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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN Oh
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
What Happens to
March of Dimes Coins?
“Join the March of Dimes”
Millions of Americans have done so for
more than a quarter of a century.
But we wonder how many of them real
ize what happens to the coins they place
in the drugstore container or the bills they
enclose in the March of Dimes envelope
each January.
Do they go for something important?
Do they help fill vital needs? Is the organi
zation that receives this money doing the
job well? These are some of the questions
a contributor might ask himself.
In our opinion, the March of Dimes
which gave us the Salk and Sabin vac
cines against polio, has some impressive
answers.
Are birth defects and arthritis, to which
the March of Dimes is now devoting its
major attention, important? More than
250,000 American babies are born each year
with a significant birth defect. Doctors call
this the nation’s most serious unmet child
hood problem.
Approximately 11 million Americans
suffer from arthritis or other disabling
rheumatic disease. It is generally recog
nized as the greatest crippling disease in
this country.
Is the March of Dimes program to pro
vide improved medical care for victims of
birth defects and arthritis meeting the
need?
Record Snow Falls Here
Covington and Newton County are just about back to
normal after almost a week of sleet, snow, ice and slush.
The two-inch snow Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday (Dec.
31 » Jan. 1) was the most snow ever seen here, according to
many old-timers.
A slow, drizzling rain Mon- j
day night in s u b -f r e e z i n g ।
weather paved the way for the /
Tuesday- Wednesday snow.
Automobile travel soon became
impossible and cars were stall
ed in all areas of the county
and city. New Years Day was
truly a “white one” in the
county.
Thursday City workers start
ed shoveling snow and ice off
the streets in the downtown
area. Later in the day the
streets were scraped with road
graders. Many supermarkets
employed small “front-end
loaders” to clear off their park
ing lots.
Several carports constructed
of lightweight materials col
lapsed under the weight of the
snow and many awnings over
business concerns gave way
under their wet loads. An awn
ing at the former location of
the Country Kitchen Restaurant
came down as did the covering
of Harlin's Greenhouse on the
Old Atlanta Highway.
Motorists who parked paral
lel to the curb on Wednesday,
Thursday or Friday found it
slippery to get back into the
street and many had to have
help from pushers or tow cars.
Col. R. M. Tuck said that
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I HIS SNOW SCENE Thursday on the West side of the Covington Public Square shows
the city road scraper (center-background) clearing the street of snow and slush. Dr. Thomas
1.. Crews was caught by the Covington News photographer as he crossed the street. Some
two inches of snow blanketed the county Tuesday night and Wednesday morning of last
week.
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Colds Need Special
Treatment, Says AMA
The doctors admit that “as of now, we
can't cure colds,” and add, “anyone who
tells you he can, deserves at best consider
able suspicion.”
Such is the word of the American Medi
cal Association on the subject of “the com
mon cold,” which says that while most peo
ple know it can’t be cured, “we still waste
a lot of time and money on pills and nos
trums and treatments — all in the faint
hope that maybe this time something will
help.’ The AMA also takes a dim view of
vaccines for cold prevention, declaring that
it is "unlikely that a vaccine will help
much.”
Grandma had the right idea, if you ask
the AMA. “If you get a cold,” it advises,
"stay home in bed. Keep warm. Gargle to
ease a sore throat. Take aspirin for the dis
comfort. None of this will cure the cold,
but it will make you feel somewhat more
comfortable while your body's natural de
fense mechanisms are building up enough
steam to overcome the cold virus.”
But don’t think the medicos are giving
up. Research goes on to find the cause
and "possible cure” for colds and the AMA
expresses the hope that: “Perhaps the
answers may be found some day.”
We may be sure they will let us know
when that happens!
| this snow “was the biggest T
j have ever seen in Covington.”
Flectcher Hill, who has a
knack for remembering dates,
people and places, said that an
other large snow came to the
county in 1900. He said his
family lived on Flat Shoals
j road at that time and after a
; freezing rain, the snow drifted
; against a rail fence and was six
j feet deep at some places. "My
j brother and I made a sleigh out
of three barrel stays and we
used our orchard for the sleigh
hill ride,” he commented on
that particular snow. “I will
say that this snow last week
was the most we have had at
one time for many, many
years,” he added.
Hutchins Department Store
suffered extensive damage
from a leaky roof due to the
snow. Their awning in front of
the store also came down,
James Hutchins reported.
Covington City Police re
। ported that six wrecks of min
or damage were investigated
by local police from Tuesday
through Friday.
On January 2-3 rural mail
carriers Julius Laseter, Victor
Johnson, Fred Lott and N. S.
Hinton covered their rural
routes with Army Jeeps fur-
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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’ PORTERDALE — “Orchids
, i of the Week” go out in large
I numbers to the Village Crew at
[ I Porterdale who worked long
, | and hard enabling the citizens
, and employees at the Bibb
Mills to get to and from work
on the streets of this town.
Under the very capable super
vision of Mr. Homer Hill of the
Automotive Maintenance De
partment, these men rendered
invaluable service for the wel
fare of others.
While many of us were warm
and comfortable at home, they
lost sleep and used “elbow
grease" to meet the needs of
others. The beautiful snow and
’ winter wonders may have been
I helpful in decorating the sur
roundings with natural beauty,
but these citizens saw the ur
gency and opportunity of mak
, ing travel safe. Everybody is
. grateful! — (M. H.)
. nished by the local Army Re
serve Unit, Troop C, sth Squa
dron of the 81st Infantry Bat-
■ talion.
I "Troop C is pleased to be
able to help its local commun
ity in a time of need.” stated
Capt. Pierce L. Cline, Troop
Commander. “We are ready
for any emergency, either nat
ional or local, with strength in
reserve,” he added.
Snow Scenes Caught by Covington News Camera Following a "White New Years" in the Countv
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SOUR WEEKLY
UNDAY
Philip and Andrew, Evangelists
Devotional Reading: John
14:1-11.
Memory Selection: He
brought him to Jesus. John
1:42.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
Philip and Andrew, Evange
lists.
Young People-Adult Topic:
Philip and Andrew, Evangelist.
The hidden years of our
Lord’s life have through the
centuries aroused the curiosity
of believers. What happened
between the time when the pre
cocious lad sat amid the doctors
of the temple “both hearing
them, and asking them ques
tions” and the time when he
emerged into public ministry
following up the existing move
ment of evangelization which
had been begun by John the
Baptist?
Christianity is a missionary
religion. This is the very heart
of today’s lesson. In fact, it is
the heart of the New Testa
ment message. It does us little
good to imagine what Jesus
was doing between his twelfth
and thirtieth years. We know
the glorious story of his birth,
the episode in the temple, then
eighteen or more years of si
lence during which this one
who had humbled himself to
become the Saviour of the
world apparently labored in
Nazareth as a simple carpenter.
Jesus and his family had left
Bethlehem hurriedly when it
was revealed to Joseph through
a dream (Matthew 2:12-15)
that Herod would search out
the young child to kill him.
They had returned to Nazareth
and made their home there.
A!! these accounts are re
vealed in the Synoptic Gospels.
We turn today to the Gospel
of John, there to see Jesus at the
beginning of his ministry en
counter and call into service
some of the companions upon
whom he was relying to spread
his gospel to the ends of the
earth.
“Again the next day after
John stood, and two of his dis-
Chamber of Commerce Members
Hear Speaker on United Fund
Members of the Covington-
Newton County Chamber of
Commerce heard an official of
the Macon United Fund Cam
paign at the regular monthly
meeting of the local organi
zation Monday at the Teen Can
building. Charles W. Colwell,
Executive-Director of the UF
in Macon, was the guest speak
er.
He outlined the importance
of the United Fund drive in
any community, city, town or
county. A question and answer
period followed his short
speech.
C. of C. President Greeley
Ellis was toastmaster for the
dinner meeting which was at
tended by some 70 members of
the 107 member organization.
He stated that one of the ob
jectives of his tenure of offica
as president of the Chamber is
to start a United Fund Cam
paign in the county.
Final action by the members
present Monday authorized
President Ellis to appoint a I
committee to make definite
plans for the United Fund set- i
up here.
Other business discussed at
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CITY WORKMEN shoveled ice and snow Thursday and
Friday from the sidewalks and streets of Covington follow
ing the big snow Tuesday-Wednesday. E. M. Carson, crew
foreman, is shown with two workmen clearing the walkways
lon the Public Square near the Confederate Monument.
S LESSON FOR
CHOOL
I ciplcs; and looking upon Jesus
! as he walked, he saith, Behold
' the Lamb of God!”
Jesus had been baptized by
I John in the River Jordan. Jesus
। and John were to separate now,
j John going shortly to his tragic
I death and Jesus to his ministry
— and later to a death as tragic
as that of John’s, and, of course,
vastly more significant.
We need always to associate
together in our minds Jesus
and John the Baptist. They
were kinsmen. They were of
that faithful and pious rem
nant left in Israel after the
leaders of the Jewish church
had lost sight of the spiritual
implications of God's revela
tion.
Jesus as he walked (verse
36) was evidently walking
away from John. This was sig
nificant. He was not deserting
John; he was going on to some
thing to which even John, de-
I spite his commitment to God,
his unwavering courage, and
his spiritual insight, could not
aspire. John was the Fore
runner. Jesus was the Saviour
of the world.
John the Baptist represents
that preliminary repentance
|a n d human determination
| which are man’s contribution
;to the process of salvation.
John the Baptist could not save
men’s souls. You and I cannot
save our own souls. Jesus
Christ alone can do that. What
we can do is to repent, to turn
to Christ, to accept what God
i is offering us through him.
John’s declaration that
Jesus was the Lamb of God
was indeed significant. It bears
the unmistakable signs of be
ing a God-given inspiration. At
that time lambs by the hun
dreds were offered up in tem
ple sacrifice every day. This
was in accordance with the
Mosaic law. For more than
twelve centuries (since the
days of Moses) God had been
training the Jews to receive
and to give to the world that
I final revelation which was to
I mean the transformation of its
l length during the meeting in
' eluded an interesting report by
' Otis Spillers. Chairman of the
' Industrial Development Com
mittee. He stated that his com
mittee had been very active
and had made several trips to
see and talk with prospects
who might be considering mov
j ing their industries to Coving
ton and Newton County. Grady
Coleman and Nat Turner, also
members of the committee, re
ported on prospects that they
believe will come to Covington
in the near future.
President Ellis was authori
j zed to name a committee to
, recommend the formation of an
Industrial Bonding Authority.
They will make their report
at the February meeting of the
chamber.
Five new members were re
cognized by the C. of C. during
the program. E. G. Lassiter, Jr.
welcomed Dr. John Maloney,
Atty. J. W. Morgan, Rev.
Thomas White, Jack Morgan of
Morgan Timber Co., and Jim
my Y. Pound of Imperial Type
Metal Company, as new mem
bers of the chamber.
(B*®t Coverage: News, Pictures and Features) Thursday, January 9, 1964
' life and the saving of millions
of souls. The significance of the
i shedding of the blood of sacri
i ficial animals was only partly
understood by those who par- ।
I ticipated in temple worship.
We, likewise, believe that in
the shedding of Christ’s blood
w r e have forgiveness of our sins.
How? That question we can
j only partly answer. Such shed
: ding of blood represents sac
rifice. In the old days it was (
the sacrifice of those who !
bought the lambs and brought I
them to the altar. Also, the
lamb represented a substitute '
i for the sinner as a lamb had j
j been substituted for Isaac |
I when Abraham, believing that j
he was following God’s will, j
I was preparing to sacrifice up- ;
j on the altar his only son Isaac
(Genesis 22:1-14).
Jesus is referred to in the
, New Testament almost thirty
. times as the Lamb of God.
This represents the profound
conviction on the part of early
Christians that by his death
Jesus Christ had done some
thing for man which man could
not do for himself.
Two of John’s disciples who
had heard John declare Jesus
j to be the Lamb of God follow
ed the Nazarene. Jesus turned
and saw them following “and
saith unto them, What seek
■l ye?”
Christ is quick to notice the
, feet that follow him, the mind
' that turns toward him, the soul
that longs after him. We do
j not have to go to him protest
ing and pleading. We need on
’ ly turn our feet, our minds, our
spirits toward him.
, I Jesus does the rest. He
makes the response. He does
for us what we can never do
for ourselves.
Ballard Speaks
To Oxford Lions
The Oxford Lions Club met
at the Community Center in
Oxford on January 2.
Lion member Representative
Don Ballard spoke on the three
issues before the House and
Senate in the new year: Con
stitutional Revision, School Im
provement and Taxation. He
said "that the educational pro
gram has been down hill since
1958 with most every statisti
cal correlation showing that
Georgia averages are below the
I national standards”.
He expressed a sincere desire
to work for legislation that will
benefit Georgia and the citi
zens of Newton County in par
ticular.
Sewing Classes
To Start Here
A series of sewing classes I
organized by the Newton
County Home Demonstration
i Agent, Mrs. Sara Groves, will
be held during the month of
January, 1964.
These sewing classes, pre
pared through the cooperation
of the Georgia Extension Ser
vice Specialists, will be open
to Home Demonstration Club
members as a first priority.
After reservations have been
made, any additional spaces
will be given to other people
from the county who may be
registered for the classes. Call
the Extension Office, 786-
2574 to make your reserva
tions.
Mrs. Groves stated that “If
there are enough interested
I persons among women of the
i county who are not members
i of Home Demonstration Clubs,
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on N West Street and Old Atlanta Highway, Covington. The snow's weight was too
much for the tarpaulin top over the large greenhouse of flowers, shrubs, etc. Many carports
I and awnings suffered a similar fate over the county. F
Sanders' School Fund
Needs Must Be Met
By LEO $. MALLARD
To visualize the complete picture of Georgia education
and its needs is an impossible task for the average citizen.
On Monday night Governor Carl Sanders projected this pic
ture over television and radio so that all Georgians might
take note. What we learned staggered us.
Our young Governor has
I asked the people for S3O mil
i lion to meet our present mini-
I mum needs as the first step of
his projected program which
is to carry us through 1975. We
have no choice but to meet this
need if Georgia is to advance
in our present age.
Governor Sander’s report to
the people revealed many sob
ering facts. One out of five of
our citizens is a functional ill
iterate-this means more than
800,000 Georgians cannot read
or write. We rank at the bot
tom among the 50 states of the
Union in School drop-outs.
Fifty per cent of our young
people drop out before they
finish high school. Forty per
cent of our young men and wo
' men are rejected for military
I service because of illiteracy.
Our state is growing at the
rate of 1,000 new citizens each
week. Our school population is
expanding at the rate of
24,000 new pupils each year.
The number of teachers needed
for our classrooms is increasing
at the rate of 1,000 every year.
Our colleges and universities
are jammed and packed. High
schools and grammar schools
are overcrowded, and vocat
ional education programs are
presently inadequate to pro
vide skills or trades for our
swelling population.
The 49 other states in the
Union spend an average of
$432 per student to insure
their education. Georgia spends
$294 per student, one third
less than the national average.
Georgia ranks sixth in the
nation in terms of state aid to
education; we rank 43rd in the
nation in local support of edu
cation.
This month Governor Sand
ers will ask the legislature for
a new partnership between
state and local governments in
the fair sharing of education
cost. Instead of the present 85
per cent state—ls per cent local
he will ask that, beginning the
1965-1966 school year, the re
quired local effort of school
systems be increased by one
per cent a year for the next
five years, raising the ratio to
80 per cent state and 20 per
cent local for our education
program.
He will insist on better
management of state and local
funds for education to achieve
the greatest efficiency for each
additional sewing classes will
be organized at a later date.
Anyone interested in this sew
ing activity is urged to con
tact the Extension Office im
mediately.”
The schedule of sewing
classes, which will be held at
the Snapping Shoals EMC
Building, is as follows:
Afternoon classes from 2 to
4 January 21, 22. and 23, and
on January 27, 28, and 29.
Evening classes from 7 to 9
on January 22 and 23, and on
January 27, 28, and 29.
dollar of public money spent.
Also, there will be a pre-ex
amination, at the state level,
of local plans for spending edu
cation funds, thus making cer
tain that all requirements are
properly met, and that all
funds are being spent in the
highest public interest.
The key proposal to go be
fore the General Assembly is
that which will require local
systems to put up the local
funds for education determin
ed to be their fair share, or
accept the consequence that
state funds will be reduced
proportionately.
Other proposals are: to use
an equalized state tax digest
for the education formula, in
stead of the obsolete and com
plex economic index now be
ing used for the distribution of
state funds; the removal of the
20-mill limitation on local
. school taxes to the extent ne
cessary for counties to provide
their fair share of the required
matching state funds.
The State Revenue Depart
ment will continue its efforts
' to foster and aid those coun
ties which desire to bring about
local property revaluation pro
grams; to ask that constitu
tional authority be granted
counties to increase their local
school bonding capacity from
7 to 10 per cent, thus permit
ting rapidly increasing school
systems to build schools at a
more favorable interest rate;
and,
Another key proposal is that
the State Board of Education
be granted the authority to
establish minimum standards
for our schools and to allocate
teachers on a uniform basis of
one teacher for each 27 stu
dents, rather than the present
formula, which frequently re
sults in one teacher for mora
than 40 students.
Another related proposal will
be for the state to provide for
necessary professional school
personnel — librarians, princi
pals, guidance counselors, vis
iting teachers, and instruc
tional supervisors—in the Min
imum Foundation Program, so
that the systems no longer will
have to draw upon their teach
er allotments for such persons.
Governor Sanders will also
ask that the state board allot
school improvement funds to
school systems for operating
across county and system lines,
as well as for actual consolida
tion of school systems them
selves.
Along with stressing other
measures of economy the Gov
ernor will propose a system of
central bidding on school bus
es and bus tires, limiting state
participation to the low bid
figure in the purchase of these
costly items. A system for
standard costs in the operation
of school bus transportation
programs will also be proposed.
Next week let us review
some of the additional ways
the new revenue will be spent.