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THE COVINGTON NEWS
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I BELMONT DENNIS
Editor and Publi»h«r
LEO S MALLARD
A»»i»tont to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Newton’s Role
In Education
As we join in observance of
National Education Week, Nov
ember 8-14, it is a privilege
to pay tribute to Newton Coun
ty’s role in Education-both past
and present.
Since its inception in 1821,
Newton County has manifested a
profound appreciation of the fact
that Education is the solution of
individual success and com
munity progress.
To such early school leaders
as Dr. J. J. Dearing, first New
ton “School Commissioner”, ap
pointed in January 1871, soon
after Georgia’s Public School
System was established; Prof.
Harry H. Stone, who headed New
ton’s Board of Education for 40
years; G. C. Adams, later Ga.
Commissioner of Agriculture,
who spearheaded the first con
solidation of schools; and the
4-H-Club movement, with the or
ganization of the original Corn
Club; the late J. O. Martin, who
began his career at Bostwick Sc
hool, and was State Supervisor
of Schools; and Prof. E. L. Fic
quett, under whom final consoli
dation of Newton Schools was
effected in recent years, much
credit is due for the splendid
foundation laid for the present
recognition Newton’s School Sys
tem enjoys today. We are in
debted to the files of the late
Mr. Martin, for much history of
the schools of Newton County
which pioneered in many ways.
It established, in 1893, the first
rural traveling library in the
U. S.; the first consolidation of
schools with transportation (via
covered wagons) at Mixon School;
the first Corn Club; first Ora
torical Contest, followed by the
Spring School Fair (staged by
Mr. Martin), which evolved into
today’s Field Days, etc.; Ist
to institute an individual drinking
system; and first Teacher Meet,
promoted by Newton’s Prof. A.
V. Poole, at Smyrna Camp
Ground.
In 1904 the Newton consolida
tion of schools and transporta
tion attracted national attention,
when the Southern Agriculturist
of Springfield, Mass, sent a re
porter to investigate and write a
feature, complete with map and
pictures. In 1907 Newton won
first place in the state for school
improvement; was cited in 1912
by NEA as one of Georgia’s
two leading county systems; re
cognized in 1913 by Dr. M. L.
Brittain, State School supervisor,
as having more standardized sc
hools than any county in Georgia -
in fact, one fourth of the state’s
standardized schools were in
Newton.
Newton County Schools have
maintained their tradition of
leadership under the direction of
County School Supt. J. W. Ric
hardson, Newton County Board
of Education, headed by J. Henry
Anderson. The Newton System
has in recent years been chosen
as the Pilot Group for initiating
accreditation in elementary sc
hools; chosen by the State De
partment of Education to demon
strate “Ways of Co-Ordinating
Instruction System-Wide”; its
Steering Committee for Curri
culum Improvement has received
southwide recognition and been
cited by Canadian Educationists;
its high schools are accredited by
the Accrediting Association of
Southern Colleges and Secondary
Schools, and by the State of
Georgia’s Accrediting Commis
sion, by which its elementary
schools are also are accredited.
Education in Newton County
is big business, with a $1,668,
000 budget for 1963, and a cur
rent budget of nearly $2 million;
property and buildings valued at
some $2 1/2 million. Five thou
sand pupils attend 10 schools,
with 192 teachers, 2 supervisors,
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We join with other local patrons
and friends of Newton Schools in
expressing sincere appreciation
to the current leaders, including
Supt. Richardson, Chairman
Henry Anderson, and the Board
of Education; High School Super
vising Principal, Homer F. Sharp;
Elementary School Supervising
Principals and faculties fortheir
dedication to the challenging task
of molding the minds of our
young people and further develop
ing them in multiple ways for the
roles they soon must fill in
tomorrow’s world.
TV Is Coming Os Age
Television seems at last-with
the help of Congress-to be re
covering from its growing pains.
Drop into a dealer’s and look
at the new sets that are coming
out with provision for tuning
82 different channels - instead of
the twelve we’ve been used to
since we fired up our first pic
ture tubes! You can see what
we mean.
For many years most TV
broadcasting has been over the
few available VHF (very high fre
quency) wave-lengths; the UHF
(ultra high frequency) band of
wave-lengths was used only by
educational and other special sta
tions, and in a few areas where
all UHF transmission was em
ployed for technical reasons.
Since in most areas there were
few sets to receive the UHF chan
nels, broadcasters were in no
hurry to take advantage of them.
Neither the broadcasters nor the
set-makers wanted to move first
into this electronic no-man’s
land. So Congress passed a law.
All new TV sets must be all
channel receivers, and they are
now beginning to appear.
But, suppose there-s only one
UHF station in our area. Do we
have to go out and buy a com
pletely new television set that
will bring in 70 of them to get
that one channel? By no means,
says TV expert Harry Resnick,
who is president of Channel Mas
ter Corporation, one of the lead
ing manufacturers in the field.
“The easiest and least expensive
way,” advises Resnick, “is to
have your service man add a
converter to your present receiv
er. In any event you will have
to add a UHF antenna to your
present one. This is a pretty
inexpensive procedure and once
the installation is made you are
ready to receive all future TV
channels.”
The net effect of this legis
lation passed to benefit the pub
lic will be many more stations
on the air, wider selection in
every part of the nation - and,
we can hope, greater variety and
better programs as competition
for viewers steps up.
We think tnis makes sense,
and we applaud a member of the
industry who says in effect,
“Don’t buy something you don’t
need.” But Mr. Resnick tells
us that the Federal Communi
cations Commission anticipates
that ultimately an overwhelming
majority of all TV broadcasts
will be on channels 14 to 83.
This may or may not come to
pass overnight but one thing is
certain-UHF is here to stay.
Therefore, he says, “If you need
a new set, buy it. It will serve
you well over the years to come.”
And now, with wave-lengths
enough to go around, perhaps
we’ll be getting some of those
“why-don’t-they” type programs
from educational, ethnic and cul
tural groups - exciting, off-beat,
and significantly informative.
Attend Church Sunday
THE COVINGTON NEWS
S OUR WEEKLY LESSON FOR :
I Sunday School!
an approved workman
Devotional Reading: Isalah4o;
6-11. Memory Selection: Do your
best to present yourself to God as
one approved, a workman who has
no need to be ashamed, rrightly
handling the word of truth. 2 Tim
othy 2:15. Intermediate-Senior
Topic: Do Your Best. Young Peo
ple-Adult Topic; Equipped for
Service.
Timothy, Titus and Philemon—
what stalwart spiritual charac
ters these churchmen of the first
Christian century werel We who
live In the twentieth century and
amid the benefits of a free and
democratic order can hardly im
agine what the early Christians
had to endure. On the whole,Rome
was considerate of the nations she
subjugated. Her policy was to al
low them to continue their wor
ship and national customs. What
she demanded, however, was that
conquered peoples be submissive
to Roman civil law, take the occu
pation of their country without
protest, and pay tribute. If they
did these things, Rome was wil
ling to let them go their way as re
gards religious lieliefs and cus
toms.
About the time of the Emperor
Nero the Christians fell under
suspicion because the word got a
bout that they believed there was
another king, one Jesus, and his
coming to earth had presaged the
founding of a kingdom known as
the kingdom of God, or the king
dom of heaven. This made the Ro
mans prick up their ears. A king!
A kingdom! How would this affect
the life of Rome?
Many of the apostles, Including
Paul and Peter, experienced
martyrdom. Rome could be very
severe when she suspected trea
son, and she did suspect, and con
tinued to suspect, treason on the
part of the Christians.
Our lesson this week deals with
certain of Paul’s admonitions to
his young protege, Timothy. Paul
was anxious to leave behind him
young leaders who with the pass
ing of time would be able to as
sume the serious responsibility
of leadership of the church.
“Remember that Jesus Christ
of the seed of David was raised
from the dead according to my
gospel.”
“My gospel”? Did Paul have
a personal gospel of his own? Yes,
he did. And you and I likewise have
a personal gospel. Experience
and research have disclosed that
no two people In the world have
exactly similar fingerprints, yet
we all have hands which are very
much alike. There is a basic gos
pel which is for all men. We ad
apt that gospel to our personal
needs. It becomes at least slight
ly characterized by certain per
sonal attitude, peculiarities, and
requirements which are definite
ly Individual.
Although we all believe in
Jesus Christ as divine Lord and
Savior, every Christian in the
world has a conception of the gos
pel slightly different from that of
any other Christian believer.
What is the gospel? First it is
God’s assurance of the forgive
ness of our sins. In the second
place, it Is the assurance of divine
support. Again It is the assurance
of eternal life. Last of all it is
the conferring upon us of a new
way of life—heavenly in charac
ter, characterized by self-con
trol and righteousness, commit
ted to Christ himself.
Every branch of the Christian
Church, and every denomination
within Protestantism, stands for
Christian turth. We look forward
to the day when there will be a
greater approach to unity among
Protestants than there is today,
but it will be unfortunate if we
ever reach the point where we all
think alike—or try to think alike
—on all Christian truth.
There is away in which the ba
sic gospel of Christ becomes “my
gospel ” and your gospel. Bran
ches of the Christian Church and
denominations can and do serve
the cause of Christian truth by
pointing out and emphasizing its
different aspects.
It shocks us to realize that the
only perfect man that ever lived
was put to death—and put to death
because of his goodness. The
crucified Christ was to be fol
lowed by stalwart leaders such as
Peter, Patil, and other Apostles,
and a countless number of brave
men and women who for more than
two hundred and fifty years en
dured persecution at the hands
of the Roman Empire.
Paul was a prisoner when he
wrote to Timothy, and he thanked
God that even his imprisonment
unjust though it was, caused peo
ple to talk about the gospel and
therefore spread its teaching.
Inverses 11 through 13, Paul
discloses what may have been a
formula frequently repeated by
Christians of that day: “For if
we be dead with him, we shall al
so live with him; if we suffer, we
shall also reign with him; if we
deny him, he also will deny us; if
we believe not, yet he abideth
faithful; he cannot deny himself.”
In other words, the Christian be
liever recapitulates In his life the
circumstances of Christ’s life.
Christ died on the cross. We, if
we are true to him, must die to
the world—that is, we must say
that we are through with anything
that stands between ourselves and
complete commitment to Christ.
He may demand and take every
thing we have. The chances are
that he will not do that but instead
will allow us to work out our sal
vation amid the circumstances in
which we find ourselves. But we
must die to the world. We must
say— and mean —that we are
through with indulgences, per
sons, and ambitions that w ill keep
us from Christ.
Then if we die to the world we
live with Christ. He, “the way,
the truth, and the life,” becomes
one with us. Our lives and his life
merge. As he was raised from the
dead, so we are raised from the
death ot sin. As he ascended into
heaven, so do our lives ascend to
a higher plane of behavior and
peace.
The old expression "to get re
ligion” really has meaning. When
we truly get religion, then reli
gion gets us and we become dif
ferent in every respect in our
being.
“If we deny him, he also will
deny us.” How do we deny Christ?
Few people come out and blatant
ly declare themselves atheists.
Fewer still scoff at Jesus and
claim that he and his way of life
are false and misleading. '.W r
denials take on more subtle
forms. We compromise—here
a little, there a little. We give
up serious attendance at church
services. Our devotional life—
Bible reading and prayer—loses
Its vitality. We do not come out
and In so many words openly deny
Christ, but we deny him nonethe
less.
The danger of our denial Is hei
ghtened by the fact that because of
its subtlety we may not even be
conscious that denial is taking
place.
“Put them in remembrance,
charging them before the Lord .
. . .” The early church leaders
had authority, certainly much
more authority than Protestant
ministers have today although
not so much as Catholic clergy
men now have.
Balance is necessary in life
—physical, mental, and spiritual.
Church leaders should have plen
ty of authority else they cannot
lead. They should not have too
much authority, for thereby they
might become tyrants.
Paul told Timothy that he was
to warn people not to strive about
words. How often has the life of
the church been disgraced by wild
and bloody tumult over mere
words. This, declared Paul, only
subverts, or overthrows and cor
rupts, the life of believers.
“Study to she thyself approved
unto God, a workman that need
eth not be ashamed, rightly di
viding the word of truth.”
SciencePll
Topics
NEW HOOFER RATING
MAKES SHOE BIZ BUZZ
MEN’S SHOES don’t fit right,
says a shoe manufacturer who
has introduced the first new shoe
sizing plan since Civil War days.
The system, replacing a sizing
plan that he says has a “built
in error” of as much as 28
per cent, places emphasis on
the distance between the heel
and ball, and the girth of the
foot at the ball, Instead of on
the previously used overall leng
th, and width at the ball. This
eliminates the letter method for
shoe width (just numbers will be
used) and permits stocking 40
per cent fewer shoe sizes, ac
cording to the manufacturer.
COPPER TOOLS more than
9,000 years old, the earliest
known implements of their type,
have been discovered in south
eastern Turkey. University of
Chicago archeologists say this is
unusual for that era and indicates
that the Inhabitants of the country
were more advanced than their
neighbors • . . EMPHYSEMA
VICTIMS’ tortured lungs may
get blessed relief thanks to a
newly developed portable device
that helps them breathe. The
“IPPB” (intermittent positive
pressure breathing) device, an
nounced by National Cylln de r
Gas, Chicago, looks something
like a small saxophone. It as
sists the respiratory cripple to
Inhale fully a medicated mix
ture of oxygen and air, and al
lows him to exhale by the na
tural recoil of his lungs. Len
gth and frequency of the treat
ment depend on the prescrib
ing physician, but in some cases
a 20-minute session will restore
breathing regularity for 10 to 12
hours or more.
TWINE someday may be made
of plastic instead of African sisal.
The synthetics won’t rot when
wet and offer a more constant
source than sisal, say research
ers. The change won’t be quick,
however, because plastic twine
costs more to produce and won’t
work in contemporary baling ma
chines . . .STAPHYLOCOCCUS
AUREAU, an infectious organism
known as the “golden villain”
in hospitals because it often sur
vives the most thorough clean
ing, soon may be a thing of the
past, according to Penetone. The
germ, known to survive for long
periods in dry, fine dust even
after the floor has been cleaned,
now can be destroyed in 60
seconds by a germicidal killer
called PC-6.
THE REPUTATION of tri
cresyl phosphate has suffered
another blow. The compound,
promoted recently as an anti
wear additive in gasoline, is a
fraud because it is the Impurities
in it that do the job, say Penn
sylvania State University resear
chers. In the ‘2os many tipplers
contracted “jake leg” when they
drank bootleg alcohol (a princi
pal offending source being a
liquor made from Jamaica gin
ger) containing traces of tr i -
cresyl phosphate . . . LASER
BEAMS also have prosaic ap
plications.
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74r Stilton
Dear Editor;
We, the 1964 Newton County
Homecoming Court, would like
to take this opportunity to ex
tend our sincere thanks and ap
preciation to the Newton County
Jaycees for the beautiful red
roses and silver charms which
helped make Homecoming 1964
an event we will always remem
ber.
We know that without the help
and co-operation of the Jaycees
Homecoming could not possibly
have been the festive and beau
tiful occasion it was.
Again, let us say thank you.
The 1964 Homecoming Court
Cindy Steele
Scotti Kirkland
Kay Shaw
Mary Jane Odum
Retter Price
Alpha Tri-Hi-Y
Hears Rev. Kellum
At the meeting of the Alpha Trl-
Hi-Y at Newton High School in
the devotional given by Margaret
Benton on “A Christian’s Phil
osophy,” she stated,“lf you are
a Y Club member you are a Chri
stian, and a Christian’s life is
different from any other’s”.
The guest speaker, Rev. Owen
Kellum, pastor of the First Me
thodist Church, presented a pro
gram on character. He used the
palm tree to symbolize strength,
the bamboo for resistance, the
plum for courage, these three
representing the three types of
character. This helped us to
ward building a better character.
The school project for October
was a “Clean Scholarship Cam
paign”. Posters were made and
honesty pledge tags were given
each student. As a community
project, we carried Halloween
favors to the hospital in hopes it
would help cheer the patients.
The meeting was closed with
the repeating of the motto and
Y song.
Education Belongs To Us All
Help wanted! Parents interested in educating
their children.
The halls of the high school are full—bursting
at the seams practically. There is an abundance
of energy, ambition, and talent in these halls.
This energy, ambition, and talent has been a
challenge to interested parents and teachers
for many, many years.
The high school is manned with teachers
who have a variety of talent, knowledge,
interest, and ability. Students can seek out
the teachers with their own particular in
terests. With these teachers they can explore
the unknown fields of knowledge. With these
teachers to guide them, they can find the things
which interest them most. With these teachers*
encouragement, they can develop talents which
may lie dormant all their lives until one
special teacher finds this hidden treasure.
The schooling years of children are all too
few. The years pass so quickly, they are
gone sometimes before a child realizes what
his goals in life are.
We believe the parents of Newton County
know the value of a high school education.
It has become a must if a person is going
to achieve a happy and contented life.
“Spit out that gum, please.” “Don’t slam
that locker door so hard.” “You must stop
squealing in the hall!” Surely there is more
to this teaching profession than being a
“guardian of the peace.” How much more time
can be spent in teaching when our students
come to school with a good, healthy respect
for education!
This is where you parents play an enormously
important part in the education of your young
ster. When you have taught them good manners,
respect for others, and the importance of
education before they come to school for their
formal education, the teacher’s job then is
made much easier. Os course, teachers want
to help parents guide the youngsters, so both
must work together to get the job done.
Statistics tell us in order to earn a decent
life-time wage, a high school diploma is
absolutely necessary.
The education of children is one of the
most satisfying professions a person can
choose, but a teacher needs help—help from
interested parents.
Parents, we teachers want you to keep up
the good work. Don’t desert the teachers of
this county. You continue to do your part in the
education of your child. Remember, a child
who comes to school with a respect for
education and an eagerness for learning will
achieve his goal more readily.
This week is National Education Week—it
is a week for us all—education belongs to us
all!
SEE HOW THEY LEARN
nov. 814 '
NATIONAL outlook
Unemployment in Perspective
By Oxorci Hagctorn
PART-TIME JOB SEEKERS
Although the great majority of
the American labor force con
sists of full-time workers, a sub
stantial, and apparently growing,
proportion is made up of those
who choose to work part-time.
In May, 1964, the part-time work
ers accounted for 14 per cent
of the total labor force, as com
pared with 11 per cent in May,
1957.
This is a fact of some interest
in Itself, since it illustrates the
adaptability of the economy to the
special circumstances of indiv
idual workers on the one hand
and to the special requirements
of certain employers on the other.
The part-time labor force con
sists mainly of women and teen
agers. Part-time employees are
concentrated In the trade and
service Industries.
A very significant aspect of the
rising number of part-time work
ers is its effect on the statistics
of employment and unemploy
ment. The national total pub
lished each month for the number
of unemployed adds indiscrim
inately those who are looking for
full-time work and those who are
looking for part-time work. Since
the pattern and trend of unem
ployment differs among the two
groups, this has a considerable
Impact on the combined figure.
New data just released by the
Labor Department permit us to
separate the full-time workers
from the part-time group and
examine their unemployment
rates separately. Figures are
available for comparing the
trends between May, 1957, and
May, 1964.
The first Interesting fact which
emerges is that the unemploy
ment rate for part-time workers
was slightly lower than the rate
for full-time workers In May,
1957, but it was substantially
higher in May 1964. Between the
two dates the number ot unem
ployed in the full-time labor'
force increased by one-fifth,
while the number In the part
time labor force more than
doubled. This, plus the fact
that the part-time group now has
a larger weight In the total, ac
counts at least In part for the
growth In unemployment between
the two periods.
A comparison with 1957 is es
pecially significant since the first
half of that year is the last period
in which total unemployment was
about 4 per cent of the labor
force -a level which the gov
ernment economists regard as
the target at which we should
alm our current policies.
But we already have hit the
1957 target with respect to the
largest and most critical seg
ment of the labor force - adult
male full-time workers. The un
employment rate among men
twenty or older, who are full
time members of the labor force
was 3.2 per cent in May, 1957-
and exactly the same figure in
May, 1964.
The fact that the Increase in
unemployment has been concen
trated among part-time workers,
women and teen-agers should not
be grounds for complacency. But
it does throw an illuminating
sidelight on the nature of the un
employment problem. It raises
a question as to whether gen
eral steps for stimulating the
whole economy are the proper
means for dealing with this kind
of situation.
Gov. Will Press
Hard For State
Youth Centers
ATLANTA—(GPS) Ever since
he took office, Gov. Carl E.
Sanders has been deeply concern
ed about the welfare of Georgia’s
youth. His administration has
made considerable progress In
Improving the educational oppor
tunities for normal children.
And now he is throwing his
full support behind a movement
to create a system of regional
youth centers “to end once and
for all time the disgrace ofplac
ing children In jails.” He pro
mised to seek the funds needed
to do the Job from the General
Assembly.
The Governor unveiled a blue
print of his proposed legislation
before a recent meeting of the
Governor’s Conference on
Troubled Children, held iif At
lanta. His plan contains these
three major proposals:
1. Construction of six regional
youth centers strategically locat
ed over the state. Each center
will have a capacity of 30 chil
dren, will cost $200,000, and will
have the staff necessary to
operate It properly.
2. Counties now operating
their own detention homes will
be brought into the regional sys
tem. The state will reimburse
the county 50 per cent of Its
annual operational costs In re
turn for the county making space
available for the care of chil
dren from surrounding counties.
3. When these regional cen
ters are in operation, action will
be taken to amend the statutes
to prohibit the jailing of children.
“These regional youth cen
ters,” Gov. Sanders said, “will
provide a breathing spell where
the child can be properly evalu
ated, psychologically, socially
and medically. . .Every effort
will be made to see that he comes
out a better child, not just an
older and smarter delinquent.”
The detention centers, as pro
posed by the State Board for
Children and Youth, would be
spotted in six locations across
the state so no child would be
more than 50 miles from such
care.
Sanders said the centers and
other needed corrections in
treatment of wayward children
will save the state “untold
amounts in prison costs, court
costs, welfare and mental hos
pital expense”.
Mrs. Manley Is
Directing Math
Classes At P’dale
A oasic objective of arithmetic
instruction has always been and
still is, to teach children to add,
subtract, multiply and divide and
to use these operations in solv
ing problems. Many of the new
ideas in the teaching of arith
metic enable them to understand
the operation more thoroughly,
to perform them more efficiently
and to apply them more success
fully In problem-solving situa
tions.
Thanks to Mrs. Joanne Manley,
Curriculum Director of Newton
County, teachers and parents of
Porterdale School are becoming
better Informed in the modern
approach to mathematics.
Mrs. Manley has been direct
ing a series of well-attended
classes in the Pearl Taylor
Building on Monday nights.
Through the use of film strips,
movies, posters, books, fun
sheets and open discussions we
are gaining a new Insight in the
new and challenging method.
Skipping breakfast is one of
the main reasons why many ten
agers—especially girls—are not
well fed, says Mrs. Rita Waters,
nutritionist with the Cooperative
Extension Service.