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THE COVINGTON NEWS
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BELMONT DENNIS NATIONAL EDITORIAL MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Editor and Publisher N E lAS@C@T! AN Associate Editor
LEO S. MALLARD "§~ MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher Associate Editor
=~ Published Every Thursday —
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
READING IS THE KEY
Over a billion books were sold in 1960
alone, not to mention the fact that news
papers are read in 86 of the nation’s
households, and news magazine circulation
has increased 250% in the last 20 years.
This fantastic picture is not something
that is happening somewhere else. In the
Decatur-DeKalb-Rockdale-Newton Region
al Library System 1,739,180 books were
checked out to patrons to be read at home.
1f we use a round figure of 330,000 residents
in the Region, this is an average of almost
6 books for every person in the three coun
ties. This does not take cognizance of the
books read from school and college libra
ries, church libraries, book club member
ships, or the vast numbers of paperback
books bought by individuals in our com
munity.
“The overwhelming quantity of reading
matter and the tremendous demand makes
for a complicated problem in selection of
titles to purchase with limited funds. It is
the aim of the library staff to maintain a
well-balanced book collection — one that
provides material for education, informa
tion, recreation, and inspiration,” stated
Mrs. Harry Dietz, Newton County Libra
rian.
~ . The why of reading has been variously
stated, but in essence it is for further knowl
edge and background, to sharpen one’s
awareness and his insight, and for “pure
iinadulterated pleasure.” When a need is
present and the excellent balanced collection
of books is provided to the residents of the
region through its public library system,
reading can indeed be a key; it opens doors
1o knowledge and understanding.
© Not all Americans are so fortunate. For
more than 18 million U. S. citizens, the
public library is missing. Completely. For
another 110 million the good public library
that should be expected in this richest na
tion in history is replaced by sub-standard,
out-dated substitutes. The median age of
library buildings in this country is 53
years; 85% were built before 1920!
~ The libraries may be overstrained by
demand, and may in fact be undersupport
_ed, but citizens have the advantage of mod
~ern buildings and facilities, up-to-date tech
~niques of providing service, and alert, pro
-~ gressive leadership in planning and admin
~istration for growth and expansion.
- Qur citizens have the key — the key
~to opportunity and understanding!
= 2,200 New Jobs in State
= During Month of March
—~ In the current issue of the Georgia De
= velopment News, published by the Indus
= irial Development Division of Georgia
- Tech, it says “No question about it, this
“has been an outstanding month in Georgia's
industrial growth. In this issue of the News,
announcements of new plants and expan
sions total some $55-million in investment
and about 2,200 in new jobs. The full im
pact of these developments, naturally, will
not be felt for at least a year or two.
While these events have been transpir
ing, some important trends in total manu
facturing employment in Georgia may have
escaped general observation. Most signifi
“tant among these trends is a marked tend
ency toward greater diversification in in
«lustrial employment, a goal widely recog-
Xhized as highly desirable for sound economic
growth. .
- For example, within the last 10 years,
The State has gained 46,000 new jobs. In
sthat same period, the largest concentration
-of total manufacturing employment has
been in the textile industry, which earlier
Tepresented one-third of the State’s total
-manufacturing employment; this share has
-now been reduced to little more than one-
Luarter of the total. Os course, there has
Deena net decrease in textile employment
sbut, more importantly, other types of Geor
gia industry have been growing at such a
Tapid rate that they have taken up the
stack and substantially increased the total
-employment.
" At the same time, the apparel industry
which, in the minds of many, is often con
“fused with or even included with the tex
tile industry, has made large gains. By the
- standards of number of people employed, the
" apparel industry is recognized as a major
- source of female employment; nontheless, it
- offers a springboard for small towns to
- initiate intfustrialization. A building and
- labor supply are the chief needed resources.
- Because sewing plants are typically small
- town oriented, &e growth of this indus
-~ iry also signifies that more towns are par
- ticipating in the over-all State development
- efforts. Many of them, drawing upon the
- successful experience of attracting sewing
- apparel plants with the resultant payroll
* expansion, can now proceed to apply such
lessons to intensified efforts to develop
other industrial activities.
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Chemical Progress Week
April 20-25 will mark Chemical Progress
Week. And it would be difficult to think
of an observance of any development hav
ing a more direct bearing on every one
of us.
Chemical science, and all the industries
which utilize and advance technique and
knowledge in this field, have transformed
the living standards of this nation. We
receive the benefits of chemistry when we
say “fill ’er up” to the attendant at hte
service station. The housewife is another
beneficiary when she uses one of the in
numerable modern detergents in the course
of her household tasks. And in business and
industry, chemistry has produced revolution
after revolution, to the benefit of all con
cerned, especially the consumer,
One of the best examples of the manner
in which chemicals have become an in
dispensable part of our way of life is found
in agriculture. Fertilizers, pesticides and
other such preparations make possible this
nation’s abundance of food and fiber. With
out them, say top authorities, we would
be forced to exist on a near-starvation basis.
Used properly and according to simple and
mandatory safety rules, they make a con
tribution to the national well-being and
health that almost defies exaggeration.
So —a salute to Chemical Progress Week..
It represents a progress in which we all
share.
Remarkable Progress
Within a Half-Century
On October 21, 1915, the human voice
first spanned the Atlantic when a Bell
engineer in Paris heard words transmitted
by radio telephone from Arlington, Va.
This successful Bell Telephone experi
ment, made with the cooperation of the
French Government and the U. S. Navy,
had a modern-day gounterpart on July 12,
1962, when a telephone call first beamed
across the Atlantic via the Bell System’s
Telstar experimental communications satel
lite.
Almost a half century separates these
two “firsts.” But those 48 years cover one
of the most remarkable periods of progress
in human history. Mechanization and in
creased production multiplied the effective
ness of the average worker. Products and
services available to practically everyone
in the country quickly changed our entire
mode of living. Change and Progress be
came keywords of our society.
The telephone in this period has spread
all over the world. The number of tele
phones in this country — where its de
velopment is greatest — grew from nine
million in 1915 to almost 80 million today.
For countless millions, in cities and on
farms — the telephone became an indis
pensable tool.
This growth reflects the expansion and
vigor of our nation, and it is a challenge to
us in this industry to see that progress shall
be even greater in the future than in the
past. It is our responsibility to make the
telephone more and more useful for every
one,” stated Ray Reece, of the Covington
Office of Southern Bell Telephone and Tel
egraph Company.
Beyond Einstein
An interesting sidelight can be cast on
the proposal to raise congressional salaries
from $22500 to $32,500, which was tem
porarily shelved for obvious political reas
ons, this being a political year.
A new House office building, not yet
finished, has been under construction for
some six years. It has been branded as
an architectural monstrosity. That aside,
the cost will run — according to estimates,
which are almost invariably low — to $122
million, and it will provide office space for
only about 170 Representatives.
This comes to $720,000 per member. And
now it is urged that still another such
building should be started to take care of,
presumably, the hundreds of Representa
tives who won't have space in the new
building.
Well, we are to have a so-called war
on poverty. We have an economy drive
which, so far, seems to consist of such pic
ayune matters as turning off unneeded
lights in government offices. And we have
an office building costing $720,000 for each
and every Representative who will occupy
it, and another such in prospect.
Einstein himself couldn’t add up the
political spending proposals, projects and
schemes and make the slightes sense out of
them. Such a waste of tax money is no rec
ommendation for increased salaries for the
public officials who are responsible for
them.
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at Covington, Georgia, es
mail matter of the Second
Class.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SUNDAY SCHOOL
The Christian Faces Family
Tensions
Devotional Reading: 1 John
4:7-12; Memory Selection: Be
subject to one another out of
reverence for Christ. Ephesians
r9:21,
Intermediate-Senior Topic:
Facing Family Tensions,
Young People-Adult Topic:
Facing Family Tensions.
It is a well-known fact that
there are many tensions deve
loping today in family life.
Many causes are at work to
make this situation a serious
one for the individual family
and for the nation. We live in a
world characterized by a com
plex society that makes it diffi
cult for people to evaluate
standards and to make deci
sions. Such tensions are inten
sified by complex social factors
and by Christian convictions.
Even the Christian faces fami
ly tensions, as our topic today
states, and no one escapes the
problems and the anxieties of
our day.
It is of the utmost import
ance that as Christians we res
pect the rights of others and
emphasize such factors as hu
mility and love which are the
very basis of the Christian’s
efforts to resolve the tensions
that exist. Today as never be
fore it is imperative that we
put our Christian faith to work
in our everyday lives, for un
less the guiding factors of our
Christian experience are fol
lowed we stand on the brink
of disaster.
The civilization in which we
find ourselves involved de
mands that we take seriously
the implications of the Christ
ian faith,
Today’s lesson should serve
to prepare us for the observ
ance of National Family Week.
Such an observance should call
us to repentance, first of all, in
order that we might confess the
error of our ways, and then to
aild us in resolving as never
before to apply the principles
of our Lord in the building and
maintaining of homes which
are worthy of the name
“Christian.”
The Apostle Paul, who is the
‘author of the Letter to the Ep
hesians from which our lesson
is drawn, had been writing
about the contrast between
Christian and pagan morality.
He had spoken of the necessity
for the transformation in the
moral life which must result
from the knowledge of Christ.
He had said that the Ephesians
must abandon heathen ways
which are the consequence of
spiritual ignorance and alienat
ion from God. To such advice
he added that one must practice‘
virtue, imitating God as his
nature is revealed in the sac
rifice of Christ. He warned
against the great sins of appe
tite and expounded on the con
trast between the old life and
the new in terms of darkness
and light.
Immediately prior to the
opening of today’s study he is
sued to the Ephesians an in
junction to wisdom, sobriety,‘
and thankfulness. Having done
this, he turned to the applicat
ion of Christian principles to all
the personal relations of do
mestic life. A single phrase
served to define his thesis and’
to set forth his fundamental
attitude — mutual subjection
based on reverence for Christ.
The idea of submission is not
a popular one in our day, for
the ideals of democracy have
in the main broken the hold
over our minds once possessed‘
by position and rank.
Paul was thinking, however,i
of submission in another sense.
He was thinking of submissionlz
within the Christian fellowship.
In his mind the Church was
the pattern for the social order,
and he sought to indoctrinate‘
men with the idea of submis
sion. Consequently, within the
fellowship of the Church there|
was a new factor. Submission
was to be a mutual experience.
Christians were to submits
themselves one to another and
were to do so “in the fear of
God,” or “out of reverence for |
Christ” (RSV). ’
To illustrate his thought Paul |
said, “Wives, submit yourselves |
unto your own husbands, as|
unto the Lord.” He clearly de- |
fined the husband as the head |
of the household. The husband |
is to wield his authority not as |
a tyrant, however, but with the
sort of self-sacrificing love that
Christ bestowed upon his|
Church. As a father he is to ex- |
hibit the sort of care for his|
children that would provide for |
their nurture in the things of
the spirit.
The Apostle was seeking to
point out that if man is to be|
the master, he must be the kind |
of master that Christ is to him.
Lest we think that Paul is too
harsh in the terminology which
' he used, we need to remember
'that he doubtless had the pat
riarchal family order in mind
'as he wrote. He knew no other,
}and as an orthodox male Jew,
'unmarried, he knew nothing of
‘the liberation of women and
the freedom which they enjoy
'today. Nevertheless, even in
Paul’s day the Christian fel
'lowship was such a marvelous
thing, and so powerful, that the
idea of submission was more
verbal than actual. Consequ
ently, in a truly Christian mar
riage, from Paul’s day onward,
subjection has meant mutual
respect, so that the Apostle
could write, Submit yourselves
“one to another in the fear of
God.”
- The author of this Epistle, in
the closing verses of Chapter 5,
gave careful instructions to
those who are married. He ill
ustrated the relationship which
Christ bears to his Church, and
it is clearly seen that the illust
ration is much more important
than the instruction that he set
forth. His ethical precepts con
cerning marriage are, of course,
important, but in them there is
nothing essentially new. How
ever, Paul’s doctrine of the
Church which he set forth in
his Letter to the Ephesians was,
and still is, the most significant
illustration of the Church set
forth in the entire New Testa
ment,
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SCIENCE;
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SICK INCOMES
KEEP US WELL
STATUS often influences a
person’s reaction to illness. A
University of Wisconsin study
indicates that upper economic
class people are more likely to
seek treatment than persons of
low income. Age and position at
home or on the job are import
ant factors in a man’s decision
to see a doctor -- one whose
pay is docked if he takes the
day off for a medical examinat
ion is less likely to do so than
a person who has the time and
money available.
AN ASTRONAUTIC TRA
DITION was carried on when
Maj. Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. re
cently was selected as a possi
ble candidate for the first lunar
flight. Aldrin is the son of Col.
Edwin E. Aldrin, who helped
found the Institute of Aeronau
tical Sciences, one of the nat
ion’s oldest aerospace profes
sional societies ... A NEW
TECHNIQUE for discovering
oil and natural gas is said by
Fan Geo Atlas Corporation,
Houston, Texas, to come closet
to the dream of “seeing” hyd
rocarbons deep within the
earth. Acoustic Parameter Logs,
as the instruments have been
named, record and analyze
acoustic signals from_ many
thousands of feet below the
surface of the earth. Introduced
in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana
and California, they have help
ed bring into production for
mations previously passed over
as barren.
A MINIATURE RIVER built
by the University of Michigan
may unravel the vexing
mystery of bacteria called “Sp
haerotilus natans,” which
create the slime formations that
rot fishing nets, reduce the fish
population and destroy the re
creational value of streams and
rivers. By creating bacteria
growth conditions in the 15-
foot-long waterway researchers
hope to find cut how the bact
eria functions and grows, and
then develop a method for its
destruction . . . RESEARCH on
“Cyclorphan,” a non-addictive
pain-killing drug 40 times as
powerful as morphine, looks
promising, scientists at the
University of Rochester report.
The compound, synthesized at
the University and tested on
animals for the past three
years, is called a “morphine
antagonist” because it reverses
most of the physiological act
ions produced by morphine.
The pain-relieving character
istics of chemical compounds
are separated from addictive
characteristics, and physiologi
cal actions such as lowered rate
of respiration are reversed.
SOPHISTICATED SMOK
ERS in New York may set a
new trend as a result of the
cancer scare. Empire City to
bacconists report a run on
“hookahs,” the famed water
pipes of Middle Eastern lore,
because of their filtering action.
If the fad catches on, the exotic
contraptions, also variously
called hubble bubbles, arkilehs
or nargilehs could become the
latest conversation pieces from
Westchester to Spokane,
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Early Training
Recommended for
Traffic Safety
The head of the Cooperative
Extension Service health de
partment this week quoted a
safety expert as saying that the
entire traffic safety problem
teday is the result of inade
quate safety training during
childhood.
Miss Lucile Higginbotham of
the University of Georgia add
ed there is strong evidence that
the child who learns safe
practices as a pedestrian will
carry them over as a motorist.
That children need to be
taught safe practices is eviden
ced by a recent survey in a
large city, Miss Higginbotham
said. Seventy-six percent of all
pedestrians struck while cross
ing streets at midblock were
children, and most of these ac
cidents occurred within two
blocks of home. Miss Higgin
botham said national statistics
show this to be a nationwide
problem in both urban and
rural areas.
The Extension health speci
alist continued that 2,500 child
ren 14 years of age and young
er were fatally injured by mot
or vehicles in the United States
in 1962. She added that an
other 78,000 were injured.
Miss Higginbotham declared
that these facts suggest an ef
fective accident prevention
program which calls on parents
to assist their children in map
ping out the safest route to and
from school, accompany their
children for several days to
determine the safest route, and
emphasize safe pedestrian
rules.
Miss Higginbotham said such
a program will help achieve a
two-fold objective; it will help
prevent injuries and deaths,
and it will provide a foundat
ion for traffic safety.
HOG CHOLERA DECLINING
Georgia’s Hog Cholera Era
dication Program was started
in May, 1962. There are 103
counties in the state with no
history of hog cholera since
that time. From May to Decem
ber of 1963 there were only 91
confirmed cases of hog cholera
in Georgia. During the previous
12 months there were 248
cases.
For the 13th straight year,
Georgia led the nation in broil
er production in 1963, reports
Milton Y. Dendy, poultryman
with the Cooperative Extension
Service.
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The National Outlook
By George Hagedorn
! Accent on Youth
| The big gun in the 1964
phase of the Administration’s
anti-poverty war will be the
Economic Opportunity Act it
has recommended to Con
gress. This is a combination
of several unrelated pro
grams, some of them obviously
intended as experimental
pilot projects. Its main theme,
insofar as it has one, is an
effort to help young people
become better prepared for
active economic life.
This emphasis on the prob
lems of youth is understand
able. The age-group between
16 and 21 is the fastest grow
ing segment of the populaticn.
These are the people who will
be around longer than most of
the rest of us.
Many of our young people
‘have not acquired the skills,
attitudes and work habits
which would make them at
trative to prospective em
ployers., The Administration's
program is aimed at remedying
this by giving training and
work experience to selected
young men and women,
One may, however, be skep
tical as to whether makework
projects would really endow
these young people with the
experience, motivation and
self-discipline which would
make them more employable
elsewhere. There is no artificial
substitute for the challenge of
getting and holding a job on
one’s own merits,
In any case, there ig little
point in trying to make young
‘people more employable un
less the economy is generat
ing new jobs for them. This
}brin-gs up the question of
whether the present high un
‘employment rate among the
young is simply the reflection
of below-par employment con
ditions generally or whether
it is the result of structural
economic changes which have
been especially unfavorable to
job opportunities for the young
and inexperienced.
A look at the unemployment
record suggests that the former
is the case. The over-all un
employment rate reached its
lowest post-war level in the{
year 1953-2.5 percent. In that
year the unemployment rate‘
for teen-age males was 6.8 per
cent, 2.7 times as great. In 1963.‘
over-all unemployment was at
5.7 percent while male te‘en-age‘
Thursday, April 16, 1964
unemployment was 15.5 per«
cent—again a ratio of 2.7 to 1,
During all the years in between
the proportion stayed practi
cally the same.
This suggests that the best,
and probably the only, way to
reduce teen-age unemployment
is to give the private economy
the lift necessary to reduce un
employment at all age levels.
The tax cut is a step in this di
rection but we may have to do
more.
~ Without such an improve=
‘ment in the general economy,
‘the Administration’s plan may
‘turn out to be merely away
of segregating unemployable
youths in camps — rather than
getting them into the main
currents of economic life,
Perry to Manage
Conyers Office
Ga. Natural Gas
Announcement has been
made of the appointment of
Clarence A. Perry as manager
of the Conyers office of Geor=
gia Natural Gas, a division of
Atlanta Gas light Company.
Lithonia and Porterdale, as
well as the communities of Al
mon, Milstead and Redan will
also be managed by the Con
yers office.
This territory was formerly
served by Mid-Georgia Natural
Gas Company.
Mr. Perry is a native of Can=
ton, Georgia, and a graduate
of Georgia Tech.
He started work with Atlan=
ta Gas Light Company in 1929
and became a supervisor in
accounting in Atlanta. He was
transferred to Rome as chief
clerk and later to Brunswick.
In 1943 he went into military
service in the Navy and was
discharged as a lieutenant com=
mander.
After the war he engaged in
the propane-butane business.
He returned to Atlanta Gas
Light Company in 1963 in the
general sales department.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry, the form
er Dorris Johnson, with their
teenage daughter, plan to make
their home in the Conyers area,
The Perrys are members of the
Methodist Church.