Interstate program in 1956.
The motoring public already
enjoys many sections of the
Interstate freeway already open
to traffic. Work is progressing
on schedule.
The Bureau of Public Roads j
today is a far cry from the Os- '
fice of Road Inquiry of 70 years I
ago. There are now 79 million
vehicles traveling on the na
tion’s roads, with 100 million
anticipated in 1970. To meet
its basic responsibility of pro
viding the nation with the ef
ficient highway transportation
it must have, the Bureau now
includes such activities as re
search, planning and safety as
integral aspects of its program.
Emergency Hospitals
In Georgia to Get
Inspections by C.D.
The annual inspection and I
inventory of the 26 Civil De- i
sense Emergency Hospitals in’
Georgia will be made October
7 through November 12 to as
sure that each hospital is at
peak readiness in the event of
an enemy attack, according to
Charles Darden, Civil Defense
Health Service spokesman of
the Georgia Department of
Public Health.
The Emergency Hospital is!
a completely functional 200-
bed general hospital designed '
to be set up in a school, church,
community center or similar j
building. Each hospital includes ’
the necessary equipment and
medical supplies required for ;
emergency medical care in the ■
event of an attack on this
country. At the present time,
these hospitals are capable of
operating for three days. How
ever, more supplies and equip- !
ment are being added so that
each hospital will be able to
operate for a 30 day period.
The number of Emergency
Hospitals is also expanding. In
Georgia, alone, the 26 existing
hospitals will be expanded to
more than 50 during the com
ing year.
The Civil Defense Emergency
Hospital is unique in that the
295 different items of supply
and equipment are packed in
some 350 crates for easier han
dling and long-term storage.
Should this country be at
tacked, it is estimated that
from 50 to 75 percent of the
1.600.000 hospital beds availa
ble in the United States today
would be destroyed or made
unusable. The 1,930 Civil De
fense Emergency Hospitals in ■
the United States are expected
to provide nearly one-third of
the hospital beds which would ■
be required following a mass ■
attack.
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WOOD WORKERS
According to the U. S. Forest
Service, 20 percent of the
South’s construction workers
are employed in wood construc
tion.
All indications are that they
will have plenty to keep them
busy in the years ahead.
The Forest Service
that the growth of S r
Pine sawtimber exceeds of
any other species in the nation.
Forest Service Chief Edward P.
Cliff predicts that the South
will eventually at least double
its output of lumber and wood
products.
EASY TO TREAT
Southern Pine is recognized
as the easiest species to treat
because of the depth and uni
formity of penetration that can
be obtained with chemical pre
servatives.
The species provides three
fourths of the nation’s supply of
pressure treated poles.
Preservative treatment
should be applied whenever
lumber is to be used close to
the ground or under conditions
of constant, severe weather ex
posure. Modern chemicals are
toxic to termites; also may be
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four kinds of foods are needed
each day for good nutrition.
These are milk and milk pro
ducts; meats, eggs, fish and
poultry; fruits and vegetables;
and breads and cereals.
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