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THE COVING ION NEWS
111.122 PACI STREIT. COVINGTON. GA—3O2OI
kILMONT MNNIS
Editor and Fabll»k«r
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant te Pvblbhet
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Salute To 4-H Clubs
Newton Countians can take just
pride in the phenomenal growth
of the 4-H-Club movement,’ the
world’s largest organization of
youth; and in the observance of
National 4-H-Club Week, Sept.
26 - Oct. 3.
Despite the fact that in some
encyclopedias credit is not given
Dr. G. Claude Adams, Newton
native, as one of this great or
ganization’s founders, authenti
cated records prove that in 1905
the original Corn Club of Georgia
was organized by him in Newton
County.
Only one other Corn Club is
known to have existed at that
time -a Boys Corn Club in
Macoupin County, 111., organized
in 1902. The Newton County Club
rapidly expanded into other phas
es of agriculture, including vege
table, canning, livestock, arts and
crafts clubs in which girts also
participated. Through sn>i£h-
Lever Act of 1914 the Extension
Service of the Agriculture De
partment was established, and
became the sponsor for 4-H-
Club Work.
There are over 2 million 4-H-
Club Members throughout the 50
states today. Georgia for the
second consecutive year boasts
the largest number with one
third of these coming from towns
and cities. Their 360,000 pro
jects contribute some $lO million
to Georgia’s economy. Newton
County has 1,352 4-H’ers in 36
i Clubs, supervised by County Ag
j riculturaVExtension Agents, Ed
Hunt and Mrs. Ginny Jones; and
Negro County Agent J. W. Horne,
and Negro Home Demonstration
: Agent Lottie Johnson.
This year’s theme for Nation
: al 4-H-Club Week is “Learning
: Through Living’’. The 4-H-Club
Motto is “To Make the Best Bet
ter”. Their pledge from which
the 4-H-emblem comes is: “I
pledge My Head to clearer think
ing; My Heart to greater loyalty;
My Hands to greater service; and
■ My Health to better living, for my
club, my community and my coun
try.” The multiple projects they
undertake necessitate the appli
cation of their theme, pledge and
motto; for through practical ex
perience they soon learn that
success depends solely upon their
integrity and dedicated efforts.
We salute our own, and national
4-H-Clubs, their leaders and ad
visors, who make an invaluable
contribution to our nation in the
development of character and
citizenship among the youth of
America.
The World Does Move
Citizens whose memories go
back some 30-35 years may re
call when National Guard planes
were open cockpit jobs, propeller
driven, and gasoline fueled. The
primary function of the Guard
squardrons of that day was obser
vation, and a good part of this
was done by eye.
Now we are advised that a
strike force of Air National Guard
jet planes is making a non-stop
flight to Europe in about eight
hours, refuelingenroute from Air
Guard aerial tankers. In Europe,
the planes are going immediately
on training exercise missions for
. the U. S. Seventh Army. The
entire deployment from U. S.
bases to Europe and return is
taking just 14 days.
All of this belongs to “The
• World Does Move” department.
We can regret that it doesn’t
move faster toward peace. Until
it does, we are pleased to note
that the Air National Guard is
keeping the pace with the require
ments for defense.
The fact that National Guard
planes can support our forces de
ployed abroad, and our allies, in
a matter of hours must be taken
into account by anyone planning to
attack us.
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MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
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It’s Fair Week!
Newton County Fair, annually
sponsored by American Legion
Post 32, at Legion Field, is in
full swing this week.
Judges faced a difficult task
in placement decisions of the
outstanding Community, Home
Demonstration Club, 4-H and
FFA Club booths. Agricultural,
livestock, canning, horticultural,
craft and art exhibits are also
of exceptional caliber this year.
A county fair is one of the few
remaining bits of typical Ameri
cana, in today’s Space Age. Per
haps no other single project so
stimulates community spirit, and
unifies efforts, as the old fashion
ed “County Fair”. Rural and ur
ban citizens bend their efforts
toward attractively exhibiting the
fruits of their endeavors; then,
find themselves amazed at the as
tounding proof of the industry,
initiative, development and pro
gress of their community.
Civic pride is rekindled; and
one gains a deeper appreciation
of his fellow-citizen, and of the
privilege of being a part of such
a community.
Congratulations to the Ameri
can Legion Post 32, and all of
those making Newton County Fair
possible!
Employ Handicapped
Week October 4-10
Every year more employers
are discovering that handicapped
people make good, efficient work
ers if placed on jobs for which
they are qualified. However,
everyone does not yet know the
truth about the words, “Hire the
handicapped-it’s good business”.
One in every ten Americans is
handicapped. This is a fact that
was revealed by a national health
survey through household inter
views. The disabilities includes
deaf, blind, other hearing impair
ments, paralysis, disorders of
bones, or joints, or muscles, loss
of limbs and many others, too
numerous to list.
Many of these men and women,
are successfully employed. Oth
ers are not in the labor market;
for a variety of reasons they are
not seeking jobs.
But many are unemployed, not
because they want to be idle, but
because they run into a strong,
invisible curtain of prejudice.
There is a jobforevery handi
capped worker in the labor mar
ket, if employers will consider
the abilities and not the disabili
ties of the handicapped. When
properly placed, handicapped
workers, as a rule, are enthu
siastic, har workers, and satis
factory in their tasks. Their
accident rate is low and their
production record is high.
The concern is not merely
with finding jobs for the handi
capped currently unemployed.
Our efforts and our enthusiasm
would not lessen one bit if we
were told that this year we would
be helping fewer handicapped
persons than we helped last year.
We are involved in no numbers
game.
Instead, the primary concern
is with a certain “climate”. A
healthy climate in which a man’s
ability will count, rather than
his disability; in which the han
dicapped will be able to find
jobs if they have the necessary
skills and qualifications; in which
the handicapped will be able to
move to better things in keeping
with their talents and abilities,
in which “can do ” will be the
ruling order, rather than “can’t
do”.
So if a person with a handicap
should apply for work with you,
don’t turn him or her down, just
because of a handicap. Consider
the qualifications and if they meet
your job requirements, give him
or her an opportunity to prove
their abilities.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
OUR WEEKLY LESSON FOR :
IS UNDAY ScHOOLi
THE PASTORAL EPISTLES
Devotional Heading: PhUippiana
2:14-24; Memory Selection: The
aim of our charge is love that
Issues from a pure heart and a
good conscience and sincere faith
1 Timothy 1:5.
Inter mediate-Senior Topic: Let
ters to Younger Leaders.
Young People-Adult Topic: The
pastoral Epistles.
St. Paul wrote thirteen Epistles,
most of them to churches. Four
of his Epistles, however, were
written to individuals—two of
these to Timothy and one each to
Titus and Philemon.
The Epistle was necessary then
for the direction and guidance of
the church. Today the leaders of
the church would probably gather
by transportation services al
most Incomprehensibly superior
to those of antiquity--and confer
on issues. Thousand of business
letters and letters by church
leaders are still written to sub
ordinates and associates, but the
epistle today is not the Important
missive it was two thousand years
ago.
Yet how profoundly these Epist
les—those written by Paul and
others—set forth the’ history of
the church, its problems, and its
doctrines. It can accurately be
said that, so far as theological
doctrine is concerned, it would
be almost impossible to Imagine
a worldwide Christian Church
such as we have without these
Epistles.
In these Epistles fundamental
Christian doctrine is set forth
in a form that has enriched and
guided the Church through the
centures.
The authorship of 1 and 2 Tim
othy has sometimes been called
Into question. Did Paul really
write these Epistles? Most scho
lars say yes, but some say no.
There are several reasons for
doubt about the authorship. In
the first place, the vocabulary
of 1 and 2 Timothy Is slightly
different from that of the other
Epistles acknowledged to have
been written by Paul. The ans
wer to this contention would ap
pear to be that these Epistles
were written late In Paul’s car
eer and that Paul’s vocabulary
may have changed with the pass
ing of time.
Again there is the question as
to whether or not these Epistles
deal with situations in the first
Christian century or with situa
tions in the second century.
Those who deny that Paul wrote
these Epistles claim that the
heresies dealt with in 1 and 2
timothy did not arise until about
A.D. 150. But scholarship does
not lend much support to this
contention. There have always
been false doctrines. There
are false doctrines today, and
there probably always will be.
These false doctrines overlap
one another. They cannot be
accurately dated. Certain cri
tics maintain that the type of
church organization referred to
in 1 and 2 Timothy was not the
kind of church that existed in
Paul’s day. References to bis
hops and elders pertain, say some
critics, to a period much later
than that of Paul.
Most of the Biblical scholars
who have examined these Epis
tles are very sure that they are
genuine—that is, that they were
written by St. Paul. No one
denies that there are problems
Involved in authorship, but the
overwhelming testimony seems
to be that St. Paul wrote 1 and
2 Timothy, Titus and Philemon.
The familiar references to Tim
othy’s mother Eunice and to his
grandmother Lois, together with
the account we have in Acts 16:
1-4, convince most scholars that
these Epistles were written by
Paul.
Does it make any difference any
way? Why should Sunday school
teachers and ministers be inter
ested in a matter of this sort?
For the simple reason that we
want to be sure in dealing with
Biblical material that we are
dealing with material that is
really what it claims to be.
Mere tradition is not an ade
quate basis for the establishing
of sound Christian doctrine. We
can be sure that these four Epis
tles (1 and 2 Timothy, Titus and
Philemon) were written by St.
Paul, that they are a valid part
of the word of God, which Is the
divine disclosure of God’s will
and purpose for us all.
We reflect upon these matters
of authorship at the beginning of
this series because It Is an im
portant factor in Christian faith.
If we are to commit our lives to
Jesus Christ we must be con
vinced that the accounts we have
of his life and his teachings as
set forth in the twenty-seven
books of the New Testament con
stitute a foundation which will
and adverse circumstances.
Paul was unmarried. Timothy
was his "son in the faith.” The
elderly Apostle, facing martyr
dom and longing for understand
ing and companionship, turned
to young Timothy with almost
pathetic expectation. There is
evidence that the young man ful
filled Paul’s hopes of him. The
last mention we have of Timothy
Is in Hebrews 13:23, where refer
ence is made to the fact that he
had been set at liberty after be
ing imprisoned for the faith.
In these four verses under dis
cussion we find Paul urging Tim
othy to command the churches
and church leaders he supervised
to teach sound doctrine.
They are to give no heed to
fables. We can imagine that
many such fables arose in the
early Church. In fact there has
come down to us a body of lit
erature known as the Apocryphal
New Testament, which is largely
trash of the most ludicrous and
disgusting variety. The descrip
tions of Jesus given in the so
called Gospel of the Birth of
Mary and in 1 and 2 Infancy
are blasphemous and revolting.
These spurious pieces were writ
ten not by enemies of the Church
but by misguided adherents, and
it is to the credit of the Christian
Church that they have been of
ficially repudiated by all bran
ches of the Church.
The Roman Catholic and Pro
testant churches accept the same
27 books as constituting the New
Testament. They differ, how
ever, as regards the Old Testa
ment. The Catholic Church in
cludes certain Apocryphal books
which the Protestant Church re
pudiates as unsound and not gen
uine Scripture.
Many people claim that belief
consists only of theories about
religion and that all that matters
Is the living of a good life after
the general pattern laid down by
Jesus.
This Is incorrect. Religious be
liefs are doctrines (teachings)
given us by God himself under
inspiration. They reveal to us
certain truths about the nature
of God and his will for us with
out which there can be no sound
religo
religion.
Never scoff at Christian doc
trine or speak lightly of it as
something of no importance.
Sound doctrine is necessary if
we are to have sound faith.
This does no t mean that we
are in intellectual straitjackets
regarding religion. The Bible
encourages us to use our minds,
and those who fall to do so are
a burden to themselves and to
the Church. But the order of the
Christian experience Is, first
repentance, then faith in the sav
ing teachings of the word of God,
then, the application of these
teachings to the problems of
.daily life.
"Now the end of the command
ment Is charity (love) out of a
pure heart, and of a good con
science, and of faith unfeign
ed.” (Timothy 1:5-7)
Os course, the end of the com
mandment Is love, for the Bible
assures us that God is love
(1 John 4:8). Jesus made love
for God and love for fellowmen
"the whole law and the prophets”
(Matthew 22:35-40; Mark 12:28-
34; Luke 10:25-28). The teach
ings of the Old Testament were
finally and completely fulfilled
when the "Word was made flesh
and dwelt among us . . . full of
grace and truth.” (John 1:14).
Verse 5 speaks of a good con
science and of faith unfeigned.
The word "conscience” is de
rived from two Latin words
meaning "with knowledge.” The
person of sound conscience acts
on the basis of knowledge and
conviction rather than on the
basis of Impulse. "Faith un
feigned” means sincere faith
no hypocrisy.
Better Living
In many modern homes,
the kitchen is the focal
point of the design, with
most activities either origi
nating from it or circulat
ing around it.
Structural Engineer Wil
liam J. Mouton of New Or
leans, designed his entire
home with this idea —and
his wife’s daily household
chores —in mind.
The home is “Y”-shaped,
with the kitchen at the
center. From it, the lady of
the house can look from the
window into the front gar
den or, by turning around,
see the entire rear yard. The
children’s bedrooms are
right down the corridor.
Convenience is the heart
of the kitchen plan. Sink,
stove and refrigerator are
all separated with six feet
of counter space in between.
A unique feature is the
roof structure which reach
es its apex over the kitchen.
The roof is formed with a
solid three - inch double
tongue-and - groove South
ern Pine deck over solid lum
ber beams of the same spe
cies. The system is so
strong that no vertical sup
ports are needed at the
apex. This is the result of
a folded plate arrangement
in wood—a self-buttress
ing, self-tying device which
forms the efficient design.
The high strength of sea
soned Southern Pine is a
key to the efficiency of the
method. The warmth of the
wood lends an air of friend
liness to the area.
Other kitchen features are
concealed hinges and touch
latches. There are no door
pulls or handles and all kit
chen cabinet doors function
through spring loaded de
vices.
A brick dividing wall with
light trough on top separates
the living room from the
kitchen. To the left of the
kitchen entrance is a coun
ter which also serves as a
bar and breakfast area.
For walking comfort in
the kitchen as elsewhere in
the house, there is an ele
vated floor system of wood
decking over solid South
ern Pine beams.
. Thursday, October 1, 1964
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Dear Editor,
These are my reasons for
wanting President Johnson to be
my President for the next four
years.
President Johnson han strong
family ties and a deep concern
for his fellow man. As Vice-
President he learned and served
the office of vice-president to the
fullest extent. He works long and
hard and knows how to make the
best use of every second of every
minute of every day. He is ever
ready to seek out and sift and
use the advice of others for the
best interests of the United States
of America.
When he was Vice-President,
Mr. Johnson traveled close to and
with tragic death. He controlled
himself, comforted his own fam
ily, comforted a bereaved family,
became President and comforted
a nation. He then Immediately
proved to be an outstanding lead
er, sensitive to the needs of our
people.
I don’t believe everyone should
have the same number of dollars
and cents, but I do believe each
should have an onnortunlty to de
velop himself and have an oppor
tunity to work and earn for him
self a comfortable living. I be
lieve this can be fulfilled through
as anti-poverty program and the
Social Security program.
Our defense needs to be strong
and up-to-date and under the
Democrats this department of our
government has been greatly
strengthened by the best Sec
retary of Defense this nation has
had for many years.
If It Is true that there are
two push-buttons or something
similar that stand between us and
Doomsday and that one of them is
literally at the fingertips of the
President of the United States,
In my judgement we need Presi
dent Johnson in that position now
and during the next four years.
Thank you for publishing this.
Sincerely,
Mrs. J. T. Owens, Jr.
^cTencelW
To pi csl|E
11 I
MOON PROBERS PLAN
ASTRONAUTIC WHIRL
AMERICAN ASTRON
AUTS will have accumulated
more than 2,000 hours of
manned flight experience
before the first lunar probe
is made, in 1069, according
to “Aerospace” magazine.
The lunar landing will be
the culmination of “25 giant
steps to the moon,” and will
involve 10 manned Gemini
flights, eight manned Apollo
earth-orbital flights using
the Saturn IB booster, six
manned Apollo “dress re ■
hearsals” for the lunar mis
sion using the Saturn V
launch vehicle and the final
Apollo-Saturn V launch that
will propel two astronauts to
the moon.
THE NUMBER of mental
patients in state and county
hospitals declined in 1963
for the eighth consecutive
year, reports the U. S. Public
Health Service. Last year’s
total of 504,947 patients in
public institutions was 9.7
per cent lower than the total
in 1956 and occurred despite
a continuing increase in ad
missions. Doubling of re
leases from mental hospitals
during the period is respon
sible for the drop, according
to the National Institute of
Mental Health ... A TWO
YEAR fishing trip is planned
by scientists at Clemson Uni
versity — to find out how
fish swim. The expedition
hopes to be able to provide
detailed information on
aquatic animals’ body move
ments, to help in better de
signing our submarines and
surface ships.
ELECTRONIC CON
TROLS assure you of full
measure when you buy
packages of sliced bacon.
Next time you open a pack
age, see if the end slice is of
a different thickness than
the others. According to All
bright-Nell, Chicago, the
final slices are gauged
electronically, in less than
one-twentieth of a second, to
make the exact weights for
half-pound, pound and two
pound packages . . . THE
N. S. SAVANNAH, the
world’s first nuclear-power
ed cargo-passenger ship, was
visited by more than 153,450
persons during a recent tour
of European ports. This
brings to more than 500,000
the number of people in this
country and abroad who
have inspected the ship, ac
cording to the Atomic Ener
gv Commission.
POLONIUM, one of the
scarcest radioactive ele
ments, may be the long
sought link between cigar
ette smoking and lung can
cer, says the Harvard Uni
versity medical school.
It Pays To Advertise
By Mrs. Annie Lee Day
When asked what God and
His Church mean to me —
Immediately a kaleidoscopic
revue of memories and
thoughts began filling my
mind.
I whs born in a Christian
home and my Sainted Par
ents carried us regularly to
Sunday School and Church.
I was received into full
Church Membership at the
age of eleven, and thus it
became a dominant part of
my life.
Later, when I went away
to School I had the privilege
of attending Church, each
Sunday, at the church of my
choice. Then the Church
helped to unite my husband
and me.
When God blessed our
union with our son it was to
the altar of the Church that
we took him to be dedicated
to the Lord. When Life’s ties
were severed, and my hus
band went home, it was the
Church that extended to me
it’s hand of comfort and as
surance.
It was at this same altar
that our son gave his Life to
the Good Shepherd, and took
the vows of Church Mem
bership.
It is in the fellowship of
my church that I have found
some of my dearest friends,
and this is one of many rea
sons I enjoy going to church.
I go as often as is humanly
possible and do enjoy Christ
ian Fellowship there. When
I fail to go to Church there
is a void in my heart, which
In Tribute To Luke Morgan
By Mrs. Walter MeGahee
Does he die when the Intri
cate functions of his body, such
as heart, kings, blood stream and
nervous system, cease In their
hourly routine?
Oj, does man die when his
spirit, once burning bright as any
flame, is extinguished?
I think Luke Morgan died
more than twenty years ago.
He died when the flame of
his young spirit was snuffed out
by a cruel enemy, although those
Intricate weavings of the body
continued. The blood pumped
through his veins, the heart con
tinued its beating, the lungs con
tracted and expanded, the nerves
felt the beatings and the every day
pains, and the mind knew despair
and a loss of hope.
But, the spirit was dead.
It was burled a long time ago
in some steamy, Insect ridden
jungle near Bataan.
In those horrible days fol
lowing the surrender at Corre
gldor, while the spirit of Luke
Morgan was being killed, his fam
ily was told, through error, that
Luke was, in fact, dead.
And then the word came that,
as far as his family and fri
ends knew, Luke was still alive.
But Luke Morgan was not alive,
and never would be again as he
had once before. He had looked
Into the face of death and smelled
Census of Agriculture Crew
Leaders Prepare For Work
It will be back-to-school
soon for key supervisory
workers in the 1964 Census
of Agriculture, according to
Thomas W. McWhirter, reg
ional director for the U. S.
Bureau of the Census at At
lanta.
Census crew leaders will
attend one of the 115 special
training schools to be con
ducted throughout the
country by the Census Bu
reau in connection with this
year’s farm census. At the
schools, the crew leaders
will learn how to organize,
supervise, and control the
agricultural census in their
districts (usually one or two
counties). Crew leaders are
local men and women hired
temporarily to work on the
census.
Their teachers will be
Census Bureau employees
from the regional office and
from the Bureau’s head
quarters near Washington,
D C., and in some cases
specialists from the U. S/
Department of Agriculture.
The special concentrated
course in census enumera
tion will last four days and
is part of the elaborate pre
paration necessary before
an accurate count of the
nation’s farm production
and resources can be made.
In addition to the group
training course, all crew
leaders are required to take
a 4-day home study course
and a written examination
before they qualify.
The main task of crew
leaders is to recruit, train,
and supervise a team of
What God
and His
Church Mean
To ME
is only eased by prayer for
forgiveness.
Last of all, and most im
portant, it is to the Church
that I come to find Fellow
ship and Communion with
my God. It’s hallowed walls
whisper His Love and Com
fort to me. It doesn’t come
as we seek to make life safe
and comfortable. It only
comes when we are willing
to risk our lives completely
to Christ’s command. The
price of this dedication of
our lives, wholly to him, is
terrific, but beyond is born
the Faith which sees and
knows and overcomes the
world.
The vaulted ceilings of my
church picture for me the
vastness of His love, and
the strength of His keeping
grace.
The church is my spiritual
Mother and Father-Sister and
Brother. It is my measure
of time and my Guide Post
to Eternity. My philosophy
and Aim in Life is found in
Micah 6:8, where we are
admonished “to do justly -
to love and to walk humbly
with our God.”
It is my desire that my
Final Rites be spoken at my
church. Spiritual things are
hard to express with mere
human language - but I hope
and pray that my church
will be the Open Door to
God’s Eternal Garden of
Love and Peace, for: “Cold
in the dust The withered
Heart may lie - But that
which warmed and cheered
it once, can Never Die.”
the foul stench of the tomb.,
and Into the grave he had al
ready committed his spirit. It
was only the shell of a man
that continued to exist.
Luke finally came home like
so many millions of others. Hie
bright, brave, new world was, to
him, as fearful as had been the
jungle nights and the strange
sounds of battle. For without
a spirit, man cannot fight the
every day battles of survival.
The years and lives of others
silently and swiftly passed Luke
by, and few, If any, paused long
enough to Inquire after his spirit.
The joys and pleasures pass
ed Luke by, time after time, day
after day, year after year. He
tried to re-weave the tangled
threads of his former life, but
without the needle of the spirit,
it was impossible.
Luke Morgan’s final victory
was the absolute realization that
man without spirit is, Indeed,
dead.
We take heart in his final
victory.
And in the steamy, spongy,
sweaty jungles of Bataan, there
was a rustling sound as the soul
and spirit of a man dead more
than twenty years before rose to
new heights to receive the eter
nal rewards of his unselfish sac
rifice.
census enumerators in their
home counties in time to
take the census starting in
November.
The 'Census of Agriculture
is taken every five years in
the years ending in “4” and
“9”. Information collected
in the farm census is vital
in making decisions affect
ing many segments of the U.
S. economy. Data gathered
include the number and size
of farms, acreage and har
vest of crops, a livestock
inventory, information on
farm equipment and facili
ties, sales of farm products,
and some production expen
ditures.
New York — There’s one
drilling rig in Texas that will
never find any oil or gas.
What’s more, according to
Oil Facts, no one cares.
The rig is located at an oil
company’s field research la
boratory and its only pur
pose is to help find ways to
reduce the cost of drilling
wells. The petroleum indus
try drills some 40,000 wells a
year at a cost of about $2.4
billion.
Despite its size — it stands
160 feet tall and weighs 50
tons — the rig is “just an
other piece of laboratory
equipment” to the scientists
who man it.
More than 15 million
World War II veterans on
the Veterans Administration
rolls at the close of Fiscal
Year 1964, averaged 45 years
of age.