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BELMONT DENNIS
Editor and Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher |
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY.OF COVINGTON
Voters Will Soon
.
Provide Answers
It was a restless and eager
Congress that finally adjourned
on October 3, The general elec~
tion was just around the corner,
one third of the Senate seats and
all of the House seats were
at stake, and the lawmakers were
impatient to get down to cases
with the most urgent business
of the moment--that is, politick
ing.
FSD_-the 88th Congress and its
record have passed into history.
It is an interesting and important
record, both for what was done
and what was not done,
‘lt has been generally said that
Mr. :Johnson is a master of
maneuver, and that this talent,
“plus his long congressional ex
‘perience, has given the Executive
an unusual degree of authority
“over the legislative branch, And
‘there can be no doubt that the
‘president is adept at using both
‘the carrot and the stick to get
‘his way. Even so, the 88th
.Congress--despite its very sub
:stantial Democratic majorities in
-both houses--was not just an
‘instrument of White House policy.
:And the major Presidential pro
igrams which it did approve were
cpretty much of a bipartisan na
“ture,
: The tax cut was one, The Civil
‘Rights bill was another. And
the nuclear test-ban treaty wasa
third. In each case the mea
‘sures were given heavy Repub
lican support. So neither party
‘can claim the whole credit, and
it doesp’t look as if these issues
gw;ll turn out to be major vote
getters, either way, in this cam-
Ppaign.
° The President failed to obtain
approval of two of his key mea
‘sures--the Medicare proposal
for providing certain healthbene
fits to the elderly under the social
security program, and the vast
plan for aiding the depressed
‘Appalachian area, Medicare did
pass the Senate, but it was shelv
‘ed in the House, in spite of the
heavy Democratic majority.
‘Formidable opposition, within
both parties, opposes it for
several reasons: That its cost
would prove to be far greater
‘than the estimates; that it should
mot be made a part of a pen
sion system, which Social Se
‘curity is; that if one arbitrarily
chosen group is to be given such
‘benefits, other groups will na
turally. demand similar treat
‘ment; that it would open the door,
to some degree, of socialized
medicine; and that existing pro
grams- are doing a good job and
can do still better, It is de
finitely a top political issue now,
{ To rewrn to the campaigning,
the Presidential candidates na
turally hold the center of the
stage, But to the professionals,
the 'people who look to the long
term future, grass roots stren
gth is an all important thing,
and it is built through winning
thousands of offices from the
Congress on down to the towns
and counties, A Party cannot
only hold but increase this stren
gth at a time when it is unable
to elect a President--as the
Democrats proved during the
Eisenhower years, and the Re
publicans proved when Truman
was in the White House. So
most of the effort and the avail
able money are employed at the
local level. This is the broad
base on which political potency
rests,
= Now is the time when the poli
tical air is full of questions, The
yoters will soon provide the ans
wers,
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that students are becoming in
’;creasingly contemptuous of au
#hority because ‘they have ex
amples at the highest level of
‘government of dishonesty and
Ammorality,’”’
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Living Proof
LLong recognized as some of
the finest farming lands in the
nation, it’s no accident that the
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta is also
the most heavily protected crop
land in the world, The crop
protection of the modern farmer -
pesticides - has been beneficially
used there since 1924, Contrary
to dire predictions of doomsaying
conservationists, crop-spraying
actually has increased wildlife in
the Delta,
Today counties with open tur
key seasons have almost doubled.
In 1946, deer were legal in only
a few counties, As late as
‘63 the legal kill of bucks was
only 2,300, Populationincreases
began about ‘46, skyrocketed
more than 20 percent yearly;
the ‘63 kill is estimated at more
than 18,000, Doves, rabbits and
squirrels were never more abun
dant and fishing is unsurpasses.
This living evidence of in
creases in both crop production
and game has understandably
made farmers resentful of pes
ticide scare-talk, Facts of the
Mississippi rebirth and abun
dance deny that wildlife popula
tions are destroyed by pesticide
programs, Insect-control pro
grams help produce higher cotton
yields per acre, thereby allowing
more land to be planted in soy
beans, oats, wheat and soil-con
servation programs that produce
food and cover for game,
Modern farming practices are
responsible for an increase in
wildlife, longer open seasons and
generously increased bag limits.
Hunters and farmers would do
will to understand and use these
facts when the next pesticide
with-hunt comes along.
UNICEF Has Many
. °
Childhood Services
in today’s world millions of
children are still ill-fed, un
schooled, threatened by diseases
whose very namesare unfamiliar
in the industrially developed na
tions. Many have never known
childhood’s carefree pleasures.
In the developing countries of
Asia, Latin America, Africa and
the Middle East, which house
three out of four of all the world’s
children, life is hard on all,
but particularly on the young.
Whether they are growing up in
the rapidly mushrooming cities
or in the traditional villages,
the children of the developing
countries face anuncertain future
weighed down by hunger, pover
ty, disease and lack of oppor
tunity.
The plight of both rural and
urban children is of special con
cern not only to their govern
ments, both local and national,
but also to their unofficial guar
dian, UNICEF, the United Nations
Children’s Fund. In the cities,
UNICEF, by providing equipment
and training stipends, is assist
ing child welfare projects includ
ing youth centers, children’s
homes, vocational schools and
training courses for teachers
and social workers., With this
help children who had previous
ly nothing to look forward to
will have a chance to acquire
training for a future of their
own choosing.
In the villages, mobile health
teams equipped by UNICEF with
vehicles and supplies can mean
the difference between hope and
despair., A penny’s worth of
BCG vaccine supplied by UNICEF
ensures protectionfrom tubercu
losis; a nickel buys enough peni
cillin to cure two children of
yaws, a crippling tropical dis
ease; a dime can mean 50 cups
of milk, or a whole month’s sup
ply of vitamin capsules for a
mother and her child.
Under UNICEF’s auspices, na
tions are increasingly enabled to
meet their children’s needs-
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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OUR WEEKLY LESSON FOR
'SUNDAY SCHOOL!
STEWARDSHIP QF. POSSES~
SIONS
Devotional Reading: Proverbs
8:10-21, Memory Selection: "As
for the rich in this world, charge
them not to be haughty, nor to
set their hopes onuncertain rich=
es but on God who richly furn
ishes us with everything to en
joy. 1 Timothy 6:17
Intermediate-Senior Topic:
Making My Money Last,
Young People=Adult Topic:
Stewardship of Possessions,
Last week our thoughts dwelt
on discipline, Most people have
a wrong idea about discipline,
They believe it is something
repressive, an order of life or
a set of circumstances involv=
ing discomfort and depriving
them of certain pleasures, As
a matter of fact, the word ‘‘dis=
cipline’” comes from a Latin word
which means ‘to learn,”” Dis~
cipline is ‘‘a course of train=
ing which corrects, molds, stren=
gthens, or perfects,”
Life is a spiritual enterprise
created and inaugurated by God.
Viewed religiously, the aim of
life appears to be spiritual
growth, We linger; for: a' time
on this planet. preparatory. to
entering a life eternal both in
quality and extent, Everyday
living involves all sorts of em=
ployment and responsibilities.
But, if we live in accordance
with God’s will, all such occu=
pations and responsibilities have
spiritual significance,
We are preparing our lives for
eternal fellowship with the God
who created us.
Our lesson today deals with the
stewardship of possessions.,
Whether we have great posses=
sions or few, we can be sure
that these worldly goods are
exerting a profound effect on
our moral characters, We may
be poor and in our poverty covet
riches, We may be rich, and
in the possession of these things
dissipate our finest powers.
“But godliness 'with content
ment is great gain,”
There is both'a good and a
bad type of contentment. Beggars
and derelicts who allow them=
selves to approach starvation
before they will do an honest
day’s work are for the most
part contented. But their con
tentment is debasing to their
characters. The rich man who,
because he has wealth, feels that
he has everything of value in
life, may also experience a type
of contentment, But this con
tentment also debases his char
acter, True contentment is in
deed a great blessing.
It arises from that inner har=-
mony of body, mind, and soul
which produces a sense of well
being and inner security.
“We brought nothing into this
world, and it is certain we can
carry nothing out,’”’ that is, no=-
thing of a material nature, But
Jesus constantly speaks about the
necessity’ of laying up treasure
in heaven, Some people are able
both to lay up treasure on earth
and also to lay it up in hea=-
ven, for they maintain the right
attitude toward worldly goods,
using them for the advancement
of their own souls and for the
betterment of humanity,
Heavenly riches are the eter
nal values we lay up for our=
selves by living a life of faith,
righteousness, .and helpfulness
toward our fellows, These are
eternal values, Death does not
destroy them. Everything we do
has an eternal significance. And
the good we do here on earth
produces and lays up for us in
heaven values which have an
eternal worth,
We often hear people declare
that “money is the root of all
evil,” and they cite the Bible
as their authority, Theyare mis
taken, The Bible does not say
that money is the root of all evil,
It says something quite different
and much more significant—it
says that the ‘‘love of money is
the root of all evil,” There is
a vital difference between these
two statements.
Money enables people to make
purchases. They may purchase
good things, or they may purchase
evil things. The possession of
money often gives people a wrong
sense of values and a type of
contentment they should not have,
On the other hand, many people
of moderate means and even of
great wealth are of saintly char
acter. It isagreat mistake to be
lieve that all the poor are good
and all the rich are evile There
are good and evil among both
classes.
It cannot be denied, however,
that an abundance of money
causes many people to fall into
temptation, to be snared by
foolish and hurtful lusts, ‘“For,”
declares the Apostle Paul, ‘‘the
love of money is the root of all
evil: which while some covet
ed after, they have erred from
the faith, and pierced themselves
through with many sorrows,”
“To covet’’ means to desire
something someone else has or
something: no one should ever
possess under any circume=
stances, Ofter we look upon
good things in life and say, “I
covet that man’s fine mind, the
gracious spirit, the opportunities
he has in life,” =As a matter
of fact, this is a loose way of
using the word *“‘covet,” In the
true sense of the term covetous=-
ness is something evil. We de
sire to possess what we have no
right to possess.
It cannot be denied that the love
of money often produces
covetousness in the owrst sensc
of that term.
Again we remind ourselves that
there are many saints among the
wealthy and many sinners among
the poor, but wealth, despite its
advantages, entails fearful moral
responsibilities and frequently
disadvantages.
We have only to scan the head=
lines -of the daily newspapers to
see what the love of money is
doing to some foolish people. In
their anxiety to secure happiness
they plunge intovice, dissipation,
crooked business practices, or
ostentatious living, Accordingly
they fall away from religious
faith, They become involved
in foolish and hateful lusts, They
pierce themselves through with
many swords,
yYoung Timothy, disciple, pro=
tege, and spiritual son of the
Apostle Paul, lived at a time
when the Roman Empire was
plunging headlong into decline and
fall, ‘‘Flee the foolish and hate=
ful lusts, the love of money, the
destruction of body and soul to
which a dissolute way of life
lays one.open,’” warned Paul,
«Follow after righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, patience,
meekness,’’
Paul’s approach to moral pro=
blems was both negative and
positive, “Flee evil’’ was his
constant counsel, But do more
than this—follow after the
qualities that lead to the up
building and security of the soul,
This has never been an easy
course to follow, The worst
temptations surrounding Christ=
ian believers today are not so
‘great as the temptations that
surrounded Paul and Timothy,
Paul prided himself that he had
fought a good fight, that he had
finished the course, that he had
kept the faith, He reminded
Timothy (son of Eunice and
grandson of Lois, who had in
structed him faithfully in the
things of faith) that he ‘‘lay
hold on eternal life,” and make
'a valiant witness before the
world,
~ Put God first, This is the
theme of the very important verse
which lies at the center of our
" study today: ¢‘Charge them that
are rich in this world, that they
be not highminded, nor trust in
uncertain riches, but inthe living
God, who giveth us richly all
things to enjoy.”’
The Apostle Paul is directing
young Timothy to command his
congregation with authority and
assurance, Such authority is al
most unknown in Protestant
churches today, but in the early
Church Christian leaders had
real authority and did not hesi
tate to exercise it, The Apos=
tles had received their commis=-
, sion directly from Christ, Paul
believed that he had hisauthority
because of the call he had re
ceived through his vision on the
road to Dan
SCIENCEQY
TOPICS Wiy
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SCIENCE HAS ITS
LIGHTER MOMENTS
CALCULATIONS by a West
German chemist illuminated a
recent meeting of the American
Chemical Society., If his theory
is correct, electric light bulbs
three times as bright as those
now in use may become a reality.
‘Proper introduction of a trace
of fluorine gas into light bulbs
makes them burnbrighter, clean=
er and more efficiently, the
scientist’s experiments indicate,
VORACIOUS INSECTS will be
frightened into curbing their ap=-
petites if electronic ‘‘scare
crows’’ being tested by govern=
ment researchers are success=
ful, . One .device emits high=-
pitched screeches like those
made by bats when they hunt
night-flying insects and seems
to frighten away boll worm moths
. « « COMPLAINTS about neck
pains can be a pain in the neck
to neurosurgeons. Harvard Uni
versity. says that such com=
plaints, with. the exception of
those stemming from accidents
such as auto rear-end collisions,
are a challenge because in addi
tion to conventional problems
they can be either a symptom
of tumors or infections, or the
root of a psychiatric illness.
The University says each case
can be a puzzler, making diag
nosis a tricky proposition,
PORES. S 0 SMALL that a mil
lion of them would barely cover
the period at the end of this
sentence give industrial catalysts
a fantastic surface area, says
Girdler Catalysts, Louisville,
The total surfaces of a handful
of- some aspirin-size catalysts
weighing under an ounce would
equal that of an entire football
field . « « A NEW LINK In
marine life has been discovered
and may offer insight into the
evolutionary process, say marine
scientists, This link is a ‘‘popu
lation’” of non-living organic and
inorganic particles createdonair
bubbles in the sea, It provides
food for the seas’ tiniest crea
tures, the basic food supply for
all higher marine life.
CLEFT .LIPS may stem from
«environmiental shock’ says a
University. of Michigan dental
researcher. Mice with cleft lips
and palates, occurring when
facial or palatal tissues fail to
merge -properly, were born to
females who were injected with
large amounts of a hormone,
creating environmental trauma,
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Lettens 7o
The Editon
Mr, Leo Mallard
601 Monticello Street
Covington, Georgia
Dear Mr, Mallard;
We would like to express our
sincere appreciation to you and
the staff of the Covington News
for having done such anexcellent
job for our Newton County
4-H'ers during the observance of
National 4-H Club Week,
We have had many fine com=
ments about your special edition,
and feel that it is one of the best
issues that we have ever seen
commemorating 4-H Club Week,
It is always a real pleasure to
work with the Covington News in
providing timely information on
topics which we feel are of in
terest to the readers of the Cov=
ington News,
Again, many thanks, and any
time that our office may be of
assistance to you in any way,
please feel free to call upon us,
Sincerely yours,
Edward H, Hunt
County Agent
(Mrs,) Virginia L, Jones
Home Demonstration Agent
Dear Mrs. Dennis:
I have encloseda reportof Sal
vation Army services throughout
the state of Georgia for your re=
view. I trust you will find it both
informative and helpful.
Throughout the thousands of
centers across the country, The
Army serves people in desperate
need and with personal problems.
This report gives the records of
these services over Georgia.
This spectrum of services, ser=-
ves the girl coming to us for un=
married mother care . . . men,
women and children on the move
come for counsel and emergency
care . .« at Christmas, the ket=-
tles and mail appeal bring ser
vices and cheer to millions and
through the Army’s consistent
spiritual ministry many find their
way back to God.
We are now broadening our ser=
vices in the great state of Georgia
and earnestly solicit your inter=-
est and support. Assuring you
that the Hand of Mercy will be
able to serve, “WITHHEART TO
GOD AND HAND TO MAN”,
Very sincerely
Brig. John D. Needham
Dear Mrs. Dennis:
Lon Sullivan sent me a copy of
his letter to you and I want to a
gain say what a thrill it was to
talk with you the day of our con=
vention, When I told the luncheon
about it, it also gave them a lift.
I hope Covington will not in
clude cancer in the United Fund
because, as you know, we can’t
accept the money. Atlanta be
lieves in both a Cancer drive as
well as United Fund and recognize
they can’t be combined because it
takes from cancer the Education=-
al Crusade feature which saves
lives. I would be dead if it had
been combined here in Atlanta
because I learned of the danger
signals from the Crusade and act=
ed upon them intime byhaving the
surgery performed. Obviously,
1 shall always be an ardent Cru
sader and will fight to the end to
keep a separate Cancer Crusade
in every town. I think it is a
responsibility we have in the
field of religion because we save
so many people by the danger sig
nals who heretofore have thought
little or anything about the saving
of their souls. We talkabout Mis
sions; we have oneof the greatest
jobs to do right here on our front
door steps that manyare comple=-
tely overlooking.
1 know we can count on you to
keep the Cancer Crusade separ
ate in Newton County. There is
nothing like the power of the
press and when combined with the
dedication that you have in the
field of saving lives, nothing can
stop your thrust.
With warm regards, I am,
Sincerely,
Arch Avary, Pres.
Georgia Division
American Cancer
Society
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BY VIRGIL 1, C, EADY
Every person 1s both a spirit=
ual being and a soclal being., By
nature the human race belongs
to the spiritual Kingdom of God;
it is the earthly family of God,
As spiritual beings we seek com=
munion with our Divine Creator,
As social creatures we seek fel
lowship with other members of
the human family, It is just as
natural for a human being to
seek succor from his Father God
as it is for a new=born babe to
reach for its mother’s breast,
As I consider what God and His
Church mean to me, my first
thought is that God satisfies my
innate longing to commune with
the source of my spiritual being,
and the Church gratifies fully my
desire for fellowship with other
communicants in the faith,
Through experience I have
learned to know God as the
Heavenly Father, who can pro=-
vide for me emotional and intel
lectual stability in times of joy
and success, spiritual strengthin
times of weakness and need, com=
fort in times of sorrow and dis
appointment, and solaceand heal=
ing in times of almost unbearable
spiritual and physical hurt, This
correctly implies that I turn to
God 2s one of His children just
as as earthly child turns to his
earthly father in times of un=-
solved difficulties, or in times
of happiness or sorrow,
In prayer I have learned to
know God as -one with whem I
can communicate, If T approach
Him in the spirit of humility
and in faith, He will saswer my
prayer according to my need,
provided, of course, I have con=
ditioned myself spiritually for
meaningful conversation between
God and me, Igo to God for
DeKalb-Rockdale Study To
Evaluate Mentally Retarded
A three-year public health pro=-
ject to evaluate the educationand
earning potential of mentally re=-
tarded children was announced
today by Dr. John H, Venable,
director of the Georgia Depart=-
ment of Public Health,
Supported by a $65,319 grant
from the Children’s Bureau,U.S,
Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, the special eval
uation project will cover Health
District 36, DeKalb and Rockdale
Counties, and be available onpro=
per referral, to children up to 14
years of age residing in the two
counties covered by the study.
In announcing the comprehen
sive evaluation project, Dr, T,O,
Vinson, director of Health Dis
trict 36 and Dr, Helen Bellhouse,
director of the State Health De
partment’s Maternal and Child
Health Service, v
The program is to begin as
soon as a professional staff, in=
cluding a pediatrician - director,
social worker, nutritionist,
nurse-instructor .and clinical
psychologist, can be assigned and
special equipment obtained,
Dr. Venable pointed out that
there are an estimated 120,000
mental retardates in Georgia and
approximately 10,000 in the two
counties to be covered by the
special study,
Most of these do not require
hospitalization, Dr,Venable said,
but can live at home, receive
education and become econom=
ically self-sufficient if properly
evaluated, guided and counseled,
Proposed services to children
accepted for study will include
medical and psychological eval
uations, laboratory studies, ex=
aminations of social backgrounds
and parent counseling,
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Thursday,
What God
and His
Church Mean
To ME
spiritual strength and insights,
God’s Church, establised by
Christ the Lord of the Church,
provides the fellowshil that my
social nature demands, The
Christian Church gives me une
numbered privileges to respond
to the commands of God to be
a working and serving member of
His family on earth, The Church
creates the climate for personal
and corporate worship, In the
sanctuary of the Church I have
occasion both to renew my come
mitment to God’s will and todis
cover a sustaining strength for
my efforts to serve God through
His Church, In the Church I
discover best both the need of
Christian stewardship and the
open way to practice it as I
understand it,
In summary, God is to me the
benevolent, forgiving Father God
to whom I can turn as a re
source for all that my spiritual
nature requires, The Christian
Church has meaning to me as a
divine institution which provides
me the best opportunity to serve
God and His earthly family the
rough the practice of Christian
stewardship,
«Our heavenly Father, thy life
is within our souls, but our hu
man selfishness has hindered
thee, We have not lived by faith,”
nor have we always sought to
serve our fellowman, ‘‘We have
resisted thy spirit. We have ne
glected thine inspirations, For
give what we have been; help us
to amend what we are; and in
thy spirit direct what we shall
be;’’ that we may travel in thy
will from where we are to where
in Christ we want to be, Ans
as we go our way guide us that
we may be worthy children of
thine on earth,
Referrals to the retardation
evaluation center will be madeby
physicians, although original
case finding may be done by
schools or health and welfare
agencies,
According to Dr., Venable the
following admissionpriorities
have been established: &
1. pre-School 'chflfiet*' sus
pected of retardation
2. school age applicants for
special education classes
3, children presently enrolled
in special education classes
4, other special cases, includ
ing re-evaluations of children
already seen
It is expected that when the
evaluation project is infull oper=
ation approximately 200 patients
a year will be served, Thetech
niques evolved may later be ap=
plied in other parts of the state,
Dr. Venable said,
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Livingston 4-H
Hears County
Extn. Agents
The second meeung of the Liv
ingston 4-H Club was held Friday,
October 16, at the Livingston
School cafeteria,
Mr. Ed Hunt, County Agent of
4-H and Mrs, Jones, our Home
Demonstration Agent, talked tous
about our project and a record
and leadership book and a 4-H
tag, Later they wanted to know
who was in favor of having a
demonstration of their project.
Most everyone agreed upon it
Dan Criswell, our president, ad
journed the meeting.